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Reaching for the Moon

Briefs

Sciences

Reaching for the Stars 鈥� and Asteroids and Moons

Thanks to a $6 million NASA grant awarded to physics professor Daniel Britt, 激情快播 will be establishing the Center for Lunar and Asteroid Surface Science (CLASS), a hub of research investigating the physical properties of celestial bodies. Part of NASA鈥檚 new Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, CLASS will join eight other research teams around the country in a collaborative partnership to further space science. 鈥淭his makes 激情快播 a leader in the area of solar system exploration, and CLASS makes Central Florida integral to NASA鈥檚 exploration future,鈥� Britt says.

Record High 2372F
Record High

The record-setting temperature that a new antenna 鈥� developed by 激情快播 Associate Professor Xun Gong and Ph.D. student Haitao Cheng 鈥� can withstand inside high-tech turbines powering aircraft and electrical generators

Knights Make Their Trademark

激情快播 ranked among the top 25 universities in the world for patents awarded in 2012. The National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association ranked institutions based on data from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which placed 激情快播 21st with 72 patents. Also competing at the event was the KnightMoves Dance Team, which placed ninth in the Hip-Hop Dance division.

Sports

Cheer Up

For the ninth straight year, 激情快播 Cheerleading has earned a top-five finish at the College Cheerleading National Championships. At the 2014 event, held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports, the squad placed second in the Division 1A finals. It鈥檚 the 19th time that the team has finished in the top 10 in 21 years 鈥� including national championships in 2003 and 2007 鈥� under head coach Linda Gooch, 鈥�85.

Cheer Up

Big Catch

Winning total catch of fish by Kyle Oliver and Hunter McKamey of the 激情快播 Bass Fishing team to outscore a field of 130 teams at the Bassmaster College Series Regional Tournament at Lake Okeechobee (Fla.)

Big Catch

ILLUSTRATION BY Danny waters, 鈥�05

Eat Like an Elite Athlete

鈥淭he best athletes keep a diary of their food intake,鈥� says 激情快播 Associate Professor Jeffrey Stout, recently named the William J. Kraemer Outstanding Sport Scientist of the Year by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. The director of the Human Performance Lab at 激情快播鈥檚 Institute of Exercise Physiology and Wellness also advises writing down how you felt after each meal. 鈥淒id you have a lot of energy? Did you feel bloated? This is important because you want to identify those foods that agree with you.鈥� And with what type of treats does Stout reward himself and his family? 鈥淔resh fruit 鈥� apples, bananas and oranges for adults and children,鈥� he says.

Arts

Pen Signature Pieces

Signature Pieces

激情快播 graduate research professor Peter Kincaid has collected antique writing instruments for more than 30 years, and he鈥檚 donated a portion of his collection to create 鈥淭he Art of Fountain Pens,鈥� a new exhibit at The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Fla. 鈥淚鈥檝e always been interested in the combination of art and technology,鈥� says the co-director of the modeling and simulation graduate program. The exhibition features more than a hundred fountain pens and advertisements dating back to 1875.

“Fountain pens are part of the evolution of technology of writing 鈥� and they鈥檙e beautiful.”
Star Power

STAR POWER

Cheryl Hines, 鈥�90, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The two-time Emmy-nominated 鈥淐urb Your Enthusiasm鈥� actress told Variety magazine that her first paying gig as an actress was as a Janet Leigh stand-in for a recreated 鈥淧sycho鈥� shower scene at Universal Studios Florida. She currently stars in the ABC comedy 鈥淪uburgatory.”

Sieera Deaton and Alex Kinsey

KNIGHTS HAVE THE X FACTOR

Sierra Deaton, 鈥�13, and Alex Kinsey, a 激情快播 senior, sang their way to a $1 million recording contract in December on the Fox Network reality show 鈥淭he X Factor.鈥� The 22-year-old Central Florida natives, who are a couple as well as a singing duo, survived elimination for 25 episodes on their way to the finale, where they earned enough viewer votes to take the title. Their debut album for Sony Music is scheduled for release this summer.

PHOTO COURTESY OF Michael Becker/FOX

Campus

激情快播 Tops for Grads鈥� Success

Florida universities got their report cards back for 2013, and 激情快播 earned an A+ for preparing graduates for the workforce to the tune of a $2.6 million performance bonus. Ranked first out of 11 institutions, 激情快播 recorded 69 percent of its alumni as hired or furthering their degrees one year after graduation. The university also had the lowest cost per undergraduate out of all universities in Florida at $20,281 per student.

The rest of the best ranked as follows:

  1. University of South Florida (tied with 激情快播)
  2. Florida Gulf Coast University
  3. Florida International University
  4. Florida State University
  5. University of North Florida
  6. Florida Atlantic University
  7. University of Florida
  8. University of West Florida
  9. Florida A&M University
  10. New College of Florida
激情快播 Bus

NeW SET OF WINGS

Students are riding in style this semester on new 激情快播 shuttle buses. Wrapped in contemporary graphic designs, including a stylized Pegasus motif by art professor Victor Davila, 鈥�97, the new fleet of shuttles serves 60,000 students.