Medical students are taught early on that the doctor/patient relationship is a sacred one that should never be neglected. That sentiment was echoed June 6 by a guest speaker at the UCF College of Medicine — Dr. Barry Kerzin, a Buddhist monk and personal physician to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Dressed in his traditional [...]
As community leaders who graduated from two “smaller” universities — Florida State University and the University of Florida — we take special pride in honoring the University of Central Florida, which today celebrates its 50th anniversary. Our region’s “hometown university,” UCF has helped transform our once sleepy little town into a city and region of [...]
The Knights Helping Knights Pantry has moved to a new home. The pantry is located in Ferrell Commons on the back side of All Knight Study II (just past the Ferrell Commons courtyard). The pantry is larger and able to accommodate more food, toiletries and clothing for UCF’s fellow Knights. KHK helps all Knights that [...]
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Peter Delfyett, a professor of Optics, Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, and his research team are working to increase the speed at which data can be transmitted through semiconductor chips like the ones found in computers. Improving that speed would help computers download information from the Internet much faster and make computer networks faster. Delfyett holds the University Trustee Chair at UCF’s College of Optics and Photonics. He also serves as president of the National Society of Black Physicists, which promotes the professional development of African-American physicists within the international science community and in society. Delfyett, who is a fellow of the Optical Society of America and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, has taught at UCF for more than 15 years. In 2001, he won the Pegasus Professor Award, the highest honor the university gives to a faculty member who demonstrates excellence in teaching, research and service. Delfyett visits UCF’s Burnett Honors College and area middle and high schools occasionally to encourage students to pursue careers in science and engineering. He is a member of the Orlando Science Center’s advisory board. After receiving his doctorate in 1988 from the City University of New York, Delfyett joined the technical staff at Bell Communication Research, where he concentrated his efforts on generating ultrafast high-power optical pulses from semiconductor diode lasers. Delfyett serves as editor in chief of the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics and associate editor of IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. He has published more than 400 articles and been awarded 22 U.S. patents.
Over 700 UCF students gathered in the Student Union to film a UCF student take on the Harlem Shake internet craze. The student produced video can be found here: UCF Harlem Shake
Saturday was perfect. It combined seeing old friends, meeting new and interesting people, eating good food, and being outside on the coast of Florida, all while saving the world! What was going on? My biology research involves creating scientifically based ways for restoring oyster reefs and stabilizing shorelines, and part of that includes organizing community volunteers. [...]
Marcella Kysilka, a UCF professor emerita, is among an elite group of educators nationwide to be honored for her commitment to fostering excellence and fellowship among those dedicated to teaching. Kysilka is among the 21 educators selected for the inaugural Eleanor Roosevelt Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the international society of education that promotes excellence [...]
Years before C.B. Gambrell Jr. became the University of Central Florida’s first vice president for academic affairs in 1967, he served in the U.S. Army as a sergeant and combat engineer. He was at the Battle of the Bulge and the Battle of the Rhineland during World War II, and he received a Purple Heart [...]
University of Central Florida biologist Betsy Von Holle is lending her talents to the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C., serving a year as program director. Her leave of absence started this summer. The area she oversees includes studies and grants in the area of: population dynamics of individual species, demography, fundamental ecological interactions affecting [...]
