InnovateLI Features Mini-Research Grant Award Expansion

Sep 14, 2022

New York Tech’s mini-research grant award (MRGA) program is expanding to focus on attracting girls to STEM studies, according to an article in InnovateLI. The MRGA program awards $300 research grants to high school students in an effort to build the pipeline for students to pursue STEM fields. “We are optimistic about welcoming more girls into the program, thanks to our high school partners and our generous funders,” said Niharika Nath, Ph.D., professor of biological and chemical sciences and founder of the MRGA program. The expanded program has received commitments from Brentwood and Uniondale high schools, as well as from Harlem Village Academies.

 

Live Science Taps Hoffmann's Expertise for Mammal Evolution Story

Sep 13, 2022

In an interview with Live Science, NYITCOM Associate Professor of Anatomy Simone Hoffmann, Ph.D., debunked a new study suggesting that an eight-inch-long prehistoric animal called Brasilodon quadrangularis was a mammal because it grew two sets of teeth over its lifetime as most mammals, including today’s humans, do. While the study’s authors claim that B. quadrangularis is now the earliest mammal known to science, Hoffmann notes that the creature was not a mammal and that it, instead, belongs further back on the evolutionary tree despite its mammal-like dentition.

 

NYITCOM Expert Quoted in the New York Times

Sep 12, 2022

As seen in the New York Times, Melissa Ventimiglia, D.O., assistant professor of family medicine, explains how popular Tik Tok health trends like gua sha and brushing may encourage lymphatic drainage. “Massaging your lymph can help restimulate its flow and prevent a feeling of bodily congestion,” she says, noting that this is especially the case after sleeping or sitting for long periods of time. She also adds that “since lymphatic vessels have one-way valves, the whole network can only circulate in one direction.” Given this, she advises massaging in the same direction as existing lymph flow in order to maximize benefits.

 

Local Media Highlights Best Colleges Rankings

Sep 12, 2022

Newsday featured several local colleges and universities in its coverage of the latest US News & World Report rankings, including New York Tech’s 2022-2023 position at No. 22 among regional universities in the north. The Island 360 detailed New York Tech’s ranking in various categories, including social mobility, campus ethnic diversity, and undergraduate engineering programs.     

 

Sotiropoulos Interviewed for Observer Metaverse Story

Sep 08, 2022

Observer interviewed consumer behavior expert Veneta Sotiropoulos, Ph.D., associate professor of management and marketing studies, regarding whether avatars of real-life fashion models will soon help marketers sell their fashion in the metaverse. She notes that, in a theoretical metaverse-dominated future, traditional advertising mediums like magazines and billboards will still exist, but they will serve to direct attention to the metaverse rather than to tangible products and brick-and-mortar stores.

“The consumer went from the in-person experience to the online experience and will eventually gravitate to the metaverse experience,” Sotiropoulos explains.

 

Jarkon Responds to State Bill Calling for K-12 Mental Health Days

Sep 06, 2022

As seen on News 12 Long Island, Bronx, Westchester, Brooklyn, Hudson Valley, and Connecticut, psychiatrist Liat Jarkon, D.O., director of the Center for Behavioral Health, responded to a New York State bill that calls for K-12 schools to accept mental health days as a valid absence. Jarkon notes that if the bill passes, there must be a system of checks and balances put in place to ensure that mental health days are not abused, including parameters between students, parents, and schools.

 

Paleontology Expert Interviewed for Dinosaur Evolution Story

Aug 29, 2022

As seen in Defector, evolutionary biologist Aki Watanabe, Ph.D., assistant professor of anatomy, rebutted new findings that claim T.rex fossils represent multiple species of dinosaur, and that the T.rex should, therefore, be split into multiple species.

“Almost half of the T. rex specimens they used in the original paper are owned privately or commercially,” says Watanabe, who was not involved with the study. As he notes, relying on so many privately owned fossils, which are not guaranteed to be accessible to all scientists, is generally “frowned upon in the dinosaur or paleontology community,” as this practice goes against one of the fundamental aspects of science: that all studies should be replicable.

 

Class of 2022 Graduates Featured in Hometown Media

Aug 17, 2022

The Freeport Herald published an article highlighting the academic successes of recent New York Tech graduate and Freeport native Michael Valenzuela (B.S. ’22). In the interview, Valenzuela recounts his experience as a computer science major and notes the valuable experience he gained by working in the Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center (ETIC).

In addition, other hometown news outlets, including Huntington Now, Echoes Sentinel, The Monmouth Journal, CentralJersey.com, and others, have highlighted local graduates of New York Tech’s Class of 2022.

 

Media Feature Expert’s Research on Psychological Safety as Innovation Enabler

Aug 17, 2022

Research published by Radoslaw Nowak, Ph.D., about the role of psychological safety as an internal resource that managers could leverage to support a firm’s capabilities to innovate, is featured in an interview in Associations Now.

“Psychological safety can improve a firm’s ability to continuously improve their processes,” Nowak said. “So, psychological safety is critical because it allows firms to identify a broader pool of process-improvement ideas. When employees feel that they can express themselves safely in their workplace, they will be collectively able to identify a broader pool of new ideas.”

Nowak’s research was also featured in B2B News Network and  Communications of the ACM.

 

CNBC Publishes Henao Op-ed

Aug 15, 2022

A CNBC op-ed by Dean of Students Felipe Henao, Ed.D., calls for college administrators to take a page out of corporate America's playbook and start making customer service a top priority for higher education. He writes that just as customer bases evolve over time, so do student bodies. Yet higher ed has failed to keep up. 

He suggests looking to Disney and other companies, including Zappos, for customer service insight. Henao also urged colleges to identify new ways to remove barriers to student success. “Since student bodies across many college campuses are incredibly diverse, it should be a mandate to deliver services that meet their unique needs -- just as companies do with their customers,” he writes.

Additional outlets, including MSN, also featured the op-ed.