Together, Science and Art Can Provide Answers in Search for Truth

As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of UCF this year, we are reminded that the core benefit of an upper-level education is the opportunity to pursue and obtain insight and knowledge over blindness and ignorance

Humanities, Sciences Must be United -- for Our Collective Success

When Pablo Picasso presented his first cubist paintings to the world, even most educated people thought them hideous and irrational, yet his peers saw them to be ingenious

An Ode to Florida’s Summer – And a Time to Remember

It is summer in Florida again, when I always think back to my first summers here and why I still love this time of year

In Attempt to Quell Violence, Don\u27t Publicly Identify \u27Mentally Disturbed\u27

I am certainly not in a position to judge whether a student appears mentally disturbed or unstable in the sense that he or she might be a threat to society or to themselves. However, as a university-level educator who spends most of my working hours with young people in their late teens and early 20s, I have witnessed and experienced situations that were a cause for concern in which I felt compelled to act, intervene or respond in ways that we, as research professors, are often not trained to do. Although most of these situations have been resolved with a common-sense approach to the problem, every so often I have experienced a situation with a student that was more subtle and unpredictable

Shutter Show Card

Show card for the exhibition Shutter. December 8, 2000- January 24, 2001.https://digitalcommons.udallas.edu/shutter/1000/thumbnail.jp

Shutter Exhibition Book

Shutter exhibition book featuring images from the show.https://digitalcommons.udallas.edu/shutter/1002/thumbnail.jp

Developmental Outcomes of Very Preterm Infants with Tracheostomies

Objectives To evaluate the neurodevelopmental outcomes of very preterm (<30 weeks) infants who underwent tracheostomy. Study design Retrospective cohort study from 16 centers of the NICHD Neonatal Research Network over 10 years (2001-2011). Infants who survived to at least 36 weeks (N=8,683), including 304 infants with tracheostomies, were studied. Primary outcome was death or neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI, a composite of one or more of: developmental delay, neurologic impairment, profound hearing loss, severe visual impairment) at a corrected age of 18-22 months. Outcomes were compared using multiple logistic regression. We assessed impact of timing, by comparing outcomes of infants who underwent tracheostomy before and after 120 days of life. Results Tracheostomies were associated with all neonatal morbidities examined, and with most adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. Death or NDI occurred in 83% of infants with tracheostomies and 40% of those without [odds ratio (OR) adjusted for center 7.0 (95%CI, 5.2-9.5)]. After adjustment for potential confounders, odds of death or NDI remained higher [OR 3.3 (95%CI, 2.4-4.6)], but odds of death alone were lower [OR 0.4 (95%CI, 0.3-0.7)], among infants with tracheostomies. Death or NDI was lower in infants who received their tracheostomies before, rather than after, 120 days of life [adjusted OR 0.5 (95%CI, 0.3-0.9)]. Conclusions Tracheostomy in preterm infants is associated with adverse developmental outcomes, and cannot mitigate the significant risk associated with many complications of prematurity. These data may inform counseling about tracheostomy in this vulnerable population

Can We Own Art? Or Just Be Its Legal Guardian?

How can we effectively teach students to be professional artists at a time when some of society’s economic values are so unrealistic? It is true the high-end art market is thriving, but the contemporary art community is arguing whether such outrageous public auctions and private sales are good or bad for art

Art is Always a Series of Questions to Contemplate, Not Solve

Why do people value a painting or drawing? An elementary-school student I know recently answered: “Because when we look at art we can see how the artist felt about things.

The University Of Central Florida Steam Program: Where Engineering Education And Art Meet

ICubed is a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project housed at the University of Central Florida aimed at increasing participation in STEM fields through coordination and institutional integration. The University of Central Florida Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (UCF STEAM) is a component of ICubed. As a part of this program, UCF STEM faculty and undergraduate researchers work collaboratively with faculty and students in the College of Arts and Humanities to create science-inspired art based on the STEM researcher\u27s explanations of scientific concepts and possibilities. Since the program\u27s inception in 2010, over 700 University of Central Florida faculty and students have participated in the STEAM program with a large majority coming from engineering fields. An evaluation of the program over the last six years demonstrates that by encouraging strong post-secondary cross-disciplinary collaborations, the UCF STEAM program has enlightened UCF\u27s undergraduate engineering students in a manner that not only leads to greater recognition of the interdependencies of right-and left-brain directed skills but also has helped to improve learning and communication skills. This paper highlights UCF engineering STEAM activities and lends a discussion to the educational impact of such a program