UCF Welcomes Director of Bands, Dr. Scott Lubaroff
April 03, 2017 Scott Lubaroff will join the music faculty at the University of Central Florida in the Fall of 2017 as Professor of Music and Director of Bands, leading a comprehensive ensemble program that includes four concert bands, athletic bands, and chamber winds He will also oversee the graduate program in wind...
Professor Martínez-Fernández's Published in the Orlando Sentinel
March 31, 2017 Professor Martínez-Fernández was recently published in the Orlando Sentinel. His article, “Are Latinos invisible? Watch TV and you’ll believe it’s so”, delves into the invisibility of Latinos on television. To read Professor Martínez-Fernández’s article, please click here.
Dr. Lori Walters Honored by the Center for Success of Women's Faculty
March 31, 2017 Dr. Lori Walters was honored by the Center for Success of Women’s Faculty this month for Women’s Month. See Dr. Walter’s profile by clicking here.
Dr. David Staley Presents to History and T&T Students
March 29, 2017 Dr. David Staley from the Ohio State University gave a talk to History and T&T students and faculty in conjunction with the display of FHQ III, a 3-D printed data sculpture of the Florida Historical Quarterly. Dr. Staley has written three books: Computers, Visualization and History; History and Future: Using...
Dr. Keri Watson Awarded Fulbright-Terra Foundation Award
March 27, 2017 Dr. Keri Watson of the School of Visual Arts and Design has received a 2018 Fulbright-Terra Foundation Award in the History of American Art in China. The award, sponsored by the Fulbright Scholar Program, offers an opportunity to teach American Art History prior to 1980 at the undergraduate or graduate...
Voices in Italian Americana recognized by ANVUR
March 27, 2017 Modern Languages and Literature’s journal, Voices in Italian Americana, has been recognized by the Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes. The journal has been recognized as a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal in the area of literature and has been added to the National Agency’s list of...
Three College of Arts and Humanities Students to be Inducted into the Order of Pegasus
March 24, 2017 Three College of Arts and Humanities students, Sabrina Jérôme, Christopher Clemente, and Lauren Gandy, will be inducted into the Class of 2017 Order of Pegasus—the university’s highest and most prestigious award—honoring outstanding student performance “in the areas of academic achievement, outstanding university involvement, leadership, and community service.” Sabrina Jérôme is...
UCF Art Professor and Performance Artist Lands Spot in Smithsonian Exhibit
March 22, 2017 Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz feels she represents more than just herself in her art. When she is creating, she feels the characters bursting forth to tell their stories – and all the while she struggles with all they represent. “I keep them [characters] locked up, you know, because if I let them...
UCF Celebrates the Arts Expands Venues for Works by SVAD Students, Faculty
March 22, 2017 Presentations by students and faculty in UCF’s School of Visual Arts & Design – fine art, tableau vivant (living art), films, interactive gaming and other fields – will expand to multiple venues in this year’s UCF Celebrates the Arts. In addition to art presentations at the host site of the...
UCF Celebrates the Arts to Team with Orlando REP to Produce The Giver
March 22, 2017 The Giver, an award-winning social-science novel that has become a staple reading assignment in many middle schools around the country, will be a featured stage performance during the upcoming UCF Celebrates the Arts festival. The popularity of the production was recently exhibited when a morning festival performance of the Lois...
8th WomanToWoman Conference to be Held April 1
March 17, 2017 The 8th WomanToWoman conference will take place in Apopka on April 1. UCF’s Women’s and Gender Studies program, partnered with the Farmworker Association of Florida, will host a one-day conference to discuss topics such as “women’s health, domestic violence, trauma, financial freedom, self-esteem and overall empowerment.” The WomanToWoman conference provides...
Henrik Ibsen’s drama Hedda Gabler still resonates
March 17, 2017 Theatre UCF’s production of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler will open on Thursday, March 23 and run through Sunday, April 2. Hedda Gabler is a spellbinding drama of revenge, manipulation, sexual repression, deceit and despair, climaxing in an ending that never fails to shock and surprise. Kate Ingram, the show’s director...
AAUW CAG
March 16, 2017 “WGST’s mentoring program for girls, Young Women Studies Program (YWLP) has been awarded a $7,000 Community Action Grant from the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to integrate a STEM sub-program titled SLAM (Science Leadership and Mentoring) for 2016-2017. SLAM focuses on STEM leadership, education, and careers. Big Sisters expose,...
Philosophy Professor Published in Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy Journal
March 16, 2017 Dr. Luciana Garbayo has had her article, “Simulation as an Ethical Imperative and Epistemic Responsibility for the Implementation of Medical Guidelines in Health Care” published in the journal of Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy. Dr. Garbayo’s article examines the problems facing the implementation of medical guidelines before testing for potential...
Philosophy Professor Wins Research Incentive Award
March 16, 2017 Dr. Stephen Fiore, Professor of the Philosophy Department, has won a 2017 UCF Research Incentive Award. This award encourages faculty to contribute to the advancement of knowledge in their field, and also recognizes “faculty contributions to UCF’s key goal of achieving international prominence in research and creative activities.” Dr. Fiore...
Vie wins prestigious national grant to study social media in writing classrooms
March 14, 2017 Dr. Stephanie Vie, associate professor and Interim Department Chair for Writing and Rhetoric, will be recognized at the 2017 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) as the recipient of a 2017 Research Initiative grant. The CCCC, an association within the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), is the...
Creative Writing professor Ephraim Scott Sommers releases his first book The Night We Set the Dead Kid on Fire
March 13, 2017 UCF Creative Writing professor Ephraim Scott Sommers has released his first book, a collection of poetry entitled The Night We Set the Dead Kid on Fire, this month through Tebot Bach Press. The Night We Set the Dead Kid on Fire focuses on the underrepresented—the convicts, the grave-diggers, the addicts—the...
Ninth Annual UCF-Orlando Jazz Festival Engages Both Students and the Community
March 13, 2017 The ninth annual UCF-Orlando Jazz Festival, occurring March 24 and 25 on the University of Central Florida campus, will showcase the talent of local high school jazz bands and feature performances by renowned jazz musicians. Coming in from New York City, Peter Bernstein and his jazz trio open the festival...
Chromactive: An Interactive Color Experience by Ryan Buyssens at Art31
March 13, 2017 Each March, the Art & History Museums of Maitland’s Art Center host Art31, a month-long series of art exhibits. At this year’s fourth annual gallery event series, the art is centered around Borrowed Light, an exhibition inspired by Stephen Knapp’s brilliant paintings that incorporate lights, glass, and color. Ryan Buyssens,...
UCF Students Present at the Florida Conference of Historians
March 13, 2017 March 10-12, 2017 Punta Gorda, Fl Several UCF students from the History and School of Visual Arts and Design presented their work at the 57th Annual Florida Conference of Historians March 10-12 at Florida Southwestern State College. The conference highlighted historical subjects through paper and new media presentations, and gave...