Hispanic Heritage Month: Sharing in the Beauty of Diversity
Director of Student Engagement and Development Jeunelle Sanabria sat down with New York Tech News to talk about National Hispanic Heritage Month, its meaning to her, and what this year’s theme means to the younger generation.
Keeping Tech Safe
New York Tech has launched Tech Safe, a new custom-branded security app. The user-friendly app is a direct channel to Campus Security and enhances the university’s community and safety response to incidents and emergencies.
Convocation 2023: Celebrating the Start of the New Academic Year
On August 31, faculty and staff celebrated the start of the 2023-2024 academic year at the university’s annual faculty and staff convocation—as well as the presentation of the Presidential Excellence Awards.
Students Participate in School of Architecture and Design’s Metabolism of a City Design Workshop
During the annual design workshop, students from Politecnico Milano and the School of Architecture and Design proposed solutions to areas of urban decay at the transept between Flushing Meadows and Jamaica Bay in Queens, N.Y.
Interior Design Student Awarded Hazel Siegel Scholarship
With an International Design Association (IDA) Hazel Siegel Scholarship, Joseph Olivieri traveled to Dallas to attend the IDA Texas Oklahoma chapter’s SHIFT Student Conference, where he networked with industry professionals and landed a full-time job with a leading design firm.
New York Tech Student Headed to Harvard
Interdisciplinary studies major Yllka Valdez was accepted into the Harvard/MIT Equitable Access to Research Training M.D.-Ph.D. Summer Program, where she will she gain training and mentorship in scientific research.
Searching for the True Sequence of RNA
Shenglong Zhang, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biological and Chemical Sciences, received a National Institutes of Health grant estimated at $2,588,918 over the next four years, to develop a tool to reveal the true sequence of RNA.
Alumni Profile: Amir Gefen
As the AI Lab Manager at the Ministry of Education in Israel, Amir Gefen (M.A. ’95) scouts for educational technologies that use artificial intelligence (AI) and matches them with schools as pilot programs, ultimately offering recommendations to the government on how to approach and what to do with AI in the classroom.
Annual Big Give Breaks Record
This year marks the Big Give’s fifth anniversary. And the New York Tech community celebrated in a big way, bringing in $415,915 from 939 donors.
Wisser Building is Renamed
At a dedication ceremony on June 20, the Wisser building on the Long Island campus was officially renamed the Peter and Barbara Ferentinos Health Science Building, honoring the building’s namesakes for their continued support of New York Tech.