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Out of the Classroom, into the World / Stories

August 6, 2018

Master’s alum finds more insiders in the dark corners

NPS Center for Homeland Defense and Security HSx participant Nick Catrantzos found a way to preserve his ideas forged during the course by expanding his research on his master’s degree...

Out of the Classroom, into the World / Stories

July 26, 2018

School policy hackathon emblematic of HSx experimental education program

Participants in the NPS Center for Homeland Defense and Security HSx program spent July 11 in a hackathon devoted to crafting ideas to reduce harm from gun violence in K-12...

Stories

July 24, 2018

FEMA PrepTalks videos, produced at NPS-CHDS, examine school violence

A new FEMA PrepTalks video series produced in collaboration with the NPS Center for Homeland Defense and Security examines school violence from the perspectives of two survivors. FEMA PrepTalks are...

Stories

July 17, 2018

HSx project results in contest accolade, real-world solution

Public health professionals in a two-county area of North Carolina can use real-time data to detect early, even predict, an infections outbreak – all thanks to a team project from...

Out of the Classroom, into the World / Stories

July 10, 2018

ELP alum, retired Marine, tapped for Deputy Administrator at FEMA

NPS Center for Homeland Defense and Security Executive Leaders Program alumnus Peter Gaynor was nominated to be FEMA’s Deputy Administrator on June 20. “I am pleased to congratulate Peter Gaynor,...

Out of the Classroom, into the World / Stories

July 3, 2018

Alumnus shares thesis research with Singapore counterparts

NPS Center for Homeland Defense and Security master’s degree alumnus Ryan Jerde traveled to Singapore in April where he discussed his thesis research as part of a joint workshop with...

CHDS Reaches Out to the Nation

Master’s alum analyzes October 2017 Vegas shootings in thesis

Master’s alum finds more insiders in the dark corners

HSx project results in contest accolade, real-world solution

ELP alum, retired Marine, tapped for Deputy Administrator at FEMA

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