Orlando Sentinel: UCF Art Gallery and Rollins Museum of Art Collaboration
Tue Jul 19
UCF Art Gallery and Rollins Museum of Art collaborate for the first time ever with “Pathways 2022: The Carlos Malamud Prize,” an exhibition devoted to supporting emerging artists in Florida. On view from May 19 to Sept. 4, the inaugural collaborative exhibition features six artists with diverse practices. The collection touches on various themes and experiences while displaying a wide breadth of…
Survey Certificate Program Offers Useful Tools Across all Disciplines
Mon Jul 18
Asking the right questions is one of the key things Sandra Montenegro has taken from the Survey Certificate Program offered by the School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs. The I/O psychology master’s student is studying ways to mitigate the emotional toll of bi-vocational church ministers. Often that stress stems from clergy switching between roles of pastor,…
Path to Photonics, Career Goals Shared by Junior in LIA Today Spotlight
Mon Jul 18
Daniel Enix is a junior studying Photonic Science and Engineering at UCF. His path to UCF and future career plans were recently featured for the student spotlight in the March/April 2022 issue of LIA Today. You can read the original article here. (Reprinted with permission.) When you were you first introduced to photonics/electro-optics? “I was first…
UCF Student Selected for International Optica Women Scholars Award
Mon Jul 18
Isabella Pardo has been recognized as one of the first 20 Optica Women Scholars in the world. The award supports women majoring in optics, physics, chemistry, math, or engineering who are pursuing careers in optics and photonics. Launched this past January, the program received more than 160 applications from 36 countries from both undergraduate and…
Forbes Advisor Lists UCF Social Work as One of the Best Online MSW Programs
Mon Jul 18
UCF School of Social Work’s Online Master of Social Work (MSW) program has been ranked among the best online programs of 2022 by Forbes Advisor. Forbes notes that the School’s Online MSW program “provides a hands-on education to future social workers” at a low-tuition rate. The methodology for this selection used 17 data points in…
Nanodevice Work Recognized in Top Global Physics Publication
Mon Jul 18
A new research article on molecular devices is making its way to publication in one of the top five scientific journals in the world. The research article was published on the Advanced Materials website and acknowledges the work by Postdoctoral Associate Ran Liu, Ph.D. Physics and Pegsus Professor Enrique del Barco, Ph.D. Physics. Their research aims to find an…
UCF Public Administration Assistant Professor Named National Center for Atmospheric Research Early Career Faculty Innovator
Mon Jul 18
Yue “Gurt” Ge, an assistant professor in the School of Public Administration, has been chosen as part of the 2021-23 cohort in the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s Early Career Faculty Innovation Program. Just in time for hurricane season, Ge and his team will soon begin studying the partnerships between weather forecasters and critical infrastructure operators…
UCF Researchers to Conduct Research Using First James Webb Space Telescope Images
Wed Jul 13
UCF physics graduate student Olga Harrington Pinto counted down the minutes until today. She is one of eight UCF researchers and one alumna who will be using the world’s mightiest space telescope — the James Webb Space Telescope. This morning, the telescope’s first full-color images and spectroscopic data were released during a televised broadcast from…
New College of Nursing Building at Lake Nona Receives Approval
Wed Jul 13
UCF’s College of Nursing would be able to graduate more nurses and nursing faculty, helping to combat the nation’s critical nursing shortage while fostering more innovation and collaboration with a new building at Lake Nona, Florida. The Board of Trustees this week approved the use of state allocated funds to begin the planning and design phase for…
Kristen Schellhase Inducted into 2022 Athletic Trainers’ Association of Florida Hall of Fame
Wed Jul 13
Kristen Schellhase, program director for UCF Athletic Training Program, was inducted into the Athletic Trainers’ Association of Florida (ATAF) Hall of Fame for 2022. Hall of Fame membership is given in recognition of those who have supported the athletic training profession through state activities, worked to establish the profession of athletic training, and been involved in the caring…
Engineering Graduate Fellows Get Hands-on Experience with National Industry Leaders
Tue Jul 12
Seven University of Central Florida graduate students are currently interning at Adobe and 3M, among other leading employers thanks to fellowships supported by the National Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering Fellowship (GEM) program. The GEM program began in 1976. The public-private partnership aims to connect students from underrepresented groups with the nation’s top employers…
Knights Race to the Top in Rocketry Competition
Tue Jul 12
On a warm Saturday morning, a group of UCF students set out on a mile-long walk across the Mojave Desert to retrieve the rocket they launched at the Friends of Amateur Rocketry 51025 Competition. For some, the walk would have been a tiring trek. But for the Knights, this was a victory lap. They just…
UCF Hosts Summer 2022 Commencement, Aug. 5-6
Tue Jul 12
About 3,900 degrees will be conferred during UCF’s Summer 2022 commencement. Held in the Addition Financial Arena, summer commencement includes three separate ceremonies held Aug. 5-6. There will also be several photo-ops available for graduates Aug. 1-8 across main campus. For each of the ceremonies, graduates will dress in official UCF regalia, participate in the Pomp…
Fukuda Wins Educator of the Year
Tue Jul 12
David Fukuda, an associate professor and Division of Kinesiology chair, is the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Educator of the Year for 2022. Fukuda was selected by the NSCA’s Education Committee and past award recipients based on his contributions to the education and clinical application of strength training and conditioning. Fukuda was recognized at the NSCA…
UCF Student Summer Project: Getting an Early Start on Space Rover Design
Tue Jul 12
Catherine Millwater has been dreaming of space long before arriving at UCF. In 2018, the eager 17-year-old reached out to UCF’s Planetary Sciences Group in hopes they had room for a high school student willing to learn how to be a researcher. Spoiler alert: They did. Millwater, who expects to graduate from UCF in May…
Burnett Undergrads to Present at International HIV/AIDS Conference
Tue Jul 12
Three undergraduate students at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences have been selected to present their health disparities research at the International AIDS Conference in Montreal, Canada, July 29-August 2. The conference is the largest and most prestigious HIV/AIDS research conference in the world and will feature infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci as the keynote speaker. The students,…
Summer Program at UCF Communication Disorders Clinic Helps Kids Read
Tue Jul 12
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JbNPzXz7b4E%3Ffeature%3Doembed%26enablejsapi%3D1%26origin%3Dhttps%3A UCF summer reading program for kids, iREAD, completed its four-week course earlier this month. It was the second year that the UCF Communication Disorders Clinic offered this program. The evidence-based program focuses on providing direct, explicit instruction to target areas of written language, such as phonological/phonemic awareness, the relationship between sounds and symbols, sounding out unfamiliar…
UCF’s Inclusive Education Services Moves to Toni Jennings Exceptional Education Institute
Thu Jul 7
As Inclusive Education Services completes its July 1 transition to the Toni Jennings Exceptional Education Institute, faculty and staff are ready to open the door to new opportunities that come with being part of the College of Community Innovation and Education. Previously housed within Student Development and Enrollment Services, IES provides adults with intellectual disabilities…
Google, HACU Selects UCF for Partnership to Help Hispanic, Other Students Secure Jobs
Thu Jul 7
expanding on its mission as a Hispanic Serving Institution to support Latina/o/x students, UCF has joined a national partnership leading to $50,000 in grant support to provide learning resources for current students and recent alums. The program will serve students of all backgrounds, with an intentional emphasis on ensuring equitable outcomes for Hispanic students .…
College of Medicine Students Recognized Nationally for Diversity Initiative
Thu Jul 7
Five College of Medicine students are among 17 recognized nationally for their efforts to increase the diversity in medicine. Yamilet Gonzalez, Etta Conteh, Muneeza Rashid, Ana Carrazana, Hannah Wilson and Anela Carrazana were named 2022 Gold Student Summer Fellows for leading the Medical Enrichment for Diverse Students (M.E.D.S.) project that provides mentorship and clinical exposure…
