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Posted April 23rd, 2012

City Hall Selects NYU’s Center for Urban Science and Progress as an Applied Science Center

Dear NYU-Poly Community: We are delighted to announce that today, in the lobby of NYU-Poly’s Jacobs Academic Building, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the creation of the NYU Center for Urban...

Posted April 18th, 2012

Spring Town Hall Signifies New Beginnings at NYU-Poly

A buzz took over MetroTech Center, or Innovation Square as it’s been dubbed, before last week’s Town Hall meeting. Jerry Hultin, president of the Polytechnic Institute of New York...

Posted April 17th, 2012

i²e Gala Honors Established and Rising Entrepreneurs

As the first full moon of spring rose in the clear night sky behind him, Jerry Hultin, president of Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), invited the more than 300 guests seated...

Posted April 16th, 2012

A Common Ground for Creativity

Mechanical Engineering. Classical music composition. Psychology. Jazz. On the surface, these pursuits have little in common, but for NYU-Poly Assistant Professor Maurizio Porfiri and the three co-...

Posted April 13th, 2012

Paying It Forward: The Inaugural Women’s Mini-Summit

Go to a street corner. Ask a young woman, “Who runs the world,” and you’re likely to receive a one-word answer: girls. That’s what Anita Farrington, dean of the Office of...

Posted April 13th, 2012

Entrepreneur Turns to Varick Street Entrepreneurs for Startup Tips

The editors of Entrepreneur came to the Varick Street Incubator for tips on starting a new business for the series “Project Grow.” Watch the first of 13 instructional videos from the...

Posted April 12th, 2012

Field Report from the 5G Frontier

The public typically equates third-generation or fourth-generation (more widely known as 3G or 4G) devices with smartphones, but insiders understand that the terms refer to the advancements engineers...

Posted April 3rd, 2012

Sing to Me, O Mentor!

Step one of creating something iconic — an epic poem, a visual masterpiece, even a rock song — has, for centuries in Western culture, meant invoking the muse. What’s step one for...

Posted April 2nd, 2012

Linking Up with Super Connector Jasmin Hume

The audience of 70 middle-schoolers and teachers from IS 59 and JHS 189 in Queens, New York, listened as Jasmin Hume shared a little-known fact about her background: She had been a cheerleader during...

Posted March 29th, 2012

Revolutionaries Ahmed Salah and Mahitab al-Gilani Visit NYU-Poly

The farmer’s almanac lists March 20 as the official start of spring, establishing a common point for the one-year anniversary of the “Arab Spring,” the series of uprisings that...