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\"Great<\/p>\n

Jan. 13<\/strong><\/p>\n

A student wears a virtual reality headset during the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy\u2019s inaugural Collegiate Game Jam, which was held at UCF Downtown. (Photo by Stephanie de Sousa)<\/p>\n

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\"virtual<\/p>\n

Jan. 26<\/strong><\/p>\n

Attendees of an event at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management<\/a> learn more about wine in the Anheuser-Busch Beer and Wine Lab.<\/p>\n

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\"rosen<\/p>\n

Feb. 8<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arts and modern language<\/a> students write messages of hope in English and Spanish on a sculpture that UCF faculty partnered with the Florida Cancer Specialists Foundation to create.<\/p>\n

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\"arts<\/p>\n

Feb. 28<\/strong><\/p>\n

Optics and photonics doctoral<\/a> student John Semmen \u201921<\/strong> works in the lab of his mentor, Pegasus Professor Shin-Tson Wu.<\/p>\n

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Feb. 29<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following a game against the University of Kansas in Addition Financial Arena, the UCF women\u2019s basketball team celebrated its soon-to-be grads during Senior Knight.<\/p>\n

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\"Optics<\/p>\n

March 5<\/strong><\/p>\n

Biomedical sciences<\/a> alum Devin DaPonte \u201913<\/strong> \u2014 who manages the lab of Assistant Professor of Medicine Hung Nguyen \u2014 aims to develop novel therapies for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), which occurs in two-thirds of people who receive a transplant from a donor. As someone who contracted GVHD after a bone marrow transplant, DaPonte is driven to help others with acute and chronic cases of the disease.<\/p>\n

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\"UCF<\/p>\n

March 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advertising and public relations<\/a> alum Timanni Walker \u201916<\/strong>, who founded a suit company for women, presents a guest lecture to a class of graduate marketing students.<\/p>\n

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\"group<\/p>\n

March 16<\/strong><\/p>\n

A group of students work on their self-propelled vessel for the Great Naval Orange Race, an annual tradition for first-year engineering majors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"junior<\/p>\n

March 23<\/strong><\/p>\n

The UCF women\u2019s track and field team is a force to be reckoned with since kicking off the outdoor season with a top 10 national ranking. This year, the team has clocked some of the world\u2019s fastest times and produced its first Big 12 Track and Field Athlete of the Week: junior Kiah Williams (pictured). 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