Capitology Blog

With yet another major scandal in the world of crypto and over a billion dollars of investors’ money lost, the government is beginning to move for cybersecurity regulations for cryptocurrency to protect the American people.

The NASA DART mission launch was exciting news nationwide, but especially in Laurel, MD where Capitol Tech’s astronautical engineering students study asteroids minutes away from where the DART engineers accomplished their mission.

As the holiday season approaches, the convenience of the online experience is enough to entice anyone looking to save some time.

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Our 2022 Career Fair and Conference are just 2 days away, and ahead of the exciting events, we're sharing some important resources to help you ensure you're fully prepared to make the best impression on your potential future supervisors. 

Fall seems to finally be upon us. And although the weather continues to fluctuate between the clingy summer heat and the seasonably chilly, the first official day of Fall was on Thursday, September 22. So, we thought a good way to celebrate would be to list a few Fall must-do’s in the tech community. 

Few degrees offer the income, flexibility, and career satisfaction of the Construction Management diploma. Which pathway will you take? Which opportunities most appeal? One attractive feature of this field is that it offers the option to work on site with the professionals who actually construct buildings, or to work in an office in front of a computer in an area like sustainability. A sustainability consultant focuses on environmental issues and their relationship to building practices. Their work may include an analysis of a building’s energy consumption and that energy source’s environmental impact. They also identify practices within an organization that can be optimized to achieve sustainability. By advising clients on the most optimal choices, they focus environmental activism in a practical direction.

Civic hacking goes beyond just hacking in the technical sense, as in, coding, programming, and infiltrating a computerized networking system. Civic hacking is a term for using what you have, whether it be skills, resources, or opportunities, and utilizing them to help your community and effectively improve government policies. 

Skyscraper design has evolved over the decades, but until the World Trade Center (WTC) collapse, the trend had been toward the use of lighter, airier materials to construct our towers in the sky. Tenants and therefore building owners preferred glass skins and open floorplans, with an emphasis on environmental friendliness. Lightweight, high-tech fireproofing materials protected critical support elements.