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Inaugural Schell Award Recognizes Innovative Writing Instruction

Dan Murphree, associate professor of History, is the inaugural winner of an innovative writing instruction award named in honor of Rick Schell, UCF’s vice president and chief of staff. The Schell Award for Implementing Innovative Writing Instruction in the Disciplines will be given annually to a faculty member who has demonstrated commitment to and success […]
Women's Golf: Heartache at Hammock Beach

The roller-coaster ride that was the American Athletic Conference Championship came down to one stroke, at the last hole, on the final day. Conference rival Louisville managed to best UCF by just one shot. Although the Knights held the lead through the first two rounds at the Hammock Beach Resort’s Ocean Course, Louisville’s Emily Haas […]
Students Achieve Excellence

Of the thousands of students pursuing their graduate education at UCF each year, four students are selected from a group of nominees in each college as the university winners in the areas of Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching, Excellence by a Graduate Teaching Assistant, Outstanding Master’s Thesis, and Outstanding Dissertation. Each award recipient is recognized […]

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Green Light

In 2012, GreenWaves, UCF’s annual “green” event, incorporated a POWERleap dance floor, which utilized piezoelectric technology to convert the crowd’s kinetic energy into reusable energy for the concert.

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UCF Researcher Aims to Shatter Own World Laser Record

A world-record-holding University of Central Florida physicist has earned more than $9 million in federal grants to research developing faster computers and more efficient solar energy. Zenghu Chang from the College of Sciences and the College of Optics & Photonics is the only researcher in Florida to receive a Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research […]
Some Graduates Have a Plan – For You Others…

As the school year comes to a close, the inevitable question arises for graduating students: What am I going to do? Some of you have a plan. Some of you already have a job or have been accepted into a graduate program. And then some of you have no clue. What is life after school? […]
The Hopeful Knights Make Cornerstone Competition History

The UCF College of Business Administration’s Cornerstone course engaged 20 student teams that competed in the Spring 2014 Cornerstone Social Entrepreneurship Competition. The competition is the lab portion of the Cornerstone course, in which students create teams, develop and implement a business-fundraising plan for a cause of their choice. The winners of this year’s Cornerstone […]
Senior Design: 'A Great Victory' for Graduating Engineering Students

The day finally arrived. UCF’s engineering and computer science Senior Design Day showcase on April 18 was a culmination of 30 weeks of, as one student described, “blood, sweat and tears.” Innovation was the star of the show – a spectacle of projects created by graduating seniors of the UCF College of Engineering and Computer […]