With hurricane season upon us, Illya Azaroff needs to empty his voicemail inbox at least once a day. His expertise in disaster recovery, resilience and rebuilding, and his activity in the post-Hurricane Sandy recovery campaign have made him increasingly popular with government officials, architects and engineers.
When Dany Salas left the Dominican Republic for New York in January 2008 to attend college, he was uncharacteristically silent for the first couple of months in his new country. He was afraid to speak English; his thick Spanish accent wasn’t understood and he felt self-conscious.
David Hinson, national director, Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), a bureau within the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, will address more than 2,300 graduating seniors at NYC College of Technology's 73rd Commencement Exercises on Tuesday, June 4.
Dr. Anne Zissu, chair of the business department at New York City College of Technology (City Tech), was the lead expert witness in the recent landmark $500 million settlement of a class action suit against Countrywide Financial Corporation.
New York City College of Technology (City Tech) has chosen English Professor George Guida as its 2013 Scholar on Campus for his outstanding work as a poet, fiction writer, critic, editor and teacher. He will deliver his Scholar on Campus lecture, “Creativity, Language and Life,” and read from his poetry, on Monday, April 22, at 5 p.m.
A half-day conference (8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) on the evolving culture and impact of the bicycle in Brooklyn sponsored by City Tech's Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center and CUNY's University Transportation Research Center.
Vasily Kolchenko, associate professor of biological sciences at New York City College of Technology (City Tech), is a key player on a research team that recently made a breakthrough with enormous potential significance for the treatment of serious diseases.
Building on the success of his previous books about Italian-American identity in the New World, George Guida has released his new fiction collection, The Pope Stories and Other Tales of Troubled Times (Bordighera Press, 2012).
Observing the 2007-08 U.S. banking crisis and its devastating effects on the secondary mortgage market, Anne Zissu has responded by addressing recent history and the current state of this critically important market in a timely update of her 2005 book, The Securitization Markets Handbook: Structures and Dynamics of Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities (John Wiley & Sons, 2012).
When thousands of citizens opposed to “fracking” present their case to legislators in Albany this spring, chances are that some of them will carry posters of a controversial billboard created by New York City College of Technology (City Tech) graduate Svetlana (Lana) Akhmadieva.
One might think that Richard Fisher chose a circuitous path to a college degree and academic achievement. But it ended up working out just fine for him, as he has been named New York City College of Technology’s (City Tech’s) 2012 Valedictorian.
As a young boy growing up in Iran, Mohammad Razani was fascinated with space travel and its potential to benefit humans. His passion has shaped his career and his scholarship, inspiring the publication of his new book, Information, Communication, and Space Technology (CRC Press, 2012).
XiangDong Li has been named New York City College of Technology’s (City Tech’s) 2012 Scholar on Campus for his outstanding work in the emerging fields of informational security and quantum computing.
On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking, marine forensics expert Richard Woytowich will present a paper re-interpreting the statements made by survivors at the 1912 official inquiries into the disaster.
Soyeon Cho, assistant professor of human services at New York City College of Technology (City Tech) discusses her research that is focused on physical and mental health disparities in the Korean American populations in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and New Jersey (especially Fort Lee and Palisades Park).
The timeliness of Panayotakis’ new book, "Remaking Scarcity: From Capitalist Inefficiency to Economic Democracy" (Pluto Press, UK, September 2011), was captured in the forward by Joel Kovel. “In Remaking Scarcity, Costas Panayotakis expertly dissects a capitalist system in the agonies of intractable crisis and gives a radical yet practicable guide to its transformation.”
City Tech's Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center fellows and other speakers and panelists will address issues related to the future of the Brooklyn Waterfront in a conference titled, "The Waterfront -- A Brooklyn Model for Preservation and Change."
Some of the nation’s top chefs will be turning out to help New York City College of Technology (City Tech) raise money for its hospitality management scholarship program. They will create their signature dishes.
The ways in which four major American women writers -- Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Willa Cather and Edith Wharton -- dealt with their domestic roles and how they portrayed this domesticity in their work is the focus of a new book by New York City College of Technology (City Tech) Professor Caroline Hellman.
Changing the world can be fun, according to City Tech Professor Benjamin Shepard. His two recently published books explore the use of play as a valuable component of social movements and political activism, from the local to the national level.
Great leaders exhibit courage, vision and charisma that make them role models. But City Tech"s Martin Garfinkle, in his new book, is more interested in a lesser-known trait common to several -- clinical depression -- to show how their personal struggles could be used to help children at risk for this condition.
Professor Aaron Barlow, (English) of NYC College of Technology has edited One Hand Does Not Catch a Buffalo: 50 Years of Amazing Peace Corps Stories, a hand-picked collection of 76 essays by Peace Corps volunteers from 31 countries in Africa.
Delivering the commencement address is Lisa P. Jackson, the first African-American to serve as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator, who will receive City Tech’s President’s Award.
Writer, historian and playwright Jane Mushabac has been named the 2011 Scholar on Campus at New York City College of Technology (City Tech). She will perform and discuss her Sephardic short story “Pasha: Ruminations of David Aroughetti” on Monday, April 11, from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
What is the difference is between one variety of honey and another? Which kinds are better for cooking? Eating? City Tech's Claire Stewart, who is a beekeeper answers these questions and more, and explains her love of bees.
City Tech Nursing Prof. Kathleen Falk's research indicates that a community-based care plan and regular disease marker monitoring made a difference in health outcomes in patients with obstacles to diabetes management.
New York City College of Technology’s (City Tech) students, faculty and curriculum will connect to the dynamic “living laboratory” of Downtown Brooklyn in new and creative ways thanks to a $3.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE).
New York City College of Technology has won six competitive grants totaling close to $5 million. Funding will strengthen and re-imagine academic offerings as well as provide cutting-edge research opportunities for faculty and students.
Advances being made to explore outer space using solar sails were discussed by the more than 60 scientists from 12 nations who attended the Second International Symposium on Solar Sailing (ISSS 2010) held recently at New York City College of Technology (City Tech) in Downtown Brooklyn.
Top scientists from 14 countries will convene at New York City College of Technology (City Tech) from July 20 through July 22 for the Second International Symposium on Solar Sailing. They will discuss recent advances in solar sailing technologies, near-term solar sailing missions and the physics of solar sailing.
Out of devastation emerged opportunity for Lerone Bleasdille, New York City College of Technology’s (City Tech) 2010 valedictorian. He arrived at City Tech as a result of Hurricane Ivan in 2004, which decimated most of the buildings in his native country, Grenada.
As students, we've all had the experience of studying and then taking a test, looking at the grade and then 'filing it' away. Quite the opposite is happening at NYC College of Technology for Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) students. They not only retain what they learn but apply SRL skills to help them succeed in their subsequent courses.
“No contemporary filmmakers take risks the way Quentin Tarantino does. No one else is quite so willing to fail. And no one is as dedicated to reinvention as he is. He is the perfect topic for a film writer, for there is always something new to say, even about his old films, each time one watches a movie he has made,” Aaron Barlow says.
Developing "CityTech Island" in Second Life is more than a game to students and faculty at the College. It's an interdisciplinary opportunity to collaborate, whether on the design and development of a virtual (biological) cell or a museum. The College is a good example of 'best practices' in the use of SL as a learning too. See why.
NYC College of Technology (City Tech) physicist Giovanni Ossola received an NSF grant to develop new computer codes for the precise and efficient computation of the theoretical predictions involved in the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). His work is expected to make a significant contribution to contemporary physics.
The role of fun, creativity, pleasure and play in social movements -- especially the theatrical approach to protest and community building taken by the gay liberation movement and “queer activism” -- is explored in City Tech Human Services Assistant Professor Benjamin Shepard's new book published by Routledge.
What’s the probability of two complete strangers -- whose sons as of October 6 will both star on Broadway as “Billy” in the Tony-Award-winning hit Billy Elliot the Musical -- being hired by the same employer?
New York City College of Technology (City Tech) has partnered with the NYC Department of Education, National Academy Foundation and CUNY's Early College Initiative to launch a new secondary school that will enable students to graduate in five years with both a high school diploma and a college associate degree.
Dr. Anthony Sena, chair of the restorative dentistry department at NYC College of Technology/CUNY (City Tech) has co-designed and constructed a new version of a dental appliance called an obturator, which will advance the science of mouth restorations for patients who have lost a significant portion of their palatal bone and sinus cavity, and thus have difficulty eating and speaking.
Ayesha Siddiqui, who is proud to be an American-Muslim, a Pakistani-American and a New Yorker, has been named New York City College of Technology's (City Tech's) 2009 Valedictorian. "I've lived in the Middle East and here in New York; I feel I can be a bridge between different faiths and cultures," she says.
Nursing Professor Kathleen Falk has launched the New York City College of Technology (City Tech) Mentor Program for Children of Promise. The program aims to help children of incarcerated parents in Brooklyn achieve better outcomes: to progress scholastically and develop emotionally.
The NEH has awarded NYC College of Technology English Professor Matthew K. Gold a grant for his innovative digital humanities project, "Looking for Whitman: The Poetry of Place in the Life and Work of Walt Whitman," which expands the boundaries of education beyond the "walled garden" of traditional academic disciplines, classroom activities, and online learning environments.
Nooria Nodrat's life, in the aftermath of a series of tragedies that began in her native Afghanistan and continued in New York, are captured in a new 35-minute, uplifting documentary, New York Nooria: An American Journey, which will premier at Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue (at 2nd Street), Manhattan, on Saturday, January 3, 8:45 p.m. Admission is $5.
City Tech Hospitality Management Professor and Wine Expert Karen Goodlad weighs in on the current wine consumption boom and puts it into an historical perspective as the U.S. marks the 75th anniversary of Prohibition's repeal on December 5. Her wine recommendations are included at the end of this release.
New York City College of Technology intends to make inroads in the prediction of natural disasters with support from a three-year, $459K grant from the National Science Foundation. The funds are targeted for faculty-supervised student research in state-of-the-art satellite and ground-based remote sensing.
These are heady times for an expert on mortgage- and asset-backed securities to be in New York City, Anne Zissu has discovered. She recently was appointed associate professor and chairperson of New York City College of Technology's (City Tech) Department of Business.
Eric Watts, a 30-year-old single dad living in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, has published his first book of poetry, "Cellar Door: Volume One," which deals with his turbulent early life. He is making sure his two daughters have a much happier childhood and will be signing copies of his book at the Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday, September 14, at Borough Hall in Brooklyn.
New York City College of Technology Biology Professors Nasreen and Niloufar Haque have announced preliminary findings of their research on the "white stuff" in Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal. "What we suspected turned out to be true," Nasreen confirmed. "The extracts from the microbes in the water proved to be potential sources of antibiotics or inhibitors."
The conference will look at how new media is being used to make connections, to empower communities and/or control, colonize or dominate them. The question of whether race works differently in the 'new' media than it did in the 'old' media will be explored. Another focus is on how video games, blogs, chat rooms and other forms of digital worlds create and represent race and racial identities.
Though the number of U.S. college women majoring in mathematics continues to increase, the percentage of new female PhDs in the field has leveled off since 1999, This trend disturbs two mathematics professors at NYC College of Technology, Victoria Gitman and Delaram Kahrobaei, and they are doing all they can to change it, including producing a May 2 conference with NSF funding.
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