NYU-Poly News
NYU-Poly News
NYU-Poly Jumps to 5th Place in Salary Potential; Engineering Still Top-earning Major
July 26th, 2010
When Ursula Burns, chairman and CEO of Xerox Corp., decided to study engineering at Polytechnic Institute of NYU, then Polytechnic Institute of New York, it was in part because engineers made more...
Xerox CEO Ursula Burns (’80 ME): Poly Changed My Life
July 20th, 2010
NYU-Poly alum Ursula Burns, chairman and CEO of Xerox Corp., describes how Polytechnic "changed my life" (4:15) at New York University's pre-commencement dinner on May 11, 2010. The following day, Ms...
Postdoctoral Researcher Elevated to Highest IEEE Member Grade
July 20th, 2010
Polytechnic Institute of NYU Postdoctoral Research Scientist Yatao Liu of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering has achieved Senior Member status of the IEEE. Only 8 percent of IEEE’s...
Associate Professor Erkip Named Finalist in New York Academy of Sciences’ Blavatnik Awards
July 14th, 2010
The New York Academy of Sciences has named Polytechnic Institute of NYU’s Elza Erkip, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering who has made substantial contributions in the area...
Astronaut Teaches High School Students To Fail in Order To Create
July 7th, 2010
This week 50 promising high school students from around the region will learn the joys of engineering, NASA-style. For seven weeks they’ll troop to NYU-Poly to study an engineering dilemma NASA...
Pop-Up Media Garage Asks ‘How Soon is Now’
June 28th, 2010
A computer program that allows humans to intermingle electronic sound and image with emotion. Music created from a Twitter feed spilling from speakers. Alternate landscapes of the world’s largest...
Growing a Borderless, Incubator-filled NY Economy
June 22nd, 2010
“We empower faculty and students — in our incubators, our classrooms, and our laboratories — to start companies that create jobs and stimulate economic growth,” Polytechnic Institute of NYU President...
Summer of Research: Undergrads Begin Annual Program
June 16th, 2010
Polytechnic Institute of NYU kicked off its 4th Annual Undergraduate Summer Research Program on Monday. This year, 44 bright student researchers were selected among 100 applicants from NYU-Poly and...
Mayor Announces NYU-Poly and Columbia to Lead City-sponsored NYC Media Lab
June 16th, 2010
Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Monday that New York University (with Polytechnic Institute of NYU as the lead) and Columbia University will direct NYC Media Lab, the nation’s first government-...
An Urban-focused Executive Education in Clean Technology
June 11th, 2010
Projects emerging from Polytechnic Institute of NYU’s first CleantechExecs cohort could help New York City strengthen its green economy and lighten its impact on the environment. In May, 25...
