<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2021/civilian-medal-of-merit.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>09/24/2021</pubDate><title>Cybersecurity Professors Awarded Civilian Medal of Merit</title><description>Liberty Page '91 M.S. and Ibrahim Baggili, Ph.D., have been recognized for their tireless work to foster cybersecurity education as part of Project IRONCLAD, a National Security Agency- and Department of Defense-funded program that is providing cutting-edge training for the Connecticut National Guard.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>September 24, 2021</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/blog/2021/medal-of-merit-c.jpg" alt="Liberty Page and Ibrahim Baggili pose with their Civilian Medal of Merit awards alongside service members."/></image><image-caption>Liberty Page '91 M.S. and Ibrahim Baggili, Ph.D., were awarded a Civilian Medal of Merit.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2021</tag></tags></item>