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Eleven computer science and engineering students from Hofstra University attended the 2018 USENIX Enigma Conference and Facebook's University Cybersec Partnership Day in California last month, thanks to scholarships from Facebook. The trip provided students with the opportunity to learn from industry professionals and security researchers about emerging threats and defenses in cybersecurity.

About 600 students earned their undergraduate, graduate, or law degrees at Hofstra University's midyear commencement ceremony on December 20, 2017 at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex. Watch videos or see photos from the event at hofstra.edu/commencement.

Sophomore Patty Alzaibak won an award for Outstanding Soloist at the 2018 International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) Mid-Atlantic Quarterfinal at Monmouth University.

Freshman Dimitra Vrosgou won an award for Outstanding Soloist at the 2018 International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) Mid-Atlantic Quarterfinal at Monmouth University.

Hofstra University is proud to announce the Fall 2017 Provost's List, which recognizes students who have earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

Hofstra University congratulates the students named to the Fall 2017 Dean's List for their outstanding academic achievement. Students must earn a grade point average of at least 3.5 during the semester to make the Dean's List.

Senior Chaz Scala was recently awarded a grant from the Mindlin Foundation to fund her work studying plant microbiomes.

Senior Jonathan Guevara was recently awarded a grant from the TriBeta Biological Honor Society to support his research with biofuels, discovering new ways to produce renewable energy.

Two computer science students have been awarded travel scholarships from Facebook to attend the 5th Annual Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) conference in Chicago this spring.

Eleven Hofstra engineering students helped build a pavilion on Governor's Island that took first place in the 7th Annual City of Dreams Pavilion competition. The annual competition, sponsored by FIGMENT, a free arts event, the AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee, and the Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY), encourages sustainable design by challenging architects, designers, and engineers to envision and create architecture out of materials that will have as little impact on the environment as possible.

Hofstra University is excited to welcome the Class of 2021 to the Pride. We look forward to seeing you in the fall!

About 2,100 Hofstra University students earned their undergraduate, graduate or law degrees during commencement ceremonies on May 21-22, 2017 at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex. Watch videos or see photos from the various ceremonies at hofstra.edu/commencement.

Hofstra University congratulates the students named to the Spring 2017 Dean's List for their outstanding academic achievement. Students must earn a grade point average of at least 3.5 during the semester to make the Dean's List.

Hofstra University is proud to announce the Spring 2017 Provost's List, which recognizes students who have earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

Hofstra University's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa inducted 40 students on April 25, 2017. Phi Beta Kappa is considered an emblem of high achievement and strong potential. The society celebrates and advocates excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. Its campus chapters invite for induction the most outstanding arts and sciences students at America's leading colleges and universities.

Twenty budding computer science entrepreneurs competed for up to $300 in seed money at the ninth Annual Computer Entrepreneurship competition at Hofstra University's Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied Science.

A team of five Hofstra University computer science and engineering students won second place in the 2017 7x24 Exchange University Challenge hosted in Manhattan. Students from five regional colleges presented senior capstone and original project ideas demonstrating electrical or mechanical systems innovation designed to benefit data centers.

Members of Hofstra's Sigma'Cappella placed second at the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) Mid-Atlantic Quarterfinal and earned a spot in the Semi-finals in March.

Hofstra music junior Connor Martin won an award for Outstanding Arrangement at the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) Mid-Atlantic Quarterfinal at the College of Staten Island.

Performance junior Caroline McFee of Sigma'Cappella won an award for Outstanding Soloist at the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) Mid-Atlantic Quarterfinal at the College of Staten Island.

About 700 students earned their undergraduate, graduate or law degrees at Hofstra University's midyear commencement ceremonies on December 21, 2016 at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex. Watch videos or see photos from the various ceremonies at hofstra.edu/commencement.

Kelsey Kresge, a senior from Auburn, NH, majoring in rhetoric, has won first place in an art contest sponsored by the organization All Our Energy, in association with the Sierra Club. Kelsey, who created her design in Photoshop, titled her piece "Time to refocus our energy." It features a wind turbine in a cup of coffee.

Hofstra University congratulates the students named to the Fall 2016 Dean's List for their outstanding academic achievement. Students must earn a grade point average of at least 3.5 during the semester to make the Dean's List.

Hofstra University is proud to announce the Fall 2016 Provost's List, which recognizes students who have earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

Five students with outstanding academic records and an interest in political science participated in a seminar at The Washington Center examining the impact of the 2016 presidential election on political discourse.

Almost 400 students worked as volunteers in areas ranging from media and production to credentialing and ticket distribution during the first presidential debate between candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, held at Hofstra University on Sept. 26, 2016. Along with a month-long series of panels discussions, lectures and performances on important election issues, the volunteer opportunity provided a once-in-a-lifetime educational experience that inspired students to engage in the democratic process and embrace their responsibility as citizens and voters. Hofstra University is the only institution in the nation to host three consecutive presidential debates, and its 2016 debate was the most widely watched in American history.

The Hofstra Field Hockey Team will start its 2016 NCAA Division I season on Friday, August 26 against the ninth-ranked University at Albany at Tom and Mary Casey Field in upstate New York. The Pride return 18 student-athletes, including eight starters, from their 2015 squad that finished the season with a 14-6 record, the second-most wins in school history.

Hofstra University is excited to welcome the Class of 2020 to the Pride. We look forward to seeing you in the fall!

About 2,100 Hofstra University students earned their undergraduate, graduate or law degrees during commencement ceremonies on May 15-16, 2016 at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex. Watch videos or see photos from the various ceremonies at hofstra.edu/commencement.

The 2016 Hofstra Volleyball team was introduced this week and will begin their season on Friday.