New York Tech Participates in the COVID-19 College Vaccine Challenge
On August 4, the university participated in the White House and U.S. Department of Education’s COVID-19 College Vaccine Challenge, joining forces with colleges around the country to help put an end to the pandemic.
Alumni Profile: Mingyang Akihiro Yu
After graduating from the School of Architecture and Design, Mingyang Akihiro Yu (B.Arch. ’19) received his master’s degree and landed a job with HYP-Arch in Shanghai, China, leading the company’s international project department.
Alumni Profile: Jiawen (Mani) Huang
When Jiawen (Mani) Huang (M.S. ’20) graduated from the physician assistant studies program, she had already been offered a position at New York-Presbyterian—Queens Emergency Department. By the fall of 2020, she was thrust into emergency patient care amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about her journey.
Student Profile: Ilaha Jalilova
Ilaha Jalilova’s inspiring video about New York Tech earned her a $5,000 scholarship from HelloCampus.
Students First: Fall Academic Plans with the Deans
Deans and representatives from New York Tech’s colleges and schools joined the university community for the second discussion of the 2021 Students First: Community Conversations series.
Digital Arts Student Designs Socks for Autism Awareness
Jacob Greene is interning at John’s Crazy Socks, where is working on new designs for the company’s Autism Awareness Socks collection.
Alumni Profile: Brandon Hamchuk
Brandon Hamchuk’s (B.S. ’07) New York Tech education helped him strike out on his own and start BKH Architecture. Now, he’s designing multiple-family dwellings throughout the New York metropolitan area and landed a project to turn Yankee Stadium into a COVID-19 vaccination site.
Students First: The Student Experience
Assistant Provost for Student Engagement and Development Tiffani L. Blake, M.Ed., and Dean of Students Felipe Henao, Ed.D., joined the New York Tech community for the first discussion of the Students First: Community Conversations series.
Light-years Ahead
In the 1970s, computer scientists and engineers worked on cutting-edge technology that would give birth to computer-generated imagery and animation as we know it today.
Alumni Profile: Radhika Mehta-Sharan
Radhika Mehta-Sharan (M.B.A. ’02) believes being a true leader is having the ability to lead through times of uncertainty. As a wealth management advisor at Merrill Lynch, she guides her clients through economic ups and downs to help them reach financial success.
New York Tech Supports K-8 STEM Education Through $3.75 Million in State Grants
The university will work with school districts across Nassau County on teacher training initiatives that were recently granted more than $3.75 million in funding by the New York State Department of Education’s Smart Start Grant Program.
Alumni Profile: Kyriacos Athens Athanasiou
When he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1984, Kyriacos Athens Athanasiou, Ph.D., was only beginning to dream of where his focus and field might take him. In the years since, he has become one of the world’s foremost thinkers, inventors, and leaders in the world of biomedical engineering.