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AT&T, UCO PARTNER TO FIGHT CRIME by Nelson Solomon Staff Writer
UCO and AT&T are cornbining efforts to fight cyber crime by establishing the AT&T Digital Evidence and Cyber Security Lab, according to officials from both organizations. The AT&T Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to UCO to establish the lab, which will be housed in the new UCO Forensic Science Institute, according to a press release from the UCO Foundation. The lab will be located in the right wing of the institute, which has an anticipated completion date of August 2009, according to a provided media package. AT&T Oklahoma President Don Cain, UCO President Roger Webb, and Forensic Science Institute director Dr. Dwight Adams made the announcement at a press conference that was attended by many law enforcement officials and lawmakers. Webb pointed out that "cyber crime is making a significant impact in the criminal justice system, in every jurisdiction, every city, and every state." Computers and electronic devices are being used for conventional crimes as well as exotic crimes, including cyber stalking, cyber hacking, extortion, and sex crimes, Webb said. Webb highlighted UCO's working history with AT&T, as well as the corporation's support for higher education and law enforcement in the past.
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AT&T Oklahoma President Don Cain presents President Webb with a check for $1 million to establish the AT&T Digital Evidence and Cyber Security Lab, which will be housed in the soon-to-be completed UCO Forensic Science Institute. "And once again, AT&T and their foundation have set forth, saying 'We want to support higher education and law enforcement in this very important area,' a critical area that, without their support, we couldn't expand our reach
into," he said. Don Cain expressed his enthusiasm for working with UCO, and highlighted the fact that Randall Stevenson, current CEO of the company, is a graduate of the university.
W.O.M.E.N. to offer free HIV testing by Jana Davis Staff Writer
The UCO W.O.M.E.N. organization will be working in conjunction with Guiding Rights Testing Center to provide free HIV testing and sexual health counseling Wednesday, Feb. 20. W.O.M.E.N., which stands for Women of Many Ethnic Nationalities, is an organization that has been at UCO since 2000, but has been more active on campus since 2006. Guiding Rights is a state recognized center and will be at UCO from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The testing will be on the first floor of the Nigh University Center, Rooms 103-107. Testing is open to the public, said Kendra Smith, president of W.O.M.E.N. Smith said testing takes approximately 20 minutes and the results will be kept confidential. Testers will swab the inside of the mouth and process the results. While processing is taking place, students will be given brief HIV and sexual health counseling. Wednesday's event is
Cain said that AT&T supports many programs at different colleges and universities, and believes in the value of supporting higher education. "An educated, wellinformed society tends to be
a society on the move, and that increases the velocity of economic development," Cain said. "We are really excited to participate with you on this important issue," Cain said, right before presenting the
$1 million check to President Webb. Dr. Dwight Adams discussed the history and expansion of the vision for the new institute.
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Ex-crime fighter speaks about life's winding path Berry, who once studied music at UCO, started police work after his finances dried up.
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cdc.gov, HIV/AIDS was diagnosed for an estimated 9,708 women in 2005. Of the 126,964 women living with HIV/AIDS, 64 percent were black, 19 percent were white, 15 percent were Hispanic, l percent were Asian or Pacific Islander, and less than 1 percent were American Indian or Alaska Native. These statistics are
"I picked cotton with my father," said former Oklahoma City Police chief at a cozy lecture Feb. 13, in the Nigh University Center. "I did not enjoy it, but I spent time with my father," he said, scratching his wrinkled face with the tip of his left thumb. Dressed in a dark, almost military-like, green suit with pointy mahogany shoes, UCO graduate Major "M.T". Berry started pulling little shiny pearls from his past. Berry grew up at the dawn of civil liberties, climbing to the top of his profession as OKC's first black chief of police. Berry's speech was part of UCO's
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called "These Steps Could Save Your Life II." After testing, there will be a meeting at 3 p.m. The workshop will be in Room 301 and discuss more on sexual health. Shante Fenner, from the Oklahoma Teen Pregnancy Prevention, will be the speaker at the workshop, Smith said. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention Web site, www.
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M. T. Berry, a UCO alumnus and Oklahoma City's first black chief of police, speaks in the Heritage Room Wednesday, Feb. 13 in the Nigh University Center.
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