• CYBERSECURITYOld Dominion University Launches First Ph.D. in Cybersecurity in Virginia

    By Kelsey Kendall

    For years, professionals seeking a doctorate in cybersecurity had few options beyond computer science or engineering. Old Dominion University is opening a new path. The Ph.D. program will highlight the interdisciplinary nature of the rapidly evolving field of cybersecurity, with artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. 

  • CYBERSECURITY EDUCATIONNational Security Agency Names CSUF a Center in Cyber Defense Education

    The National Security Agency has designated Cal State Fullerton as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense education to prepare and train qualified cybersecurity professionals.

  • SCHOOL SAFETYThere’s Little Evidence Tech Is Much Help Stopping School Shootings

    By Emily Greene-Colozzi

    Different security technologies appeal to institutions struggling to protect their communities, and are marketed aggressively as the future of school shooting prevention. I’m a criminologist who studies mass shootings and school violence. In my research, I’ve found that there’s a lack of evidence to support the effectiveness of these technological interventions.

  • CYBERSECURITYUniversity of Central Florida’s Tinley Park MHC secures top spot at the 2025 DOE CyberForce Competition

    The University of Central Florida’s Tinley Park MHC proved victorious in DOE’s CyberForce Competition, valiantly defending a simulated cyberattack on an offshore oil rig’s control system. The competition challenges students to solve real-world cybersecurity problems, focusing on protecting the nation’s energy systems.

  • CHINA WATCHBookshelf: A Tale of American Lawyers and Chinese Engineers

    By John West

    The U.S. and China have fundamental differences, a new book argues. China would be an “engineering state” whereas the U.S. is a “lawyerly society.” Most Chinese Communist Party leaders have been engineers focused on building mega projects such as highways, bridges, fast trains. and airports. In recent decades the U.S. has become a “lawyerly society” as the country’s elite, dominated by lawyers, focused on procedure and process rather than getting things done.

  • TRUTH PROTECTIONCollege Students Are Bombarded by Misinformation, So This Professor Taught Them Fact-Checking 101 – Here’s What Happened

    By Sam Wineburg

    College professors have watched their students over the years show up with fewer facts and more conspiracy theories. Ignoring the problem of online gullibility felt irresponsible –even negligent. Professor Mike Evans of Georgia State University wanted to see whether aspects of the Civic Online Reasoning curriculum, developed by the research group I used to lead at Stanford University, could be incorporated into American Government 1101 without turning the whole course on its head.

  • CYBERSECURITY EDUCATIONFirst-of-its-Kind Industrial System Security Course

    The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UA Little Rock) is giving students the tools to protect the systems that power modern life through a new course focused on industrial system security.

  • COMMON-SENSE NOTES // By Idris B. OdunewuCybersecurity Education in the Age of AI: Rethinking the Need for Human Capital in National Cyber Defense

    Just five years ago, headlines were filled with urgent calls for the United States to drastically increase its output of cybersecurity professionals. Fast forward to 2025, and the proliferation of AI —especially generative and autonomous models—has transformed both the threats we face and the tools we use to defend against them. AI-driven cybersecurity software now automates many of the functions that once required a skilled human analyst, and the argument is made that AI may soon render many human cybersecurity roles obsolete.

  • CYBERSECURITYBuilding Nevada’s Cyber Future One Summer Camp at a Time

    By Cheryl Bella

    UNLV’s Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering launched GenCyber Camp to create awareness of college and career pathways in cybersecurity among Nevada’s youth. The program has secured an impressive share of success stories. Organizers search for funding to keep the momentum going.

  • TRUTH DECAYTeenagers Aren’t Good at Spotting Misinformation Online – Research Suggests Why

    By Yvonne Skipper

    Misinformation is found in every element of our online lives. And since anyone can create and share online content, without the kind of verification processes or fact checking typical of more traditional media, misinformation has proliferated. This is particularly important as young people increasingly turn to social media for all kinds of information. The problem is that teenagers struggle to evaluate the accuracy of the content they consume.

  • ACADEMIC ENTANGLEMENTSA British University’s Technology Entanglements with Russia and China

    By Bethany Allen, Danielle Cave, and Adam Ziogas

    A major British research university’s joint venture campus in China maintains partnerships and close links with entities sanctioned by Britain, the US, EU and others for supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and assisting China’s military modernization and human rights violations. The links to sanctions highlight the risks posed by foreign science, technology and academic partnerships in China in a period of heightened geopolitical rivalry, intensifying technological competition and deepening China-Russia cooperation.

  • U.S. MANUFACTURINGMIT Announces the Initiative for New Manufacturing

    By Peter Dizikes

    The Institute-wide effort aims to bolster industry and create jobs by driving innovation across vital manufacturing sectors.

  • VOCATIONAL TRAININGApprentices Needed: Construction Shortages Threaten American Growth

    By Doug Irving

    U.S. plans for new factories, new tech hubs—even new homes—are about to crash into one very inconvenient fact: Not enough people work in construction to turn those plans into actual, hammer-and-nail reality. Not even close.

  • VOCATIONAL TRAININGVocational Training Can Play a Greater Role in National Security

    By Mark Costello

    We talk a lot about resilience and preparedness. But these goals aren’t met solely through top-down directives or university research hubs. They rely on a skilled workforce—one that’s ready to respond across sectors, jurisdictions and threat types. That workforce is increasingly trained not in lecture theatres, but in registered training organizations.

  • DEMOCRACY WATCHFeds Can’t Regulate “Ideological Diversity” at Schools Like Harvard

    By Walter Olson

    No civil rights law on the books requires “viewpoint diversity” in university admissions or hiring. No law of any sort entitles the federal government to reach into private universities to restructure their governance and disciplinary procedures or to require college brass to intervene to restructure named departments and schools. These are all things that the Trump administration is demanding of Harvard University on pain of massive peremptory cutoffs of funding for ongoing scientific research and other programs.