We did it! Our Greatest Day of Giving was wildly successful.
Thank you to the volunteers and donors who supported these efforts.

The annual campus-wide giving event raised over $810,598 in just 24-hours. In COS, we exceeded our goal of 100 donors to College of Sciences funds totaling over $14,000. Some COS program funds were also included in the Student Experience & Resources category, based on their campus wide impact, which contributes to COS goals. These Day of Giving totals do not yet include all Faculty & Staff giving, which took place March 1 – 24. Final numbers and participation are still being tallied and will be shared early April.

23 Students to Receive UCF’s Highest Honor

The 2021 Order of Pegasus recipients includes seven students from the College of Sciences.

New Bachelor’s to be Offered for Big Data

The new degree becomes the third undergraduate degree offered by the Department of Statistics and Data Science. The bachelor’s in Data Science spans a variety of sub-disciplines within the greater field of data science, including mathematics, statistics, specialized programming and algorithm design.

Renewed Funding Opens Three More

Years Of Citizen Science in Belize

Impactful community research in rural Belize will continue
for another three years thanks to renewed funding from
the National Science Foundation.

Nicholson Faculty Lend Expertise to Global Pandemic Communications

Today’s global pandemic was just a worst-case scenario when Deanna Sellnow, Ph.D., and Timothy Sellnow, Ph.D., developed a communications plan for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2006.

Florida Academy of Sciences Names UCF Biologist as 2021 Medalist

The award recognizes Linda Walters, Ph.D., for her contributions to science and outstanding efforts to share that knowledge with the public.

The Not-So-Secret World of Skeletal Biology:
Forensic Anthropology, Bioarchaeology
and Human Rights Investigations

Presented by the Kent Family Speaker Series

Thursday, April 1, 2021 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. EDT

Join renowned anthropologist, Dawnie Wolfe Steadman, Ph.D., for a fascinating discussion on how bones are used as forensic evidence, their role in understanding historical warfare and how they’re used to reconstruct human rights atrocities. She will also discuss her new work exploring body decomposition at the famous “Body Farm.”

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Lake Mary's Annual Run With a Hero 2021
Presented by Orlando Health

Saturday, April 17, 2021 9 a.m. EDT

Sign up today to run/walk alongside your local heroes from fire and police departments, military and emergency medical personnel. The run/walk is a 3K course and is open to all ages! This event will also be hosted virtually for those who would like to participate on their own. A separate registration will be coming soon for those of who would like to remotely participate. All proceeds will go to UCF RESTORES.

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Old Fire in New Words for the Kurdish New Year: Poetry and Translation
Kurdish Political Studies Program

March 26, 2021
11:00 am- 12:30 p.m. EDT

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A Conversation on Navigating Identity in the Workplace

March 31, 2021
6:00 p.m. EDT

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What to Expect in Law School

April 7, 2021
Noon EDT

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Intelligence and Epidemics
ICCAE

April 7, 2021
3:30 - 5:00 p.m. EDT