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NCITE won a $136,000 federal grant to help law enforcement agencies identify insider threats.

Researchers from the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education (NCITE) Center have won a $715,102 federal grant to improve suspicious activity identification and reporting using a chatbot.

This event included a first-person account from UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold of what it was like to live in New York City and treat first responders after the towers fell. It also featured the expertise of terrorism researchers.

A team of researchers led by the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education (NCITE) Center has been selected by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to explore the issue.

UNO undergraduate student Byron Moore supported the launch of NCITE while traveling the world at the height of COVID-19.

"You have a student who is creative, with diverse interests and acute technical acumen. She can speak the language of liberal arts and the technical one of ones and zeroes. That’s a rare combination."

Touring the soon-to-open National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE) headquarters inside the new addition to Mammel Hall, U.S. Rep. Don Bacon heard from experts on two pressing fronts.

During the capstone, students were paired with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for applied educational project experiences.

Salina Greene is one of 10 regional prevention coordinators placed around the U.S. by the Homeland Security Office for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention. Her region spans three states: Nebraska, Iowa, and Montana.

The work of a pair of NCITE researchers from Penn State (Sam Hunter, a psychologist, and Scarlett Miller, an engineer) come from completely different fields but have teamed up to test this contention: that violent thinking can be interrupted, limited, and essentially re-engineered.

A spotlight feature for NCITE fellow, Mary Beth (MB) Brennan Seng of DHS.

Liz Bender has intellect, drive, and curiosity — all important traits for any college student. But gut instinct and exposure are what have led her, so far, down a career path for counterterrorism.

When the DHS Office of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) asked for help, NCITE jumped in.

NCITE board member Rik Legault draws from diverse career experiences that include military service, academia and working for DHS. He also commands a U.S. Air National Guard medic unit helping service members with COVID-19 get treatment.