Alumni News Summer Commencement Launches Careers of New COS Grads Rain didn’t dampen the spirits of UCF’s newest College of Sciences graduates on Saturday. Jeremy Ivy, 23, is a psychology graduate, and plans on… Arboretum UCF Biologists Hunt For Hidden Carbon Car exhaust and factory pollution take a lot of blame for global warming. But a team of UCF biologists are on the hunt for a… Arboretum UCF alumna leads Arboretum’s environmental initiatives, controlled burns BY SHEA DAWSON As Jennifer Elliott sat in the UCF Arboretum office, a small trailer behind the Harris Corporation Engineering Center, an Arboretum staff member… Arboretum New Arboretum Master Plan Unveiled The UCF Arboretum started as a 10-acre site in 1983 on what was then the edge of campus. Over the years several parcels were added… Arboretum Urban Forestry The Urban Forestry Department at UCF was formed in 2004 with the mission of improving the campus aesthetics, mitigating hurricane storm damage, increasing tree… Arboretum UCF First Designated Bee Campus USA Last year, UCF became the first university in Florida to be designated as a Bee Campus USA. Bee Campuses aim to increase communication about the… Arboretum Arboretum Community Farm and Garden Summer 2019 Eggplant, tomato, corn, sweet potato, peppers, melon…hungry yet?! These are just a few examples of the delicious produce grown in the Arboretum Community Farm and… Arboretum Arboretum Director’s Message Gardens are places where people grow plants, but gardens grow people too. University gardens in particular are committed to the growth and development of people… Arboretum Arboretum Founder’s Legacy Lives On With Boardwalk Naming Hank Whitter, Ph.D., was once asked, “What’s going to happen to the Arboretum when you’re no longer here?” Whittier, who helped lead the movement… Anthropology COS Faculty and Students Recognized for Outstanding Achievements at Founders’ Day Convocation The dedication and high quality of instruction provided daily by College of Sciences (COS) faculty was recognized recently at the 2019 Founders’ Day Convocation. COS… Read More Stories
