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Professor Wins $750K NSF Grant to Create Research Network
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) will use a $747,000 grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a research coordination network (RCN) that will study various aspects of the food, energy, and water (FEW) nexus for sustaina...
Jul 31, 2019, 11:15am EDT
New York Institute of Technology Welcomes New Leader for Office of Student Life
Tiffani L. Blake, M.S., Ed.M., has joined New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) as interim dean of students for the institution's two New York campuses. In this role, reporting to Junius J. Gonzales, M.D., M.B.A., provost and vice president of aca...
Jul 24, 2019, 12:46pm EDT
NYIT Students Reveal What Lurks in Kitchen Sponges
New York Institute of Technology biology major Brianna Weiss of Freeport presented research findings on the isolation and characterization of novel bacteriophages (which could provide the answer to antibiotic-resistant bugs) from kitchen sponges at ASM...
Jul 3, 2019, 9:00am EDT
New York Institute of Technology Salutes the Class of 2019 at 58th Commencement
Nearly 7,000 graduates, families, and friends gathered at New York Institute of Technology's Long Island campus to celebrate its 58th annual commencement. The event saluted 2,769 candidates for graduation from throughout the United States and 64 countr...
May 19, 2019, 1:55pm EDT
New York Institute of Technology Unveils Major Public Sector Scholarship
New York Institute of Technology President Henry C. "Hank" Foley, Ph.D., today announced a new public sector scholarship to honor the commitment and dedication of police officers, firefighters, EMT personnel, and K-12 teachers throughout New York, New ...
Apr 25, 2019, 1:21pm EDT
New York Institute of Technology Honors Voya Financial CHRO Kevin D. Silva, 2019 Honorary Degree Recipient
New York Institute of Technology will award an honorary degree to Kevin D. Silva, executive vice president and chief human resources officer for Voya Financial, Inc., the New York City-based financial services company with $8.5 billion in 2018 revenues...
Apr 23, 2019, 9:55am EDT
New York Institute of Technology Appoints Babak Beheshti as Dean, College of Engineering and Computing Sciences
Babak D. Beheshti, Ph.D., has been appointed dean of the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences at New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) by Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Junius Gonzales, M.D., M.B.A. Beheshti, a resident o...
Apr 1, 2019, 10:06am EDT
Career-Oriented Summer Programs Return to NYIT
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) will again offer summer programs for area high school and early college students looking to explore hands-on professions like architecture, video game design, or engineering. The programs are formally known as NY...
Feb 4, 2019, 10:00am EST
NYIT Appoints Gordon Schmidt as Dean of School of Health Professions
Gordon Schmidt, Ph.D., FACSM, has been appointed dean of the School of Health Professions at New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) by Vice President for Health Sciences and Medical Affairs, Jerry Balentine, D.O. Schmidt has served as interim dean ...
Jan 31, 2019, 4:44pm EST
NYIT Offers Hands-On Summer Programs for High Schoolers
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) will once again offer three career-oriented summer programs for high school students at its Old Westbury campus. The offerings, called "NYIT Academy," combine academic instruction with hands-on learning. Each ses...
Jan 28, 2019, 2:11pm EST