Ríos and Walls Join McNair Scholars Program as Faculty-in-Residence
August 12, 2013 Gabriela Raquel Rios and Douglas Walls have been awarded Faculty-in-Residence status by the McNair Scholars Program at the University of Central Florida. The McNair Scholars Program is UCF’s nationally recognized program dedicated to preparing low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented undergraduate students for graduate education leading to a Ph.D. One of the...
Routledge publishes Applen book Writing for the Web
August 12, 2013 J.D. Applen recently published a book with Routledge titled Writing for the Web: Composing, Coding, and Constructing Web Sites. The book unites theory, technology, and practice to explore writing and hypertext for website creation. Presenting information in digestible parts, this text enables students to write and construct realistic and manageable...
Gallery 500 Serves Up 'Medium Rare' Summer Art Exhibit
July 19, 2013 UCF’s downtown Gallery 500 will host the opening of this summer’s featured group show, Medium Rare, which will showcase the works of several artists working toward their MFA in the university’s Emerging Media graduate program. The opening, at 500 W. Livingston St., Orlando, is in conjunction with city’s Third Thursday...
Awards for Artists: J.R. Hopes Scholarship Winners
July 19, 2013 “Life is a constant game of observation, considering potential in the things I see, the people I meet, and the experiences I have to turn into art…” —Austin Bynon, one winner of the 2013 J.R. Hopes Art Scholarship Jim Hopes, creator of the J.R. Hopes Art Scholarship in the College...
Si Jung Jun Kim Gives Keynote Lecture at International Workshop
July 16, 2013 Si Jung Jun Kim gave a keynote speech, “Affective Media Design from the Cognitive Perspectives,” at the 1st International Workshop on Emotional Materials and Components. The workshop was a two-day event held June 27-28, 2013 in Seoul, South Korea. Approximately one thousand people attended the conference which covered topics in...
Desks as Portraits on exhibit at Dali Photo Festival in China
July 10, 2013 Photos by E. Brady Robinson will be exhibited at the Dali Photo Festival in Yunnan, China this August. Desks as Portraits: An Inside Look at the DC Art World will be included in the “American Life” exhibition. The show is curated by Yan Li.
Digital Media Alum Selected for Art Directors Guild Apprenticeship
July 09, 2013 Recent graduate Kate Weddle (B.A., 2010) was accepted into the Art Directors Guild’s new Production Apprentice Program. Kate is one of only four inductees in the program’s inaugural class. She was selected from a pool of more than 90 applicants. Weddle, a writer and designer, specialized in Character Animation while...
On Pins and Needles: Students Strive for Admission to Architecture Program
July 01, 2013 Valencia architecture students pin up their work–and their hopes for admission to architecture school. The temperature in the room is rising. So is the level of stress and excitement. Architectural models, foam board and pins are scattered all over the floor at Valencia’s Special Events Center. Nearly 80 architecture students...
International Society Honors UCF Mentor
June 17, 2013 The Society for Technical Communication honored local resident and UCF graduate Dan Voss at its annual conference. Voss, a senior proposal specialist with Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, received the prestigious President’s Award at the opening ceremony of the 60th annual international conference of the STC in Atlanta. The...
Gallery 500 Kicks Off Summer Exhibitions
June 17, 2013 UCF’s Gallery 500 is kicking off its summer’s exhibitions with a solo sculpture show called (re)CLAIMed by Stephanie Cafcules, an MFA student in the School of Visual Arts & Design. Cafcules works with found objects and industrial materials in a wide range of processes to create art that indirectly evokes...
Robinson Authors Guide to Self-Publishing for Artists
June 14, 2013 Professional Artist magazine recently published E. Brady Robinson’s Pocket Guide to Self-Publishing for Artists. The guide takes a broad look at publishing opportunities for visual artists, including several in-depth interviews with artists who have recently gone through the process. It also looks at the many ways in which artists publish...
"Music and Neuroscience" Research Featured in Orlando Weekly
June 06, 2013 The latest issue of Orlando Weekly features research on “Music and the Brain” by UCF faculty members. The work began with a course by Dr. Kiminobu Sugaya, a UCF professor of neuroscience, and Juilliard-trained violinist and UCF professor Ayako Yonetani. The course lead to lectures, performances, and a symposium as...
Photography of Steven Spencer Featured in Museum Exhibit
June 04, 2013 The Southeast Museum of Photography is currently featuring recent work by Steven Spencer, a faculty member in UCF’s Photography program. The exhibition highlights work from Spencer’s Six Miles and Also Equivalents, reflections of life on the Florida coast. The exhibition runs May 29 through July 28, 2013. An opening reception...
Dr. Paolo Giordano Lectures at University of Parma
May 31, 2013 Dr. Paolo Giordano, Neil R. Euliano Professor and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, delivered two lectures on the history and literature of Italian emigration to America at the University of Parma, Italy on Friday May 10 and Friday May 24.
Central Florida Future on the Music and the Brain Symposium
May 17, 2013 Whether it’s an exciting baseline, a somber melody or a crescendo that makes your heart flutter every time, we’re all aware of the power music can have over our emotions. But is it capable of curing diseases? Could it be the reason for a murder or a suicide? Could it...
García Appointed Visiting Scholar at Madrid Institution
May 07, 2013 Martha García recently conducted intensive research at the University of Alcalá de Henares in Madrid, Spain, where she was appointed Visiting Scholar at the Instituto Franklin de Investigación en Estudios Norteamericanos. García worked at the institution during a sabbatical in spring 2013. She has visited the university several times in...
TESOL Student Wins at Statewide Graduate Symposium
May 06, 2013 Leah DeLorenzo, graduate student in UCF’s TESOL program, won the Arts and Humanities Award for her presentation at the very first statewide Graduate Student Research Symposium. Leah (pictured far right), presented a poster titled, “Parental Beliefs and Attitudes on Enrollment in a Dual Language Program at an Elementary School.” Graduate...
SVAD Student Selected for Atlantic Center for the Arts Exhibition
April 25, 2013 SVAD student Aleisha Breter’s work will appear in the Atlantic Center for the Arts 24th Annual University Student Exhibition. Breter is one of four university students from around the state to be selected for this prestigious exhibition, juried by New York-based artist Diana Cooper. According to the ACA, “The selection...
SVAD Students and Faculty Receive 2013 Sony Scholarships
April 24, 2013 Five UCF students and two faculty members from the School of Visual Arts and Design were awarded Sony Scholarships on April 19. The Sony Scholarship is awarded to current, full-time UCF students or faculty who have shown superior academic achievement in the fields of digital and emerging media such as...
UCF Student Wins National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest
April 24, 2013 Congratulations to the UCF student Irina Pidberejna who received an award in the Heritage Learners, Level 1 category of the Fourteenth Annual American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest. In this year’s contest, there were 946 essays submitted from 57 universities, colleges, and institutions across...