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Meeting Minutes 11-16-2022, Staff Advisory Council

Staff Advisory Council Meeting Documents

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Meeting Minutes 11-16-2022, Staff Advisory Council

Staff Advisory Council Meeting Documents

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Gene-Poor Y-Chromosomes Substantially Impact Male Trait Heritabilities And May Help Shape Sexually Dimorphic Evolution, Ken Fedorka

Research Data and Datasets

How natural selection facilitates sexually dimorphic evolution despite a shared genome is unclear. The patrilineal inheritance of Y-chromosomes makes them an appealing solution. However, they have largely been dismissed due to their gene-poor, heterochromatic nature and because the additive genetic variation necessary for adaptive evolution is theoretically difficult to maintain. Further, previous empirical work has revealed only Y-linked sign epistatic variance segregating within populations, which can often impede adaptive evolution. To assess the evolutionary impact of Y-linked variation, we established replicate populations in Drosophila simulans containing multiple Y-chromosomes (YN populations) or a single Y-chromosome variant (Y1 populations) drawn from a …

S9 E1: Our Favorite Things, Rebecca Hines, Lisa Dieker

Practical Access Transcripts

Drs. Rebecca Hines and Lisa Dieker are back for season nine! This season we are talking all about "their favorite things." This includes topics such as co-teaching, technology, and a few special guests! Please tune in today as they kick off the first episode of the season and focus on technology.

Don't forget we love to hear from our listeners! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out. We look forward to receiving your questions on our Google Phone (407) 900- 9305, Facebook (Practical Access), Twitter (@AccessPractical), or Instagram (@Practical_Accesss).

Episode 21: Karen Ochoa, Christina Torres

Futures in Languages Transcripts

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Textbook Affordability + Wordpress + Dc Api = Unique Etextbook Portal Collaboration, Lee Dotson, Bobby Ciullo, Lily Dubach, Kerri Bottorff

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

As part of a textbook affordability initiative, the University of Central Florida Libraries sought ways to inform students that hundreds of required textbooks are available for free as library eTextbooks. When other methods did not include necessary information such as a link to the eTextbook or other details, a secondary method was investigated: creating an eTextbook Portal. An eTextbook Portal serves as a searchable webpage to help students locate eTextbooks that match their courses. A collaboration between the institutional repository, textbook affordability, and web services produced this creative solution to organize and share information for each eTextbook using Digital Commons …

Episode 34: Stella Sung: Combining Art And Technology, University Of Central Florida

Knights Do That Podcast Transcripts

Season three of Knights Do That, UCF’s official podcast, returns with its seventh guest, Stella Sung, a renowned composer, Pegasus Professor, trustee chair professor, and director of the Center for Research and Education in Arts, Technology and Entertainment (CREATE) at UCF. Sung started her career at UCF as a music professor and now teaches in the School of Visual Arts and Design, where she encourages students to stay on the cutting edge of art across all forms.

Here she shares the importance of integrating science and the arts, as well as her research on using virtual and augmented reality …

Episode 20: Anne Prucha, Christina Torres

Futures in Languages Transcripts

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Laws Of Hammurabi, Martha T. Roth

Open Educational Resources for the Ancient Near East

Critical translation of the Laws of Hammurabi, c. 1750 BCE

Staff Council Financial Statement November 2022, Staff Council

Staff Advisory Council Treasurer Reports

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Employee Accomplishment Report 2021 - 2022, University Libraries, Megan Haught

Libraries' Documents

The UCF Libraries Employee Accomplishment Report contains the following information about Libraries employees for fiscal year 2021-2022: books & book chapters, articles, conference proceedings, book reviews, presentations, service, awards & grants and professional development.

The Scoop, Vol. 9 Issue 8, November 2022, Health Sciences Library

Volume 9

Latest news and updates from the Health Sciences Library in our monthly newsletter for October 2022.

World Series, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

The last few weeks has offered some very good and exciting baseball. The new format of the playoffs has not noticeably damaged the playoff process. As in the case of most playoffs, some good teams are eliminated; some very hot teams move forward; and some very good teams advance. This is generally the case in most playoff schemes in most sports. A short series, five to seven games, does not always reward the best team. The Philadelphia Phillies, the hot team, and the Houston Astros, the very good team, have advanced to the World Series. It looks like a very …

Episode 19: Virginia Perwin, Christina Torres

Futures in Languages Transcripts

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Episode 33: Bethany Backes: Championing Against Violence, University Of Central Florida

Knights Do That Podcast Transcripts

Season three of Knights Do That, UCF’s official podcast, returns with its sixth guest, Bethany Backes, an assistant professor in the Violence Against Women faculty cluster and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Criminal Justice and School of Social Work. Backes worked for more than 10 years as a social science analyst for the U.S. Department of Justice and joined UCF in 2019.

Here she shares her research with the cluster, what it means to be a champion both against violence and for social justice, and how she has succeeded in academia.

Episode 18: Abby Reynolds, Christina Torres

Futures in Languages Transcripts

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Honors Undergraduate Thesis Final Revisions, Kerri Bottorff

STARS Documentation

Slides from the workshop presented to Honors Undergraduate Thesis students each semester.

Meeting Minutes 10-19-2022, Staff Advisory Council

Staff Advisory Council Meeting Documents

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Meeting Minutes 10-19-2022, Staff Advisory Council

Staff Advisory Council Meeting Documents

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Conscious Editing And Metadata Enhancement For Library Collections, Sai Deng, Jeanne Piascik

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

To promote Diversity and Inclusion and conscious metadata editing, the librarians in Cataloging Services at the University of Central Florida collaborated with several departments for the audit and reparative editing of digital collections related to sensitive materials, and enhancement and enrichment of subject headings for physical collections on biographies.

Working with Digital Initiatives, and Special Collections & University Archives, the cataloging librarians have been auditing and editing metadata for The African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1794-2010, The Civil War Collection, and PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements. For instance, an inclusion statement has been added to …

Episode 17: Isabella Castro, Christina Torres

Futures in Languages Transcripts

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Episode 32: Gulnora Hundley ’04ma ’08phd: Destigmatizing Mental Health, Improving Education For Professionals, University Of Central Florida

Knights Do That Podcast Transcripts

Season three of Knights Do That, UCF’s official podcast, returns with its fifth guest, double Knight Gulnora Hundley ’04MA ’08PhD, an associate lecturer in UCF’s Department of Counselor Education and School Psychology. As an Uzbekistan native who speaks Russian and is a mental health counselor with nearly 40 years of experience, Hundley has stepped up to provide free teletherapy sessions to Ukrainian mental health professionals since Russia’s invasion of the region. The immigrant and former international student knows first-hand how culture can impact differences in approaches to and understanding of mental health.

Here Hundley shares how the importance of …

Overdosing On Sports, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

We have arrived at that moment in the U.S. sports calendar when there is a high risk of overdosing. The NFL has started its season; college football is already deep into its schedule; the NHL starts regular season play next week; the NBA is less than two weeks away from opening night; and, baseball has begun its playoff march to the World Series. And, this is just the major sports.

Episode 16: Introduction To The Fall 2022 Season, Christina Torres

Futures in Languages Transcripts

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The Scoop, Vol. 9 Issue 7, October 2022, Health Sciences Library

Volume 9

Latest news and updates from the Health Sciences Library in our monthly newsletter for October 2022.

Press Release - New Associate Dean, Tom Caswell, University Libraries

Libraries' Documents

Press Release announcing the appointment of a new Libraries Associate Dean of Academic Engagement, Thomas Caswell.

Orange County, Fl Substance Use Disorder Treatment Gap Analysis, Amy Donley Phd, Caroline Austin, Jacquelyn Reiss

Institute for Social and Behavioral Science (ISBS)

The University of Central Florida's Institute for Social and Behavioral Science (ISBS) partnered with the Orange County Drug-Free Office to undertake a gap analysis focused on substance use disorder treatment. Specifically, we designed a study to determine the capacity of treatment options, identify barriers to seeking treatment, and illuminate what works particularly well. The gap analysis results can guide future decisions on allocating resources best to ensure that treatment is accessible to all in need.

Episode 31: Debra Knox: Providing Quality Communication Disorders Training And Care, University Of Central Florida

Knights Do That Podcast Transcripts

Season three of Knights Do That, UCF’s official podcast, returns with its fourth guest, Debra Knox, director of UCF’s Communication Disorders Clinic and an associate instructor in the College of Health Professions and Sciences. Knox has worked in this field for more than 25 years and has led the clinic at UCF since 2013. UCF’s Communication Disorders Clinic trains future speech language pathology professionals and provides a range of services to the community.

Here Knox shares the growing need for communication disorders professionals, the constantly evolving nature of the field and what it means to help so many Central …

Meeting Minutes 09-21-2022, Staff Advisory Council

Staff Advisory Council Meeting Documents

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Meeting Minutes 09-21-2022, Staff Advisory Council

Staff Advisory Council Meeting Documents

No abstract provided.