Competitive Cyber Team: The Cadet Competitive Cyber Team (C3T) travelled to the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) campus in Pittsburgh, PA for the Service Academy Cyber Stakes, sponsored by DARPA. Teams of cadets and midshipmen from the USNA, AFA, and USMA split into groups and competed over three days in small teams, or individually, in a series of cyber challenges. The C3T won awards in software exploitation, malware reverse engineering, breaking cryptography, and lock picking.
Distinguished Leaders Series: BS&L hosted LTG (R) Ken Hunzeker '75 and Mr. Pat McArevey '78 for a leadership discussion with a small group of 35 select cadets and faculty as part of the Distinguished Leaders Series. Afterwards, the speakers joined a "Leading Organizations through Change" class.
EV489 Research Meeting: 
Environmental Engineering majors Cadets Christian Carron and Lawrence Cavins collaborated with Dr. Alan Rozich, P.E. and Mr. Anton Rozich of BioConversion Solutions (BCS), LLC. The research collaboration will support the Firsties' independent study project to use novel treatment strategies to enable potentially more complete biodegradation of wastewater produced in operational settings such as forward operating bases. This research project supports a DARPA grant that is investigating advances in biotechnology to decrease the energy required to treat wastewater.
EV 396 Guest Lecture: Dr. Dwight D. Bowman, a Professor of Parasitology at Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, gave presentations to Environmental Biological Systems Cadets. Dr. Bowman introduced a wide-range of protozoans, worms, and other parasitic organisms encountered around the world and discussed methods of transmission. Dr. Bowman also advised Cadets on preventive measures and provided vivid images of the consequences of not preparing for the medical threat in regions where they may soon lead Soldiers.
The Mock Trial Team: The team travelled to Yale University to participate in the American Mock Trial Association’s Regional Tournament. USMA finished with a record of 2-2, resulting in a tenth place finish out of 24 teams. Cadet Kiam Boerema was one of 12 students honored as an Outstanding Attorney for his role as a prosecutor.
New Paltz 4H Club Visit: 
Chemical Engineering Cadets helped host 30 members of the New Paltz 4H club. The events included the WP Chocolate Factory (lead by Head of Confectionery David Arrowchis '14, and Leland Foster the Head of Confectionery), and a Fuel Cell Car Competition (lead by Aaron Beyea '14, Seamus Bann '15, and Reed Pyers '15). Special recognition to the following cadets who dedicated time for a this special (STEM) service project: Aaron Beyea '14, Mark McCormick '14, Seamus Bann '15, Reed Pyers '15, David Arrowchis '14, and Leland Foster ‘15.
Soldier Design Competition: 12 Cadet design teams are gearing-up for the annual Soldier Design Competition with M.I.T. This RDECOM-sponsored event is held each year to develop solutions to satisfy soldier and first-responder equipment needs.
American Society of Civil Engineers Workshop: The West Point Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) attended the Workshop for Student Chapter Leaders in Indianapolis, IN.
Center for Advanced Navigation Technologies Collaboration: Cadets Anthony Grady, Jay Trexler, and Trevor Knowles attended a research meeting from the Center for Advanced Navigation Technologies (ANT) at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) in support of their capstone project for Mechanical System Design. This project seeks to localize a miniature UAV in a GPS-denied environment.
Management Majors and ODK: 
Management majors and members of ODK National Leadership Honor Society travelled to NYC to attend broadening management classes at the Columbia Business School. While there, they also meet with leaders at Google and Facebook.
Quantitative Finance Summit: Honor Cadets Jason Lee, Wesley Mathews, Max Flanagan, and Nick George attended this event hosted by Rutgers Business school at the American Museum of Finance on Wall Street. All four of the cadets are completing thesis projects with topics in computational finance.
Aviators Collaboration: By request of the US Army Aviation Missile Research and Development Center (AMRDEC) out of Redstone Arsenal, Systems Engineering Cadets travelled to Fort Campbell, KY to participate in a working group with aviators from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR). AMRDEC has asked the cadets for help reducing the start-up time of future Army aircraft to less than five minutes. Old Grads Mr. Bill Crawford '80 and the 160th SOAR Deputy Commander, COL Gerblick '93, were on-hand to participate in the workshop with the cadets.