University at Albany

The Cybersecurity Senior Capstone Project Partnership with TIAA Best-in-Class award recognizes exceptional contributions to the development of Incident Response and Data Loss Prevention plans. An outstanding collaboration with Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) cybersecurity professionals distinguished top performers to receive the Best-in-Class award. The Cybersecurity Senior Capstone Course is designed in a mixed asynchronous/synchronous format to combine a student's university skills and knowledge with a real-world scenario, empowering them to work directly with an industry partner to gain professional experience prior to graduation. The students log a total of 120 project hours before presenting their data loss prevention and incident response plan to industry partners at the end of the semester.

A team of undergraduate students from the Massry School of Business is entering new territory in the annual CFA Institute Research Challenge. Sophia Hofer, Kevin Holder, Tyler Rico, Nohl Schwandtner and Ashar Zahid took home joint first place in the CFA-New York competition, advancing the finance students to the sub-regional round, which will feature winning teams from throughout the eastern United States.