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WCBS-NY, March 29th, 2013
NYU plans to open a 40,000 square-foot institute in Brooklyn next year that will focus on Game Design, Engineering and Games for learning. The programs are split between NYU and the Polytechnic Institute of NYU. Click here to watch the video.
WCBS-NY (Radio) - New York, NY
WCBS-NY, March 29th, 2013
NYU is opening a Media and Games network in Downtown Brooklyn that will bring NYU programs such as Game Design, Engineering and Games for learning together. Listen to audio here.
NYU to open center for studying games in Brooklyn
By Karen Matthews, San Francisco Chronicle, March 28th, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — New York University is aiming to cement its position as a leader in the young field of video game studies by opening a 40,000-square-foot institute called the Media and Games Network in downtown Brooklyn next fall. The facility called MAGNET will bring together existing NYU...
NYU Polytechnic Institute's smartphone-controlled robot will allow grannies to read bedtime stories remotely
By Lore Croghan, The Daily News, March 27th, 2013
Wiz kids from a downtown Brooklyn college are designing a robot to serve as a surrogate granny — and there’s an app for that. Caesar the robot is just one of the space-age creations designed by NYU Polytechnic Institute students. Caesar will be will be able to read bedtime stories...
Veti-Gel by Joe Landolina Instantly Ceases Bleeding
By Meghan Young, Trend Hunter, March 27th, 2013
An ointment that instantly stops bleeding can save so many lives; that's why Veti-Gel by Joe Landolina, a 20-year-old New York University student, is making such a commotion. If this medical development is all that it is promised to be, commercials for blood donations may soon cease to exist....
Latina Leaders: A first generation finance expert says her most important duty is to help others
By Kristina Puga, NBC Latino, March 25th, 2013
New York-based finance expert, Carmen Wong Ulrich, says she was born incredibly curious. “For me it was a discovery,” says Ulrich about her career path. “I did know I wanted an advice column and I wanted to do TV — I pretty much have done it all by now at 41. Now, I’m...
NYU-Poly students present gun safety innovations
By Jonathan Keshishoglou, Washington Square news, March 25th, 2013
NYU-Poly sophomore Joshua Soussan and his teammates, sophomore Deepak Goel and freshman Kevin Veerasammy, are proposing an invention that could prevent thousands of students from becoming victims of school shootings. The proposal, known as the Aegis project, is a direct response to President Obama...
Videogame On—in Brooklyn
By Laura Kusisto, The Wall Street Journal, March 18th, 2013
Downtown Brooklyn, which has been struggling to attract more hip technology companies, has lured a new tenant that arguably epitomizes the nerdy-cool image it wants to project—a videogame institute. New York University is launching an interdisciplinary center to train budding game makers in...
NYU super-student invents instant blood-clotting gel
By Victoria Wellman, Mail Online, March 18th, 2013
NYU boasts many budding geniuses among its students but one has already proven he is an Einstein in the making by inventing a gel that stops bleeding instantly and heals wounds without the need for a single bandage. Joe Landolina, a bachelor's student of bio-molecular chemical engineering who...
Lego robotics competition
By Jill Nicolini, MyFoxNY, March 15th, 2013
NEW YORK (MYFOXNY) - This weekend the students at Fort Greene Prep are preparing for the FIRST Lego League Robotics Competition. We were there to cheer them on: go Wolf Pack! More than 200 student teams will be competing in the 13th annual New York City FIRST celebration. The school partnered with...
