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Faculty Profile: Jennifer Yanhua Xie

Jennifer Yanhua Xie, Ph.D., secured NYITCOM-Arkansas’s first NIH grant in 2020. Now, she will play a key role in a new study aimed at developing treatments for inflammatory bowel disease—the first NIH-funded research collaboration between NYITCOM-Arkansas and A-State.

Science for All

Large NIH Grant Supports Work in Direct Sequencing of RNA Modifications

With a National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grant, Associate Professor of Life Sciences Shenglong Zhang, Ph.D., will lead a team of researchers to determine how RNA modifications affect conditions including cancer and diabetes.

Faculty Profile: Matthias Altwicker

“The truth is that architecture requires a team of people with different focuses and interests…To make a great work of architecture, every member of that team needs to be skilled and synchronized with one another,” says Associate Professor of Architecture Matthias Altwicker.

Study: Nasal Problem Plagued Long-Nosed Crocodile Relatives

Research from NYITCOM-Arkansas’s Jason Bourke, Ph.D., finds that humans have more in common with endangered crocodiles than we think—namely, a deviated septum.

Faculty Profile: Felix Fischman

A veteran of private industry as well as university teaching, Assistant Professor Felix Fischman believes the best way to learn in any computer language is to understand the origins of object-oriented programming.

News Byte: Alumni Named as Power Women of Long Island

NYITCOM’s Liat Jarkon, D.O., is one of several alumni named to Schneps Media’s 2021 “Power Women of Long Island.”

Exploring DEI Through Literature

New York Tech initiatives promote conversations around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) through literature.