Faculty & Staff Accomplishments
We are excited to share recent accomplishments from faculty and staff members at our campuses around the world.
Accomplishments are listed by date of achievement in reverse chronological order, with the most recent first.
Wenyao Hu
School of ManagementWenyao Hu, Ph.D., CFA, assistant professor of accounting and finance at the School of Management, authored an article titled "How Artificial Intelligence Incidents Affect Banks and Financial Services Firms? A Study of Five Firms," published October 18, 2024, in Finance Research Letters, an ABDC A-level journal. This study investigates the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) incidents on the banking and financial industries and finds that firms with AI incidents face higher bankruptcy risks and lower operational cash flows.
Wenyao Hu
School of ManagementWenyao Hu, Ph.D., CFA, , assistant professor of accounting and finance at the School of Management, presented "The Power of Language: Does Vocabulary Richness Provide Value to Investors?" at the "Financial Management Association International" (FMA) Annual Meeting held in Grapevine, Texas, October 16 – 19, 2024. Hu introduced a new linguistic feature into the business context—vocabulary richness—which measures the range of vocabulary used by executives during earnings conference calls. His findings suggest that high vocabulary richness significantly enhances the initial market reaction by helping market participants better understand the conveyed information.
Edward Guiliano
College of Arts and SciencesEdward Guiliano, Ph.D., president emeritus and professor of English in the Department of Humanities, published two articles in Dickens Studies Annual: Essays on Victorian Fiction. The first was published on March 18, 2024: “An Interview with James R. Kincaid, an English professor masquerading as an author (or the other way around)," in vol. 55, no. 1 (2024), 69-77. The second was published on October 15, 2024: “Far from the Madding Crowd at 150: Seven Reflections,” in vol. 55, no. 2 (2024), 219-259.
George M Salayka
College of Engineering and Computing SciencesGeorge M. Salayka, M.S., teaching assistant professor of computer science, participated as a fellow in the Engineering Unleashed Faculty Development (EUFD) National Workshop program on October 15, 2024, creating resources that will help them and intercollegiate colleagues advance the community's mission to integrate entrepreneurial mindset into practices that benefit their students, their institutions, and greater society.
Alessandro Melis
School of Architecture and DesignThe work of Alessandro Melis, Ph.D., IDC Foundation endowed chair and professor in the School of Architecture and Design, was showcaased in a dedicated exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on the occasion of the country's Biennale di Architettura, in October 2024. During the exhibition opening, Melis was also invited to serve as a jury member for the Santo Domingo Biennale and to deliver a Lectio Magistralis at the Ibero-American University in Santo Domingo.
Asya Blue
School of Architecture and DesignAsya Blue, B.F.A., professor of digital arts, led a design dialogue and interactive session titled "Are We Old Yet?" at the AIGA 2024 Design Conference, held October 10-12, 2024. The session focused on the conference theme of margins.
Alessandro Melis
School of Architecture and DesignAlessandro Melis, Ph.D., IDC Foundation endowed chair and professor in the School of Architecture and Design, won the Gerd Albers Award 2024 on October 10, 2024, for the best book contribution in the field of urban planning. This award is presented by the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP), an NGO founded in 1965 with members across 90 countries, accredited by the United Nations and the Council of Europe, and holding formal consultative status with UNESCO. Melis' book, Architectural Exaptation When Function Follows Form, focuses on the significance and the originality of the study of exaptation, specifically, in extending architectural design towards more sustainable approaches aimed at enforcing urban resilience.
Alessandro Melis
School of Architecture and DesignAlessandro Melis, Ph.D., IDC Foundation Endowed Chair and Professor in the School of Architecture and Design, was invited as a Keynote Speaker at the Iberoamerican University for the LAB Santo Domingo in November. He was invited as an honored speaker by the Italian Embassy on the occasion of the Dominican Republic Biennal.
Alessandro Melis
School of Architecture and DesignArchitecture firm Heliopolis 21 was named one of the best Italian firms by the international architecture magazine The Plan. The magazine featured the firm's work in a special issue, Panorama Italiano 9, in October 2024. Heliopolis 21 was founded and led by Alessandro Melis, Ph.D., IDC Foundation endowed chair and professor in the School of Architecture and Design.
Alessandro Melis
School of Architecture and DesignThree New York Tech faculty members participated in an event series, We Are Out of Time, promoted by the sustainable architecture program of the Italian Ministry of Culture and held in October 2024 in Cagliari, Italy. School of Architecture and Design Dean Maria Perbellini, Ph.D., served as a member of the steering committee for the event series and as the chair of the competition jury. Alessandro Melis, Ph.D., IDC Foundation endowed chair and professor in the School of Architecture and Design, served as co-curator. Trudy Brens, M.Arch., department chair and teaching associate professor, was a keynote speaker at the conference.