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National survey finds NYU-Poly strong in active and collaborative learning
According to findings from a national survey of first-year and senior students, one of Polytechnic Institute of NYU's greatest strengths is its active and collaborative learning environment.... Professor Sofou receives $450,000 grant for breast cancer research
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation has given Polytechnic Institute of NYU Assistant Professor Stavroula Sofou a $450,000 grant for drug delivery research. The foundation, which is dedicated to fighting breast cancer throughout the world, selected ... Image and Imagination: joint forum looks to generate research collaborations
Broadly speaking, by joining forces Polytechnic engineers can build and enhance imaging tools that NYU scientists can use to make medical discoveries that can lead to better healthcare. The forum, the first of its kind since the two institutions became af... $2 million state-funded tech and entertainment center will inspire innovation and spark economic activity
New York state is providing a $2 million grant to fund the "Center of Innovation for Technology and Entertainment," or "CITE." It will be the first of its kind in NYC, and is envisioned to be not only a hub for student, faculty, and professional c... NYU-Poly receives $1.9 million grant to fund Faculty Innovations in Teaching and Learning Center
Polytechnic Institute of NYU's commitment to provide its students an educational experience rooted in invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship (i2e) will be bolstered by a $1.9 million grant it has received from the U.S. Department of Education to e... Wired for Opportunity, Vulnerable to Deep Risk: students and professionals unite to secure cyber space
In only five years since it debuted, the student-run program, which many refer to simply as "CSAW," has become the nation's preeminent forum for advancing the cyber-security community's dialogue on critical issues as it links industry, higher educ... Ushering in a New Era: Governor Paterson receives first honorary NYU-Poly degree
Polytechnic celebrated the dawn of a new era on Wednesday, October 22 as it formally ushered in its first academic year as Polytechnic Institute of New York University during a politically star-studded convocation attended by 500 students, faculty, alumni... Inventor of the Web cites faculty member's research in Scientific American
In "Web Science Emerges," the authors highlight Polytechnic Institute of NYU's Oded Nov's contribution to the new discipline. They write that Professor Nov's research "is beginning to ascertain why Wikipedians post entrie... Games for Learning: NYU-Poly joins Microsoft Research, NYU and consortium to create 1st scientific-based game research alliance
Polytechnic Institute of NYU has teamed up with Microsoft Research, New York University, and a consortium of other universities to create a research alliance that will provide the fundamental evidence to support games as learning tools for math and scienc... More Top Marks: NYU-Poly ranks top 10 in innovation and racial diversity; top 20 in economic diversity
Polytechnic Institute of NYU can add three more items to its list of recent distinctions: - 10th in Innovation, Computerworld.com - 3rd in Racially Diversity, U.S. News & World Report - 15th in Economic Diversity, U.S. News & World Report... NYU-Poly receives $500K/3-year NSF grant to promote science and mechatronics research to high school teachers
Polytechnic Institute of NYU has received a $500K grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to recruit, train and mentor teachers from New York City high schools in science and mechatronics research.... Cyber Crime-fighting: students compete to secure cyber space
Polytechnic Institute of NYU's Fifth Annual Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) is pitting the nation's brightest computer science students against the stealthy -- and ever-growing -- world of cyber crime.... NYU-Poly community mourns student's death
The community of Polytechnic Institute of NYU mourns the tragic loss of Andrei Koloskov, a financial engineering graduate student who was involved in a fatal car accident Sunday night. He is remembered as a caring and gifted student who brought life and... 'Hottest thinker in the world' joins faculty
According to The London Times, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the Polytechnic Institute of NYU's new distinguished professor of risk engineering, is "the hottest thinker in the world."... To the Class of 2012: 'Are you ready to change the world'?
They haven't even begun their first courses, but the Class of 2012 has already made history. At a convocation ceremony on Tuesday, August 26, the future inventors, innovators and entrepreneurs were formally welcomed as the first official class of the ne... Top Marks: NYU-Poly ranks seventh in Northeastern colleges for best pay, fourth in nation among engineering schools
PayScale, a provider of online compensation data, recently ranked NYU-Poly seventh in Northeast colleges and fourth among U.S. engineering schools in the nation with regard to salary potential for undergraduate students upon graduation.... Future entrepreneurs get hands-on experience at BEST startups
Three start-up companies in Polytechnic Institute of NYU's BEST business incubator offered a group of local teenagers the chance to get much more than pocket money from their summer jobs this year.... Leading researcher joins faculty as industry professor of bioengineering
Polytechnic Institute of NYU has appointed Dr.Gene DiResta as the new director of its biomedical engineering masters program. He will also serve as director and advisor to the undergraduate pre-med program.... Did you hear? Physics and virology collide in a Rogers Hall laboratory
Stephen Arnold, director of Polytechnic Institute of NYU's Microparticle Photophysics Laboratory for BioPhotonics (MP3L) has been quietly making strides in "whispering gallery modes (WGM)" since before optical physicists adopted the term. Talk of hi... Shaping IT Professionals for the 21st Century: NYU-Poly takes lead at UN conference, announces CIO Academy
Polytechnic Institute of NYU's expertise in information technology management and cyber security went global at the 20th Annual Information and Communications Technology for Sustainable Economic, Business and Social Development Conference held at the Un...
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