Here’s a look at some of the most unforgettable photos of the year.
Electrical engineering doctoral student Ganesh Marasini tests real-life grid control operations in UCF’s Microgrid Control Lab — a training ground for rising engineers to collaborate, learn and help reimagine the energy grid of the future.
Hundreds of fans celebrated UCF men’s basketball’s upset win over No. 3 Kansas at Addition Financial Arena.
UCF broke ground on the transformational Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion at Lake Nona, which is anticipated to open in 2025-26. The new 90,000 square-foot home of the College of Nursing will help UCF graduate more highly qualified, compassionate nurses for the future.
A student practices with a manikin hand at UCF’s state-of-the-art Simulation, Technology, Innovation and Modeling Center in the College of Nursing, which is equipped with advanced medical devices and technology to train nursing students for clinical practice.
Since kicking off the outdoor season with a top 10 national ranking, the UCF women’s track and field team has clocked some of the world’s fastest times this year.
During the 10th anniversary of UCF Celebrates the Arts — a multi-day festival honoring creative expressions — artists competed in Creative Clash, a live art event where they raced against the clock to create large-format artwork with markers in front of spectators at Seneff Arts Plaza.
A graduate walks across the stage during a Spring 2024 commencement ceremony that took place in Addition Financial Arena.
Three students dove into their studies while hanging out in their dorm room at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management.
A Summer 2024 graduate beams with pride, holding his diploma as he walks across the commencement stage.
Knightro shows off a UCF specialty license plate while filming a new Knight Your Ride campaign video at Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy’s Studio 500. To Knight Your Ride, click here.
UCF students are conducting groundbreaking research at Florida Space Institute labs, paving the way for the future of space exploration and innovation.
Two fighter aircrafts flew over FBC Mortgage Stadium during the pregame ceremony for the Family Weekend football game, where the Knights defeated the Sam Houston State University Bearkats, 45-14.
Running back RJ Harvey crossed into the end zone for a touchdown during the Knight’s second home game of the season against Sam Houston.
A student guides TapeMeasure, UCF’s semiautonomous dog-like robot, up the steps of the John C. Hitt Library, demonstrating its advanced navigation capabilities for innovative research by students and faculty.
A member of UCF Air Force ROTC Detachment 159 salutes while being filmed on campus for the university’s new commercial, showcasing UCF as a place for those who dare to invent the future.
Annika Emmett, a health sciences student, and Limbitless Solutions intern and past bionic arm recipient, tries on a bionic arm, showcasing its advanced technology that empowers children with limb differences.
This year, UCF Downtown, in partnership with Valencia College, celebrates five years of educational excellence. The campus has welcomed more than 7,000 students and awarded 10,300 degrees since opening in 2019.
Two space scientists operate a rover on the world’s largest simulated lunar surface, located in UCF’s Exolith Lab. The lab’s Lunar Highland Regolith Test Bin was developed in partnership with the Florida Space Institute to support space exploration research.
Before the UCF Knights took on the Colorado Buffaloes, two cheerleaders interacted with a young UCF fan during Knight Walk at IOA Plaza, the lively pregame tradition where fans, the marching band, and the cheer and dance teams rally together to welcome the football team before kickoff.
UCF’s cheer team amped up the crowd as the Knights took on the University of Cincinnati Bearcats at FBC Mortgage Stadium.
Rapper NLE Choppa performed at Concert Knight presented by UCF Homecoming at Addition Financial Arena.
The cheer team hyped up the crowd with a high-energy stunt routine before students charged into the Reflecting Pond to catch homecoming rubber ducks at Spirit Splash.
Knightro surfed over a crowd of students at Spirit Splash, UCF’s biggest homecoming tradition.
During Spirit Splash, Knightro even secured a cowboy-themed rubber duck, celebrating this year’s theme: Cowboys vs. Aliens.
Knightro posed with a constellation-themed SpaceU cape in front of a giant moon backdrop at UCF’s 2024 SpaceU Luncheon, honoring the university’s ties to space exploration and innovation.
UCF President Alexander N. Cartwright stands next to rocket engines while touring facilities during a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
- NASA Selects Firefly Aerospace to Deliver UCF’s Lunar-VISE Payload to the MoonFirefly Aerospace is one of the American vendors NASA is partnering with to deliver payloads to the lunar surface through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.
- James Webb Space Telescope Offers Best Glimpse Ever Into the Icy Planetesimals of the Early Solar SystemNew studies of trans-Neptunian objects reveal how their colors and surface reflectance today are linked to their formation locations in the early solar system.
- Uncovering a Centaur’s Tracks: UCF Scientists Examine Unique Asteroid-Comet HybridUCF researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to reveal one-of-a-kind attributes of (2060) Chiron, a distant “centaur” in space sharing properties of both a comet and an asteroid, giving clues to our Solar System’s origins in a newly published study.
- UCF Joins Digital Twin Consortium as Regional Branch OrganizerThe Digital Twin Consortium, established in 2020, is a widely recognized authority in digital twin technology.
- New Future Faculty Laureates Program to Prepare Students for Academic CareersThe program prepares qualified electrical engineering and computer science doctoral students to work at Research 1 universities.
- UCF Limbitless Solutions Is Featured in The Franklin Institute’s Newest Exhibit, Body OdysseyTwo bionic arms from Limbitless Solutions displayed in the innovation gallery of the new exhibit, showcasing wearable and creative technology shaping the future.
