Presentations CISA at Loyola Cybersecurity advisors from CISA visited Loyola University Chicago on September 21 to discuss cybersecurity careers, public sector opportunities, and the agency’s mission to protect critical infrastructure and strengthen the nation’s cyber resilience.
Student Success UND CyberHawks CTF Qualifiers 2026 Loyola University Chicago qualified both teams for the UND CyberHawks CTF Finals in North Dakota! Out of 217 teams, "chmod 7968" placed 30th and "Loyola Cy'blers" placed 73rd. Congrats to all who competed and represented Loyola.
Student Success New CyberRamblers Cohort Announced Loyola University Chicago has selected Dorsa Valipourkarimi, Isabella Alongi, Ellie Martin, and Michael Guerrero for its 2026-2028 CyberRamblers cohort. The federally funded program supports students pursuing public-sector cybersecurity careers through scholarships and training.
Student Success Motorola Solutions Foundation Award Thanks to a $35,000 grant from the Motorola Solutions Foundation, Loyola University Chicago will provide up to seven undergraduate students with hands-on cybersecurity training and real-world experience to help launch their careers in the field.
Presentations Loyola CS Undergraudate Students Present at USRE 2026 Loyola CS Undergraudate Students Present at USRE 2026
Presentations Loyola University Chicago at Cyber RECon 2026 Loyola University Chicago was one of 19 universities which participated in the fifth annual Cyber Research and Education Conference (Cyber RECon) on April 2026.
Student Success National Cyber League Spring 2026 Season Loyola University Chicago placed 37th in the Central region in the Spring 2026 NCL, with nearly 30 students competing. Areej led Individual rankings, and team The Banjos (Edwin & Ayra) ranked 217th. Go Ramblers!
Presentations Featured BullyBlocker Research Team Highlights Cross-Platform Cyberbullying Research at ICWSM 2026 Members of the BullyBlocker research group presented two major studies showcasing advanced methodologies in network science and dynamic artificial intelligence to address cyberbullying across different digital spaces.
Presentations Featured Loyola CS Students and Researchers Present at GCASR 2026 Students, faculty, and researchers from Loyola University Chicago’s Department of Computer Science participated in the Greater Chicago Area Systems Research Workshop (GCASR 2026)
Student Success Great Presence at the Graduate Students’ Symposium The department was well represented at today’s Graduate Students’ Symposium, with a special congratulations to Manny Sandoval for receiving the Outstanding Research Poster Award.
Presentations Computer Science Students Represent LUC at CAURS 2026 Students from the Computer Science department proudly represented LUC at the 2026 Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium, showcasing student research and engagement at a regional academic conference.
Student Success Featured Maddie Juarez Receives Loyola Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award and NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Maddie Juarez, a computer science undergraduate and member of the BullyBlocker Lab, received the Loyola Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award (2026) and the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, recognizing her exceptional research achievements and future promise.
Student Success Tech For Tomorrow Over 50 Loyola students gathered March 20 for the Tech for Tomorrow Gala, hosted by WiCyS, the 7968 Club, and IGSO, raising funds for IC Stars and spotlighting student leadership, technology, and community impact.
Student Success Featured CyberRamblers CyberCorps Scholars Announced for 2026 Cohort The 2026 CyberRamblers CyberCorps Scholarship for Service cohort has been selected: Dalton Goodwin, Joe Montroy, and Aliyah Montes de Oca.
Student Success CS Maddie Juarez Earns Honorable Mention for Undergraduate Research Award Loyola CS student Maddie Juarez earns Honorable Mention for the CRA 2025–2026 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award for her impactful research contributions.
Student Success Loyola Welcomes a New Motorola Solutions Foundation Scholar Congratulations to Dorsa Valipourkarimi, our newest Motorola Solutions Foundation Scholar, recognized for her commitment to cybersecurity excellence.
Student Success Featured 2025 DoE CyberForce competition We had two teams (11 students) participate in the 2025 Department of Energy CyberForce competition. The goal of the competition is for each team to secure a simulated oil rig against a live team of attackers and keep the system operational and usable.
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
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.
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.
Presentations Featured BullyBlocker Team Showcases Cyberbullying Research at SBP-BRiMS 2025 Loyola University Chicago’s BullyBlocker team took center stage at the 2025 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling & Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (SBP-BRiMS)
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.
