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Spring 2025

Ready for the Front Lines

This UCF alum is advancing the frontiers of modeling, simulation and engineering to redefine military medical training.

Launchpad

The Cradle of Civilization

UCF researcher Tiffany Earley-Spadoni and her team are uncovering artifacts at an overlooked Mesopotamian site — offering new insights about how ancient humans lived and advanced civilization.

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Call Security

When the world’s biggest companies need cybersecurity talent, they look to UCF’s acclaimed Collegiate Cyber Defense Club.

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Fueling the Future: Investing in UCF

Knight Nation rallied together to make a record-breaking impact while celebrating all things Black & Gold.

In Focus

Why I Lived in Space*

NASA employee Tiffany Snyder ’18MS shares her experience as a volunteer during a 45-day *simulated space mission.

Why I…

Plugged In

Laura Stevens ’04 has the same questions and concerns about technology as everyone. As an editor for one of the world’s largest newspapers, she knows how and where to find the answers.

AlumKnights

An Unseen Issue

With support from the National Institute of Justice and the state of Florida, UCF is educating students and using AI to combat human trafficking.

To the Extreme

Driven by humanity’s endless quest for discovery, UCF researchers are examining how people perform in severe environments to push the frontiers of scientific study.

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Pain’s Silent Signals

Driven by his nursing experience with newborns, Martin Schiavenato ’07PhD has spent decades developing a tool to measure pain for patients who can’t verbalize it.

On Campus: Spring 2025

From designing video games to engineering boats for racing, UCF’s campus was full of activity for Spring 2025.

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Leading the Charge

After more than three decades of an evolving career at UCF, Provost Michael D. Johnson steps down this summer with confidence that the university will continue its future-focused mission.

A Powerful Partnership

Through key research from Pegasus Professor Jayanta Kapat and a Pegasus Partnership, UCF and Siemens Energy continue to advance energy innovation.

Events

Mon 23 Mar

Speaker/Lecture/Seminar

Colloquium by Professor David Guinovart, University of Minnesota

Our colloquium series offers a diverse platform for research scholars, faculty, students, and industry experts to share and exchange ideas, fostering discussion and networking across mathematics, statistics, and data science. Dr. David Guinovart from University of Minnesota will speak at this week's colloquium…

Mon 23 Mar

Social Event

Movie Night: Little Women (2019)

CAB Presents: Women in Cinema Join us for a cozy screening of Little Women (2019) inspired by the spirit of the March sisters. Bring a friend, get creative, and settle in for a night of art, reflection, and sisterhood. Paint…

Mon 23 Mar

Health & Well-being

SMART Recovery

This group meets every Monday, excluding campus closures/holidays. Meeting is OPEN to all UCF students, faculty, staff, and community members. Self Management And Recovery Training (SMART Recovery) is an evidenced-informed recovery method grounded in Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) and…

Why I Lived in Space*

Why I…

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Robots in the Real World

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