UMass Amherst student blazes an impressive, nontraditional path in cybersecurity
As a white-hat hacker, cybersecurity student Thao Trinh ’21 catches criminals and finds bugs
When she arrived as an international student at UMass Amherst, Thao Trinh ’21 recalls her excitement, anxiety, and deep desire to excel. As a first-year student from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in 2017, she aspired to study ethical computer hacking, known as white-hat hacking.
Four years later, supported in so many ways by the UMass community, she is in her final semester, having just completed the highly selective Cybersecurity Mentorship Pilot Program sponsored by the MassCyberCenter. This state program supports diversity and resiliency in the cybersecurity sector, and matched Trinh with a research expert at MIT’s elite Lincoln Laboratory.
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Updated on March 8, 2021 at 2:14 pm
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About 200 UMass Amherst students, most not wearing masks, attended a party this weekend despite policies at the university and in the town that ban it, a deeply disappointed school administrator said Monday.
Any student who hosted or attended the party will be suspended, and those living in dorms will be moved out temporarily because they pose a safety threat to others, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Life Brandi Hephner LaBanc said in a note to students obtained by NBC affiliate WWLP. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Paul Brassil of
Medfield has joined the company as senior vice president/chief information officer and will oversee PCU’s information technology and digital innovation efforts.
Brassil has more than 25 years of experience in the information technology leadership field with entities such as Commonwealth Medicine (a division of UMass Medical School), the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, EMC Corp. and Siemens IT Solutions and Services Inc.
He holds an MS in computer information systems from Bentley University in
Waltham and a BA in Business Administration from Bridgewater State University.
Brassil s community involvement spans initiatives focused on workforce development and industry leadership serving as a member of the Tech Hire Advisory Group of Boston’s Private Industry Council (comprised of Boston CIOs developing summer intern programs for low/moderate income students in the Boston Public Schools); an adviser for Fintech Women (helping women in banking/finance/fintech a
Adult supervisor for BPS student group accused at news conference of psychological abuse
By Laura Crimaldi Globe Staff,Updated March 6, 2021, 6:55 p.m.
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Khymani James spoke at a Saturday press conference along with other students who recently resigned from leadership roles at the Boston Public Schools.Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff
A group of students who recently resigned from leadership roles at the Boston Public Schools accused an adult supervisor of psychological abuse during a news conference on Saturday, describing regular sessions during which teenagers were encouraged to share deeply personal information and cry.
Addressing reporters inside the Roxbury building that houses BPS headquarters, three students gave what they said were accounts of their experiences at gatherings known as âRC,â which they said stands for re-evaluation counseling, a controversial, peer-based therapy established in the 1950s by Carl Harvey Jackins.