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New York Tech student Nehal Beniwal

From the Ground Up

M.B.A. student Nehal Beniwal has an established background in architecture but hopes to amplify her future career with business and management skills.

Adam Pascal with members of the New York Tech community holding a New York Institute of Technology banner

Alum Returns to His Long Island Roots

Adam Pascal (B.F.A. ’92) played Roger Davis in the original Broadway production of RENT in 1996. After many years of living in Los Angeles and touring, he returns to his hometown to direct a four-performance of the award-winning musical.

Alumni Profile: Alan Wong

Alumni Profile: Alan Wong

As a high school student, Alan Wong (D.O. ’03, M.B.A. ’03) volunteered as a researcher at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. Today, he’s the chief medical officer at Mount Sinai’s hospital in Oceanside, N.Y.

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.

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.