Media Coverage

International Business Times Publishes Beheshti Op-ed

Sep 04, 2019

Fifth-generation wireless technologies, or "5G," will allow Internet users to download data one hundred times faster than existing 4G networks. However, the ability to transmit vast quantities of data virtually instantaneously will also unleash new security risks, warns Babak D. Beheshti, dean, College of Engineering and Computing Sciences, in an op-ed in International Business Times. “It's crucial for regulators, companies, and consumers to start shoring up their defenses -- and fast,” he says.

Within five years, 5G subscriptions will cover 40 percent of the global population, accelerating  the expansion of the "Internet of Things" -- devices including fitness monitors, refrigerators, and even dog collars that can connect to the Web. This enhanced connectivity will make daily routines more efficient and convenient, but may also fuel cyber-criminality, Beheshti writes.

5G represents a profound leap forward and is coming quickly, but we're not nearly prepared enough to deal with the security risks. “It's critical for consumers, companies, and governments to change that,” Beheshti concludes.

 

Delta Care-a-van Unveiled, Generates Buzz in Arkansas Media

Sep 04, 2019

As seen in KAIT Region 8 News and Arkansas Talk Business and Politics, NYITCOM-Arkansas has officially unveiled its Delta Care-a-van, a mobile medical unit that will provide free healthcare screenings to residents of designated Northeast Arkansas communities.

The Care-a-van was made possible by a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and will allow for free hypertension, glucose, anxiety, and depression screenings to residents faced with barriers to healthcare. Each screening will also provide hands-on training for aspiring medical professionals, namely NYITCOM-Arkansas medical students, resident physicians from UAMS and St. Bernards Medical Center, and A-State nursing and social work students who will conduct the screenings.

 

English Professor Offers Vocabulary-Building Advice in The Economist

Sep 04, 2019

Professor of English Lissi Athanasiou-Krikelis is quoted in two different articles on how to build your vocabulary when preparing to take the GRE. Both articles appear in The Economist Careers Network newsletter.

The first article focuses on building vocabulary through reading, games, apps and more. “Frequent, consistent, and high-level reading has always been associated with vocabulary building,” she says.

The second article addresses building vocabulary through listening. “Tantamount to high-quality reading is high-quality listening,” she says. “Being frequently exposed to excellent audio, such as erudite podcasts, news reports, documentaries, audiobooks and videos is an ideal way of boosting one’s vocabulary.”   

 

Student Success Forum Previewed in InnovateLI

Sep 03, 2019

The upcoming Times Higher Ed U.S. Student Success Forum, a two-day conference of education experts and university leaders focused on new ideas and initiatives for improving student outcomes, is previewed in InnovateLI, as is the host sponsor role for New York Institute of Technology.

“We will host some of the greatest minds and most accomplished leaders in higher education as they share their successes and discuss the critical need for improving and accelerating STEM education to address our country’s workforce demands and shortages,” says Nada M. Anid, vice president, Strategic Communications and External Affairs. 

“As education professionals, it is our responsibility – in a civil and compassionate society – to do all that we can to ensure that students find success throughout their college years,” notes President Hank Foley.

 

Donoghue Discusses eSports Injuries on Public Radio

Aug 19, 2019

More than 50 U.S. public radio stations, including New York’s WNYC, broadcast an interview with NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Joanne Donoghue, Ph.D., on the impact of eSports-related injuries. Donoghue, who is a member of the healthcare team at the NYIT Center for eSports Medicine, notes that healthcare professionals need to start paying attention to these athletes, as professional gaming grows and colleges and high schools around the country have started their own esports programs. She suggests that national guidelines be established to ensure the health of these players.

 

CIO Review Publishes Nizich’s Article on Defense Technologies

Aug 17, 2019

As seen in CIO Review, Michael Nizich, Ph.D., director of the Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center (ETIC), emphasizes the importance of defense technology and why organizational leaders and civilians should pay more attention. Making the case that machine learning and blockchain will heavily impact the future of the industry, he states:

“Two of the trends that we are seeing, and will continue to see, will be the implementation of machine learning algorithms to enhance the performance of the defense system through Artificial Intelligence, and the implementation or replacement of traditional Database Management Systems or Flat File data with blockchain technology in order to make the sensitive data stores within the defense system highly secure and unusable in the wrong hands.”

 

NYITCOM-Arkansas White Coat Ceremony Featured in Local Media

Aug 12, 2019

NYITCOM-Arkansas held its white coat ceremony on August 9 to mark the beginning of the Class of 2023’s medical education.

“We all got in this business because we want to help people, me especially being from this area. I want to help the people of Region 8 and my hometown, Lake City,” Logan Meurer, a student in the Class of 2023, told KAIT (channel 8). The Jonesboro Sun (subscription required) included two photos of the ceremony in the August 11 issue of the paper.

 

NYITCOM’s Balentine in Newsday on Opioid-Related Medical Education

Aug 04, 2019

As the new medical school academic year gets underway, Newsday spoke to medical schools on Long Island about how they are expanding opioid-related education.

“Today, medical schools such as NYIT put ‘more emphasis on the addictive nature of it’ and include more discussion of pain-relief alternatives to opioids, said Dr. Jerry Balentine, dean of the NYIT medical school,” the article reports.

 

FEW-Focused NSF Research Grant Highlighted in Innovate LI, LIBN

Jul 31, 2019

New York Institute of Technology’s most recent grant from the National Science Foundation, intended to establish a research coordination network to study the food, energy, and water (FEW) nexus for sustainable and resilient urban development, was featured in Innovate LI.

Through the network, the article notes, NYIT researchers, led by Principal Investigator Ziqian (Cecilia) Dong, Ph.D., will collaborate with several prestigious universities as well as national laboratories on in-depth studies of FEW systems in New York City and Phoenix, Ariz., using a “city-as-a-lab” model.

“This group will collaborate to identify societal and policy barriers to FEW resource conservation and sustainability,” Dong said. “And it will address knowledge gaps and research questions posed by academic, government and business stakeholders.”

Coverage about the grant also appeared in Long Island Business News.  

 

New Leader of Student Life Featured in The Island Now

Jul 29, 2019

Tiffani Blake’s appointment to the role of interim dean of Student Affairs for NYIT’s New York campuses is featured in The Island Now.

“Tiffani Blake has extensive experience in higher education in numerous roles, and possesses depth and breadth in many areas within student life and beyond – she truly cares about the student experience,” says Junius J. Gonzales, M.D., M.B.A. “Her knowledge, expertise, dedication, and high energy also extend beyond the workplace to serving the community at large, which makes her even more relevant to and an exceptional role model for our students.”

Blake’s appointment was also included in the Chronicle of Higher Education.