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Released: 14-Sep-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Datacasting for Instant Situational Awareness
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T saw a requirement to provide responders with a secure, readily accessible way to allow both the picture and the words to help responders make better decisions in a crisis. Together, S&T and partners developed the solution: S&T’s Datacasting Project.

Released: 13-Sep-2018 4:15 PM EDT
What is Next in North Korea: Denuclearization and the DPRK Regime
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

UWM Distinguished Professor of Political Science Uk Heo and Stanford University Professor of Sociology Gi-Wook Shin, leading international relations scholars with deep expertise on Korean political and security affairs, will headline this free public talk. The talk will be moderated by UWM Associate Professor of History Nan Kim.

Released: 24-Jul-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Bomb Disarming with High- and Low-Tech Solutions
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

To ensure bomb techs are on the cutting edge of technology as they address evolving threats, DHS S&T created the Response and Defeat Operations Support (REDOPS) program. REDOPS connects the 466 bomb squads of varying sizes and budgets across the country with the tools and information they need to perform their duties better, faster and more safely.

Released: 3-Jul-2018 3:05 PM EDT
Academy and Other Health Organizations Strongly Encourage Department of Homeland Security: Ensure Well-Being of Children Affected by Immigration Policy
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics initiated and led a collaborative of more than a dozen health organizations in strongly encouraging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to ensure the mental and physical well-being of children affected by its immigration policy.

   
Released: 22-Jun-2018 3:05 PM EDT
DHS S&T is at the Cutting Edge of sUAS Capability
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

Throughout 2018, S&T will be selecting commercially available sensors and will demonstrate them at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. After S&T has established the requirements, vendors will each be given a week to demonstrate their tools, to representatives from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), who provide feedback.

8-Jun-2018 1:05 PM EDT
More Harm Than Good: Assessing the Nuclear Arsenal Tipping Point
Michigan Technological University

First study of its kind shows how detrimental nuclear attack would be for the aggressor nation.

   
Released: 12-Jun-2018 4:30 PM EDT
Psychologists Available to Talk About Impact of Separating Immigrant Children and Parents
American Psychological Association (APA)

For reporters covering the Justice Department’s recent decision to separate immigrant children from their parents, these psychologists are available to discuss psychological issues associated with immigration, including discrimination, trauma and commonly held myths about immigrants – both legal and illegal.

Released: 24-May-2018 9:05 AM EDT
Active Shooter Detection Systems Could Lock Down Schools, Alert Emergency Responders in Seconds
Intrusion Technologies

Designed by former law enforcement and fire department personnel, active shooter detection and mitigation systems can automatically detect gunshots, aggressive speech, breaking glass, and other violent actions.

       
Released: 17-May-2018 9:00 AM EDT
DHS S&T’s Prepaid Card Reader’s Upgrades Make it Faster and Cheaper!
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

Using the ERAD Prepaid Card Reader, law enforcement officials can swipe cards and put a temporary hold on the funds until a full investigation may be completed. The upgrade will allow even more agencies to take advantage of the technology.

Released: 9-May-2018 6:00 AM EDT
University of Nebraska Partners with Los Alamos National Laboratory
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

Goal is to make University of Nebraska go-to place for biodefense education for students hoping to work for the Department of Defense. Vision is to build an education pipeline that starts at the undergraduate level and continues through the graduate level, providing unique opportunities for brightest students from Nebraska and around the country.

Released: 8-May-2018 3:25 PM EDT
Leaving Iran Deal Will Undermine American National Security: International Trade Law Expert
University of Kansas

Raj Bhala, an expert in international trade law who has lectured and worked in more than 25 countries, claims Trump's decision to pull the United States from the Iran agreement shows "America First really means American Folly." He can discuss the move and its political and economic ramifications.

Released: 18-Apr-2018 2:25 PM EDT
SLU Expert Discusses Future of Testing and Treating Chlorine Gas Attacks
Saint Louis University Medical Center

Future answers to quickly testing and treating those who may have been exposed to chlorine gas may lie in chlorinated lipids, says a Saint Louis University professor.

Released: 17-Apr-2018 4:05 PM EDT
'Democracy in Exile' by University of Washington's Daniel Bessner, Explores Brain Drain From Germany in 1930s, Effect on U.S. Foreign Policy
University of Washington

As America's long military experience in Iraq has shown, it is good to have an exit policy — and prudent also to find ways to hold government policymakers accountable for their mistakes. Such themes arise in "Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual," by Daniel Bessner, an assistant professor in the University of Washington's Jackson School of International Studies. The book was published this spring by Cornell University Press.

Released: 11-Apr-2018 4:15 PM EDT
WashU Expert: Attorney-Client Privilege Explained
Washington University in St. Louis

Peter Joy, the Henry Hitchcock Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis and director of the Criminal Justice Clinic, discusses the recent search of the office, home and hotel room of Michael Cohen, lawyer to President Donald Trump. Joy explains why such an investigative search is a pivotal event  when it comes to issues of attorney-client privilege and client confidentiality.

Released: 10-Apr-2018 4:05 PM EDT
Deutsches Haus at NYU to Host Panel on “Threats to Democracy” – April 18
New York University

NYU’s Deutsches Haus will host “The State(s) We’re In: A New Age of Transatlantic Relations — Threats to Democracy”, a panel discussion featuring authors and scholars discussing threats to Western liberal democracy on Wed., April 18, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. (42 Washington Mews location [at University Place]).

Released: 4-Apr-2018 9:00 AM EDT
Sophisticated Iranian Hack of University Accounts Offers Lessons
University of Notre Dame

Mike Chapple, associate teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations in Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, says the hacking was sophisticated, clever and carefully designed to appeal to specific professors.

   


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