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UCF Men’s And Women’s Basketball Teams Set To Play In NCAA Tournament

1 hour ago • UCF Athletics will see two of its longest tournament droughts end today. For the first time since 1996, UCF is sending both its men’s and women’s basketball teams to the NCAA Tournament in the same season. The UCF men’s basketball team will make its first March Madness appearance since 2005, while the women’s team has qualified for the first time since 2011. Both teams are in the midst of their most successful season in years. The men’s team has won 23 games and recorded back-to-back ranked wins for the first time ever. The women’s team recorded its third straight 20-win season and made it to the American Conference Championship game. The women’s team, which made it as a No. 12 …
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Dr. Pamela Cappas-Toro is co-director of Stetson University’s Community Education Project at Tomoka Correctional Institution. Photo: Matthew Peddie, WMFE

Central Florida News

Educators Gather At Stetson To Promote Higher Education In Prisons

16 hours ago • College educators are gathering at Stetson University to promote higher education in Florida prisons. Stetson’s prison education program is one of five throughout the state.
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Stigma around mental health means many people struggling with suicidal thoughts don’t know how to ask for or get the help they need. One program at a local hospital wants to change that. Photo: Flickr Creative Commons

Central Florida News

Local Emergency Room Staff Will Start Assessing Patients’ Mental Health with the Goal of Suicide Prevention

17 hours ago • Emergency room staff at AdventHealth in Kissimmee and Orlando will ask patients about feelings of hopelessness or despair as part of routine assessments over the next year and a half.
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Four years ago, the Center received some $150,000 dollars in grant money through the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs. Last year, that number was cut to about $10,000 dollars. Photo: Orlando Science Center Twitter

Education

Education Desk: The Importance of Supporting Your Neighborhood Science Museum, Especially During Statewide Arts Funding Cuts

18 hours ago • Since 2014, arts funding in Florida has been cut by 90 percent.
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Florida Roundup

3/15/19: College Admissions Scandal; Medical Marijuana

19 hours ago • Federal prosecutors say a Florida man helped rich and famous parents get their kids into colleges with bribes and fake test scores. We took a closer look at the college admissions scandal with John Delaney, Former Jacksonville Mayor and President Emeritus of the University of North Florida; and Colleen Wright, Education Reporter for the Miami Herald.
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An image of Mars. Photo: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team

Space

Just How Close Are We To Putting Humans On Mars?

20 hours ago • For the past three years, WMFE’s podcast has asked “when it comes to putting humans on Mars, are we there yet?” As the program reaches its third year, host Brendan Byrne asks the question to planetary scientist Phil Metzger and journalist Emilee Speck.
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