NYIT cybersecurity center gets fed cred
By GREGORY ZELLER // The New York Institute of Technology, which boasts campuses in New York City and Old Westbury and is developing a new Cyber Defense Research Facility in…
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LICA, NYIT team on ed series for entrepreneurs
The Long Island Capital Alliance is partnering with NYIT on an educational and mentoring series for entrepreneurs, with a first session scheduled for April 5. Called “Growing Your Business from…
Visualizing where food, water and energy meet
By GREGORY ZELLER // Nada, meet NASA. That’s Dr. Nada Anid, thank you, dean of the New York Institute of Technology’s School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, and her plans…
Squeezing an A into STEM
Education and workforce development come together Nov. 17 to explore the future world in which science and creativity happily co-exist. Popularly called STEAM, the movement aims to build well-rounded workers…
Applause for Steven Patrikis’ 3-D Tetra-Hand
By GREGORY ZELLER // NYIT junior Steven Patrikis, on course for a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering next fall, already knows what he wants to do professionally, even if he’s…
NYIT’s Farajivadar lands NIH neural research grant
NYIT professor and neural-stimulation expert Aydin Farajivadar has won a federal grant to help fund development of a wireless, implantable system to study the human body’s gastric system. Early-stage work…
Tech plays center stage in latest funding contest
With visions of a thriving innovation economy front and center, Long Island business and academic leaders are shooting for $105 million in commercialization funds through the annual Regional Economic Development Council…
DARPA, Homeland Security to headline NYIT cybersecurity conference
Distinguished speakers and critical intelligence issues will set the tone at the New York Institute of Technology’s sixth-annual cybersecurity conference. Intended to stimulate dialogue, share ideas and promote networking among…
No strikeouts at LaunchPad NYIT pitch night
By GREGORY ZELLER // LaunchPad NYIT’s first pitch night was a hit. With an audience of about 100 packing the auditorium inside NYIT’s student innovation center, an entrepreneurial quintet –…
NYIT gets nod for cybersecurity research
Nassau County has selected NYIT to run a cybersecurity research center in which new technologies would be developed to help safeguard critical national information and data. The center, which will…
DEBRIEF: Nada Anid, NYIT
Dean of the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences and an expert in commercial-academic partnerships, emerging technologies, sustainability and STEM education on the K-12 level, Dr. Nada Anid is a key…