CHDS Emergence Program Graduates 25 Students
The Center for Homeland Defense and Security’s Emergence Program Cohort 2501 celebrated its graduation on January 16, 2026.
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CHDS Master’s Program Graduates 31 Students
On December 19, the Center for Homeland Defense and Security Master’s cohort 2401/2402 marked the end of 18 months of demanding study, research, and collaboration in a graduation ceremony that recognized their hard work and contributions to responding to today’s complex homeland defense and security challenges.
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New Edition of Comparative Homeland Security
When Dr. Nadav Morag first began teaching the Comparative Homeland Security course at CHDS in 2005 there wasn’t a textbook available for him to assign to his students. So, he decided to write his own.
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The Challenge of Drones in America
It’s not every day that a drone flies over the Capitol, hovers over the National Mall, or crash lands on the White House lawn. But over the last few decades, it has happened—and each time, the same question surfaces from federal leadership: “Why didn’t you shoot it down?”
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From the Frozen Frontier to the Frontlines: How CHDS Thesis Reached the National Labs
When the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) began developing a new approach to border security, INL researchers drew inspiration from a productive exchange with Chris Kuhn, who has been developing Multi-Domain Border Security (MDBS) concepts, as described in his thesis written at the Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS).
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Beyond Hurricane Season: Building Nola’s Workforce
As an emergency manager for the City of New Orleans’ Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Gregory Doolittle (Emergence 2402) is leading an initiative to tackle one of the biggest challenges in disaster response: the shortage of manpower.
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