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The forward-thinking folks at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland are equipping students for a world where hackers can paralyze Facebook and Twitter…, burrow into government email servers, or launch a cupcake counterinsurgency. Enter SOM:
“Our design for Hopper Hall will serve the Naval Academy’s mission to equip a new generation of leaders with the knowledge and resources to protect the nation against 21st-century threats,” said Roger Duffy, design partner at SOM…. The first facility devoted to cybersecurity studies at any military academy, six-story Hopper Hall is a design-build partnership between the global firm and Turner Construction.