A team of female UAlbany students led by coach and CEHC professor David Turetsky are gearing up to compete virtually in the Cyber 9.12 Competition in Geneva!
CEHC professors were recently featured during the FEMA 22nd Annual Higher Education Symposium to discuss UAlbany's and CEHC's response to COVID-19.
CEHC joins a host of other Colleges and Organizations to conduct interdisciplinary work to understand why communities of color have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 to aid in prevention and response.
This Fall, CEHC will welcome Former UPD Chief Wiley as a Professor of Practice to instruct on policy during emergencies.
The University e-sports team run in CEHC donated the $5,000 they won in the first SUNY system-wide eSports tournament to the Student Emergency Fund.
Students enrolled in SUNY Canton's Center for Criminal Justice, Intelligence, and Cybcerseucirty now have a fast-track pathway to earning an M.S. in Information Science through CEHC.
To date, CEHC has created and donated over 5,000 face shields to frontline workers and first responders in the Capital District and beyond.
CEHC students volunteering with the student-run Five Quad Volunteer Ambulance Service assisted first responders in Rockland County with COVID-19 relief.
Professor Alex Greer is conducting ongoing research into federal home buyout programs following Hurricane Harvey.
CEAS senior Ian Walter is volunteering to make and assemble three-piece medical face shields. (Photo by Gigi Rap
ALBANY, N.Y. (April 7, 2020) – As cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in New York, students, faculty and staff at UAlbany are taking initiative to help meet shortages in personal protective equipment (PPE) for hospital personnel and other first responders across the state.
CEHC students, faculty, and community members are helping to print and assemble PPE for first responders and front-line workers with the support of Rancher Labs.
The Virtual Operations Support Team (VOST) created by a CEHC alumnus includes a small group of students that monitor social media activity following disasters and crisis situations.
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Dean Griffin partnered with Dean Holtgrave of Public Health every Monday through May 4th to hold Virtual Town Halls to update the community on COVID-19 information and provide expertise to answer any questions that arose.
The Dean of CEHC alongside many other University partners hosted “The Emerging Global Epidemic of Novel Coronavirus: What Do We Think? What Do We Know?" Town Hall to raise awareness about COVID-19 and discuss future action plans.
UAlbany and CEHC are excited at the creation of the eSports Team and look forward to their future successes.
UAlbany student group SSTOP (Students Stopping Trafficking of People) hosted a two-hour panel discussion on what defines human trafficking and how the Capital Region is impacted by this crime.
Given the need to strengthen science and red teaming skills in the workforce, CEHC has created the Center for Advanced Red Teaming (CART) to bring together people, technology, and knowledge to address today's challenges.
The National Center for Security and Preparedness and CEHC teamed-up with officers from many local departments to stimulate an active shooter situation in the library, from the moment the first shots were fired to subduing the shooter.
School of Business, College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity Partnering to Offer Interdisciplinary Graduate Program
CEHC hosted it's annual "State of Grace" Conference to celebrate women in STEM and encourage diversity in computing.
CEHC launches its new drone flight training center to the community, bringing the possibilities to new heights.
CEHC security experts assist FEMA in helping local communities coordinate with national efforts.
Call it Disaster U: The University at Albany, a State University of New York institution, has developed its own sort of emergency response to the infrastructure, environmental and national security problems in the age of terror threats and climate change. In the capital of a state hit by both the 9/11 attacks and 2012's Hurricane Sandy, the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity is the first of its kind in the nation. At the college, students learn how to handle emergencies, including prevention, immediate response and dealing with the aftermath.
With the return of the final deployment of students and volunteers, Gov. Andrew Cuomo shared some impressive numbers to illustrate the success of this summer’s “NY Stands with Puerto Rico Recovery and Rebuilding Initiative.”
Student demand for UAlbany’s first-in-the-nation College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity (CEHC) is continuing to surpass all expectations.
The college will begin this semester with about 600 declared majors, 350 minors and 220 intended majors in its Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity (EHC) program alone. When adding its major and minor in the Department of Informatics, along with graduate-level programs, the total student number jumps to close to 2,000.