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Students Supply Protection to Health Care Workers
When reports predicted looming shortages of masks, gloves, and supplies, New York Tech students, including those in the Student Veterans Organization (SVO) and NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM), wouldn't let health care workers go unprotec...
Apr 8, 2020, 12:50pm EDT
New York Tech Microbiologist Shares Home Disinfection Tips
As COVID-19 remains top of mind, more people are turning to scientists and researchers to understand how they can prevent the spread of the virus at home. Microbiologist Bryan Gibb, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological and chemical sciences at N...
Apr 7, 2020, 2:20pm EDT
New York Tech Launches New Degree Programs
New York Institute of Technology's exciting new degree programs are poised to train the next generation of talent to solve global challenges in health, wellness, computing, and engineering and to meet current COVID-19 crisis needs. The university's new...
Apr 3, 2020, 12:00pm EDT
Telemedicine in Uncertain Times
Increased testing is a necessary step in containing, addressing, and overcoming the coronavirus pandemic. As COVID-19 cases are revealed, an increasing number of health care providers, including those at New York Institute of Technology, are turning to...
Apr 1, 2020, 1:39pm EDT
TB Vaccine Could Be a Valuable Weapon in COVID-19 Fight
The tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), could be a potential weapon in combatting the deadly coronavirus according to findings published by NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) researchers, led by Gonzalo Otazu, Ph.D., ...
Mar 31, 2020, 10:26am EDT
COVID-19 and New York City's Supply Chain
Temporary shortages of toilet paper, cleaning supplies, and protective gear have made the headlines in recent weeks, demonstrating COVID-19's impact on both national and regional supply chains. New York Institute of Technology's experts are monitori...
Mar 26, 2020, 2:15pm EDT
New York Tech Pioneer Researcher Awarded "Nobel Prize of Computing"
Edwin Catmull, Ph.D., founder the Computer Graphics Lab (CGL) at New York Institute of Technology and former president of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, has been named this year's recipient of the prestigious A.M. Turing Award. Often referred...
Mar 25, 2020, 11:35am EDT
NYITCOM Match Day 2020: A Virtual Success
This story originally appeared on the New York Institute of Technology website, which includes additional visual assets. As U.S. health care professionals take to the frontlines in the fight against COVID-19, on March 20, New York Institute of...
Mar 24, 2020, 9:02am EDT
AAUP, New York Tech Faculty Generously Support COVID-19 Student Emergency Fund
New York Tech's Big Give fundraising effort is responding to COVID-19 by focusing on supporting students who are currently experiencing financial hardships. New York Tech's two AAUP (American Association of University Professors) faculty chapters im...
Mar 23, 2020, 3:05pm EDT
New Lab Fosters Interdisciplinary Research in Engineering and Biology
On January 13, New York Institute of Technology unveiled the new Biomedical Sciences and Bioengineering (BSB) Laboratory in Theobald Science Center on the Long Island campus. The 1,000-square-foot interdisciplinary laboratory brings together life sc...
Jan 13, 2020, 5:11pm EST