Public Safety is tracking a significant snowfall that will be arriving in our area late Sunday morning (Jan. 25). It will snow heavily throughout the day and evening eventually tapering off Monday (Jan. 26) with 10-14 inches expected statewide. A sleet and freezing rain mix is also possible along the shore. Temperatures will be in the teens and twenties.
Due to this significant winter storm and the extensive campus clean-up operations that will need to take place, all in-person day and evening classes scheduled for Monday, January 26, 2026 have been cancelled. All scheduled in-person classes will transition to being held online or remotely. Additional information on the virtual format for each class will be provided by your instructor.
Faculty have been asked to prepare for Online or Remote sessions in the event of in-person meeting cancellations. These options will be determined by the Faculty member and all questions should be directed to the Faculty teaching each course section. Faculty also have been asked to be very understanding and accommodating of the individual situations of their students who may have difficulty managing these alternative online or remote class meetings on short notice.
Please note that only essential employees, as previously determined by their respective department leaders, should report to campus. All other employees should fulfill the requirements of their role remotely.
Campus operations for residential students, unless otherwise noted, will operate as scheduled, though hours may be modified or changed based on the conditions. Separate messages will be sent from the Peterson Library, the Beckerman Recreation Center, and Dining Services regarding any changes to their normal hours of operation. The Bergami Center for Science, Technology, and Innovation will remain open for residential students to use for study space and to participate in online classes.
Off-campus students that live in the City of West Haven should abide by the city’s parking ban during inclement weather to avoid having their vehicle tagged and towed. Please check the City of West Haven’s website for further information on their snow parking ban.
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A Cyber Threat Intelligence Seminar on campus brought together a local financial institution, the North Haven Police Department, and a cybersecurity expert supporting the state of Connecticut to interact with graduate students.
October 16, 2024
Organizations and individuals today handle vast amounts of sensitive information, such as personal health data, financial records, and proprietary business information. Cybersecurity is essential to protect against the wide and increasingly sophisticated number of threats that can disrupt our personal lives, businesses, and even society at large.
As more aspects of our individual and shared civil lives become interconnected through digital networks, cybersecurity will only grow in importance.
That’s why, last month, the Connecticut Institute of Technology (CIT) at the University of New Haven and American Eagle Financial Credit Union jointly hosted Cyber Threat Intelligence, a banking, identity and credit protection seminar for Greater New Haven residents and students interested in learning more about cybersecurity.
The seminar consisted of a three-person panel of experts and scholars, including Samantha Konsewicz, a fraud analyst in enterprise risk management at American Eagle Financial Credit Union; Paulius Laukaitis, a detective with the North Haven Police Department; and moderator Harris Weisman, MBA, coordinator of the University’s M.S. in Cyber Risk Management.
The keynote speaker was UNewHaven alum David Palmbach ’17, ’19 M.S., who currently works for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) as a cyber security advisor (CSA) supporting the State of Connecticut.
Monique Golden, Ph.D., the CIT project and laboratory manager, helped organize the seminar.
“The panel was to allow these different representatives to talk to one another about what they're experiencing, what they are dealing with, how they deal with it, and when they need to communicate with each other,” Dr. Golden said.
“They discussed some of the unique challenges that they face when trying to identify or attribute an attack to a specific group, and how they support the communities that they serve.”
“American Eagle Financial Credit Union was honored to have recently partnered with the University of New Haven for their Cyber Threat Intelligence Seminar in the Financial Sector,” said Colleen Boccaccio, marketing and event specialist for American Eagle Financial Credit Union. “This collaboration aligns with our mission of promoting financial literacy within the community. We are genuinely grateful for the opportunity to contribute to such an important event and to work alongside our community partners to raise awareness and provide valuable resources and information.”
UNewHaven was the perfect venue for such a seminar because the CIT is a hub of interdisciplinary technology, focused on emerging areas such as AI cybersecurity, and it is also a leader on how longstanding areas of technology and STEM interact with these developing sciences and ever-evolving issues.
“We have some of the most talented students in cyber education here at the University of New Haven,” Dr. Golden said. “So our goal was to put together an event that would educate and motivate some of that talent and energy to become the next generation of analysts, officers, and change makers in this space.”
The Cyber Threat Intelligence seminar focused on what cyber threat intelligence looks like in the financial sector, as well as how organizations such as CISA, the FBI, and financial institutions manage security risks and threats.
“As someone who's not working in this space directly, I thought it was a really exciting, invigorating presentation because there are so many ways you can make an impact in this field,” Dr. Golden said, whose background is in industrial engineering and education policy.
Of the seminar’s 33 attendees, most were UNewHaven graduate students in the University’s cybersecurity and networks master's degree program.
“We are the destination for cybersecurity education because we have students who are recipients of some of the most prestigious cybersecurity scholarships in the nation,” Dr. Golden said.
For example, the Tagliatela College of Engineering received a $4 million National Science (NSF) grant—one of largest federal grants in the University’s history—to create Connecticut’s first CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service program, designed to produce the next generation of Super Cyber Operatives who are ready to enter the government workforce and protect the nation from cyber-attacks.
The Department of Defense has a cyber service academy program, which not only includes full tuition and academic fees, a generous yearly stipend for living expenses, and a one-time $1500 allowance for a new computer, and a job working for the Department of Defense upon successful completion of the program.
Additionally, UNewHaven students regularly participate in competitions such as the NSA Codebreaker Challenge, which earlier this year a team of Chargers placed among the top 15 institutions in the country.
“The CIT is looking to expand on all of that,” Dr. Golden said. “I think there's a great opportunity for us to explore what possibilities UNewHaven and the Connecticut community can come up with together.”
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New University-wide council will advance strategic partnerships, immersive student opportunities, and innovative research, supporting the University’s strategic plan the development of its pioneering Center for Innovation and Applied Technology.
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Entrepreneur David Sussman, Pompea College of Business Advisory Board Member and chief visionary officer of The Family Security Plan®, is collaborating with University of New Haven students, faculty, and staff to create a program and app that helps Chargers support each other to achieve academic, personal, and professional goals. It’s called Uccountability.
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Vice President for Innovation and Applied Technology Paul Lavoie will serve on the Board of Directors and as America’s Chief Manufacturing Officer for the newly launched American Manufacturing Futures Institute.