Looking back on 2023, GeoBus UCF accomplished a lot—both in Florida and internationally. We spoke with Associate Professor of Geographic Information Systems in the Department of Sociology and 2...
https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/geobus-ucf-new-adventures-2024/
Sociology Professor Shannon Carter researches various topics in the healthcare industry that have a true impact on peoples’ lives. Read what she has to say about her research and learn what you...
This fall, 26 College of Sciences Ph.D. graduates will walk across the stage into futures making an impact in academia and industry. They have dedicated themselves to countless hours of research...
Department of Sociology Associate Professor Amy Donley works closely with social inequality and the homeless community. Her work truly makes an impact in the lives of others and society. Take...
https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/sociology-research-homeless-population/
Parking at night is a simple but powerful illustration Associate Professor Alison Cares, Ph.D., uses to teach gendered experiences with violence and victimization. Routes through campu...
https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/sociology-expertise-strengthens-campus-safety-initiatives/
A community in Belize and students and teachers from UCF and across the U.S. benefited from a seven-week research project hosted by Citizen Science GIS this summer. This was the sixth year Ass...
https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/gis-mapping-research-benefits-coastal-village-teachers-students/
This summer, 26 College of Sciences Ph.D. graduates walked across the stage into futures making an impact in academia and industry. They were celebrated by faculty, staff, supporters and the dean...
The impact of the nation’s first GeoBus continues to grow, with a new partnership bringing the immersive educational experience to 18 Title I Brevard County schools this spring semester, with a...
https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/school-district-partnership-deepens-geobus-reach-impact/
Spring 2023 College of Sciences doctoral graduates were celebrated at the COS Pre-Commencement Celebration on Thursday, May 4, 2023. Dean Maggy Tomova, Ph.D., honored their accomplishments with ...
Faculty representing every area in the College of Sciences were honored for their commitment to excellence at the Spring 2023 Faculty Recognition Event. Hosted by Associate Deans Kerstin Hamann a...
https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/faculty-recognized-excellence-instruction-mentoring/
UCF will showcase more than 200 faculty members for academic excellence and service Wednesday at the Founders’ Day Faculty Honors Celebration in the Student Union’s Pegasus Ballroom. The cele...
https://www.ucf.edu/news/awardees-announced-for-founders-day-faculty-honors-celebration/
A traditional toast and individual recognition from Associate Dean Teresa Dorman , Ed.D., sent 22 doctoral graduates into the next chapter of their careers. In her remarks, she said, “You have ...
https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/fall-22-doctoral-candidates-honored-by-dean/
A glimpse at another year of exploration, innovation and scholarship in the College of Sciences. Over the course of the year, College of Sciences faculty, staff, and students worked hard to a...
https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/2022-college-of-sciences-year-in-review/
Two recently debuted podcasts are increasing awareness about sociology while simultaneously providing valuable skills to students. The podcasts come from the classroom of Associate Professor Ramo...
https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/sociology-podcasts-further-scholarship-teach-skills/
Traveling to Hopkins Village, Belize, feels like a homecoming for Citizen Science GIS after six years of research and community work. Each summer brings a surprise, though. A new degree of urgenc...
https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/annual-belize-trip-trains-students-assists-intl-community/
Doctorate graduates were given a warm and personal send-off Thursday in a longstanding College of Sciences tradition. Remarks by Dean Maggy Tomova, Ph.D., were followed by individual recognition ...
https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/summer-22-phd-graduates-given-warm-send-off/
Explorers still exist, even in a world where every has corner has a name. Count Associate Professor Timothy Hawthorne, Ph.D., among their number. Hawthorne was recently named a 2022 National Geog...
Thirteen doctorate graduates were given a warm congratulations and sendoff Friday in a continuation of a longstanding College of Sciences’ tradition. The final toast was led by College of Scien...
https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/spring-22-doctorate-graduates-honored-at-special-reception/
UCF is one of the best universities in the nation for students looking to continue their education and advance their careers in a wide range of professional areas, including emergency and crisis ...
Twenty-six students — ranging in disciplines from engineering to biology to education and others across the institution — have been named as 2021-22 recipients of the Order of Pegasus, UCF’...
https://www.ucf.edu/news/26-exemplary-students-awarded-2022-order-of-pegasus/
Every year, UCF Human Resources organizes a ceremony for faculty and staff to gather and recognize USPS and A&P employees who make the university such a great place to work. At the Knight Star Aw...
David “Jamie” Poissant kicked off UCF’s third Authors Celebration with a story about how he hated reading as a child and eventually became an associate professor of English and published au...
https://www.ucf.edu/news/faculty-honored-at-ucfs-3rd-authors-celebration/
Eileen Zelaya was born in Miami, but she was raised “all over the place” because her father was in the army. From a tiny town in rural Oklahoma to New York and back to bustling Miami, one thi...
https://www.ucf.edu/news/first-generation-ucf-student-finds-confidence-to-pursue-her-dreams/
University of Central Florida researchers are starting a U.S. National Science Foundation-funded project to identify systemic gender inequities impacting university STEM faculty so that they can ...
https://www.ucf.edu/news/new-nsf-funded-survey-aims-to-understand-gender-inequity-in-stem-fields/
The 21 new inductees of UCF’s Scroll and Quill Society represent a broad spectrum of academic expertise, such as fiction writing, artificial intelligence, police-community relations, nursing an...
https://www.ucf.edu/news/21-faculty-members-inducted-into-ucf-scroll-and-quill-society/
Maggy Tomova, Ph.D., officially joins the University of Central Florida today as dean of the College of Sciences. Tomova, 44, brings deep research and leadership experience to the role, most rece...
https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/maggy-tomova-joins-the-college-of-sciences-today-as-dean/
For Shawn Welcome ’17, serving as Orlando’s second Poet Laureate is the culmination of years of supporting poetic expression and storytelling in the city. From studying at UCF to working with...
https://www.ucf.edu/news/ucf-student-selected-as-orlandos-second-poet-laureate/
The UCF community celebrated the accomplishments of 15 exceptional faculty members at its annual Luminary Awards Night. UCF leadership lauded faculty members for being leaders in their fields and...
https://www.ucf.edu/news/ucfs-brightest-shine-during-luminary-awards/
The health risks of childbirth and pregnancy among women of color grew higher in 2020 as the pandemic widened preexisting inequities. These are among the findings two UCF sociologists presented i...
Christian Bolden, Ph.D., ’10, is living proof that second chances exist. “If there should be one takeaway from my story it’s that people can change and they can do better if people don’t ...
https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/education-opens-second-chances-for-scholar-with-rough-upbringing/