Friday, January 24, 2014

  • UCF Victim Services Spring Cell Phone Drive - Cell Phone Recycling program

    University Tower: Victim Services (Room 450)

    Victim Services is sponsoring a Cell Phone Drive starting January 6, 2014 through February 14, 2014 to benefit our Victims Assistance Fund. Cell or smart phones in any condition will be taken, as well as tablets, iPads and iPhones. The company we’ll be using is eco-friendly, as they are a no landfill recycler; every part of the non usable phones …

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  • Group Exercise Instructor Training Course

    Recreation and Wellness Center

    The Group Exercise Instructor Training Course is designed especially for individuals interested in becoming a certified group fitness instructor. Students will be taught the skills necessary to succeed at group fitness instruction including musicality, choreography, cueing, and various class formatting styles.This course will not certify you to become a Group Exercise Instructor. Rather, it will prepare you with the knowledge …

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  • FREE flu shots for students - A flu shot is the best way to protect yourself from the flu (Recurring Event)

    Health Center & Pharmacy: 2nd Floor Conference Room

    Come to the Health Center, third floor for your free flu shot (while supplies last). Must bring student ID, must not currently be sick. Closed for lunch from 12-1 pm. For additional flu shot clinic hours, please see www.hs.ucf.edu.

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  • CREOL Distinguished Seminar Series - Petapixel photography and the limits of camera capacity by Dr. David Brady

    CREOL

    "Petapixel photography and the limits of camera capacity" by Dr. David Brady, Michael J. Fitzpatrick Endowed Professor of Photonics at Duke University.Abstract: Multiscale design and physical layer compression may enable digital cameras to reach diffraction and photon-limited information capacity. This talk considers these limits and describes strategies for reaching diffraction limited resolution with >10 gigapixels and implementing compressive temporal, focal …

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  • Untangling the Web of Science - Pathways to Success Workshop

    Colbourn Hall

    Join us to learn how to make the most of using this power database to find high impact journal articles and conference proceedings in the sciences. Web of Science is a must have tool for any graduate students serious about their research.Please RSVP here: http://www.admin.graduate.ucf.edu/surveyASP/TakeSurvey.asp?SurveyID=52Hn57MLm5l5G

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  • Get to Know Photonics at UCF - Fiber Optics - Cable for Light: How Does Light Carry Information

    CREOL

    Fiber optical cable is one of the major inventions that form the foundation of photonics and make high speed communication possible. Learn how fiber optic cables are made and how they are used to transmit information. Includes a lab tour of the Fiber Draw Tower.Presented by Dr. Axel Schulzgen, professor in the College of Optics and Photonics. Open to the …

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  • Implications for Energy, Information and Medical Technologies - Dr. Samuel D. Bader - Argonne National Laboratory

    Physical Sciences Building

    Spintronics encompasses the ever-evolving field of magnetic electronics.[1,2] Fields such as spintronics hold the potential to extend the information technology revolution as the semiconductor roadmap reaches its end. A major issue with present day electronics is in its demand for increased power. Spintronics offers the possibility to communicate via pure spin currents as opposed to electric charge currents. The talk …

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  • Couples Cafè [Spanish] - presentado por UCF Marriage & Family Research Institute

    MFRI South Location

    Este taller se enfoca en ayudar a individuos y parejas a identificar y entender como cada uno es unico en la manera que “expresa” amor y lo comunica usando el modelo “LOS 5 LENGUAJES DEL AMOR” escrito por Gary Chapman.Convierta su lenguaje de amor en citas divertidas! El objetivo es ayudar a los participantes a identificar ideas prácticas y divertidas …

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  • The Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby - Parts I and II in Repertory (Recurring Event)

    Orlando Shakespeare Theater

    $12 student rush tickets / $10 off advanced purchase. - A cast of 27 actors plays over 150 characters in this exhilarating two-part comic masterpiece that captures Dickens' genius for combining exuberant characters, theatrical spectacle, and captivating emotion. Winner of both the Tony Award ® for Best Play and The Olivier Award for Play of the Year, this epic event …

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  • Leveling Up (Recurring Event)

    Theatre

    Leveling Up Written by Deborah Zoe LauferDirected by Mark RouthierIan, Zan, and Chuck are two years out of college and playing video games twenty hours a day when the government comes looking for expert gamers to launch remote missiles. And the bombs, the guns, the screams, the victories are eerily similar to the ones on their Xbox.“Leveling Up couldn’t be …

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