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The Worldwide
Universities Network (WUN)
A partnership of 17 research-led universities
from Asia, Australasia, Europe and North America. PSU is a proud
member of the WUN. The WUN alliance
exists to make significant advances in knowledge and understanding
in areas of current global concern.
WUN
National Responses to Terrorism Video Seminars:
September 10, 2007: Getting
Into the Minds of Terrorists.
October 22, 2007: The
UK Counter Terrorist Strategy.
November 26, 2007: Terrorism
and Counter-Terrorism: Analysing political
violence in the North Caucasus.
December 10, 2007: Homeland
security in the UK: the "lead department"
approach in comparative context.
January 21, 2008: Islamists,
Revolutionaries, Nationalists: How Strong Their
Coalitions?
February 4, 2008: How
to Understand and Oppose Terrorism: The Case
of Iraq.
March 10, 2008: State
policies, political structures and terrorist activities
The Pennsylvania State University
M.S.
of Homeland Security in Public Health Preparedness
The safety of your community depends on well-trained,
highly educated leaders with a grasp of the growing body of knowledge
in the field of homeland security. The need to understand how to
respond with emergency management in the face of natural or man-made
disasters is crucial when situations challenge your plans. The homeland
security curriculum
is designed to help you better respond to these challenges and create
effective strategies for evaluating and improving your organization
in the areas of:
- public health evaluation and preparedness
- protection of health care delivery systems
- disaster and bioterrorism response
- biosecurity
U.S. Department
of Homeland Security
- Homeland
Security Advisory System (Green, Blue, Yellow, Orange and
Red)
- Security
News
- Press
Releases
- Security
Speeches
- Testimony
The Regional Visualization and Analytics Centers
(RVACs)
Led by The Pennsylvania State University (PSUNEVAC),
Purdue University, Stanford University, the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte, and the University of Washington. They
collaborate with the National Visualization and Analytics Center,
based at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, to conduct research
on visually-based analytic techniques that help people gain insight
from complex, conflicting, and changing information.
The Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism
Events (CREATE)
Led by the University of Southern California, evaluates the risks,
costs, and consequences of terrorism, and guides economically
viable investments in countermeasures that will make our Nation
safer and more secure. The first university center of excellence
funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
National Center for Food Protection and
Defense (NCFPD)
Led by the University of Minnesota, defends the safety of the
food system from pre-farm inputs through consumption by establishing
best practices, developing new tools, and attracting new researchers
to prevent, manage, and respond to food contamination events.
The National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease
Defense (FAZD)
Led by Texas A&M University, protects against the introduction
of high-consequence foreign animal and zoonotic diseases into
the United States, with an emphasis on prevention, surveillance,
intervention, and recovery.
The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and
Responses to Terrorism (START)
Led by the University of Maryland, informs decisions on how to
disrupt terrorists and terrorist groups, while strengthening the
resilience of U.S. citizens to terrorist attacks.
The National Center for the Study of Preparedness and
Catastrophic Event Response (PACER)
Led by Johns Hopkins University, optimizes our Nation's preparedness
in the event of a high-consequence natural or man-made disaster,
as well as develops guidelines to best alleviate the effects of
such an event.
The Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment
(CAMRA)
Led by Michigan State University and established jointly with
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, fills critical gaps
in risk assessments for decontaminating microbiological threats
— such as plague and anthrax — answering the question,
"How Clean is Safe?"
The University Affiliate Centers to the Institute for
Discrete Sciences (IDS-UACs)
Led by Rutgers University, the University of Southern California,
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the University
of Pittsburgh. They collaborate with IDS, based at Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory, to conduct research on advanced methods for
information analysis and the development of computational technologies
to protect the Nation.
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