The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Cyber Security Club earned third place at the Southwest Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. Pictured in the front row, from left to right, are Mengjun Xie, Andrew Lewis, Blaise Koch, John Henry, and Yanyan Li. Pictured in the back row, from left to right, are Tommy Haycraft, Connor Young, Jeffery Wooldridge, and Dylan Hailey.

UALR team takes third place in Cyber Defense Competition

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Cyber Security Club recently earned the highest finish ever for an Arkansas university at the Southwest Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition.

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Little Rock to host international digital forensic, security conference

Some of the world’s leading digital security experts are coming to Arkansas, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.  

UALR will host the fourth International Conference on Digital Forensic and Security — the symposium’s first appearance in Arkansas — April 25-27, 2016.   

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Gamemasters at work during recent UALR Hackathon event at The Venture Center in downtown Little Rock. (Photo submitted by The Venture Center)

UALR students impress at JOLT Hackathon

University of Arkansas at Little Rock students played a key role when competitors from throughout Arkansas gathered for a unique cyber security-themed “hackathon.”

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High school student earns university degree with honors

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock student not only earned an Associate of Science degree with honors, but he also conducted research and gave presentations with the chair of the Computer Science Department.

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