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UCF saxophone quartet wins regional MTNA competition

February 01, 2019  Congratulations to the UCF Knights Saxophone Quartet on winning the southern division of the MTNA Chamber Music Competition! Jade Deatherage, Dylan Hannan, Noah Mosca and Najee Lee will be the first UCF students to advance to the finals of the MTNA competitions, which will be held in Spokane, Washington on...

Dept. of English brings award-winning authors to campus

February 01, 2019  Award-winning fiction writers Bonnie Jo Campbell and Anna Levi will read their works and answer audience questions during on-campus events this month.

RICHES collection enhances museum experience

January 30, 2019  Mark Bruckert, a sophomore at the Crooms Academy of Information Technology and a member of the Oviedo Historical Society, recently installed his Eagle Scout project at the Lawton House Museum in Oviedo. The installation of iPads allows visitors to the Lawton House to connect to Oviedo artifacts stored in the...

History Professor appointed to National Council for History Education board

January 30, 2019  UCF Professor of History Dr. Luis Martínez-Fernández has been appointed to the board of the National Council for History Education (NCHE). Since 1990, the NCHE has worked to promote excellence in K-12 and college-level history education.

Artist Hiwa K gives multidisciplinary talk at UCF

January 29, 2019  Artist Hiwa K brings multidisciplinary work to explore ongoing global political issues such as immigration, colonialism, and war.

Trombones de Costa Rica stops at UCF

January 27, 2019  UCF faculty member Luis Fred is part of the ensemble Trombones de Costa Rica and began their U.S. tour with the UCF School of Performing Arts, culminating with a performance on February 25.

UCF’s ‘Year of Zora’ to Celebrate Hurston

January 24, 2019  The ZORA! Festival in Eatonville runs Jan. 26-Feb. 3.

Bassoon faculty member Yoon Joo Hwang visits top music school in Beijing

January 23, 2019  In December 2018, assistant professor of bassoon Yoon Joo Hwang, DMA, made her last stop abroad at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, China. 

Lineup Announced for 2019 UCF Celebrates The Arts

January 23, 2019  The fifth-annual festival held at downtown Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center will underscore the resilience of humans and the healing power of art.

UCF Philosophy professor invested into endowed position

January 21, 2019  The Al-Ghazali Endowed Professorship will support professor Cyrus Zargar in continuing to grow the Islamic Studies program at UCF.

Reading Room opens in Women's and Gender Studies

January 18, 2019  The Bell Hooks Reading Room in Women’s and Gender Studies is now open for readers.

English students’ literary research published in The Pegasus Review

January 18, 2019  Technical communication student Kennedy Harkins and English alumna Ivy McKay ’17 had their research articles published in issue 10.1 of The Pegasus Review: UCF Undergraduate Research Journal. The highly selective journal, which accepts just seven articles per issue, features essays that go through a thorough editing process, with the writers...

UCF Announces New MFA Track in Themed Experience

January 16, 2019  Orlando is known as the land of theme parks — a place that people visit from around the globe to immerse themselves in the most imaginative and fantastic worlds. Located in the international hub of the themed-experience industry, UCF is poised to become a leader in the field. Starting Fall...

Whom Should Self-Driving Cars Be Programmed to Protect?

January 16, 2019  Dr. Jonathan Beever and Dr. Stephen M. Kuebler discuss the ethical implications of self-driving cars.

First-generation college graduate shares stories of the past through podcasts

January 15, 2019  As a first-generation college graduate, Holly Baker is ready and eager to embark on her career as a public historian. Beginning in February, she will join the Florida Historical Society as Public History Coordinator and Manager of the Brevard Museum of History and Natural Science in Cocoa.

Islamic Studies by Philosophy professor book discussed at conference

January 15, 2019  Philosophy professor Cyrus Ali Zargar’s book “The Polished Mirror: Storytelling and the Pursuit of Virtue in Islamic Philosophy and Sufism” was discussed by a panel of experts at a recent Society for the Study of Muslim Ethics conference.

John C. Hitt Library hosts exhibit on Zora Neale Hurston and historic African American community

January 15, 2019  The UCF History Department exhibit, Zora Neale Hurston’s ‘Native Village’: Historic Eatonville Remembered, hosted on the first-floor gallery wall in the John C. Hitt Library, explores Hurston’s anthropological research into the people, history and culture of Eatonville.

WGST wins Community Grant with Farmworker Association of Florida

January 14, 2019  The Burnett Honors College gave the research team of Dr. M. C. Santana (Director, UCF Women’s and Gender Studies program) and Jeannie Economos (Farmworker Association of Florida) a community grant for their project “Exploring communication realities among Black and Brown Farmworkers in Apopka: A Service Learning Outreach Project with the...

Piano professor Yun-Ling Hsu invited abroad for judging and masterclasses

January 14, 2019  Professor Yun-Ling Hsu (DMA) was honored to be invited as a judge for the “2018 American Classical Pianist International Piano Competition,” a masterclass teacher, and an attendee in Sino-American Piano Education Symposium in Guangzhou, China.

Theatre UCF grad Abby Jaros '14 gets her shot touring with 'Hamilton'

January 14, 2019  Abby Jaros ’14, a Musical Theatre BFA graduate, performs in the touring company of the smash musical “Hamilton.” She speaks to the Orlando Sentinel’s Matt Palm about her time at UCF and in the production.