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McClure School News Archive

  • McClure School is now a CheckPoint academic partner

    March 28, 2025

    51ĀŅĀ× is partnering with Checkpoint to enhance the cybersecurity workforce. The university will be a part of the global effort to prepare todayā€™s students with vital cyber skills to protect our digital future. 

  • Meet Dr. Rishabh Das - New Faculty, Cybersecurity

    March 21, 2025

    Dr. Rishabh Das is a new Assistant Professor at the McClure School of Emerging Communication Technologies teaching students about the importance of cyber security. We interviewed him to learn about his role as a professor, his research and the unique opportunities and guidance he offers to 51ĀŅĀ× students. 

  • Meet Professor Bruce Tong - New Faculty, Cybersecurity

    March 14, 2025

    Prof. Bruce Tong, recently joined as a full time faculty the McClure School. He will be bringing his vast industry expertise in compliance, network security and coding to various undergraduate and graduate courses in the ITS and the new Cybersecuity Operations program.

  • Zach Miller, ITS '13, at AWS: re:Invent 2024 / Cybersecurity

    January 18, 2025

    We recently touched based with ITS Alumn, Zach Miller. He is now a Principal Security Specialist Solutions Architect for Amazon's AWS. He shared with us his recent talk at AWS reInvent 2024 where he discusses how to use public key infrastructure (PKI) to issue and manage private certificates that identify corporate resources and secure communications

  • Meet Professor Alex Rossin

    November 19, 2024

    Prof. Alex Rossin, joined the McClure School in 2024. His expertise covers video game design, coding and VR/XR technologies. Read more about his background, his classes and his interests.

  • Multi-campus 5G Readiness Grant Award

    May 16, 2024

    In February 2024, the Ohio Department of Higher Education awarded the McClure School of Emerging Communication Technologies a Super RAPIDS grant for 5G wireless equipment for $435,000. The grant was prepared by McClure School, Professor Julio ArƔuz and will be used for supporting hands-one experience training, education and research for students and members of the community.

  • ChatGPT and the Colossal Cave Adventure

    February 19, 2024

    ECT Alum and McClure Faculty Bruce Tong uses ChatGPT and Python to get AI to "play" the classic, text-based game Colossal Cave Adventure. Problems arise and are solved. Dive in!

  • Westin Scholars Competition for Graduate Students

    January 23, 2024

    January 21-27, 2024 is Data Privacy Week. It is our honor to announce the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) extends their Westin Scholar Award to an 51ĀŅĀ× student with a passion for privacy and data protection. This prestigious award honors the late Dr. Alan Westin, a pioneer in the field of privacy. 

     

  • Learning how to build and splice networks in VR

    August 18, 2023

    51ĀŅĀ× graduate and McClure School instructor, Dr. Douglas Bowie sought a less stressful way to comprehend binary math and IP subnetting. His doctoral thesis focuses on how virtual reality technology can be utilized to decrease mental strain associated with learning subnetting, a foundational concept of information networking.

  • Urban Technology for Social Good

    February 19, 2023

    In the fall semester, the McClure School's ITS program offered a class on the use of technology in urban environments. The class placed emphasis on a discussion on the positive and negative impacts of technology in cities and communities around the globe and worked with GIS systems to imagine how future technology could benefit our region.