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Scott PowersFebruary 8, 2016

The University of Central Florida proposed downtown campus has its $67 million commitment from the city of Orlando, but that doesn’t mean the university has what it takes yet to get state approval. Orlando City Council voted unanimously Monday afternoon to approve a deal that would donate land, a building and infrastructure improvements toward UCF’s […]

Scott PowersFebruary 7, 2016

Orlando’s big vision for downtown, the Creative Village development, hinges on a lot of ifs, and Orlando City Council is going to consider addressing the first big if Monday. Creative Village plans first hatched more than five years ago envision turning 68 acres of what is now mostly vacant moonscape, which once held the now-razed […]

Scott PowersFebruary 5, 2016

The Florida Board of Governors will hold a special meeting in Orlando March 2 to hear the University of Central Florida’s pitch for a downtown Orlando campus. Details, including location of the meeting, are not yet set. The university said Friday the Board of Governors arranged the meeting so UCF can seek approval for a […]

Scott PowersFebruary 4, 2016

The University of Central Florida is advising students, faculty and staff that it has discovered a data breach that could have exposed release of Social Security numbers of up to 63,000 people at the university. Here’s the meat of Thursday’s announcement, released by UCF: “After UCF discovered the unauthorized access in January, university officials immediately […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 31, 2016

Online advertising flooded into my computer and phone during the holiday-selling season: banner ads, email advertising including spam, Facebook ads, sponsored tweets, rich-media ads, pop-ups and pop-unders, and my personal favorite: pre-video ads that slow me down when I’m checking out the sports highlights from the previous night. As a sales guy, I understand that […]

Scott PowersJanuary 26, 2016

Continuing research at the University of Central Florida has brought another federal grant of $1.9 million to develop a method for protecting the troubled citrus industry from the disease HLB, also known as citrus greening. In awarding the funding to UCF nanoparticle researcher Swadeshmukul Santra, the U.S. Department of Agriculture also recognized the University of Central Florida […]

Scott PowersJanuary 21, 2016

A new program to help students with intellectual disabilities such as autism get into college or other postsecondary schools will be coordinated through a new center to be developed at the University of Central Florida. The center startup money for such college programs and a scholarship program for such students was authorized by Senate Bill 672, a special […]

Scott PowersJanuary 20, 2016

University of Central Florida President John Hitt and several of the school’s other leaders are putting their money where their hopes are. The university announced that Hitt and his wife Martha, several current and former members of the Board of Trustees and others at the school have combined to donate about $1 million this month […]

Scott PowersJanuary 7, 2016

The University of Central Florida’s Board of Trustees approved a plan Thursday morning to restrict its proposal for a downtown Orlando campus that had money vetoed by Gov. Rick Scott last year. But the trustees did so with no guarantees of support for the $20 million in state money it needs this year. UCF is on […]

Guest AuthorDecember 7, 2015

As a society we do a terrible job of educating our children to become scientifically literate. Sure, we have STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) programs throughout the country, and with some justification we can brag about the successes of students who are in or who have graduated from such learning experiences. However, in general, […]

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Orlando City Council OKs UCF downtown campus package

Deal to get Orlando’s Creative Village rolling now on city council’s table

UCF arranges to pitch downtown Orlando campus at special meeting of Board of Governors

UCF reports data breach exposing Social Security numbers of 63,000 students and staff

William Steiger: Online advertising: Overwhelmed or overjoyed?

UCF, UF research efforts to stop citrus greening draw U.S. agriculture grants

Bill creates college-level assistance for students with intellectual disabilities

John Hitt, UCF trustees putting own money into downtown campus fund

UCF trustees approve limiting plan for downtown Orlando campus

Michael Bass: Toward a more scientifically literate public