New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and Chancellor Jim Malatras announced the launch of a State University of New York System (SUNY) system-wide COVID-19 case tracker dashboard. The centralized dashboard will provide real time, up-to-date information on COVID-19 cases, testing, and quarantine and isolation space availability across SUNY's 64 colleges and universities to more efficiently monitor, respond to, and contain the virus.
Surveillance testing for COVID-19 began Sept. 2 at Binghamton University in New York. The testing will be conducted throughout the semester and will look at samples of the campus population to try to identify problem areas or potential hot spots for virus spread.
Miami Dade College has launched its new, state-of-the-art Cybersecurity Center of the Americas, a facility designed to mimic what a Security Operations Center (SOC) looks and feels like.
An app for University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign faculty members, staff and students who intend to enter university facilities this fall is available for download by iPhone and Android users.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $3.3 million in research, education and training grants to universities that comprise FAA’s Air Transportation Center of Excellence (COE) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), also known as the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE).
As part of reorganizing and updating safety functions at the University of Utah, Chief Safety Officer Marlon C. Lynch created a new position to direct Campus Security and to oversee public safety compliance and accreditation.
UC San Diego denounced an Instagram account claiming an affiliation with the university that posted "hateful, racist content" on its page, while a similar investigation was underway at the University of San Diego, according to a news report.
A new partnership between Southern State Community College and the University of Cincinnati School of Information Technology will allow students to obtain a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology – Cyber Security from UC.
