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Live from Leogane: Orphans International Partners with Haitian School Founded by Orphan
By Jim Luce, Huffingtonpost.com, May 30th, 2010
"My father, Ambroise Beauliere, wrote our school's mission statement forty years ago to provide private education at the best possible quality at the lowest possible cost. He wanted to create responsible citizens to be able to give back to society," Principal Philippe Beauliere told me on my 21st...
Robots infiltrate fish schools, garner followers
By Tim Hornyak, news.cnet.com, May 29th, 2010
Are fish smart enough to tell the difference between real fish and replicant fish? Apparently not. Researcher Maurizio Porfiri is developing robot swimmers that can interact with schools of fish and even lead them around. You might think Porfiri, an engineering professor at Polytechnic Institute of...
Why would fish follow a robot?
futurity.org, May 28th, 2010
Forget artificial intelligence. How about artificial leadership? A mechanical engineer at New York University is combining smart materials and mathematics to build robots that lead schooling fish. Someday, Maurizio Porfiri, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at NYU’s Polytechnic...
John Sexton's Global Campus Plans for NYU
By John Hechinger, Bloomberg Bussinessweek, May 27th, 2010
Never mind the Ivy League. Sexton, president of New York University, is set to open a new campus in Abu Dhabi, expand aggressively at home, and turn his school into a global franchise. Next stop: China John Sexton, the president of New York University, typically greets students, faculty, and even...
Varick Street Incubator Hatches City Start-Ups
By Joseph De Avila, online.wsj.com, May 20th, 2010
When Andres Blank and Inaki Berenguer started their social-media company last year, they spent the first few months working in the living room of Mr. Blank's one-bedroom apartment along with three other friends. It led to awkward situations. "Sometimes people would arrive super early and I was...
Jimmy Barrett has NYU-Poly heading to softball NCAA Tournament
By Jerry Lee, SILive.com, May 13th, 2010
The road to the top was certainly filled with more than its share of bumps the past 10 years, but Jimmy Barrett is enjoying the view from the top now. The “top” for Barrett, the head softball coach at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU), is the regular-season and conference champion...
Silicon Alley startup lands financing
By Kira Bindrim, crainsnewyork.com, May 13th, 2010
Using Google, Facebook, Twitter and Yelp to create an all-encompassing social site does more than make it easier to plan a Saturday; it also gets you paid. TheHotlist.com, which lets users see what their friends are doing and what people have to say about specific venues and events, just landed $...
A fresh start
By Michael Boytim, AltoonaMirror.com, May 10th, 2010
Not many softball players get extensive playing time as freshmen in college. Even less become immediate stars. Hardly any get labeled as the cornerstone of a team. Polytechnic Institute of New York University freshman Miranda Merilli just happens to be one of those rare players. "I nicknamed her '...
Forensic tool will advance data recovery
By Tim Greene, PC World, May 7th, 2010
Tools designed to harvest images from disks even after they have been deleted from the file system can be adapted to seek other file formats including Word documents, says Nasir Memon, a professor at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University. In research that he hasn't yet published, Memon...
College Cricketer makes USA Team! Adrian Gordon, NYU-Poly
By Lloyd Jodah, American College Cricket.com, May 6th, 2010
... At the 2010 American College Cricket Championship Gordon impressed with his pace, and accuracy and nearly took the new, and hastily put together NYU-Poly team into the final four (the Team had never played a game together before ). It was no surprise when he was selected to represent the USA,...
