Knights Do That

Phil Metzger ’00MS’05PhD is a planetary scientist and UCF alum with nearly 30 years of experience at NASA. During this episode, Phil shares stories from his time working on the space shuttle missions, his controversial research on whether or not Pluto is a planet, and what the future of space exploration will look like.

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Elena Cyrus, an infectious disease epidemiologist at UCF’s College of Medicine, joins Knights Do That host Alex Cumming to discuss her expertise and research in infectious diseases, public health, COVID-19 vaccines and her experience training with Anthony Fauci. 

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Deborah Beidel, executive director of UCF RESTORES, joins Knights Do That host Alex Cumming to share her experience and expertise in PTSD treatment, innovative treatments happening at UCF RESTORES and how we can better acknowledge and support veterans.

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Martha Brenckle, a writing and rhetoric professor in the College of Arts and Humanities, joins Knights Do That host Alex Cumming to share her expertise and love for writing, her involvement within the Orlando arts community, her role as treasurer for the LGBTQ+ History Museum of Central Florida and more.

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Annette Khaled, a UCF College of Medicine professor and the head of the Division of Cancer Research at UCF, joins Knights Do That host Alex Cumming to lend her expertise on breast cancer research — specifically in breast cancer metastases. Khaled shares her personal experiences that drive the passion for her work, the collaborative culture of teamwork, optimism, and humanity at UCF, and some of the biggest mysteries of breast cancer that we’re still trying to solve.

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Cyndia Morales Muñiz ’13EdD, director of HSI culture and partnerships at the University of Central Florida, shares how her work strengthens the sense of belonging for the Latino community, how UCF continues to uphold its HSI designation serving students, faculty and staff, and how her education as a first-generation student herself plays a role in her work. Vamos Knights!

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Reina Castellanos ’16MFA is a Venezuelan artist and creator featured in Target’s Latino Heritage Month line this year. She shares how her culture and experiences as an immigrant influence her work, the joys and struggles of being an artist and the importance of staying authentic in your work.

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One of the area’s most recognized and respected media personalities, Marc Daniels is a broadcast veteran and known as the “Voice of UCF Athletics.” Daniels shares his experiences and favorite memoriesof the last three decades, an insider look into some coaches and players, his expertise as a broadcaster and looking ahead to this season of UCF Football with Coach Malzahn.

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Dr. Kate Mansfield is a Davis-Shine Endowed Professor in Conservation Biology and graduate program coordinator of the UCF Turtle Lab in the College of Sciences. As a marine scientist and sea turtle biologist she studies the movements and behavior of sea turtles using satellite telemetry and monitors long-term nesting beaches and coastal juvenile research programs. In this episode we’ll learn how Kate got into this field, some of the coolest things she’s discovered over the years and what hands-on experiences for her students look like.

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Daniel West is a third-year computer science student in the Burnett Honors College and is a current member of the UCF programming team, along with teammates Sharon Barak and Seba Villalobos, which is well known around the world for consistently placing in the North America championships and world finals. This August UCF will be hosting the North America championship of the 2021 international collegiate programming contest, the oldest and most prestigious collegiate programming competition.

In this episode, we talk about how West originally got into programming, what it means to have the ICPC 2021 North American championship hosted at UCF and what makes a good team able to compete at this national stage.

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