In recent days, the United States and China have traded accusations about each nation’s alleged (or actual) espionage activities in cyberspace. Moreover, high-profile events like Stuxnet and recurring high-profile cyber-attacks such as the Target data breach continue to keep ‘cyber’ and cybersecurity issues in the news.

Today, CSEE’s Dr. Rick Forno, Cybersecurity GPD and Assistant Director of the UMBC Center for Cybersecurity, was a guest on PRI’s ‘The World’ where he discussed issues related to cyberwarfare, cybersecurity and the international application of cyberpower.

On Friday, May 23, WYPR’s Maryland Morning aired a segment that focused on the role that visuals have played in citizens’ understanding of the military and terrorism since September 11th. Rebecca Adelman, an assistant professor of media and communication studies and author of Beyond the Checkpoint: Visual Practices in America’s Global War on Terror, participated in the discussion along with MaryAnne Golon, director of photography at The Washington Post.

Adelman opened the conversation by discussing the role security camera footage of the September 11th highjackers played in the public view after they were released several years after the attacks.   

“What’s really interesting to me is the way that those images mark a limit of those visual systems that are designed to keep us safe,” Adelman said. “As surveillance cameras, they functioned perfectly,” she added. “But they did nothing to keep the country safe.”

Adelman also discussed what the future may hold for citizens’ perception of images of war and terror: “The relationship between state and media and citizen is going to get a lot more complex, particularly as the role of the visual in fighting the war itself changes as we talk about things like drones which have everything to do with visibility and invisibility. We’re going to hear a lot more about questions of transparency.”

You can listen to the full interview on Maryland Morning by clicking here.

On Monday, May 19, WEAA’s The Marc Steiner Show hosted a panel discussion remembering the life and legacy of Malcolm X. The day would have been his 89th birthday. American Studies Assistant Professor Kimberly Moffitt participated in the discussion and shared her thoughts on why Malcolm X might not play as significant a role with young learners as other activists during his time.

“A lot of that has to do with him not fitting the paradigm of what we consider to be acceptable activism,” Moffitt said. “At that point in time, even in the midst of a very radical period in our country’s history, he was seen as an extremist by many.”

Other panelists in the discussion included Karsonya Wise Whitehead, an assistant professor of communication and African and African American studies at Loyola University Maryland and Ray Winbush, Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University.

To listen to the full segment that aired on The Marc Steiner Show, click here. Moffitt is co-editor of Blackberries and Redbones: Critical Articulations of Black Hair/Body Politics in Africana Communities.

After five decades of collecting ancient artifacts, Dr. Marie Spiro wanted to donate her collection to an institution that would continue her approach of interactive learning, and she selected UMBC three years ago. Spiro, an associate professor emerita of art and archaeology at the University of Maryland, College Park, recently visited UMBC to attend Ancient Studies Associate Professor and Chair Marilyn Goldberg’s retirement party.

The Spiro Artifact Collection features Greek, Roman and Byzantine artifacts and contains mosaics, pottery, figurines and other pieces that date back as far as 15,000 years. The collection has provided a hands-on learning opportunity for ancient studies students and enables them to physically interact and study ancient artifacts without leaving campus.

During the celebration, Goldberg thanked Spiro for her donation and presented her with a gift from the ancient studies department. The Spiro Artifact Collection is expected to be housed in the new Art and Archaeology Lab in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building. During the retirement party, research projects presented at URCAD were on display that students conducted on artifacts as part of the archaeological museum studies course. Marilyn Goldberg was honored by colleagues for her service as a professor and chair of the department and for her enthusiasm and dedication to her students since the Ancient Studies Department began at UMBC.

You can read an article about Dr. Spiro’s donation in the Fall 2011 edition of UMBC Magazine by clicking here.

This week multiple internship positions have been posted to UMBCworks for engineering and math majors. Check out these new positions today:

.Net Developer Intern

Agora Incorporated - Baltimore, Maryland

POSITION TYPE: Internship Opportunities

POSTING DATE: May 20, 2014

Atlantic Information Services, Inc. - Washington, District of Columbia

POSITION TYPE: Internship Opportunities

POSTING DATE: May 20, 2014

Concurrent Technologies Corporation - Annapolis Junction, Maryland

POSITION TYPE: Internship Opportunities

POSTING DATE: May 20, 2014

Arch Systems, LLC - Baltimore, Maryland

POSITION TYPE: Internship Opportunities

POSTING DATE: May 19, 2014

The Office of Science and Technology Policy - Washington, District of Columbia

POSITION TYPE: Internship Opportunities

POSTING DATE: May 16, 2014

United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Washington, District of Columbia

POSITION TYPE: Internship Opportunities

POSTING DATE: May 15, 2014

Gatekeeper - College Park, Maryland

POSITION TYPE: Internship Opportunities

POSTING DATE: May 15, 2014

Graphic Artist/Web Designer Intern

C2 Technologies, Inc. - Vienna, Virginia

POSITION TYPE: Internship Opportunities

POSTING DATE: May 27, 2014

RMF Engineering - Baltimore- UMBC Research Park, Maryland

POSITION TYPE: Internship Opportunities

POSTING DATE: May 27, 2014

Flinja - Los Angeles, California

POSITION TYPE: Internship Opportunities

POSTING DATE: May 25, 2014

Convergent Technologies Inc. - Baltimore- UMBC Research Park, Maryland

POSITION TYPE: Internship Opportunities

POSTING DATE: May 19, 2014

To access these positions, login to your UMBCworks account (via the link
in the Jobs & Internships topic in myUMBC) and find details and 
application instructions as well as hundreds of other job postings!  

Please note you MUST have an approved resume and be released by a CSC Staff Member to apply to internships. To schedule an appointment, click on 
"Request a Counseling Appointment" from the UMBCworks homepage or call 
410-455-2216.

Innovations in Cybersecurity Education Workshop

University of Maryland, Baltimore County
9:30 – 4:30 Tuesday, 24 June 2014

Innovations in Cybersecurity Education is a regional workshop on cybersecurity education at all levels, from Kindergarden through post-graduate. It will include discussions about cyber competitions, hands-on exercises, educational games, and integrating cybersecurity throughout the curriculum. There will be an opportunity to experience hands-on cyber defense exercises and to play new computer security education games, including SecurityEmpire developed at UMBC.

The workshop is free and open to the public — all are welcome to attend. This workshop will to be of interest to educators, school administrators, undergraduate and graduate students, and government officials. Lunch will be provided and there is ample free parking for participants.

Please see the links above for the schedule and location and register to help us plan for the number of participants.

The workshop is organized by Dr. Alan T. Sherman with support provided in part by the National Science Foundation under SFS grant 1241576.