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‘Jeopardy!’ Record-Holder Jennings to Speak at UCF 27 Aug 2013 | 07:53 pm
Ken Jennings, holder of the longest winning streak on the TV game show Jeopardy!, will speak at a UCF public forum at 3 p.m. Sept. 3 in the Pegasus Ballroom of the Student Union. The author of the boo...
‘Walking School Bus’ Makes Trips to School Safer, Healthier 27 Aug 2013 | 11:43 am
College students, parents of elementary school students and local schools and businesses have joined forces to protect children as they walk to school this year. The Walking School Bus, a national p...
School of Performing Arts Names 1st Director 27 Aug 2013 | 02:12 am
The College of Arts & Humanities has named Jeff Moore, chair of the music department, as the first director of the School of Performing Arts. Moore will be responsible for overseeing the music and ....
My Take on Majors 26 Aug 2013 | 11:10 pm
Last Friday we had a very successful welcome to the major event. It was an opportunity to acknowledge an important milestone in our students’ lives: getting into the business school, as well as discus...
World’s Top 50: UCF Programming Team 26 Aug 2013 | 09:25 pm
The University of Central Florida’s most-winning competitive team has returned from St. Petersburg, Russia with an impressive ranking: as the world’s 48th best computer programming team. UCF College ...
Thursday Football: Classes, Parking, Shuttles and More 24 Aug 2013 | 02:44 am
UCF will open the 2013 football season by hosting Akron at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29. In order to accommodate several hundred additional classes and labs, we have established a later start time for gam...
Hit The Links For Science, Scholarships 24 Aug 2013 | 01:08 am
Attention, golfers! Hit the links October 7 at Winter Park’s Interlachen Country Club and support graduate school fellowships during the Inaugural UCF Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences Golf Classi...
Newest Med School Tool: iPad Minis 23 Aug 2013 | 08:36 pm
Incoming first-year medical students at the UCF College of Medicine kicked off their orientation with a gadget that will enhance their education over the next four years. All 120 members of the class ...
Robin Kohn’s Gift for Teaching 23 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Students enrolled in Robin Kohn’s courses this fall have some particularly impressive bragging rights: Their instructor is the state’s Social Work Educator of the Year. Kohn received this award at th...
Freshmen, Meet One of Your Biggest Supporters 23 Aug 2013 | 07:36 pm
David Oglethorpe has been advising first-year students at UCF for more than a year while working toward a master’s degree in higher education. A graduate of Ohio State University, he began his advisi...