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HBCUs

Cybersecurity Among Topics Discussed at HBCU Conference

Efforts by historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to increase engagement in industry, government and education partnerships was a key takeaway from Tuesday’s session at the 2018 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week Conference.

September 18, 2018

Leadership & Policy

Benedict College Eliminates Majors, Prepares for 21st Century Workforce

Benedict College, the historically Black college based in Columbia, South Carolina, will phase out several of its majors in order to prepare students for the 21st Century job market, college leaders said.

August 29, 2018

Community Colleges

Miami Dade College Opens Cybersecurity Center of the Americas

Miami Dade College (MDC) is preparing students for the more than 285,000 cybersecurity positions available in the U.S. with its new state-of-the-art Cybersecurity Center of the Americas.

August 23, 2018

News Roundup

University of Akron to Eliminate 80 Degree Programs

At the University of Akron, 80 degree programs will be eliminated within the next few years due to declining enrollment. Affected areas will include 10 Ph.D. programs, 33 master’s programs, 20 bachelor’s programs and 17 associate programs, FOX reported. The institution will focus on programs such as polymer science, biosciences and cybersecurity. Faculty will not […]

August 16, 2018

African-American

HBCUs and PBIs Usher in New Era of Cybersecurity

As a high demand for skilled laborers in cybersecurity and information technology continues – and concerns surge about the nation’s national security – historically Black colleges and universities and predominantly Black institutions have stepped up to train their students for the jobs of the future.

August 2, 2018

News Roundup

University of Oregon Receives $1 million to Study Cryptocurrency

EUGENE, Ore. – Global cryptocurrency company Ripple will give $1 million in real money to the University of Oregon to support the study of the digital payment industry. The Register-Guard newspaper of Eugene reports San Francisco-based Ripple will give the university the money in a five-year agreement. The university is among 17 to receive funding […]

June 8, 2018

News Roundup

Five Universities Partner To Combat Cybersecurity Threats

BLOOMINGTON, IND. – Five Big Ten Academic Alliance institutions have partnered to help enhance the schools’ cybersecurity. Indiana University, Northwestern University, Purdue University, Rutgers University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced on Wednesday the launch of OmniSOC, a sector-based cybersecurity operations center that provides cyber intelligence to its members. “With tens of thousands of students, […]

March 22, 2018

News Roundup

Cybersecurity Expert Named President at Carnegie Mellon

PITTSBURGH  – Carnegie Mellon University has named a cybersecurity expert as its new president. The Pittsburgh university of about 14,500 students has announced that Farnam Jahanian has been appointed the college’s 10th president. Jahanian joined the university in 2014 as vice president for research. He then served two years as the school’s provost and became […]

March 8, 2018

Students

Colleges Urged to Ramp Up to Fill Cybersecurity Workforce Void

The United States will remain vulnerable to cyberattacks unless the nation’s education system is better aligned to produce greater numbers of cybersecurity professionals, a leading industry expert testified Tuesday at a Congressional hearing.

October 24, 2017

Students

Faculty: University of Kansas Student Hacked into Computers

LAWRENCE, Kan. — A recent cybersecurity breach has a University of Kansas faculty group concerned that the breach could lead to other attacks, not just at the university, but across higher education. Aerospace engineering professor Ron Barrett-Gonzalez said the hack was carried out by an apparently disgruntled engineering student during the 2016-17 academic year. The […]

October 16, 2017

African-American

Experts See Early STEM Exposure as Key to Fortifying Cybersecurity

If students were exposed to STEM earlier in life, the nation’s cybersecurity could be improved, a U.S. Congresswoman said Thursday at a forum called “Defending The Web.”

May 18, 2017

Health

Vanderbilt: More Than 3,000 Medical Records Wrongly Accessed

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt University Medical Center officials say the hospital has had a security breach where two employees accessed medical records of more than 3,000 patients. The Tennessean reports the hospital has sent out letters to patients whose personal information was inappropriately viewed. Two patient transporters accessed information that included names, birth dates and […]

February 26, 2017