The Jazz Professors Release Fourth Album: Blues and Cubes
Thu Aug 4
Following the success of their prior albums, The Jazz Professors have released their newest addition, Blues and Cubes. Jack Bowers of All That Jazz gave a positive review to this album, with 4.5 stars out of 5. “These Professors certainly can [play]—and do, producing an album whose highlights are many and whose weaknesses—if any—are beyond the measure of…
Public Affairs Doctoral Student Awarded Fellowship for Hispaniola Dissertation Research
Tue Aug 2
Ruth Kessa, a School of Public Administration public affairs doctoral student, was recently named a Mellon Fellow by the University of Illinois-Chicago’s Crossing Latinidades Humanities Research Initiative. The fellowship, a joint venture between the University of Illinois-Chicago and the Inter-University Program for Latino Research, provides doctoral students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions nationwide with financial, technical and mentorship support to…
Celebrating New Knight Nurses: Meet the Summer Class of 2022
Tue Aug 2
Meet the newest cohort of Knight nurses. The Summer Class of 2022 celebrated the completion of their nursing degree at the College of Nursing’s professional recognition ceremony last night and will walk across the stage at Addition Financial Arena on Friday evening at UCF’s commencement. In total, UCF awarded 287 nursing degrees: 230 bachelor’s degrees (BSN), nine master’s…
Family, Love of Horses Bonds Sister-Physicians Training in Ocala
Tue Aug 2
As youngsters, Valerie and Irma Vazquez were raised on a horse farm in Puerto Rico, were champion equestrians and shared a mutual interest in medicine. Today, the sister-physicians are training to become surgeons at HCA Florida Ocala Hospital, in the center of Florida’s horse country. Dr. Irma Vazquez is a first-year general surgery resident. Dr.…
Meet Omar Martinez, New Population Health Sciences Faculty Member
Tue Aug 2
A researcher who has dedicated his career to addressing societal issues that cause higher rates of disease – including cancer, HIV and substance abuse – among systemically and structurally excluded populations has joined the UCF College of Medicine’s Population Health Sciences Department. Associate Professor Omar Martinez’s training in public health, law and clinical research methods…
Campus Closures Ahead for Weeknight Football Games
Fri Jul 29
UCF will host three weeknight football games this fall. They are Thursday, Sept. 1; Friday, Sept. 9; and Thursday, Oct. 13. On those days, classes on the main campus, in the Central Florida Research Park, at UCF Downtown, at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management and on UCF Connect campuses will conclude at 2 p.m.…
Recent UCF Graduates Have Accepted Tenure-track Positions at Top Universities
Fri Jul 29
Getting a tenure-track faculty position at a university has become harder, but several UCF recent graduates are beating the odds. For many students, an academic position is the goal. For others, it’s industry. Getting into academia is challenging. The American Association of University Professors reports tenured faculty positions have declined to approximately only 21% of…
Health Leaders Academy Helps Teens Chart Path to Medicine
Thu Jul 28
At a young age, Izidoria Araujo watched as her father writhed in pain for 23 hours, waiting to receive medical care for kidney stones at a small rural hospital in Brazil. “There was such a long line of people waiting for medical attention that a woman gave birth on the floor right next to us,”…
UCF Professor Receives National Medal from His Home Country, the Republic of Azerbaijan
Thu Jul 28
Nazim Muradov, research professor for Special Projects at the FSEC Energy Research Center at the University of Central Florida, was awarded the Jubilee Medal from his home country, the Republic of Azerbaijan. The Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan, His Excellency Khazar Ibrahim, presented the award in-person to Muradov on June 29 at FSEC ERC…
Theatre UCF Announces 2022-23 Season
Wed Jul 27
Enjoy works from a variety of genres, subjects and time periods in Theatre UCF’s 2022–23 season With a variety of plays and musicals ranging from Shakespeare to bluegrass, Theatre UCF’s 2022-23 season looks at the relationship between individuals and institutions, exploring themes of power structures, corruption and social systems, as well as lighter moments of…
UCF is 1 of 3 Florida Universities to Receive Lumina Foundation Grant to Elevate Transfer Student Success
Wed Jul 27
The Lumina Foundation has granted the Florida Consortium of Metropolitan Research Universities — which includes UCF, the Florida International University (FIU) and the University of South Florida (USF) — $400,000 to reduce transfer shock, shorten time to degree completion and align curriculum for transfer students. The initiative aims to assist more than 5,000 transfer…
Limbitless Solutions Celebrates 8th Year of Global Impact
Wed Jul 27
imbitless Solutions, the UCF-based nonprofit and UCF direct support organization that creates bionic limbs for children, celebrated the eighth anniversary this month. The program has seen impressive growth in the past year, beginning with a move into a new facility in July 2021. The additional space enabled record participation by UCF undergraduate students in internships and…
Building on Dreams – Becoming “The Good Doctor”
Wed Jul 27
UCF President Alexander N. Cartwright told the Class of 2026 M.D. candidates there has never been a better time to be part of Orlando’s young medical school. “This college was designed to be a model of 21st-century medical education, pioneering new ways to help people live better and teaching you to practice medicine not just…
Social Work Track Doctoral Candidate Khalilah Louis Caines Awarded FICW Fellowship
Mon Jul 25
Khalilah Louis Caines, LCSW is earning her Ph.D. in Public Affairs within the social work track and has recently been awarded $5,000 for a 2022-2023 Dissertation Fellowship from the Florida Institute for Child Welfare (FICW). This institute is dedicated to “research and scholarship that promotes and improves the safety, permanency and well-being outcomes for children…
Student Team âIt’s All Legal’ Wins Their Case in the Great Capstone Case Competition
Mon Jul 25
The verdict is in: Team âIt’s All Legal’ won their case at the Summer 2022 Great Capstone Case Competition on Friday. Business students, Marvin Fung, George Miller, Austin Phouangphrachanh, Michael Serrano and William Walton took home $500 each in scholarship funding, thanks to competition sponsor Platinum Technologies. It’s All Legal beat out eight other teams…
Wu Chosen as Academician by Academia Sinica of Taiwan
Thu Jul 21
The clear and sharp resolution of LCD screens is ubiquitous today, but their debut came in part through the hard work of Trustee Chair Professor Shin-Tson Wu, Ph.D. Those contributions to the field of display science and technology were recognized recently by the Academia Sinica (National Academy of Taiwan), which elected Wu as an Academician during their 34th Convocation…
3 UCF Colleges Receive $4.5M for Infectious Disease, Travel Health Research Initiative
Thu Jul 21
University of Central Florida’s Rosen College of Hospitality Management, College of Medicine and College of Engineering and Computer Science have received $4.5 million dollars in funding for a research initiative aimed at mitigating the damage caused to hospitality, travel, and small businesses by health crises, like the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding for the collaborative research project comes from the UCF…
UCF-HCA Partnership launches New Residency Program in Tallahassee
Thu Jul 21
The UCF-HCA Florida Healthcare Graduate Medical Education Consortium launched the first ever Graduate Medical Education Residency Program at HCA Florida Capital Hospital. Accredited by the Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the new program will train residents in dermatology, and psychiatric medicine. The psychiatric residency is the first and only program of its kind in the Big Bend…
Turning Negatives into Positives: How a Student Took Experiences from Mother’s Diagnosis to Find Future Career
Wed Jul 20
Tori Currier, a fourth semester student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders master’s degree program, knows what it’s like to go through hard times when a loved one receives a life-changing medical diagnosis. More importantly, she knows how impactful it is to have the right people on your medical team. Currier decided to become a speech…
UCF Global Health Management and Informatics Professor Becomes American College of Healthcare Executives Fellow
Wed Jul 20
Su-I Hou, founding director and professor in the School of Global Health Management and Informatics, recently earned status as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. An international professional society comprising more than 48,000 healthcare executives the American College of Healthcare Executives’ mission is to advance both its members and healthcare management excellence. Fellow…
