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College’s Cyber Enrollment Growing to Meet Industry Demands


With a cyber security threat occurring every 39 seconds and costing more than $6.9 million in fraud annually according to the FBI, the need for professionals trained to thwart these attacks is critical. The Carlos Alvarez College of Business at UTSA is helping fight this danger through its nationally recognized cyber security programs. The undergraduate… Read more »

Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight: Emily Herrera


UTSA is proud to be a federally-designated Hispanic Serving Institution. Our foundation underpins our commitment to positioning Hispanic students, staff and faculty for growth, leadership and success. This month, we celebrate the Hispanic Heritage of the students and faculty roaming the halls of the Carlos Alvarez College of Business. Meet Emily Herrera, a Mexican-American undergraduate… Read more »

Roadrunner Spotlight: Jeff Miller


Meet Jeff Miller, an undergraduate student from Katy, Texas earning a B.B.A. degree in Information Systems and Cyber Security at the Carlos Alvarez College of Business! Expected Graduation: Fall 2024 Favorite class, professor, or topic you’ve learned about this year? It’s a close tie between Application Development with Terri Davis and Database Management for Information… Read more »

Business Faculty Member Receives NSF Grant to Defend Against Online Hate


Nishant Vishwamitra, assistant professor in the Department of Information Systems and Cyber Security at the Carlos Alvarez College of Business, was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Computer and Information Science and Engineering Research Initiation Initiative research grant totaling $175,000. Awarded to support promising new faculty in jumpstarting their academic research careers, Vishwamitra will be… Read more »

Graduate Students Find Security Vulnerabilities in Life360 App


Is anything ever safe and secure in today’s digital age?  Probably not, but a group of graduate students in the Carlos Alvarez College of Business at UTSA were surprised to discover security vulnerabilities in a location sharing mobile application designed to promote family safety. As part of a semester-long research study, M.S. Information Technology student… Read more »

Cyber Professor Awarded $1.5 Million in Grants


Continuing his work on Internet of Things (IoT) and critical infrastructure security, Elias Bou-Harb, associate professor of cyber security in the Carlos Alvarez College of Business at UTSA, has been awarded $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation for two grants focused on  related research, development, operations and training. These grants include collaborations with researchers… Read more »

Roadrunner Spotlight: Online Cyber Student Jacob Luevanos


Only one of 326 students in the online cyber security program here in the Carlos Alvarez College of Business at UTSA, Jacob Luevanos first chose UTSA to experience life outside of his hometown, but later appreciated UTSA’s flexible modality. When deciding upon his major, Luevanos considered what he was interested in outside of academics, his… Read more »

Roadrunner Spotlight: Cyber Student Christopher Placencio


After almost eight years of working on his degree and beginning at a community college, cyber security transfer student Christopher Placencio is ready to finish his degree at the Carlos Alvarez College of Business at UTSA. Transferring from one institution to another is never easy, especially taking the leap during a pandemic. Placencio originally came… Read more »

Roadrunner Spotlight: Graduate Student Joshua Speshock


Playing an active role in student organizations and having the passion to invariably learn has helped Joshua Speshock succeed in his graduate student journey. With an impressive Technical Marketing Engineer internship with XSOAR under his belt, Joshua shares his knowledge as a leader of several study groups within the university while pursuing a M.S. in… Read more »

College Launches New Applied Cyber Analytics Program


Leading the way in cyber security education once again, the Carlos Alvarez College of Business at UTSA has launched a new B.S. in Applied Cyber Analytics program that is the first degree program of its kind and scale in the country. “This is a next generation degree program,” said Nicole Beebe, chair of the Department… Read more »

Faculty Member H. R. Rao Named a Fulbright Scholar


H. R. Rao, the AT&T Distinguished Chair in Infrastructure Assurance and Security in the Carlos Alvarez College of Business at UTSA, was named a recipient of the Fulbright U.S. Scholar award. He is spending this summer at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore in Bangalore, India, one of the top three management schools in the… Read more »

Anthony Rios Awarded NSF Grant to Conduct AI Research


Anthony Rios, assistant professor of information systems and cyber security in the Carlos Alvarez College of Business at UTSA, received a $550,000 National Science Foundation CAREER award to study natural language processing (NLP) within artificial intelligence. The five-year award is part of their Faculty Early Career Development Program. CAREER is the NSF’s most prestigious award… Read more »

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