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NYU Offers a Crash Course in Sustainability for Business Executives
By Ariel Schwartz, Fast Company, January 5th, 2010
Want to make sure you're the best candidate for that high-level executive job? You might want to bone up on your sustainability skills with a little help from the NYU Polytechnic Institute's CleantechExecs program, a 10-session course that teaches budding executives how to navigate New York City's...
Creative Winners in Hardware Trojan Contest
By Mark Anderson, IEEE Spectrum, January 5th, 2010
In November, engineering students from five top universities gathered at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU, in Brooklyn, N.Y., for the Embedded Systems Challenge. The aim was to test new attacks and defenses against an underappreciated breed of Trojan horse — embedded malware built into integrated...
First Round Capital Takes A Tour Of NYC’s Start-Up Scene
By Ty McMahan, The Wall Street Journal | Blogs, January 5th, 2010
The investing team at First Round Capital trekked through New York City today on a start-up scavenger hunt.As the West Conshohocken, Pa.-based early-stage firm prepares to open an office in the Big Apple, the investors thought it would be a good idea to go knocking on the doors of the city’s...
Update: Classes to Launch Experienced Executives into New York's Clean-Tech Economy
VerticalNews.com, January 5th, 2010
Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) is about to jump-start New York's clean-tech leadership base via a unique executive management course. Unlike many boot camps that provide anecdotal lessons from green-tech panelists, the NYU-Poly CleantechExecs program will offer 10 intensive...
What He's Reading: Jerry Hultin
By Kira Bindrim, Crain’s New York Business, January 3rd, 2010
Jerry Hultin, president of the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, is plowing through William Hogeland's The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty. ... Read the full article at Crain's New York...
NYU-Poly, NYU Scientists Working to Develop Early Diagnostic Tool for Alzheimers
NYU Today, January 2nd, 2010
Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia among older people, affecting as many as 2.4 million to 4.5 million Americans, according to the National Institute on Aging. Now, under a two-year $80,000 New Investigator Research Grant from the Alzheimer’s Association, Jin Ryoun Kim, assistant...
NYU-Poly's NYC ACRE to host 'CleantechExecs' curriculum
Business Incubator Association of New York State, Inc., December 31st, 2009
The New York City Accelerator for Clean and Renewable Energy (NYC ACRE), a NYSERDA-sponsored clean-energy incubator operated by our supporting member NYU-Poly, will host 10-intensive, day-long sessions and seminars for experienced startup executives entering the cleantech sectors. NYSERDA will fund...
Wanted: ‘Cyber Ninjas’
By Christopher Drew, The New York Times, December 29th, 2009
...as attacks on vital computer systems proliferate, surveys show a serious shortage of talent to combat them. Banks, military contractors and software companies, along with federal agencies, are looking for “cyber ninjas” to fend off a sophisticated array of hackers, from criminals stealing credit...
Educate-to-innovate is the new catch phrase
By Rahat Bano, Hindustan Times, December 22nd, 2009
The system of engineering education in the United States is going through a “paradigm shift”, says Jerry M Hultin, president, Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly). He explains what this means and what benefits this brings to Indian students. What is the scope of studying...
Classes To Launch Experienced Executives into New York's Clean-Tech Economy
entrepreneurs.ulitzer.com, December 22nd, 2009
Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) is about to jump-start New York's clean-tech leadership base via a unique executive management course. Unlike many boot camps that provide anecdotal lessons from green-tech panelists, the NYU-Poly CleantechExecs program will offer 10 intensive...
