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Spring 2025

Fueling the Future: Investing in UCF

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

In Focus

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.

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.

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

Digital Development: Inspiring Future Engineers and Scientists

In honor of the developing technology district NeoCity, UCF and other partners hosted a STEM showcase for K-12 students and the community.

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…

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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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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A Powerful Partnership

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

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.

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

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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Events

Sat 22 Nov

Sports

UCF Football vs. Oklahoma State

The UCF football team welcomes Oklahoma State on Saturday, Nov. 22 for its final home game of the regular season. More information can be found by visiting UCF Athletics' game day guide and ucfknights.com/sports/football.

Sat 22 Nov

Concert/Performance

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike | Theatre UCF

Laugh along with this dysfunctional family as they navigate sibling rivalry, personal reinvention and unexpected change. This bittersweet comedy is inspired by Anton Chekhov’s classic plays. A play by Christopher Durang Directed by John Gardiner, UCF assistant professor, acting Performance…

Sun 23 Nov

Recreation & Exercise

Community Climb

Community Climb @ RWC Climbing TowerEvery Sunday | Free for UCF Students Climb. Create. Connect. Join us every Sunday at the Climbing Tower for Community Climb! This is your weekly chance to hang out, try new activities, and enter our…

Why I Lived in Space*

Why I…

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Robots in the Real World

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To the Extreme

Ready for the Front Lines

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