CINA MSI week: Students from across the country learn from the experts at Mason’s CINA Center

Jul 22, 2019

Dan Vandiver said the week he recently spent at George Mason University has given him a much better understanding of the many opportunities available to him in the fields of computer science, criminal investigations, and digital forensic science.

A rising senior from California State University – San Marcos, Vandiver was part of a group of 18 undergraduate and graduate students and faculty from around the country who recently came to Mason for the Criminal Investigations and Network Analysis Center’s (CINA) Summer Immersion Week. The students were introduced to skills used by federal investigators and learned specifics about potential careers within the Department of Homeland Security by engaging with scholars and researchers from Mason and other minority-serving institutions (MSI), as well as DHS representatives. Read more.

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