Articles

Prehistoric mammal Vintana

Beyond the Bones: The “Tail” of an Ancient Beast

NYITCOM Associate Professor Simone Hoffmann, Ph.D., is part of a team “unearthing” significant clues about an extinct, ancient mammal.

Milan Toma sitting in front of a computer

Visualizing How Military Blasts Impact Unborn Babies

Amidst military conflicts in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, an NYITCOM study provides new insight on how military blasts injure unborn babies.

Alumni Profile: Soyeb Barot

Alumni Profile: Soyeb Barot

Soyeb Barot (M.S. ’05) credits New York Tech for putting him on a path to success. Now, he gives back to his alma mater as a mentor in the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences CAMPUS Mentoring Program.

James O'Rourke next to a plant

Garden as Classroom

James O’Rourke B.A. ’85) has worked at New York Tech for 43 years, but the real fruits of his labor are in the garden behind Balding House on the Long Island campus, where more than 50 different crops grow and provide both fresh produce and learning opportunities for the greater New York Tech community.

Scans of the brain of a Polish crested chicken

Beyond the Bones: Brainy Birds

Assistant Professor Aki Watanabe, Ph.D., published the first study from his NSF CAREER grant-funded research project; he proposes using a domesticated chicken to study how birds—and perhaps animals in general—ended up with differently shaped brains.

Collage of New York Tech faculty

Biomedical Researchers Secure Prestigious Federal Grants

Faculty from the College of Osteopathic Medicine have secured a collective $1.4 million dollars in grants that support studies to further the understanding and treatment of several health conditions, including pediatric brain cancer, heart failure, and hypertension.

New York Tech alumnus Kyriacos Athens Athanasiou

Alumnus Kyriacos Athens Athanasiou Named Great Immigrant

Kyriacos Athens Athanasiou, Ph.D. (B.S. ’84), was named to the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s annual list of Great Immigrants, which celebrates exemplary naturalized citizens who are helping make the United States a land of opportunity for all.

A bronothere and other animals wandering behind it

Beyond the Bones: Sizing Up Thunder Beasts

Research co-authored by Associate Professor Matthew Mihlbachler, Ph.D., explores the fossil record of an ancient relative of the rhino to help explain why natural selection might favor larger animals more often than smaller animals.

Martin Gerdes

Gerdes Named New York Tech’s First University Professor

Professor Anthony (Martin) Gerdes, Ph.D., chair of biomedical sciences in the College of Osteopathic Medicine, has achieved this distinction, effective in the new academic year.