9th Knights Write Showcase celebrates exceptional student writing across disciplines
March 21, 2019 The 9th annual Knights Write Showcase, a celebration of first and second-year student writing, was held at the Pegasus Ballroom on February 11, 2019. Hosted by the Department of Writing & Rhetoric, the annual Knights Write Showcase demonstrates how writing and communication is important in every field, with the winners...
UCF Alumni featured in Orlando Science Center Exhibition
March 19, 2019 UCF alumni Gabe Cortese ’17 and Sheherazade Thenard ’18 have work featured in the Orlando Science Center’s Fusion: A STEAM Gallery through April 23. In their exhibition, “Identity and the Landscape,” Cortese and Thenard investigate figuration within an idealized landscape to explore complexities of their respective identities.
UCF History professor’s new book receives national praise
March 18, 2019 History professor Eric Rutkow, whose newest book is receiving high praise, will give a talk about his research on the Pan-American Highway on April 2.
UCF poet and musician collaborate on emotional choral piece
March 15, 2019 Based on a poem by UCF English professor Chrissy Kolaya, music professor Alex Burtzos’ choral piece “Mirabilis” will be performed by the UCF Chamber Singers at UCF Celebrates the Arts.
Mel Stanfill pens book about media fandom
March 15, 2019 Dr. Mel Stanfill’s new book Exploiting Fandom. Exploiting Fandom examines how the relationship of media industries to fans is shaped by heteronormativity, whiteness, consumption, copyright law and labor.
Author Fayeza Hasanat reads from The Bird Catcher and Other Stories
March 15, 2019 On March 5, UCF writer and professor Fayeza Hasanat read selections from her new book of short stories, “The Bird Catcher and Other Stories.”
Researching farm technology and global food production
March 15, 2019 Yovanna Pineda, Associate Professor of History, shares insight on her recent farm technology and global food production research trips.
UCF English professor’s new alum-published novel haunts, entertains
March 11, 2019 For fans of fantasy, science-fiction, and UCF faculty success, creative writing professor Dr. Micah Dean Hicks’ novel, “Break the Bodies, Haunt the Bones,” will creep you out in a good way.
Inaugural Dr. John T. Washington Lecture Series for Africana Studies
March 11, 2019 The UCF Africana Studies Program and History Department hosted the first annual Dr. John T. Washington Lecture Series at the Live Oak Event Center. A’Lelia Bundles, the great-great-granddaughter of Madam C.J. Walker, spoke on the theme “Raising Our Voices: Madam C.J. Walker’s Legacy of Leadership, Activism and Education.”
T&T Student Jessica Campbell Presents at Symposium on Communicating Complex Information
March 06, 2019 T&T student Jessica Campbell presented her paper “Contextual User-centered Design – A Provisional Framework for Design Without the User” at the 2019 Symposium on Communicating Complex Information (SCCI) in Shreveport, LA from February 25-26.
Flickering Landscapes conference to spotlight immigrant stories through film, art
March 06, 2019 By presenting films such as Luis Argueta’s documentary ABRAZOS, this year’s Flickering Landscapes conference at the UCF Center for Emerging Media on March 28-30, 2019 will address how human migration is affecting the world.
Alumni Spotlight: Anne Ladyem McDivitt and Super MAGFest 2019
March 06, 2019 History alumna Dr. Anne Ladyem McDivitt showcased her research in a solo panel at the 2019 Super MAGFest, an annual event celebrating video games and video game music. McDivitt, along with other video game historians, presented at the event’s Music and Gaming Education Symposium.
RICHES™ partners with local historical society to preserve community history
March 06, 2019 The RICHES™ project at UCF recently conducted a History Harvest event with the St. Cloud Historical Society. Led by Dr. Connie Lester, RICHES™ works to research, document, and make digitally available information on Florida’s regional history and to develop digital research tools. St. Cloud citizens contributed images, objects and documents...
Luis Favela accepted as a fellow at the University of Pittsburgh
March 06, 2019 Dr. Luis Favela has been accepted as a fellow at the University of Pittsburgh. This highly competitive fellowship will allow him to conduct research and network with researchers from top institutions. He will be conducting research based on previous research and publications on the topic of universality and neuroscience.
History professor defends importance of historical discipline for the present
March 06, 2019 In a recent article published by The Global Post, UCF Professor of History Dr. Luis Martínez-Fernández argues that historians occupy a unique position to shed light on present-day circumstances. Martínez-Fernández also feels that historians’ ability to perform this task has come under attack in recent years.
Digital media professor presents augmented reality app at international conference
March 06, 2019 Dr. Maria Harrington will demonstrate the AR Perpetual Garden App at the 2019 Museum and Web conference in Boston, Massachusetts.
Florida Prison Education Project wins Artworks grant
March 05, 2019 The Florida Prison Education Project (FPEP) has received a $50,000 National Endowment for the Arts Artworks grant to support “Illuminating the Darkness: Our Carceral Landscape,” a project that will provide a series of visual arts workshops for men and women incarcerated in Central Florida.
10 Arts & Humanities faculty members honored for Women's History Month
March 04, 2019 UCF Faculty Excellence chooses 31 UCF women to honor throughout Women’s History Month each year. For 2019, 10 of the 31 faculty members are from the College of Arts and Humanities.
With help from University Archives, English students create pieces for UCF Celebrates the Arts
February 25, 2019 By doing archival research at the John C. Hitt Library, Dr. Louise Kane’s students found inspiration for their literary modernism final projects, which will be showcased at UCF Celebrates the Arts on April 5-6, 2019.
Music faculty invited to Yonsei University for master class
February 22, 2019 Director of Bands Scott Lubaroff, associate professor of flute Dr. Nora Lee García and associate professor of bassoon Dr. Yoon Joo Hwang will be presenting master classes from March 13 to March 18 at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea.