The UCF community got the chance to see a Ford first in electric cars.
Florida’s first plug-in hybrid electric vehicle built by Ford Motor Company made its debut on campus Tuesday.
Judges from Orlando-based developers Electronic Arts, Tiburon, N-Space and Boston-based game developers Irrational Games, which created the "BioShock" series, came to UCF’s Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy to judge student-made projects on Friday.
Norma Cruz, the 2009 Woman of the Year according to Guatemala’s daily newspaper, Prensa Libre, spoke in the Student Union on Monday to raise awareness about violence against women in Guatemala.
Students will discover that Lucy Virginia French, a 19th century Southern woman, was no Scarlett O’Hara.
Both the Michael Kilbride and Taylor Lochrane ticket and Daniel Seeff and Kevin Wolkenfeld ticket were found not in violation of major or minor campaign violations during a hearing Tuesday.
The vote count was 6-0 for not in violation across all votes for both tickets.
Dayglow came back to Orlando on Thursday for "The Road to Ultra Music Festival 2010" tour.
Imagine yourself walking into an elevator only to meet the CEO of your favorite company. You want to pitch your business idea to the CEO, but you only have an elevator ride’s worth of time to present your idea and create an impression.
Water rockets shot into the air, and gliders soared across the Engineering II atrium during the Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering regional competition held Saturday at UCF.
Supporters cheered and applauded as LEAD Scholars showed off their talents Friday night. More than 200 people filled the Pegasus Ballroom for the event called Show-Stoppers.
Alumni, young and old, spent the evening Thursday on Park Avenue sipping wine and conversing with fellow UCF graduates.
The March of Dimes Collegiate Council held its fifth annual KnightWalk for Babies on the UCF campus Sunday.
The Student Government Association Senate passed Resolution 42-17 on third reading, officially opposing mandatory health insurance at UCF, on Thursday during a meeting.
The final vote for the resolution was 24-14.
The UCF College of Medicine began their 2010 Luminary Series with “Mending the Broken Heart,” a presentation by Dr. Dinender Singla of the UCF Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences at the Orlando Museum of Art Wednesday night.
According to Singla, who joined UCF in 2007, more than 1.2 million people in the U.S. will have a heart attack in one year and 500,000 of those will die on their way to the hospital.
A group of UCF students and faculty attended "Light Up Your Life — But Carefully" on Wednesday night in the library to learn about light.
In recognition of National Eating Disorder Week, Operation Beautiful founder Caitlin Boyle held an interactive seminar in the Cape Florida Ballroom of the Student Union Wednesday night.
It’s the end of the second day of SGA campaigns, and both sets of candidates said that they’re sunburned but happy.
A UCF student has accused her boyfriend of holding her hostage and beating her for more than 14 hours, according to Grant Heston of UCF News & Information.
The UCF music department revived its opera program as students performed "Betly,” a comedy written by Gaetano Donizetti, at University High School on Saturday.
The UCF opera program was cut from the university’s budget in 2008, but private donations recently brought it back.
The members of UCF’s Muslim Student Association filled the bellies and covered the feet of the homeless in Downtown Orlando this Sunday.
Students passed out plates of food to the homeless and gave them clean, new socks at Masjid Al-Haqq, a mosque across the street from the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida. Project Downtown, Orlando sponsored the event, along with students from Page Private School in Orlando.
Rashon Hogan was being chased past the Student Union when a bloody hand reached up and grabbed his shoulder.
He was now infected. He was now a zombie.
Kevin Wolkenfeld, Student Government Association vice presidential candidate and current senator, said Sunday he received a threatening text message Saturday from a supporter of the Michael Kilbride and Taylor Lochrane ticket.
In a clash of cultures, attendees of the screening of “The Ramen Girl,” held at the Rosen College, were invited to give the Japanese noodle dish a try in a ramen tasting following the film.
More than 100 students crammed themselves into a tiny classroom in the Business Administration building Thursday night to hear a list of the benefits and rewards of a career in the U.S. State Department.
Chi Omega raised $8,180 Saturday morning during its second annual Race Love Wish 5K at UCF. Funds went to the sorority’s national philanthropy, the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
More than 100 students crammed themselves into a tiny classroom in the Business Administration building Thursday night to hear a list of the benefits and rewards of a career in the U.S. State Department.
In a clash of cultures, attendees of the screening of “The Ramen Girl,” held at the Rosen College, were invited to give the Japanese noodle dish a try in a ramen tasting following the film.
The Faces of Engineering, an open discussion about challenges minority engineers students face and how to prepare for them took place Wednesday at 7:30 in the Harris Corporation Engineer Center. It was held by the National Society of Black Engineers.
In a presentation titled “China-Taiwan Relations: The Next Step,” Minxin Pei, the author of “China's Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy,” discussed the history of China and Taiwan Thursday afternoon at UCF.
Construction on a new parking garage on the main UCF campus will begin in March, according to a press release from Jacksonville-based design and construction company Haskell.
According to the press release, the new 402,000-square-foot garage will add 1,326 parking spaces to campus, and will be located on Gemini Boulevard near the Knight's Plaza area and the Psychology Building. The costs are estimated at about $14 million.
Kilbride and Lochrane, Seeff and Wolkenfeld take shots at each other
The two SGA Presidential tickets verbally slugged it out on Friday during the 2010 debate.
Questions, which were collected from readers of the Central Florida Future and KnightNews.com, were presented to the candidates in the Student Union in front of a crowd of about 70 members of the student body.
Click here for the live blog from today's presidential debate.
The sets of hats in the 2010 SGA Presidential election ring said they are ready for the upcoming three days of active campaigning and voting.
Both Michael Kilbride and Daniel Seeff said they have spent the past few days meeting with registered student organizations.
The controversial Genocide Awareness Project has caused conflict and debate at UCF on Wednesday and Thursday. The project consists of large signs and posters depicting unborn or aborted fetuses along with more commonly recognizable forms of genocide, including Cambodian killing fields, the World Trade Center attack, the Holocaust and other massacres and forms of violence.
International Business Association president says senator didn't respond to e-mails
A registered student organization went before the Student Government Association Senate on Thursday to ask for an allocation of money from an emergency fund after they said they had not heard from their appointed senator for weeks.
A bill that would expand the size of the Student Government Association Senate from 52 members to 60 was sent back to the Legislative, Judicial and Rules Committee on Thursday during the regular senate meeting.
Tailgating rules are changing for the second time in as many years for fans at UCF’s Bright House Networks stadium.
For the upcoming 2010 football season, tailgating rules will remain the same as last season for most fans, but members of the Golden Knights Club, an organization that, through donations, helps fund athletic scholarships and capital improvements, will be offered premium parking spots and have the option to tailgate as early as 8 a.m. for night games.
Click here for the live blog from tonight's meeting.
Although the UCF Wind Ensemble’s concert didn’t go quite according to plan Sunday night, the talent and dedication of its three trombonists, backed by the other 52 musicians, made the Valentine's Day performance a symphonic success.
UCF students aired out their frustrations about black portrayal in the media Wednesday in the African American Student Union’s “Where Did We Go Wrong?” forum.
A filled room of students looked on as the panel introduced themselves and told their life stories. You’d never know it by looking at them, but all of the speakers had something in common.
They’re HIV positive.
Thousands of animal lovers came out to Paws in the Park, a fundraising pet walk on Saturday morning at Lake Eola Park. The pooch-friendly event was the 16th annual walk for The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Central Florida.
The UCF organic garden’s one-year birthday bash has been postponed due to cold weather and rain.
With its goal of sharpening UCF’s international focus in mind, the UCF Global Perspectives Office held a forum discussing changes in Latin America in the Student Union’s Cape Florida Ballroom Tuesday.
How can an improvisation play filled with sexual innuendos manage to talk about a serious issue? Through “Sex Signals,” a traveling comedy production aimed at college students to address dating, gender stereotypes and expectations and date rape.
Wednesday evening the UCF Arena was packed with students and alumni who share one common interest: a passion for UCF athletics.
More than 20,000 people gathered at the Colonial TownPark in Lake Mary on Sunday for the largest charitable car show in the Southeastern United States. Cars for the Cure was hosted by the American Lung Association of Florida- Central Area and was run by 14 interns from UCF.
Two dead after shooting in Research Park near UCF
According to WKMG, Channel 6, the victim of Monday's shooting at the AT&T Wireless Call Center in Research Park near UCF has died at the hospital.
White, healthy smiles were shining Thursday afternoon at the grand opening of the UCF Dental Center.
Five of UCF's women's athletic teams spent the day investing in girls in the local community at the National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Saturday at UCF.
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A man working inside of the Physical Sciences building fell from a ladder Friday around 11 a.m. The man, who works for Mader Southeast Inc. in Orlando, was working on a second floor scaffolding of phase two of the Physical Sciences building when he fell.
The owner and operator of local attraction "Vortex Amazing" faces charges of aggravated battery after he was arrested on Jan. 31, according to an Orange County Sheriff's Office report.
Injustices against women spotlighted Thursday’s, presentation in the Cape Florida Ballroom by activist and photojournalist Paula Allen.
It was standing room only in the Visual Arts Building auditorium for the lecture and presentation by iconic pop artist James Rosenquist Wednesday night.
Knight-Thon, the largest student-run philanthropy at UCF, hosted a Date Auction Wednesday to raise funds for Children’s Miracle Network. In 2009, they raised more than $52,000, more than doubling the previous year’s total, to help fund programs and pay for medical equipment for two Florida hospitals said Mike Kilbride, the Executive Student Director.
More than 200 candles were lit Friday night at the Reflecting Pond as the UCF community gathered in remembrance of those who have lost their lives because of the earthquake in Haiti.
UCF was honored with a visit from a TIME magazine dubbed "Hero of the Planet" Thursday afternoon to discuss his turtle conservation efforts with students and professors alike.
The walls inside the UCF Women’s Research Center Gallery scream in color.
Don't forget that today at 5 p.m. is the deadline for signing up for the Textbook Purchase Program at the UCF Bookstore. Anyone who has financial aid can register and buy their textbooks and have them charged to their student account. You must sign up by tonight's deadline and purchase your books by 7 p.m. Friday.
A women threatened to commit suicide in her car with a rifle Tuesday evening near the Pegasus Pointe Apartments, said Jeff Williamson, Orange County Sheriff's Office public information officer.
Police were able to apprehend the woman and gain control of the rifle. The situation is under control, Williamson said.
Two UCF-area women were robbed at gunpoint at the Sun Key Apartments near Goldenrod on Sunday evening.
