Explore …no place like home by Tenee Hart at the [UCF Art Gallery](https://cah.ucf.edu/gallery/exhibit/no-place-like-home-by-tenee-hart/) from Aug. 22 - Sept. 26.Exhibition Statement:"Being at-home is a matter of how one feels or how one might fail to feel." - Sara AhmedThe conflicted sense of home is where this exhibition begins. Destabilizing the romanticized concept of home, this exhibition will challenge the representation of this ideology by exploring various facets of home across multiple planes of identity including culture, gender, and sexuality. In …no place like home the works will both physicalize and undercut domestic connotations, becoming an anti-monument that calls attention to its own unstable foundation - this idea of home as comfort or discomfort. Dedicated to such ideas of home, this exhibit will include works that stem from the artist's personal childhood nostalgia and the unforgiving chokeholds such memories can create.To learn more about this exhibition, click [HERE.](https://cah.ucf.edu/gallery/exhibit/no-place-like-home-by-tenee-hart/)

Help us maintain a safe and ready blood supply for cancer patients, trauma patients, or when unexpected tragedies occur. The OneBlood bus will park on Memory Mall near the Veterans Memorial.Walk-ups are welcomed, and appointments are appreciated! Registration Link: https://donor.oneblood.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/1675123 Registration Info: Save time - Schedule your appointment now!

CAB Presents: CABpool KaraokeMark your calendars to experience CAB's own spin on Carpool Karaoke! Catch our decorated golf cart for a quick (and FREE) lift to class, the Student Union, the RWC, or anywhere else on campus, complete with unlimited mic time on the karaoke machine. Ready to hop in and pick your jam? Let's ride!Monday, August 25th at 11:00 a.m. All around campus!

Our [Colloquium series](https://sciences.ucf.edu/math/colloquium/) offers a vibrant platform for faculty, students, research scholars, and industry experts to share and exchange ideas, fostering discussion and networking across mathematics, statistics, and data science.This week, our own professor [Xin Li](https://sciences.ucf.edu/math/person/xin-li/) will present a talk on "Dynamic Inertial Newton Inspired Algorithms And Their Applications to Non-Smooth and Non-Convex Optimizations."Abstract: Dynamic Inertial Newton (DIN) systems have been used to motivate or explain several accelerated algorithms to solve a wide range of optimization problems. In this presentation, we propose new algorithms inspired by DIN and establish their convergence analysis. Furthermore, we discuss how to apply these algorithms to the applications in deep learning via a smoothing approximation approach. The motivation for our study is two-folds: we give a direct approach to find a critical point of the objective functions, and we want to cover most problems in machine learning whose objective functions are known to be non-smooth and non-convex.Speaker Bio: Xin Li is a professor of mathematics at UCF, where he has served since 1990, including a decade as department chair. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of South Florida in 1989 under professor E.B. Saff. His research spans approximation theory, orthogonal polynomials, stochastic processes, computer vision, and machine learning, with numerous publications and international presentations. He has led or co-led major research and education projects funded by the NSF, industry, and government agencies, and is affiliated with UCF's Center for Research in Computer Vision. An award-winning educator, Li has guided Ph.D. and master's students and received multiple teaching honors, reflecting his commitment to advancing mathematics and STEM education.

While the Rosen College Campus undergoes a renovation to the academic building, we will offer Virtual Visit experiences! The virtual sessions will be offered via Zoom. All sessions will be offered on select Mondays and Fridays at 1 pm EST.Virtual Location URL: https://futureknight.apply.ucf.edu/portal/rosenvirtual Registration Link: https://futureknight.apply.ucf.edu/portal/rosenvirtual Registration Info: Registered guests will receive a confirmation e-mail with meeting number and password

Step up to the mic and share your voice! Whether you're into poetry, spoken word, karaoke, storytelling, or just want to vibe with the unexpected, this open mic is your stage. Come to express, connect, or simply enjoy the creativity of others in a welcoming atmosphere. No experience needed - just bring your energy and curiosity.