Study Points to Causes of Dolphin Deaths in Gulf of Mexico

The largest oil spill on open water to date and other environmental factors led to the historically high number of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico, concludes a two-year scientific study released today. A team of biologists from several Gulf of Mexico institutions and the University of Central Florida in Orlando published their findings [...]

  • UCF Scientist: Dolphins Impacted by BP Oil Spill

    The BP oil spill and the dispersants used to clean it up may be contributing to the unusually high number of dolphins dying in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a University of Central Florida scientist. Since BP’s Deepwater Horizon dumped about 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, larger-than-normal numbers of [...]

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  • Paul Jarley's Blog: My Summer Reading List

    I know it is Monday and responding to suggestions from my tweeps is supposed to happen on Thursdays, but we are in summer session at UCF. This is a time of year when we do crazy things like teach in shorts and offer the same section of a class five times a week so students [...]

  • Cross Country: UCF Coach New USC Director of Track and Field

    During a mid-morning team meeting, UCF’s head women’s track and field coach informed her team that she had accepted the Director of Track and Field position at the University of Southern California. Later in the afternoon, the Knights were honored with a luncheon and reception to celebrate their many accomplishments during the past year, which [...]

  • High School Teachers Attend UCF Workshop on Peace, Security

    Teachers from Central Florida high schools gathered at UCF on Wednesday, June 12, to participate in the Teaching Global Peace and Security Workshop. Designed to bring issues of global peace and security to high school classrooms, the workshop covered a broad range of topics. The teachers heard from multiple presenters throughout the day. John C. [...]

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UCF50: Promised Land

UCF Celebrates its 50th Anniversary.