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Spring 2025

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.

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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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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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.

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…

Starlit Serenade

UCF’s Symphony Orchestra performed pieces inspired by our planet and its celestial surroundings for this year’s Symphony Under the Stars.

In Focus

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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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.

Fueling the Future: Investing in UCF

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

In Focus

A Powerful Partnership

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

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.

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Events

Mon 5 Jan

Health & Well-being

SMART Recovery (Virtual)

THIS GROUP IS MEETING VIRTUALLY DURING THE WINTER BREAK. 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)…

Wed 7 Jan

Speaker/Lecture/Seminar

Government Contracting: Overview

This is not an introduction to government contracting for the faint of heart. This is a two-and-a-half- to three-hour training session designed to help two groups of businesses: those just exploring or brand new to government contracting, and those further…

Wed 7 Jan

Workshop/Conference

MPI Programming workshop Part 1 of 2

The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center is pleased to present the “MPI Programming” workshop.  This workshop is intended to give C and Fortran programmers a hands-on introduction to MPI programming. Both days are condensed to accommodate multiple time zones but packed with…

Why I Lived in Space*

Why I…

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