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Posted February 8th, 2012

NYU-Poly Student Makes it Through Preliminary Round in Stern Competition

SunCulture, a company that seeks to change farming in rural East Africa through the deployment of solar powered irrigation systems, has made it through the preliminary round of NYU's Stern Social...

Posted February 3rd, 2012

Want Consensus? Look to Fish

A flock of birds. A school of fish. An army of ants. Glance at these groupings and they appear to move in unison effortlessly. Take a closer look and you’ll see an intricate symphony of leaders...

Posted February 1st, 2012

A Perfect Circle: NYU-Poly Opens Its Doors at 2 MetroTech Center

“In many ways this ribbon cutting fulfills a dream that began 30 years ago with Forest City Ratner and George Bugliarello,” said Jerry Hultin, President of the Polytechnic Institute of...

Posted January 27th, 2012

NYUAD Sophomore Presents University's First Peer-Reviewed Paper

For most NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) students, winter break was a time to relax, visit with friends and family, and prepare for J-Term courses. For sophomore Songyishu Yang, however, it also included a...

Posted January 26th, 2012

Cooking Up Victories: FIRST LEGO League Competition at NYU-Polytechnic

Small knots of children knelt on the floor beside LEGO-built robots, as a pre-teen dressed as a chef led a handful of similarly outfitted classmates — oversized toques and all — through...

Posted January 17th, 2012

Protectress of the Wild West: A Profile of Suzanna Schmeelk

You've probably missed her on campus.  Between teaching online courses for the University of Maryland, volunteering at Weill Cornell Medical Hospital and working at LGS Innovations, Suzanna...

Posted January 10th, 2012

Expanding Minds and Networks: Justin Cappos Joins NYU-Poly

Sure there are many attractions in the computer science department at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), but professor Justin Cappos, who recently joined its faculty, has...

Posted December 19th, 2011

Warming Up: NYU-Poly Holds Open House at DUMBO Incubator

Last Thursday night, hopeful occupants of NYU-Poly’s second New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)-supported incubator, located in the Brooklyn neighborhood of DUMBO (Down...

Posted December 16th, 2011

Collaborative Effort Nets Award for Best Paper in Multimedia Communications

For the second time in only four years, the Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering Departments at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) have netted the Best...

Posted December 14th, 2011

Jonathan Viventi recipient of 2012 Taking Flight Award

Jonathan Viventi, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been selected to receive a 2012 Taking Flight Award, which includes a $100,000 grant, from the Citizens United for Research in...