Over the years, UCFC has been featured in a number of media outlets. By the numbers, UCFC has been featured twice in the local paper, Orlando Sentinel, four times in the Central Florida Future, the campus paper, three times in Pegasus, the UCF Alumni Magazine, and has also been spotlighted on local Channel 35’s Fox News, NBC WESH 2 News, the PBS show “Growing Bolder”, and the PBS show “SciTech Central” . We have little doubt UCFC will pop up again somewhere soon, so stay tuned! In the meantime, peruse some of the articles below featuring UCFC.
- “UCF’s Bug Closet crawls with diverse insect collection”- Central Florida Future – The Student Newspaper at UCF since 1968 – October 2, 2015 – Online article – Publisher: Knight Newspapers, Orlando
- “UCF’s Bug Closet: One of the largest databased collections in the world” – Orlando Sentinel – June 8, 2016 – Online Article – Publisher: Joshua Lim, Orlando.
- “Intersection: Taking Care Of Cops, UCF’s Bug Closet, and Sister Honey’s Bakery” – WMFE-FM 90.7 – July 26, 2016 -Radio Show Segment – Publisher: Brendan Bryne, Orlando.
- “Monsters in the Closet” – Pegasus, The Magazine of the University of Central Florida – Spring 2017 – Vol. 23, Issue 2 – Publisher: UCF Marketing, Orlando, FL.
- Insect Displays at Valencia College’s Osceola Campus Library. Instagram. Summer/Fall/Winter 2017.
- “CF’s Bug Closet’ sparks scientific discoveries and worldwide interest.” – FOX35- July 28, 2017 – Video – Publisher: Tom Johnson, Orlando.
- Hannah Shell makes an appearance on Crash Course Zoology #14. July 15, 2021. YouTube.
- “UCF Bug Closet has all the bugs” – Brendan O’Conner, Bungalower.com. August 2021.
- Jamie Ling appears on a WESH 2 News segment talking about puss caterpillars. September 6, 2022.