UCF Student Uses Math, Philosophy Skills to Score Summer Project at Harvard
April 11, 2018 A UCF math major is headed to Harvard University this summer to study forest ecology through an interdisciplinary research project that combines philosophy, math algorithms and principles of ecology. Evan Waldmann credits working with Assistant Professor of Philosophy Jonathan Beever and his team for helping him land a Research Experience...
Philosophy students win Mid-Atlantic Ethics Bowl, head to Nationals in Chicago
December 01, 2017 The UCF student team from the Department of Philosophy won the Mid-Atlantic Regional Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Competition held at the University of North Georgia’s BB&T Center for Ethical Leadership on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Sixteen teams from fourteen universities competed on moral and ethical cases produced by the Association of...
UCF Researcher Builds Bridge to Silk Road’s Cultural Heritage
June 19, 2017 Dr. Lanlan Kuang’s research on the Dunhuang Mogao Caves has been featured in UCF Today. Her research has centered around the digital preservation of cultural works within the cave systems. The article can be viewed here: http://today.ucf.edu/ucf-researcher-builds-bridge-silk-roads-cultural-heritage/
Luis H. Favela is awarded Faculty Mentor of the Year
May 11, 2017 The UCF Student Undergraduate Research Council has named Dr. Luis H. Favela Faculty Mentor of the Year.
Philosophy Department Announces 2016-17 Student Awards
April 17, 2017 The UCF Philosophy Department announced its 2016-17 Student Academic Excellence Award winners. These students were recognized for their academic achievements within the department. Sabrina Jérôme Zachariah Neemeh Connor Robertson Austin Tindle
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...
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...
UCF Offers New Bachelor of Arts in Humanities and Cultural Studies
May 29, 2014 A new Bachelor of Arts in Humanities and Cultural Studies is being offered at UCF that will include additional courses in theory and methods along with the traditional historical focus. The revised degree replaces the previous Bachelor of Arts in Humanities to reflect developments in contemporary scholarship and research areas...
Philosophy Professor Publishes Book on Hinduism
November 19, 2013 UCF Philosophy Professor Ann Gleig teamed up with Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Millsaps College Lola Williamson while writing Homegrown Gurus: From Hinduism in America to American Hinduism. The book was recently published by SUNY Press. Today, a new stage in the development of Hinduism in America is taking...
Interdisciplinary Team Will Investigate Space, Science and Spirituality
December 09, 2011 An international research team of scientists, philosophers and humanities scholars is preparing to go where none have dared before to study the effects of outer space travel on the inner space of experience. Led by researchers from the Institute for Simulation & Training (IST), the Department of Philosophy and the...
Alumni Franqui and Scheaffer honored at Black & Gold Gala
November 23, 2011 On Friday, October 28, 2011, the UCF Alumni Association held its annual Black & Gold Gala during Homecoming week at the UCF Arena. The College of Arts and Humanities was pleased to present the following alumni awards: The 2011 Rising Star Award went to Francis Franqui (pictured at left), who...
Dalai Lama’s Personal Doctor to Speak at UCF
March 31, 2011 Dr. Barry Kerzin, a Buddhist monk and personal physician to the Dalai Lama, will give two presentations to students and lead a public workshop at the University of Central Florida. Kerzin is a licensed physician who gave up his traditional medical practice in the United States to charitably serve high...
UCF Ethics Bowl team wins national competition
March 07, 2011 The UCF Ethics Bowl Team has won the National Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Competition. The competition was held in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE). UCF triumphed over 31 top-scoring teams from ten regional ethics bowls. This is the third consecutive year...
UCF Team Finishes Strong in Ethics Bowl
November 16, 2010 On Saturday November 13 at the Southeast Regional Ethics Bowl in St. Petersburg, our UCF ethics bowl team (Alexander Kaplan, senior, Philosophy; Jessica Fears, junior, Economics; Stephen Oldham, junior, Philosophy and Political Science; Kevin Dupree, senior, Humanities; Ramon Lopez, senior, Political Science; and Catherine Perrault, senior, Molecular Biology) participated in...
Gallagher to Present at the Free University in Berlin
November 04, 2010 A conference, “The Socially Extended Mind,” focusing on Philosophy Professor Shaun Gallagher’s research on embodied social cognition and its relation to critical theory is scheduled to take place at the Free University in Berlin on March 21-22, 2011, sponsored by the Working Group on Languages of Emotion in Philosophy of...
Gallagher Speaks at New York Academy of Sciences
November 04, 2010 Shaun Gallagher will be participating as an invited speaker in the New York Academy of Sciences meetings on the topic “Perspectives on the Self: Conversations on Identity and Consciousness” in April 2011. Gallagher is editor of the Oxford Handbook of the Self (to be published by OUP in early 2011).
2009-2010 Research Incentive Award winners
May 05, 2010 The College of Arts and Humanities announces the 2009-2010 recipients of Research Incentive Awards: Mark Kamrath – English Keith Folse – Modern Languages Kristin Congdon – Philosophy See the 2008-2009 RIA award winners.
Milan students explore Gallagher's Phenomenological Mind
November 04, 2009 A group at the University Vita-Salute San Raffaele in Milan has organized a Winter School for graduate students to discuss the Italian translation of The Phenomenological Mind, authored by Shaun Gallagher and Dan Zahavi. More information is available online here
Philosophy Gets Creative with Ethics
September 15, 2009 Michael Strawser’s proposal on Applying Creativity to Research in Ethics has been accepted for presentation at the 2009 Florida Statewide Symposium, Engagement in Undergraduate Research on September 25, 2009. How should we think about the many ethical dilemmas that face us today? How should research in current ethical dilemmas be...
Gallagher attends conference with Dalai Lama
April 22, 2009 Shaun Gallagher participated in an invitation-only conference with the Dalai Lama and eight other scientists in Dharamsala, India at the Dalai Lama’s residence. The theme of the conference was Attention, Memory and the Mind and was sponsored by the Mind and Life Institute. Gallagher presented his research on embodiment and...