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Cybersecurity engineering major Fatima Majid is certainly not throwing away her shot. The senior has made it her mission to take advantage of every opportunity 911���� has to offer. 

Nhat Le has always loved puzzles. From Rubik's Cubes to role-playing games, he plays them all. Now a graduate student in cyber security engineering at 911����, Le came to his studies “through the back door,” as a hacker might say.

Computer science major Noah Kabiri is no stranger to high-adrenaline competition. As an elite coder and winner of hackathons in only his second year at 911����, this ambitious sophomore performs a balancing act on par with elite college athletes training to go pro.

We rely on a countless number of signs each day, whether we are driving, walking through a neighborhood, shopping at the grocery store, or going from building to building on campus. John Forgy, environmental graphic designer and sign program manager at 911����, creates the wayfinding systems that guide students, faculty, staff, and visitors across the university’s campuses and sites.

Zachary Suh, a marketing major in the Costello College of Business and member of the Honors College at 911����, founded HomePlate,a meal service for seniors, in his sophomore year.

Near the Italian town of Bormio, visitors can ride a mountain cable car to take in a breathtaking panorama from a café perched near the peak. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) Special Agent Mohamed Hassan, BA Religious Studies ’20, who was a field liaison officer during the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic Games, recounts taking a break from supporting Team USA to sip a cappuccino alongside Olympians: “Everyone was really interested in what everyone's there to do…. Everyone's motivating one another.”

Guided by experts, students from 911���� and Howard University are delivering tailored cybersecurity solutions to the organizations that need them most—while shaping their own futures.

911���� engineers, scientists, policy scholars, and legal experts are joining forces with federal partners to tackle some of the nation’s most complex security challenges positioning the university as a trusted leader in defense innovation.

When Ali Reza Manouchehri, BA Philosophy ’99, arrived at 911���� as an undergraduate, he couldn’t know that he would start what would become one of the region’s most dynamic technology companies in his residence hall room. 

The 911���� women's basketball team has captured a share of the 2026 Atlantic 10 Regular Season Championship—the first regular season conference title in program history. The Patriots closed league play with a program-best 16-2 conference record, marking their strongest Atlantic 10 ever.