Science for All
New York Tech professors get creative while sharing their expertise, drawing on seemingly unrelated topics to reach their students and the general public.
Art in Medicine
NYITCOM students discuss how the Art in Medicine Interest Group has enhanced their medical education, bridging the gap between medicine and the humanities.
Study: Chimps Outstep Humans
New research by NYITCOM’s Nathan Thompson, Ph.D., suggests that human strides are considerably shorter than that of our nearest cousins, chimpanzees.
Rethinking Human Origins
The College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Nathan Thompson, Ph.D., is co-author to a new report in the journal Science, which aims to explain ape and human evolution, including how scientists can get closer to discovering our last common ancestor.
Study: Brain Size May Not Indicate Intelligence
Brian Beatty, Ph.D., associate professor of anatomy at NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) helped to publish a study that suggests that brain size, relative to body size, may not be an accurate measurement of intelligence.
Improving the Understanding of Cranial Birth Defects
New research by Assistant Professor of Anatomy Akinobu Watanabe, Ph.D., will examine how the brain and skull have interacted over millions of years as well as in the days and weeks before birth to understand their evolution and development.
Walking on the Wild Side with Anatomy Research
When COVID-19 disrupted in-person learning, New York Tech students sought remote research opportunities. Working with Assistant Professor of Anatomy Michael Granatosky, Ph.D., the student researchers contributed multiple chapters on animal locomotion and evolution to the Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior.
New York Tech Congratulates Aki Watanabe, Ph.D., on Major CAREER Milestone
Akinobu “Aki” Watanabe, Ph.D., assistant professor of anatomy, has become the first New York Institute of Technology faculty to receive a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award.
Uncovering How Ancient Animals Walked on Land
New research led by Assistant Professor Julia Molnar, Ph.D., explains how early tetrapods went from paddling in water to walking on land.
Ancient Cousin of Modern Alligator is the Stuff of Nightmares
In a new study, Assistant Professor Adam Cossette, Ph.D., confirms that Deinosuchus, a prehistoric crocodilian the size of a bus and teeth as big as bananas, was capable of taking down even the largest of dinosuars.
Changing the Perception of T. rex
Assistant Professor of Anatomy at NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine Akinobu “Aki” Watanabe, Ph.D., was one of more than 15 paleontologists who helped to launch an encyclopedia of dinosaurs.
Prehistoric “Crazy Beast” Unlocks an Evolutionary Mystery
The discovery of Adalatherium, a possum-sized mammal from Madagascar, provides new insights on the diversity of the mammals living on the ancient southern supercontinent Gondwana.