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Posted April 10th, 2008

Congressman Ed Towns sees PolyThinking in action

Congressman Ed Towns (left) gets a feel for a cutting-edge material that’s strong enough to deflect blast debris and light enough to be used in space shuttle construction. From securing...

Posted March 31st, 2008

Wake-up Call: study finds cell phones increase students' risk-taking

Study co-author: Richard E. Wener, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Environmental Psychology and Department Head of Humanities and Social Sciences For today’s college students who came of age...

Posted March 26th, 2008

Merging of the Minds: first group of Poly students takes classes at NYU

A group of intrepid Poly students has taken a glimpse at the future of Poly as a school of NYU and reports that there’s much to look forward to. Late last year as merger planning was at full...

Posted March 20th, 2008

Navy League recognizes Poly Trustee for strength through science

2008 Roosevelts Gold Medal for Science presented to Mr. Smith by Dinner Chairman Donniel Schulman (left), General Manager, Global Finance and Administration, IBM Global Services, and New York...

Posted March 13th, 2008

Assistant Professor Montclare receives important chemical science grant

Jin Kim Montclare, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Sciences Assistant Professor Jin Kim Montclare has received a 2008 Special Grant in Chemical Sciences from The Camille and...

Posted March 7th, 2008

An Opportunity to Soar: Poly Trustees approve NYU merger

Chairman Craig Matthews opens a university Town Hall with news of the Board’s vote. On Thursday, March 6, Poly’s Board of Trustees voted to approve the Definitive Agreement to merge with...

Posted February 29th, 2008

Poly receives $3 million/5-year NSF GK-12 Fellows grant to promote mechatronics at K-12 schools

(left to right) Professor Noel N. Kriftcher, Professor Dariusz Czarkowski, Professor Vikram Kapila, Professor Magued G. Iskander, Professor Maurizio Porfiri and Professor Rastislav Levicky...

Posted February 28th, 2008

Poly teams up with FDNY to fight fire with engineering

While soaring flames and dark clouds of smoke rushed out the windows of a seven-story building on Governors Island on Monday, Februrary 25, video cameras recorded the scene and onlookers...

Posted February 22nd, 2008

Professor Ross to give plenary address at the spring IETF Meeting

Dr. Keith W. Ross, Leonard J. Shustek Distinguished Professor of Computer Science Dr. Keith W. Ross, Internet and computer networking expert and Leonard J. Shustek Professor of Computer...

Posted February 21st, 2008

Illuminating Innovation: Professor Jackson wins Hans Sauer Award

Pictured from left to right: Prof. Dr. H.J. Rheinberger, Dir. of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin; Dr. Myles Jackson, Dibner Family Prof. of History of Science and...