Academics

Provost Elizabeth Dooley was placed on paid administrative leave Friday afternoon by Interim President Thad Seymour, a university spokesperson informed NSM Today.

UCF's Department of Legal Studies hosted the Fifth District Court of Appeals Tuesday in the Student Union's Key West Ballroom.

Tyler Fisher, associate professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, said since the very first day of his research project, he has been on a continuous journey of "aprantisaj" and "aprendizaje" — Spanish and Haitian Creole for "learning."

In partnership with Valencia College, UCF will open a new downtown campus for 20 different UCF programs at the start of the fall 2019 semester, but some students and faculty have expressed concerns about having to attend classes at the new campus.

As a teenager, Megan Derazin rarely felt ill, but one day she came home with a high fever.

Nicoleta Bugnariu introduced herself to faculty members Monday as one of four candidates considered for the College of Health Professions and Sciences' first-ever dean.

The Nicholson School of Communications and Media and the College of Community Innovation and Education hosted an open house Wednesday to spotlight programs moving to the new UCF Downtown campus.

A new survey done by student government senators for the College of Business continues to show student distaste of Relevant, Engaged, Active Learning courses that started back in fall 2017.

As UCF prepares to gain Hispanic-serving institution status by 2019, it's beginning to address how it will affect diversity within the community, and what changes can be made to ensure the university will be serving its Latino population.

Kevin Joseph, an international graduate student at UCF, was recently informed of a program titled Florida Caribbean Institute (FCI), which provides out-of-state tuition waivers to pay in-state tuition to eligible students from the Caribbean.

A group of students rallied Monday afternoon to protest a stipulation in the recently passed tax reform bill which would tax graduate tuition waivers as income.

Transfer and Transition Services at UCF hosted Valencia College freshmen on Friday at the Pegasus Ballroom in the Student Union for its annual Successful Early Exploration (SEE) program.