New York Institute of Technology

Nearly 120 students completed New York Institute of Technology's rigorous Internship Certificate Program during spring 2025, earning valuable hands-on experience and developing skills in a wide range of work environments.

As part of New York Institute of Technology's 64th annual commencement, the School of Management recognized outstanding members from the Class of 2025.

As part of New York Tech's 64th annual commencement, the College of Arts and Sciences recognized outstanding students from the Class of 2025.

As part of New York Institute of Technology's 64th annual commencement, the School of Architecture and Design recognized outstanding members of the Class of 2025.

During New York Institute of Technology's 64th annual commencement celebrations, its College of Engineering and Computing Sciences recognized outstanding students from the Class of 2025.

As part of New York Institute of Technology's 64th annual commencement, the School of Health Professions recognized members of the Class of 2025.

Each spring, New York Institute of Technology's School of Health Professions inducts senior students from all health disciplines into the Alpha Eta Honor Society. With the motto "Together We Serve," the national honor society promotes and recognizes students for significant scholarship, leadership, and contributions to the allied health professions. This year, more than 70 students from the Class of 2025 were inducted.

On May 8, undergraduate students from New York Institute of Technology's College of Engineering and Computing Sciences showcased their projects at the eighth annual Undergraduate Research and Entrepreneurship Program (UREP) on the university's New York City campus. Nine teams shared their work at this year's event. Since the spring of 2018, more than 300 undergrads have been a part of the program, which allows students to work on research or entrepreneurship projects in a group setting, under the guidance of faculty mentors. The collaborative projects run for two semesters and each research team is provided $500 for necessary supplies.

New York Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Design has inducted members of the Class of 2025 into the Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society in Architecture and Allied Arts. The Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society in Architecture and Allied Arts is the only national honor society for architecture and design majors that is accredited by the Association of College Honor Societies. The society recognizes intellectual achievement, effort, and initiative, as well as leadership and character. Membership acknowledges undergraduate and graduate students who attain high scholastic standing in their field.

New York Tech announces its Student Government Association (SGA) executive board for the 2025-2026 academic year.

New York Institute of Technology presented Student Engagement and Development Awards to students who demonstrated leadership, served the university, and enhanced fellow students' experience throughout the 2024-2025 academic year.

In March, a group of students from the College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) traveled to the Dominican Republic with the Center for Global Health. Under the supervision of the school's practicing clinicians and local healthcare providers, the medical students helped care for underserved patients, gaining invaluable clinical experience and honing their physical exam skills. Among other activities, the future physicians visited a maternity hospital and an orphanage catering to children with special needs. NYITCOM's Center for Global Health is dedicated to developing healthcare professionals who are empathetic leaders and change agents, ready to tackle the global burden of disease and health disparities at home and abroad.

Six College of Arts and Sciences students attended the 96th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association in New York City from March 6-8, where they presented their scholarly work. This year's conference promoted the theme, "making positive changes in people's lives and in the world." The three-day event provided an opportunity for professional development as the students presented their posters demonstrating the ways they are using research to strengthen communities and promote well-being.

Nine New York Institute of Technology undergraduate and graduate students assisted in the grant review process for the university's 2025 Mini-Research Grant Awards program. The program recognizes outstanding high school student-researchers with $300 awards intended to help offset the cost of materials and related expenses pertaining to a research project proposal or continuing project in STEM and related disciplines. A faculty committee, assisted by the team of New York Tech students, reviewed the submissions and awarded new deserving research proposals and continuing projects in February. This year, 35 grants were awarded to projects from 22 high schools across the country. Nearly 150 research project submissions were received; the number of student applications totaled 243.

On March 12, nursing students from New York Institute of Technology's Class of 2026 received their white coats at a ceremony held on the university's Long Island campus (in Old Westbury, N.Y.). The Nursing White Coat Ceremony signifies the transition from classroom learning to clinical training and takes place during students' junior year.

On February 20, New York Tech's Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) Class of 2027 gathered for a ceremony where 36 students received their white coats. The awarding of a white coat is a symbolic gesture, welcoming students into the profession as they begin their clinical rotations.

Twenty-nine College of Engineering and Computing Sciences students have completed requirements for the Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center's (ETIC) Certificate Program. Requiring students to work on a technical project for at least 25 hours in one semester, the program is the first step in being hired to work for the ETIC, with some students advancing to work as project managers. ETIC student workers learn and advance their skills as they use state-of-the-art technologies to create solutions in engineering, cybersecurity, technology, and science.

Nearly 700 New York Institute of Technology students received degrees as fall graduates of the Class of 2024.

New York Tech congratulates the students named to the Dean's Honor List for fall 2024.

New York Institute of Technology congratulates the students who were named to the Presidential Honor List for the fall 2024 semester.

Six New York Tech students traveled to Albany, N.Y., on February 11 for the New York chapter of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities' Student Aid Advocacy Day. The students participated in a rally and joined five meetings with policymakers to encourage them to support New York's future leaders, entrepreneurs, teachers, and healthcare professionals.

Two teams of students from the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences participated in the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's College Challenge: Vehicular Tunnel Catwalk Robotics. The challenge tasked students with designing and prototyping a robotic machine to move on the catwalks of the Lincoln Tunnel. The two teams developed the Tunnel Emergency Response and Reconnaissance Automation (TERRA) and the Autonomous Response and Emergency Sentinel (A.R.E.S.), and team A.R.E.S. was selected to compete in the final round in May.

In January, more than 10 students enrolled in the Physical Therapy, D.P.T., and Exercise Science, B.S., programs traveled with Associate Professor of Physical Therapy Mark Gugliotti, D.P.T., and Professor of Physical Therapy Rosemary Gallagher, D.P.T., to Costa Rica. Here, the students (all aspiring physical therapists) shadowed healthcare workers in clinical and community settings. Along with accompanying local patients through rehabilitation activities, performing assessments and training, and learning medical Spanish, the students visited Central America's top trauma center, the Hospital Clinica Biblica in San Jose, where they learned about Costa Rica's universal healthcare system.

More than 10 undergraduate School of Architecture and Design students assisted in building "Autonomous Urbanism: The Exhibition," bringing to life the research featured in the book, Autonomous Urbanism: Towards a New Transitopia, by Assistant Professor of Architecture Evan Shieh, M. AUD. The display, located on New York Tech's Long Island campus, features dozens of 3-D printed and laser-cut models, wall panels, signage, and podiums, all student-built.

Fourteen future physicians from the Class of 2025 at New York Institute of Technology's medical school (New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine) have matched into U.S. military residencies. After graduating from medical school, physicians in the United States must complete a residency training program, obtain a medical license, and become board-certified in a specialty. Medical students committed to military service complete their residency as armed forces members. Military physicians serve in the medical corps of the U.S. Air Force, Army, or Navy, where they practice in a range of specialties, from psychiatry and urology to family medicine, anesthesiology, pediatrics, and others. These clinicians work in various settings, including hospital ships, military bases, and international medical centers, where they treat military personnel and their families. In addition, as commissioned military officers, they are called upon to provide care in high-pressure situations, including combat battles, disaster relief missions, and humanitarian efforts.

More than 90 students completed New York Institute of Technology's rigorous Internship Certificate Program during fall 2024.

On December 18, nursing students from the fall Class of 2024 were welcomed into the profession with a pinning ceremony. Nursing school pinning ceremonies are a rite of passage celebrating the completion of students' training as they graduate and go on to pursue careers as RNs.

Sixteen New York Institute of Technology exercise science students gained hands-on learning experience as they personally trained university faculty and staff in the Long Island campus's fitness center. For three weeks, students worked with their clients to create healthier habits, build muscular strength, and increase cardiorespiratory endurance. Each student maintained a logbook of their client's exercises, repetitions, and how many sets were performed. Assessments of flexibility, body composition, blood pressure, upper and lower body strength, and cardiorespiratory fitness established benchmarks for each client and trainer to create an individualized program to maintain or improve upon.

New York Institute of Technology congratulates students from its School of Architecture and Design who have recently received awards, scholarships, and recognition.

In October, 11 New York Tech undergraduate architecture students competed at the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) in Baltimore, Md. The team was awarded with honorable mention for their project, "Threads of Healing," which establishes community land trusts to promote collective ownership and affordable housing for the Black community in West Baltimore. The student competition was themed, "Highway to Healing: The Transformation of the West Baltimore I-40 Corridor," in acknowledgment of the families, homes, and entire neighborhoods that were removed for an incomplete stretch of highway intended to connect downtown Baltimore to other parts of the city.