SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock University's department of environmental health and safety is sponsoring an electronic waste collection event on April 25 and 26.

The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. both days at the SRU Recycling Center Stores 2 Building on Kiester Road, located behind the SRU Police building.

Computers, computer screens, servers, routers, printers, fax machines, scanners, copiers, duplicators, plotters, typewriters, media players, projectors, video game consoles, speakers, recorders, converter boxes, cell phones, PDAs, telephones, pagers, answering machines and surge protectors will be accepted.

Hazardous waste, such as paints, oil, cleaning supplies, chemicals or medications, will not be accepted. Neither will fluorescent, incandescent, HID, flood, PL or biax lamps. Large appliances and alkaline and lead acid batteries also will not be accepted.

Personal information should be deleted from cell phones and computer hard drives should be destroyed before recycling.

SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock University students enrolled in the “Computer Science 301 Practical Computer Security” course taught by Stephen Larson, assistant professor of computer science, will present a Cyber Security Fair at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Smith Student Center.Participants will learn how to recognize “phishing e-mails” and what to do when they receive one, what to do before throwing a computer out, how to secure smartphones, what constitutes a strong password, how to back up data and how to protect against viruses.