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.
University News
Millions of people worldwide whose privacy is at risk due to flaws in the Viber and WhatsApp apps can thank the University of New Haven's Cyber Forensics Research & Education Group (UNHcFREG) at the Tagliatela College of Engineering for discovering the flaws and generating publicity that has led to fixes.
May 01, 2014
Last month, the UNH Cyber Forensics Research & Education Group showed that data sent using Viber and WhatsApp can be intercepted, making it possible for anyone to snoop on private communications.
Since then, the flaws have been widely reported internationally in some 20 languages in a variety of publications and on numerous websites. As recently as April 30 it was reported by CNET that Viber "has added encryption measures to its messaging app for Android and iOS so that network eavesdroppers no longer can see or tamper with unprotected images, video, and messages about a user's location."
"Viber and WhatsApp together have over 600 million users that may be affected by our discovery," says Abe Baggili, head of the UNHcFREG group and an assistant professor of computer science at the university. This work is about protecting people's privacy, which is big news given everything that is going on with Edward Snowden and the National Security Agency."
"Viber and WhatsApp together have over 600 million users that may be affected by our discovery "
Viber allows users to make free calls, send free texts and share pictures with anyone, anywhere. It also allows a Viber subscriber to send video and voice messages to other Viber users for free.
WhatsApp is similar in that it allows users to exchange messages using a variety of mobile phone platforms. WhatsApp users can create groups, send each other unlimited images, video and audio media messages without having to pay SMS, or text messaging, fees.
Discovering the Flaws
The UNH group first discovered the privacy flaws in WhatsApp through a network forensics research project. The discovery was made by Baggili along with UNH students Jason Moore, Mohammed Al Saif and Atefeh Masihzadeh – which is presented in the video seen below:
They reported that a vulnerability in WhatsApp makes it possible for an attacker to intercept shared locations of the app’s users by "calling out" to Google Maps. This means that an attacker can pinpoint a user and share the user’s location with other WhatsApp users. The UNH researchers demonstrated the flaw in a video that was posted on their website.
They followed this up with the announcement that they had found a similar, but more serious "open transmissions" flaw in Viber, which permanently stored all messages sent by its users on its servers which is also illustrated in the video below:
For more information about UNHcFREG’s activities and research, you can visit http://cyberforensics.newhaven.edu or http://www.unhcfreg.com
University News
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.
The Charger Blog
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.
University News
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.