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Researchers Secure Leakey Foundation Grants
Two researchers from NYITCOM’s Department of Anatomy have secured grants from the Leakey Foundation, which exclusively funds research related to human origins.
Hadjiargyrou Is New York Tech’s First Distinguished Professor
Professor Michael Hadjiargyrou, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences and director of the D.O./Ph.D. program, has been named New York Institute of Technology’s first distinguished professor. This designation recognizes outstanding faculty who have achieved the highest levels of scholarship over the course of their careers.
Student Awarded Prestigious Department of Defense Scholarship
A fifth New York Tech student has been awarded the Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Scholarship.
New York Tech Physics Faculty Earns NSF Grant to Solve Cosmic Mystery
Assistant Professor of Physics Eve Armstrong, Ph.D., received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to research how the universe formed from stardust.
NIH Grant Funds Depression Research
Assistant Professor Weikang Cai, Ph.D., secured a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how certain brain cells respond to chronic stress. The research project could help identify breakthrough treatments for clinical depression, which affects more than 260 million people worldwide.
New York Tech Faculty Receive $470K in Research Grants
The National Institutes of Health awarded Associate Professor Shenglong Zhang, Ph.D., $350,000 to unlock mysteries in RNA sequencing, and Assistant Professor Sophia Domokos, Ph.D., received $120,000 from the National Science Foundation to advance research in particle physics.
NYITCOM-Arkansas Receives Its First NIH Grant
An NYITCOM-Arkansas researcher received a $428,400 multi-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate whether Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment can help relieve migraine headaches.
Engineering’s Chalise Earns Summer Faculty Research Fellowships
Assistant Professor Batu Chalise, Ph.D., has been awarded the Office of Naval Research and Air Force Research Laboratory Summer Faculty Research Fellowships.
The Installation of NYIT President Hank Foley
At a private club in Manhattan on April 12, academic, business, and civic leaders joined members of the NYIT community to celebrate the official installation of Hank Foley, Ph.D., as the university’s fourth president.