LIBN Publishes Diabetes Expert's Op-ed

Mar 07, 2024

A Long Island Business News (LIBN) op-ed by Eleanor Yusupov, D.O., assistant professor at NYITCOM, advises diabetes patients to heed the FDA’s warning against using smartwatches or smart rings to measure blood glucose levels. Yusupov, an obesity medicine physician and diabetes expert, notes that these devices are not FDA-approved for blood glucose monitoring and that relying on them to do so could be deadly. Instead, she advises diabetes patients to use minimally invasive continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), some of which can send results to smartphones or smartwatches and even be programmed to alert the patient if blood sugar levels become dangerously high or low.

“The bottom line: relying on devices that claim to measure blood glucose without getting under the skin can be deadly. If you want to view results on a smart device, pair it to a CGM instead,” writes Yusupov.

 

Salon Features Rajnarayanan’s COVID-19 Insight

Mar 06, 2024

Rajendram Rajnarayanan, Ph.D., assistant dean of research and associate professor at NYITCOM-Arkansas, was featured in a Salon article about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated COVID-19 quarantine guidance. The public health agency recently stated that if an infected person is fever-free for 24 hours (without using fever-reducing medicine), and other symptoms have improved, isolating for five days is no longer necessary. Rajnarayanan, who noted that he isn’t pleased with the guidelines, said, “You’re probably going to see more long COVID, because if more COVID is spreading, the risk for long COVID increases.”

 

Runner's World Quotes Rothstein

Mar 06, 2024

Alexander Rothstein, M.S., coordinator and instructor for the Exercise Science, B.S. program, was quoted in a Runner’s World article about the impact of exercise on cortisol levels. Cortisol is often referred to as the “stress hormone” because the body releases it in response to stressors, including exercise. However, as Rothstein explains, that can actually be a good thing. 

“The issue with the nickname ‘the stress hormone’ is that it creates a negative association with cortisol, and this could not be further from the truth,” he says. “Stimulating the release of cortisol through regular exercise is an excellent and healthy way to regulate your stress response. It’s a dose-response relationship: the body learns the appropriate amount of cortisol to release in response to various levels of stress by experiencing various levels of healthy stress.”

The article also appeared on Yahoo.com.

 

Jarkon Appears in News12 Eating Disorders Segment

Mar 05, 2024

Psychiatrist Liat Jarkon, D.O., director of the Center for Behavioral Health, helped to raise awareness for eating disorders in a News12 beWell segment. Jarkon shared that every 52 minutes one person in the United States dies as a direct result of an eating disorder. She also discussed the signs and risk factors of the three most common types of eating disorders: anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder.

 

Hu Shares Tax Return Tips with CBS News

Mar 04, 2024

CBSNews.com featured insight from Wenyao Hu, Ph.D., CFA, assistant professor of finance and accounting, in an article about ways to boost 2023 tax refunds. In addition to other points, including itemizing charitable contributions to increase deductions, Hu recommends that individuals contribute more to their retirement accounts before April 15 (Tax Day) and write those contributions off on their tax returns. While this approach will cost more upfront, the payoff is two-fold, Hu explains.

"These actions not only support your future financial security but also can significantly reduce your taxable income," he says.

 

Test-Optional Policy Featured in Newsday

Mar 04, 2024

Newsday interviewed Joseph Posillico, Ed.D., vice president for enrollment management and strategic communications, and a New York Tech student for a story about test-optional admissions at Long Island universities and colleges. Posillico shares that the decision to enact a test-optional policy has not had an academic impact on the caliber of students accepted.

"We are still getting the same quality of students. It's not like anything has dropped off because we're now not requiring SATs or standardized tests,” says Posillico, who also noted that the university has seen an increase in the diversity of its student body, as well as in first-generation students enrolled, since enacting its test-optional policy.

Undergraduate student Aaron Nandlal, an electrical and computer engineering major who applied test-optional shared, “Personally, I felt like my strengths as a student didn’t reflect well in my SAT score...SAT and ACT scores--or on any standardized test for that matter--really come down to how much prep you put into that exam, specifically, rather than testing all the accomplishments and all the skill sets you build up from freshman year to senior year as a high school student.”

 

Misak Offers Perspective on Using AI in Writing, Publishing

Feb 29, 2024

Growing interest in using AI for publishing is bringing opportunities for writers and readers, but also triggers concerns, according to a story in PYMNTS. The proliferation of content on self-publishing platforms coincides with the widespread availability of AI applications powered by large language models. Some experts voice concern that AI will train its models using the work of the site’s authors without their knowledge and consent, and that AI-driven content also raises questions about authenticity and originality. Associate Professor John Misak notes that using AI to aid in writing is akin to deploying a grammar checker or having an editor take a hands-on approach to manuscript changes. But he question how AI will impact the publishing industry in readers’ eyes. “Will readers understand AI content comes from a few bad players, or will they think publishers en masse are guilty of fabrication?”  

This article also appeared in TechCodex.

 

Reuters Publishes New York Tech Op-ed

Feb 29, 2024

A Reuters op-ed by Alessandro Melis, Ph.D., IDC Foundation endowed chair and professor in the School of Architecture and Design, calls for architects to embrace generative artificial intelligence (AI), abandon individual perspectives, and work together to overcome climate change. Melis explains that while some architects see AI as an existential threat, it could be our best tool yet for exploring radical ideas that help society mitigate and adapt to climate change.

“Architects, and those of us who teach future architects, have a major role to play in saving our environment. With the help of AI, we can design, construct, and maintain structures that emit little or no carbon and also protect us from what's ahead. Sacrificing claims to authorship to fulfill our duties to the planet is a small price to pay,” Melis writes.

 

Kirk Publishes Article in The Conversation

Feb 21, 2024

Colleen Kirk, D.P.S., associate professor of management and marketing studies, co-authored an article in the The Conversation titled “Are Fears of Saying ‘No’ Overblown?” Kirk, who studies psychological ownership and consumer behavior, paired with a researcher from West Virginia University for a series of studies that examined whether declining social invitations brings the negative consequences that people assume. Surprisingly, their findings showed that individuals are relatively unaffected when someone turns down an invite they’ve extended.

“Our findings suggest that when someone declines an invitation, they think the person who invited them will focus on the cold, hard rejection. But in reality, the person extending the invite is more likely to focus on the thoughts and deliberations that ran through the head of the person who declined. They’ll tend to assume that the invitee gave due consideration to the prospect of accepting, and this generally leaves them less bothered than might be expected,” the authors write.

Similar coverage appeared in Yahoo, Houston Chronicle, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Auburn Citizen, Conroe Courier, and other sites.

 

FOX 5 TV Celebrates Harper as Black Trailblazer

Feb 16, 2024

Brian Harper, M.D., M.P.H., vice president for equity and inclusion and chief medical officer, was one of three panelists featured on the “Celebrating Black Trailblazers” show, FOX 5 television’s programming for Black History Month. According to the host, among the reasons Harper was invited include his efforts to encourage Black youth and young men to pursue careers in medicine.

“We have to start very early on – in grade school, elementary school – to get people focused and let them understand that they can become physicians,” Harper shared. He noted the low numbers of Black male physicians, and that is why he “is in favor of things like pipeline programs and getting young people interested in science in general.”