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
Researchers in the University of New Haven’s Cyber Forensics Research and Education Group developed a tool that helped police reconstruct hidden files, leading to additional charges.
The Glastonbury Police Department faced a roadblock. They were trying to build a case against a suspected voyeur, but they were unable to access files they believed were hidden on the suspect’s cell phone.
Glastonbury Sgt. Corey Davis had been trying for months to access files he was pretty sure were hidden on a phone that was seized from the suspect. Davis, one of the founders of the Connecticut Center for Digital Investigations, was on campus for a tour of the University of New Haven’s Cyber Forensics Research and Education Group’s laboratory last month when he mentioned the case to Ibrahim Baggili, Elder Family Endowed Chair and the group’s founder.
Baggili explained that the group had been working on developing tools and techniques for reconstructing and decrypting data stored by Vault applications, and he offered the lab’s services to help.
Within a week, Xiaolu Zhang, a post-doctoral research fellow in the University’s cyber forensics think tank, designed a special program for Davis to reconstruct the hidden files on the Samsung Galaxy 6 Edge. That enabled the police to pursue additional charges against the suspect.
None of the mobile forensic tools on the market are capable of reconstructing or decrypting this data.
Case Closed
The help from the University of New Haven researchers led to the recovery of 66 new media files on the phone, including 18 useable ones in the Glastonbury case and 38 videos of use to police in other jurisdictions.
"All together, 42 new victims were revealed in these recovered videos," Davis said. "The Cyber Forensics Group’s research has allowed us to demonstrate the full scope of this suspect’s actions and will have a direct impact on the outcome of the case."
Davis said the suspect was ultimately arrested on 12 felony counts of voyeurism.
The group’s research will be submitted to a peer-reviewed publication, and more tools are being developed to reconstruct or decrypt data that being stored by 18 different Vault applications on Android phones.
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.