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October 2016 News & Updates
 
COS EVENTS
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Distinguished Speaker Series: Clint Bowers
    
Dr. Clint Bowers, chair of the UCF Department of Psychology, will present 'A Mostly Serious Talk About Serious Games' on Wednesday, October 26, at the Tuscawilla Country Club. Come for food, drinks and intellectual discourse.  RSVP 
   
COS Celebrates Scholarship Recipients 
   
The College of Sciences held its annual Scholarship Luncheon on Sept. 23 to honor scholarship recipients and donors. This year the college celebrated 45 students receiving a total of $61,050 toward furthering their education.  Read more
  
Science Café: Ann Miller
 
Dr. Ann Miller of the UCF Nicholson School of Communication will present 'Sex on TV' on Thursday, October 13 at UCF. She will discuss the implications of sex as it is displayed on television and in other forms of media.  RSVP
    
 
COS Highlights     
    
U CF Team Seeks to Improve Classroom Learning
  
Three faculty members are teaming up to improve classroom learning for students who struggle with attention deficit disorder, autism and learning disabilities. Read more
  
UCF Statistics Places Second at National Conference   
   
A team from the  UCF Department of Statistics  placed second in the SAS analytics shootout competition at the 2016 Analytics Experience Conference in Las Vegas. Read more

Research Team Discovers New Behavior of Friction
  
A research team from the UCF Department of Physics  discovered an entirely new behavior of friction that could revolutionize friction-based technologies. They  published  a paper on their findings in Scientific Reports . Read more
     
 
Faculty Spotlights
 
Lifetime of Achievement 
 
Chair of the  Department of Political Science  Dr. Kerstin Hamann was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Political Science Association's Political Science Education section.  Read more
  
Women of Distinction 
 
UCF's Center for Success of Women Faculty presented its annual Women of Distinction awards to two College of Sciences faculty members, Dr. J. Marla Toyne and Dr. Shannon Carter. Read more
 
46 Years of Sociology Research
 
Dr. James Wright of the UCF Department of Sociology recently published a book recounting and analyzing 46 years of sociology research. Read more
    
 
Student and Alumni News
             
Scholarship Student Spotlight 
 
Lisa Kauffman, a senior radio-television and political science major, shares how she owes a large part of her academic success to the scholarships that she has received during her time at UCF.  Read more
  
Outstanding Psychology AlumKnight

Neuropsychologist Dr. Diane Caroline Robinson, '06, '10, was honored as the 2016 Psychology Outstanding AlumKnight. The two-time UCF psychology alumna is program director of the Cancer Support Community and Integrative Medicine Department for the UF Health Cancer Center - Orlando Health. Read more
   
UCF Alumna is an Ally to Orlando
  
Nilmarie Zapata, '07, '09, alumna of the UCF Department of Political Science, is making waves in the Central Florida community as site director for Public Allies Central Florida.  Read more
 
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