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2013 Distinguished Teacher Award and the 2013 Jacobs Excellence in Education Awards

On the recommendation of the Faculty Committee for Teaching Awards, it is my pleasure to announce the 2013 Distinguished Teacher Award and the 2013 Jacobs Excellence in Education Awards.  These...

Going West

When the Division of Student Affairs invites you to a session of its Spotlight Series, you expect to hear an enlightening lecture and perhaps engage in a lively Q&A. You probably do not expect to...

Engineers in the Archive

Using archival material to gain insight into i2e was the focus of a presentation by Christopher Leslie, instructor of media, science and technology studies at NYU-Poly, last week. As part of Leslie...

Six Months After Sandy, Building a More Resilient Wireless World

With the recent six-month anniversary of Hurricane Sandy approaching, a group of engineers, academics, telecommunications and government representatives gathered at Polytechnic Institute of New York...

Inno/Vention Closes with DemoDay

On April 25th, Aryeh Katz cleared his throat and announced to a buzzing Pfizer Auditorium that he was “a bit nervous.” And with good reason. Esteemed judges, instructors, friends, and...

Report from Town Hall

Students, faculty and staff filed into Pfizer Auditorium on April 25 for an historic occasion—to hear the first Town Hall address given by the President of the Polytechnic Institute of New York...

From the Lab to the Marketplace

Jin Montclare, an associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), and grad student Carlo Yuvienco have developed an e-...

Stanford, California: Here They Come

How many schools can boast having even one of the top 100 young entrepreneurs in the world? Well, the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) has not one, but six! That would be an...

i²e Gala Honors Leadership, Vision, Innovation and Impact

The Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) honored three remarkable leaders of industry and education during its i2e Gala, on April 17, 2013 in Grand Central Terminal’s...

Women in Technology—Not Just a Fairy Tale

It was standing room only when Internet Hall of Famer Nancy Hafkin took the stage to speak on April 9, as part of the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly)’s “Technology...