Raafat Rohaeim
Raafat Rohaiem is a people person. So it comes as no surprise that he pursued a career in hotel management.
Upcoming Events: NYIT Takes a Break
Learn about upcoming events around NYIT.
Female Students Encouraged to Take the Lead
At International Women’s Day: Embracing Growth in Leadership, international female students at NYIT-Vancouver received valuable advice on navigating their way through society and the workplace in America.
Centers at the Center of Cross-Disciplinary Networking Event
At a faculty networking event in early March, members of the NYIT community were introduced to three exciting new interdisciplinary research centers.
Elizabeth Krummenacker
Elizabeth Krummenacker’s career may have started in the restaurant business, but she transitioned to a completely different role in healthcare. The alumna says it was her NYIT education that gave her the unique ability to successfully adapt to new situations.
Kevin LaGrandeur on Surviving the Rise of Machines
In the coming years, automation—not offshoring—will be the chief driver of forced joblessness. Alleviating the worst effects of technological unemployment will require radically new approaches to economic policy, writes Kevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., in USA Today.
Mini Grants Help High School Scientists Maximize Their Goals
Thirty-five high school research project proposals were awarded $200 grants by NYIT through its first annual Mini Research Grant Award program, sponsored by the Department of Life Sciences.
School of Management Seeks Students Who #WageAgainstTheGap
NYIT School of Management has launched the Gender Wage Gap Scholarship to raise awareness about the gender wage gap.
Tom Scerbo
Two years ago, Scerbo assumed a new role as vice president and managing principal for the New York Metro Building & Places division of AECOM, a multinational Fortune 500 integrated design and construction company. He now heads a multidisciplinary group of more than 200 employees, including architects, building engineers, strategists, landscape architects, urban designers, and interior designers.
Marketing Their Careers: PR Students Learn from the Pros
Student members of the NYIT-Old Westbury Public Relations Student Society of America chapter visited the NYC offices of Quinn, a lifestyle public relations agency, for lessons in building effective marketing campaigns and how to land that first job.
A Tour of Olympic Proportions in Vancouver
Students at NYIT’s Vancouver campus took a tour of the Richmond Olympic Oval and found out what they’re really made of.
Ridwan Adhami
You may have seen Shepard Fairey’s striking illustration showing a woman wearing an American flag as a hijab. But did you know the photograph it is based on has connections to NYIT?