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  • Economic Recovery on a Leash Because of Legislative Jumble

    The implementation of laws pertaining to America’s health care and banking institutions is keeping the economy on a leash, when it could be running free. The Affordable Care Act and Dodd-Frank Act rollouts have collapsed into a jumble – a mass of things mingled together without order, a confused mixture, a disordered mass, said University […]

  • New Program Helps Students Make it to Finish Line

    From first generation students to those going back to school to change careers, a new UCF program is helping students just shy of finishing their college degree graduate. UCF’s Knights Graduation Initiative focuses on students who are 18 credits or fewer from earning their undergraduate degrees, but who are experiencing difficulty and are in danger […]

  • UCF, FSU Team Up to Lower Cost of Law Degree

    The Florida State University College of Law will begin accepting applications for fall 2015 admission from college juniors at the University of Central Florida as part of a new 3+3 program. Under the recently approved program, students who meet certain admission requirements can complete a bachelor’s degree and a law degree in six years rather […]

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A doctor in training is schooled in the fine art of inserting a needle into an arm. His first patient? His instructor.

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  • Future Marine Biologists Teach UCF’s Littlest Knights About Ocean Creatures

    Future Marine Biologists Teach UCF's Littlest Knights About Ocean Creatures

    Future marine biologists sharpened their communication skills Wednesday while pre-schoolers learned about sea creatures during UCF’s annual Ocean Day activities. Twelve students in Linda Walters’ marine biology lab and marine biology class visited the Creative School on campus to teach children about sea creatures and those found in Florida waterways. Walters has been working with […]

  • The Anxiety of ‘Read It Later’

    The Anxiety of 'Read It Later'

    As a kid, I loved horror movies, and so one year I set out to record every horror movie ever made. My parents had purchased a box of blank VHS tapes from Sam’s Club, and I used Super Long Play to record three movies to a single tape. (The quality was terrible, but this was […]

  • U.S. News, Princeton Review Rank 24 UCF Graduate Programs Among Nation’s Best

    U.S. News, Princeton Review Rank 24 UCF Graduate Programs Among Nation's Best

    The University of Central Florida’s video game graduate school ranks No. 2 in North America, and 23 other UCF graduate programs rank among the top 100 in their fields in the United States. The Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy’s No. 2 ranking was released today by The Princeton Review and PC Gamer Magazine. FIEA has been […]

  • Softball: Turnier’s Terrific Week

    Softball: Turnier's Terrific Week

    After setting the program regulation strikeout record with 16 against Bowling Green, UCF sophomore Shelby Turnier was announced as the American Softball Pitcher of the Week on Monday. Turnier was 3-0 on the week with 38 strikeouts in 20 innings. In the milestone performance, the Palm Beach Gardens native sent down the final eight batters […]

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A Graduation Story

More than 4,500 UCF students graduated during December 15-16 commencement ceremonies. The anticipated graduates include 3,712 who filed intents to receive bachelor’s degrees, 810 for master’s degrees, four for education specialist degrees and 65 for doctoral degrees. With this week’s graduations, UCF will have awarded more than 225,000 degrees since classes began in 1968.