Professor Arnold's lectures shed light on 'optical tractor beams' in biosensing - August 24, 2009
Stephen Arnold, Institute and Thomas Potts Professor of Physics, and director of Polytechnic's MicroParticle PhotoPhysics Lab (MP3L), presented lectures at a NATO Advanced Study Institute in Erice, Italy this July about his lab's discoveries in nanopa...
In the Media: Professor Memon discusses biometric data security in IEEE Spectrum - August 20, 2009
Nasir Memon, Polytechnic Institute of NYU professor of computer science and engineering, and a recognized cybersecurity expert, weighs in on the security of biometric data in an article published August 18 on IEEE Spectrum.com....
Professor Horwitch featured in supersonic aircraft documentary - August 13, 2009
Polytechnic Institute of NYU Professor of Technology Management Mel Horwitch makes his documentary debut in "The People vs. the STS," an in-depth look at America's failed-attempt to build a supersonic aircraft for commercial travel in the 1960s....
Professor Garetz's research contributes to a new crystallization technique - August 07, 2009
A discovery by Polytechnic Institute of NYU Professor Bruce Garetz and his colleagues has contributed to a new technique scientists at the University of Edinburgh have developed that allows researchers to use pulses from low-intensity lasers to grow singl...
40 Years After the Giant Leap: NYU-Poly's 'astronaut in residence' on NY1 - July 23, 2009
Charles Camarda, Polytechnic Institute of NYU Distinguished Engineer in Residence, talks about the future of space exploration and his efforts to get young people excited about the space program....
In the Media: NYU-Poly/City incubator 'steps up to rival collaborations in Boston and Silicon Valley' - July 23, 2009
The article "Laid-off Wall Streeters find entrepreneurial spirit," published July 23 in The Christian Science Monitor, profiles Polytechnic Institute of NYU's new business incubator, which opened its doors to 20 entrepreneurs last month....
NYU-Poly receives Motorola Foundation Innovation Generation grant to promote STEM through robotics - July 06, 2009
Polytechnic Institute of NYU has received a $50,000 Innovation Generation grant from the Motorola Foundation. The grant will provide critical funding for the Central Brooklyn Robotics Initiative (referred to as "CBRI"), led by Dr. Vikram Kapila, Assoc...
NYU-Poly students receive NACME and National Grid Foundation grant - June 30, 2009
The National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc. (NACME) recently awarded engineering scholarships to 4 Polytechnic Institute of NYU students through a $10,000 grant from the National Grid Foundation. The scholarship program's goal is to ...
Kurt Becker appointed editor-in-chief of the European Physical Journal D - June 22, 2009
Kurt H. Becker, Polytechnic Institute of NYU's Associate Provost for Research and Technology Initiatives and Professor of Physics, has been appointed editor-in-chief of the European Physical Journal D: Atomic, Molecular, Optical, and Plasma Physics....
Professor Memon to CIOs: "Your networks have already been compromised" - June 17, 2009
Nasir Memon, Polytechnic Institute of NYU professor of computer science and engineering, has developed a network-based infection detection system (referred to as "INFER") that lets CIOs deal with what he thinks is a missing piece of enterprise network...
Quentin and Oliver both earned electrical engineering degrees from Polytechnic Institute of NYU on June 1, the same day Keith Jr. received his second postgraduate degree, a NYU-Poly master's in business administration....
Commencement 2009: first class of NYU-Poly graduates; speakers give guidance for uncertain times - June 11, 2009
Polytechnic Institute of NYU graduated its first class as an affiliate of New York University on June 1 at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall where Congressman Anthony Weiner surprised graduates....
NYU-Poly celebrates 21 years of Promise - June 08, 2009
At the Promise Scholarship Fund Reception on May 21, Polytechnic Institute of NYU celebrated one of its greatest legacies: its commitment to provide financial support to bright students so they can receive a world-class engineering, science, and technolog...
Summer undergraduate researchers announced - June 04, 2009
Polytechnic Institute of NYU's 3rd Annual Undergraduate Summer Research Program will take place June 15 - August 17. This year, 42 bright student researchers will participate under the direction of 29 faculty members....
The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering is proud to announce that it has selected Gittel Gold and Kyle Hicks as Tau Beta Pi scholars for undergraduate study in 2009 - 2010....
NYU-Poly receives Best Paper Award at Infocom 2009 - May 20, 2009
1,435 papers were submitted; 282 papers accepted; and only 1 received the honor of Best Paper at Infocom 2009: Professors Di Wu, Yong Liu, and Keith W. Ross's ...
2009 Outstanding Graduate finalists announced - May 12, 2009
The Polytechnic Institute of NYU alumni association has announced the finalists for the 2009 Outstanding Graduate Award: Jose Garcia, Eran Geva, Lamia Iftekhar, and Tamara Khaimchayev....
Sustainable design leads to another 1st place concrete canoe win - May 06, 2009
Polytechnic Institute of NYU's student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) took first place in the Metropolitan Regional Concrete Canoe Competition for the second year in a row during the first weekend of April. ...
Recognizing our Gates Millennium Scholars - April 23, 2009
Polytechnic Institute of NYU is proud to recognize its Millennium Gates Scholars for the 2008 - 2009 academic year: Jean Daniel Dorvilien, Bio-molecular Science, Junior, BS candidate; Juanita Tameka Beasley, Construction Management, MS candidate; and W...
Life-saving NYU-Poly research presented at FDNY symposium - April 22, 2009
Chief officers from the Fire Department of New York presented potentially life-saving research results at a March 19 - 20 symposium based on a study Polytechnic Institute of NYU mechanical engineers conducted through a $1 million grant from the Federal ...
Now Accepting: NYU-Poly announces fall launch of MS in cyber-security - April 22, 2009
Polytechnic Institute of NYU's announcement this week that it is accepting fall applicants for its new master's in cyber-security program comes just weeks after the Pentagon revealed it had spent $100 million over the past 6 months to clean up damage ...
LISTEN: Professor Wener talks to WHYY about SEPTA's QuietRide - April 09, 2009
Polytechnic Institute of NYU's Richard Wener, a professor of environmental psychology, appeared on Philadelphia's WHYY FM on Monday, April 6 to comment on how noise affects commuters....
NYU-Poly inducts 2009 Chevalier Society donors - April 06, 2009
Polytechnic Institute of NYU celebrated Mr. Chevalier's memory by honoring a group of donors who have matched or exceeded his commitment to NYU-Poly in their generous funding and active support at an inductee ceremony on March 18, 2009....
Kitchen Chemistry: Girl Scouts explore food science with NYU-Poly's American Chemical Society - April 01, 2009
Polytechnic Institute of NYU's American Chemical Society (PACS) hosted the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York on March 14 as they explored the "Chemistry of Cooking."...
WATCH: 5 Questions with NYC Seed's Owen Davis - March 30, 2009
NYC Seed Managing Director Owen Davis answers our questions about making it as a start-up, the upsides of creating new businesses in a time of economic uncertainty, and whether NYC should or could be the Silicon Valley of the east....
3rd Annual Leadership Forum and Innovation Think Tank delivers a much-needed dose of optimism - March 24, 2009
The overwhelming sentiment of the forum was that ever-resilient New York City will capitalize on its strengths to survive the current economic crisis -- and potentially emerge even stronger....
WATCH: Inno/Vention: students create 'the next big thing' - March 16, 2009
A thermoelectric alternator, a flexible magnetic bridge, a cooling system for laptops built with DNA, and an e-commerce site for dorm-room bound college students took the top spots in NYU-Poly's annual Inno/Vention student idea competition....
Fifteen NYU and Polytechnic faculty collaborations awarded research funding - March 12, 2009
New York University Provost David McLaughlin announced on March 3 the first 15 research collaborations between NYU and Polytechnic Institute of NYU faculty to receive "seed" funding from a special competitive research pool established as part of the a...
President's Announcement: Dianne Rekow Named New Provost Erich Kunhardt to resume full-time research and faculty role and serve as i2e advisor to the President and Provost - March 11, 2009
Dr. Elizabeth Dianne Rekow has been named the new Provost of the Polytechnic Institute of NYU. After nearly three years of leadership as Provost of the Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Dr. Erich Kunhardt will return to his passion for being a practicing acad...
NYC Seed makes first investments in New York City tech start-ups - March 06, 2009
News on March 2 that NYC Seed had selected the first 2 of 10 technology start-ups to receive $200,000 brought some brightness to New York City's business pages where bleak recession stories have become all too familiar....
Developers and Users Unite: NYU-Poly hosts Drupal Camp - March 03, 2009
Drupal software enthusiasts from as far away as Ireland and Brazil came to celebrate last weekend at Drupal Camp on Polytechnic Institute of NYU's Downtown Brooklyn campus....
i2e in the News: Professor Memon's sleuthing software featured in New York Times - March 02, 2009
Professor Nasir Memon has created a software application capable of what The New York Times describes as a feat "similar to assembling a million pieces of a jigsaw puzzle with no guiding box-top image."...
Mayor Bloomberg announces NYU-Poly business incubator along with 10 other financial sector remedies - February 19, 2009
Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced at a press conference on Wednesday the joint creation between Polytechnic Institute of NYU and the City of a business incubator that will nurture innovative start-ups, supply jobs, and tap into the entrepreneurial spirit ...
Knowledge Exchange: Chinese delegation attends NYU-Poly land use roundtable - February 13, 2009
A Chinese delegation to the United States spent the afternoon of February 4 at Polytechnic Institute of NYU learning about public participation in two of downtown Brooklyn's most significant land use projects in recent years....
WATCH: President Hultin visits future site of NYU Abu Dhabi, sends video postcard from Dubai - February 06, 2009
President Jerry M. Hultin and members of the administration and faculty traveled to Abu Dhabi on January 11-16 to see the birthplace of Polytechnic Institute of NYU's new home in New York University's Global Network University....
NYU-Poly's Nassim Nicholas Taleb rocks Davos - February 03, 2009
Attendees celebrated two outliers of thought who predicted the financial mess we now find ourselves in, one of which was Polytechnic Institute of NYU's very own Nassim Nicholas Taleb....
Scienceline profiles NYU-Poly's Farshad Khorrami and his 'underwater spy' - February 03, 2009
Farshad Khorrami, professor of electrical engineering, has spent two decades "[breathing] life into familiar materials with new robotics," writes Robert Goodier on Scienceline.com, a publication of New York University's Science, Health, and Environm...
Offline/online art installation to pose questions about virtual interaction - February 02, 2009
The month-long art installation set to premiere at Polytechnic Institute of NYU on March 4 is part experiment, part research artifact, part think-piece....
Area youth tackle urban sustainability - January 29, 2009
New York area seventh- and eighth-grade students showed off their engineering smarts and their budding knack for branding on Saturday, January 24 when they revealed models of sustainable cities with names like Sem Agua, Hope, Poseidon, Amala Saher, and Le...
NYU-Poly hosts FIRST Lego League robotics competition - January 27, 2009
The drama of competition filled Polytechnic Institute of NYU's gymnasium on January 10 when more than 350 students from 37 middle and high schools took part in the Brooklyn finals of the New York City FIRST Lego League Championship....
Green Expectations: workshop explores the many shades of green building - January 22, 2009
To meet the city's goal of cutting carbon emissions 30% by 2030 - part of what is known as PlaNYC - it will have to drastically reduce how much carbon its buildings produce....
News of Professor Gross's biodiesel breakthrough travels abroad - January 20, 2009
International news outlets are spreading the word about Polytechnic Institute of NYU's Professor Richard Gross who "envisions a future where plastics, a staple of modern society, will be converted to fuel."...
Dr. Leslie reflects on first semester as Fulbright Scholar - January 20, 2009
Dr. Leslie, a 17-year Brooklyn resident, began his Fulbright Scholar position at Germany's Postdam University last fall. "Having packed my bags and immersed myself in a new university environment, I am amazed at the subtle differences in the process o...
Ushering in a New Era: Governor Paterson receives first honorary NYU-Poly degree - October 24, 2008
Polytechnic celebrated the dawn of a new era on Wednesday, October 22 as it formally ushered in its first academic year as Polytechnic Institute of New York University during a politically star-studded convocation attended by 500 students, faculty, alumni...
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