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mDOT Center Receives $6.2M Five-Year Renewal
The NIH-funded mHealth Center for Discovery, Optimization, and Translation of Temporally-Precise Interventions (mDOT Center), under the direction of Prof. Santosh Kumar, has been renewed for five years with $6.2M in funding.

Center for Information Assurance Leads $1.5M Cyber AI Education Initative
The Center for Information Assurance will lead a $1.5 million project funded by the National Security Agency's National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity program.

Using a Modified Video Game to Train Marine Corps
Prof. Brandon Booth is involved in an interdisciplinary research project using a modified version of the video game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare to help train students in the Marine Corps University's Sergeants School.

Cyber Ambassadors Tech Camp Featured on WREG News Channel 3
The 2026 Cyber Ambassadors Tech Camp, hosted by the Center for Information Assurance from July 8-10, was featured on WREG News Channel 3.

Vasile Rus Named Fulbright Scholar
Prof. Vasile Rus has been named a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for 2026-27.

Undergraduate Capstone Project Featured at Summer Game Fest
A team of undergraduate students from the Spring 2026 capstone project class had their game featured at Summer Game Fest 2026 in Los Angeles.

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