How New York Tech Became a “Force” in the Northeast

Newsday prominently featured the eight-year tenure of New York Tech President Emeritus Henry C. Foley, Ph.D., showcasing the university’s dramatic transformation and growth during this time. Since 2017, New York Tech has risen significantly in the U.S. News & World Report rankings (now ranked among the top 15 universities in the North), launched four new Ph.D. programs, opened the Biomedical Research, Innovation, and Imaging Center (BRIIC), enhanced its national standing as a research institution, and implemented new opportunities aimed at empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs, among other notable accomplishments. The article notes that much of this change, according to school officials and alumni, can be credited to Foley, the university’s fourth president, who retired July 1.

“The point I tried to make here over and over again [in] my first few years is [that] this is much more of a partnership,” Foley told Newsday. “And if you want this partnership to work and thrive, then everybody’s got to feel a part of what we’re trying to achieve, which is the best student experience we can make across the board.”

Others featured include current President Jerry Balentine, D.O., Peter Romano (B.Arch. ’76), chair of New York Tech’s Board of Trustees, alumnus Joseph Ambrosio (B.S. ’94), a member of the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences Dean’s Executive Advisory Board, and Kelly Borges, a student in the College of Osteopathic Medicine’s (NYITCOM) Osteopathic Medicine, D.O./Medical and Biological Sciences, Ph.D. (D.O./Ph.D.) program.