General CyberRamblers and MSF Scholars Hit the Target at Axe Throwing Social The CyberRamblers and Motorola Solutions Foundation Scholars took a break from coursework and cybersecurity challenges for a fun team-bonding event—axe throwing! Students spent the afternoon building camaraderie, celebrating their hard work, and even landing multiple bullseyes. These social events help strengthen the scholar community and provide valuable opportunities for
Student Success 7968 x WiCyS LUC Baby Breach CTF A baby has been kidnapped—or at least, that was the mystery Loyola students were tasked with solving during the Baby Breach CTF, hosted on November 7 by 7968 and WiCyS LUC. The creative, cybersecurity-themed event challenged student teams to work through digital clues, exploit vulnerabilities, and analyze evidence to
Student Success Grace Hopper Celebration: LUC Students Connect A group of Loyola University Chicago students, including Lynette Lim and Blake Doan, represented the University at the 2025 Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC)—the world’s largest gathering of women and nonbinary technologists.
Presentations Experts Highlight the Future of Research Software and Ethical AI at Loyola Event Loyola University Chicago hosted two leading voices in research computing and cybersecurity on November 21 in the Simpson Living-Learning Center’s Multi-Purpose Room.
Grants Interdisciplinary Research Funded Loyola University Chicago has received a $50,000 interdisciplinary research award from the Dr. Scholl Foundation to investigate "Misinformation and Scams on Social Media"
Faculty Success Toward Experiential Training Program for AI Security and Privacy Practitioners Mohammed Abuhamad, Mujtaba Nazari, Loretta Stalans, and Eric Chan-Tin presented their paper, “Toward Experiential Training Program for AI Security and Privacy Practitioners,” at the Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (CISSE) in November in Seattle.
General CS Department Hosts Second Fall Seminar Event at SLLC MPR The Computer Science Department held its second Fall Seminar Series event on November 7 in the Multi-Purpose Room of the Simpson Living-Learning Center, drawing another strong turnout from students and faculty.
General AI & Academia Panel We had a great turnout on Tuesday, October 14, for the AI & Academia: Six Disciplines, One Question – What is AI Doing to Education? panel hosted by the Loyola AI Society and Honors Student Government.
General National Cybersecurity Awareness Month In celebration of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Loyola Information Security Office (UISO) collaborated with WiCyS Loyola student chapter and the ACM-W student chapter to host an awareness seminar.
Presentations Fall Seminar Series Kicks Off with Engaging Talks on AI and Robotics The Department’s Fall Seminar Series kicked off last week with an engaging first session that introduced complex topics in artificial intelligence and robotics to both beginners and experienced students.
Presentations Dr. Nohpill Park Talks Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and AI Thank you to everyone who joined us for Dr. Nohpill Park's visit on Thursday October 9. Dr Park, an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at Oklahoma State University, gave a talk on blockchain, cryptocurrency, and AI to our students.
Student Success WiCyS x WiCS Career Launchpad The Career Launchpad event on October 16, hosted by the student chapters of Women in Cybersecurity and Women in Computer Science, was a success with over 50 student attendees and over 15 industry professionals (most of them alumni).
Student Success Loyola Students Share Research at Midwestern Criminal Justice Meeting Lauren Flanagan and Trevor Rowe present their work at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association.
Student Success Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge Congrats to the Ramblers team, consisting of Lynette Lim, Lucia Garr, Daniel Gaevskiy, and Josh Honig, for participating in the New York Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge.
Student Success Loyola University Chicago Teams Earn Spots in UND CyberHawks Finals Congrats to all three Loyola University Chicago student teams who qualified for the UND Cyberhawks finals.
Student Success Meet the New WiCyS Student Chapter Board for AY2025–2026! Meet the New WiCyS Student Chapter Board for AY2025–2026!
Grants Featured Motorola Solutions Foundation Cybersecurity Experiential Scholarship Awardees Loyola University Chicago is thrilled to have received a $30,000 grant from the Motorola Solutions Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Motorola Solutions.
Faculty Success Featured Loyola’s Dr. Dligach Co-Leads $1M AI Project to Simplify Clinical Trial Consent Loyola’s Dr. Dligach Co-Leads $1M AI Project to Simplify Clinical Trial Consent.
Grants Featured Loyola Awarded $30K Motorola Grant for Cybersecurity Scholars Loyola Awarded $30K Motorola Grant for Cybersecurity Scholars
Student Success Ramblers Qualify for 2CDC Cyber Defense Finals A team from Loyola University Chicago, consisting of Daniel Gaevskiy, Lynette Lim, Chloe Kilroy, Josh Honig, and Arya Aftab, participated in the 2CDC (Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition) qualifiers on July 29.
Student Success Congratulations to Josh Honig – Outstanding Cybersecurity Competition Results! Congratulations to Josh Honig who placed 2nd at the IEEE Silicon Valley Cybersecurity Conference metaCTF and 1st at the AdobeCTF competitions this past June.
Presentations Featured Cybersecurity Talks at IEEE Conference Josh Honig presented a peer-reviewed paper titled "Encrypted Network Traffic Analysis: To Website Fingerprinting and Beyond" and a peer-reviewed poster titled
Grants Featured 1 Million in Linked NSF Grants to Support the BullyBlocker Project The grant proposal Collaborative Research: SaTC: CORE: Medium: Toward Well-being by Design in Social Media, led by Dr. Yas Silva, has received funding from NSF.
Faculty Success Loyola Joins National $298K NSF Project to Expand AI Education Loyola Joins National $298K NSF Project to Expand AI Education
Student Success Celebrating Undergraduate Researchers at Loyola Muhammad Javed, Jonah Goldberg-Finkelstein, Malec Tarabein, and Abigal Daman present their work as part of the 2025 Undergraduate Summer Research Experience (USRE).
