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The New York Institute of Technology (NYIT or New York Tech) is a
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research university
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founded in 1955. It has two main campuses in
New York—one in
Old Westbury
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, on
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, and one in
Manhattan
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. Additionally, it has a
cybersecurity
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research lab and a biosciences, bioengineering lab in Old Westbury,
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/ref> as well as campuses in Arkansas
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, United Arab Emirates
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, China
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, and Canada
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.
The New York Institute of Technology Computer Graphics Lab
The Computer Graphics Lab was a computer lab located at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) in the late 1970s and 1980s, founded by Dr. Alexander Schure. It was originally located at the "pink building" on the NYIT campus.
The lab was in ...
is an important environment in the history of computer graphics
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and animation, as founders of Pixar
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and Lucasfilm
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began their research there.
Overview
New York Institute of Technology has five schools and two colleges, all with an emphasis on technology and applied scientific research: School of Architecture and Design, School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Education, School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, School of Health Professions, School of Management, College of Arts and Sciences and College of Osteopathic Medicine.
New York Tech offers a full range of undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs. The institute currently offers five doctoral degree
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programs, and has plans of offering more doctoral degree programs in the near future. NYIT is the birthplace
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of entirely 3D CGI films. As of 2020, two Turing Award
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winners have been affiliated with the university.
As of 2018, New York Tech enrolls 9,930 full-time students across its campuses worldwide. In its 2023 rankings of Colleges & Universities, '' U.S. News & World Report'' listed NYIT as a "selective" university with an acceptance rate of 80%.
History
Foundation and vision
In 1955, New York Institute of Technology opened under a provisional charter granted by the New York State Board of Regents to NYIT. Its first campus opened at 500 Pacific Street in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York. The founders of NYIT, and in particular, Alexander Schure
Alexander Schure (August 3, 1920 – October 29, 2009) was an American academic and entrepreneur. Schure founded the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) in 1955. He also served as the Chancellor of Nova Southeastern University (NSU) from 1970 ...
, started NYIT with the mission of offering career-oriented professional education, providing all qualified students access to opportunity, and supporting applications-oriented research. Schure later served as NYIT's first president.
In the higher education community at the time, a debate arose around the concern that humanities studies would be overshadowed by too much emphasis on science and engineering. NYIT's goal was to create a balance between science/engineering and a liberal arts education, and ever since, it has been focusing on this model to prepare students for current and future careers.
By the 1958–1959 academic year, the university had 300 students, and the time had come to expand its physical operations. In April 1958, the college purchased the Pythian Temple at 135–145 W. 70th St. in Manhattan for its main center. The building, adjacent to the planned Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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, was an ornate 12-story structure with a columned entranceway. Built in 1929 at a cost of $2 million, it included among its features a 1,200-seat auditorium. In 1958, NYIT sponsored the first National Technology Awards, created by Frederick Pittera, an organizer of international fairs and a member of the NYIT Board of Trustees, to help raise funds for the NYIT science and technology laboratories. The awards, held at the Waldorf-Astoria
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Hotel, were attended by several hundred guests, with entertainment provided by the U.S. Air Force Band
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. 36th President of the United States
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Lyndon Johnson was the keynote speaker. His speech was broadcast nationally by the ABC Radio Network
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. Among the honorees were Dr. Wernher von Braun
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and Major General Bernard Schriever
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, Commanding General of the Ballistic Air Command. Photos, press clippings, and audio tapes of the event are on view at the Lyndon Johnson Library at Austin, Texas.
Distinction through technology
Teaching Machines
In 1959, NYIT introduced “teaching machines” for student instruction in physics, electronics, and mathematics. NYIT also pioneered the use of mainframes
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as a teaching tool, having received its first, donated by the CIT Financial Corporation, in 1965. The curriculum was successful enough that NYIT received two grants totaling approximately $3 million from the federal government – one to develop a system of individualized learning through the use of computers; the other to develop a computer-based course in general physics for midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy
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in Annapolis, Md.
NYIT Computer Graphics Lab
In 1974, New York Institute of Technology Computer Graphics Lab
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was established and attracted the likes of: Pixar Animation Studios
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president Edwin Catmull
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and co-founder Alvy Ray Smith; Walt Disney Feature Animation
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animator Hank Grebe; and Netscape
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and Silicon Graphics
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founder James H. Clark
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. Researchers at the New York Institute of Technology Computer Graphics Lab created the tools that made entirely 3D CGI films possible. NYIT CG Lab was regarded as the top computer animation research and development group in the world during the late 70s and early 80s.[Brief History of the New York Institute of Technology Computer Graphics Lab](_blank)
(retrieved 30 June 2012)[A compilation of NYIT images and information can be found on Paul Heckbert's site](_blank)
retrieved 30 June 2012)
Clean Air Road Rally
In 1995, the NYIT School of Engineering took first place in the U.S. Department of Energy's Clean Air Road Rally. The student engineering team spent three years designing and building the high-performance hybrid electric car that beat 43 other vehicles.
In 1998, NYIT opened its first international program in China. In 1999, Bill Gates
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spoke at NYIT and received NYIT's Presidential Medal. In 2002, NYIT installed the fastest broadband network on the East Coast.
The 21st century
* In 2003, NYIT opened its Bahrain
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site to students seeking an American-style education in the Middle East.
* In 2005, NYIT participated in its first Solar Decathlon, an international competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. NYIT was one of nineteen colleges internationally and the only school in the New York metropolitan area. The team, composed of students and faculty, captured fifth place honors.
* In 2007, NYIT co-hosted the International Energy Conference and Exhibition in Daegu, South Korea.
* In 2007 the university received $500,000 in federal funding to develop a "green print" initiative to research alternative fuel technology and determine its carbon footprint.
* In 2008, NYIT installed a 3-D motion capture lab for its Fine Arts program in Old Westbury. The system allows the university to use technology to teach the next generation of computer animators.
* In 2008 NYIT was awarded a $130,000 research contract by United Space Alliance to help NASA scientists design the crew module of the Orion spacecraft using 3-D motion capture technology. NYIT's College of Osteopathic Medicine also uses 3-D motion capture technology to help doctors better identify mobility and stability problems in patients with Parkinson's disease.
* In July 2008 NYIT sponsored the first annual International Water Conference at the United Nations in New York City. The event brought together representatives from non-governmental organizations, international corporations, and universities to discuss the need to safeguard the planet's water resources.
* In 2009 NYIT sponsored its second U.N. event, the International Energy Conference (Aug. 31-Sept. 1, 2009) to welcome energy secretaries, policy makers, and executives from multinational companies to examine opportunities and innovations in the field of sustainable technology.
* NYIT closed its campuses in Jordan
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and Bahrain
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in 2013 and 2014 respectively. NYIT had to close its campus in Bahrain because the Higher Education Council of Bahrain decided to come up with a new set of regulations, aiming to standardize all private universities in Bahrain. NYIT could not adapt to the changes like the other local universities in Bahrain, as all NYIT campuses around the world must follow the same American standard programs, otherwise they would be threatened to lose their international license and accreditation.
Strategic plan
From 2000 to 2015, NYIT invested in initiatives to enhance the quality of the university, including campus infrastructure, a larger faculty, new endowed chairs and professorships. The money came from federal grants, New York state grants, and National Science Foundation grants, as well as university funding and contributions from alumni, corporations and foundations.[NYIT-Worldwide , NYIT](_blank)
. Nyit.edu. Retrieved on 2011-04-03. For example, in 2002, federal government awarded NYIT $0.3 million for a new cyber security lab, in 2009, NYIT received a multimillion-dollar donation from Lumeta Corporation, in 2011, NYIT received a $0.16 million grant from the Verizon
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Foundation, in 2013, NYIT received $1.4 million in state and federal grants for a portion of the costs required for constructing NYIT's new $4 million Entrepreneurship Technology Innovation Center, in 2014, NYIT received a $0.23 million National Science Foundation grant to purchase a sputtering machine, used in the electronics and medical fields to create thin film sensors, and in 2015, NYIT received from New York State a grant of $0.4 million for a portion of the costs required to renovate a 5,300-square-foot facility to house three new laboratories on its Old Westbury campus.
Some of the steps taken in the 2015–2016 academic year in implementing the strategic plan include:
* continuation of annual installments of smart classrooms and video wall installations,
* continuation of investing in technology in laboratories and studios,
* installment of clean-room sputtering machine inside the Entrepreneurship Technology Innovation Center in fall 2015,
* mobile-first website unveiled in January 2016,
* continuation of adding 3D printers across departments,
* adding laser scanners capable of measuring surface morphology in 3D,
* adding I-DEXA full body scanners,
* new Quark C-PET Metabolic Testing Systems that will enable to assess the physiological response to exercise in the medical school,
* investing in infrastructure upgrades for wireless technology,
* starting construction of residence halls, a dining facility, an academic building and executive offices on the Old Westbury campus,
* opening a new campus in Arkansas
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that will conduct research and offer graduate-level education and degrees such as Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.), Master of Science in Medical/Health Care Simulation, and Master of Science in Neuromusculoskeletal Sciences, among others.
* In 2017, NYIT opened a cybersecurity lab in Old Westbury, the first lab on Long Island designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security.
Campuses
Old Westbury
New York Institute of Technology's Old Westbury
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, New York, campus is seated on . It encompasses numerous contiguous former estates situated in the beautiful wooded hillsides of Old Westbury, New York. Some of these estates were formerly owned by members of the Rockefeller family
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. Opened in 1965, the campus has many buildings including a sports complex, administrative and academic buildings, a 100-seat "smart" auditorium, several dining halls, a bookstore, as well as NYIT's de Seversky Mansion, a party and event venue on Long Island, and one of the largest houses in the United States
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. It was developed on and around the nucleus of the former C. V. Whitney estate and includes several former North Shore estates. Original buildings have been reconstructed for educational use while retaining the charm of traditional exteriors. To preserve the natural beauty of the landscape, other buildings are clustered in low, modern structures surrounded by trees and open vistas. Classroom buildings and parking areas are connected by walkways through woods and meadows untouched by construction. Plazas connect classroom buildings and act as outdoor rooms for students and faculty. Concerts, lectures, and informal
recreational events are frequently scheduled on campus.
Athletic facilities at the Old Westbury campus include the 1,000-seat President's Stadium, the President's Field, the 500-seat Recreation Hall arena, the NYIT Softball Complex and the NYIT Tennis Complex consisting of six courts. Many notable people, including Patch Adams
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, spoke at Riland Auditorium on its Long Island campus. The Old Westbury campus is mainly a commuter campus, although residential students have dormitory options.
Long Island campus is also home to the , the only osteopathic medical school on Long Island, which was formerly named New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, or NYCOM. In 2008, NYIT installed a 3-D motion capture lab for its Fine Arts program in Old Westbury. The system allows the university to use Hollywood technology to teach the next generation of computer animators. Between 2009 and 2013, the Old Westbury campus has undergone a number of significant improvements, including renovation of the 3,000 sf. Student Activities Center, creation of a Life Sciences biomedical research laboratory, renovation of Engineering Materials lab, creation of a Nursing Simulation lab and creation of an 8,000 sf. Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center, among others.
In 2014, New York Tech announced a $93 million plan to erect seven new buildings on its Old Westbury campus, including four, four-story residence halls. In 2015, NYIT received from New York State a grant for a portion of the costs required to renovate a 5,300-square-foot facility to house three new laboratories on its Old Westbury campus. According to ''Bloomberg/Businessweek'', in 2011, Old Westbury is the second "richest" town in the United States, trailing behind only Palm Beach, Florida. The magazine previously dubbed the town "New York's wealthiest suburb."
New York City
The New York City
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campus is located between 60th and 62nd streets on Broadway
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, adjacent to Columbus Circle, across the street from Central Park
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and within walking distance of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Its central location is accessible via subway and bus routes and is close to concert halls, theaters, museums, and libraries. It is served by public transit buses and the A, B, C, D, and 1 Subway trains, which are accessed at the 59th Street/Columbus Circle station. Free weekday shuttles between the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) stations in Manhasset and Hicksville and the Long Island campus are available to all NYIT students, faculty, and staff. While it offers a full range of classes in all of NYIT's major schools, the majority of students enroll in programs that concentrate in media, communications, business, computer science, and engineering.
The campus comprises six buildings (excluding the residence halls):
* Edward Guiliano Global Center, 1855 Broadway,
* The New Technology Building, 16 W. 61st Street,
* 26 W. 61st Street,
* The Student Activities Building, 1849 Broadway,
* NYIT Auditorium on Broadway, 1871 Broadway,
* 33 W. 60th street
The Student Activity Building, 1849 Broadway, has a student lounge, recreation areas, food services, a bookstore, and the offices of the Student Government Association as well as other clubs and student organizations. The Office of Student Activities is located on the second floor. The NYIT Auditorium on Broadway has a seating capacity
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of 268. The offices of Counseling and Wellness Services, Disability Services, Campus Life, Career Services, Student Employment, and Housing and Residential Life, are located at 26 West 61st Street. In 2014, NYIT opened a simulated trading floor
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, equipped with the latest technologies, including hardware, software, databases and datafeeds, on the fifth floor of the 26 W. 61st Street building. The Student Solutions Center (Enrollment Services, Bursar, Financial Aid, and Registrar) and International Education are located in the New Technology Building, 16 West 61st Street.
The New York City campus is home to student clubs and organizations such as Students Working to Achieve Greatness, Phi Iota Alpha, the Allied Health Life Science Organization, Bear Hug Club, Student Nurses Association, Dance Club, American Medical Student Association, Student Programming Association, Society of Hosteurs, and American Institute for Architecture Students.
Residential students have two dormitory options for the Manhattan campus: Riverside Terrace Residence Hall, and the Anderson Residence Hall at Manhattan School of Music
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(shared with Columbia University
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, Barnard College
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, and several other academic institutions), all of which are supervised by full-time staff.
NYIT Auditorium on Broadway, currently closed, hosts events, including the Lumen Prize
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Overview
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Exhibition, and the SAG-AFTRA
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Foundation's Conversation Series, bringing in celebrities such as Carey Mulligan
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Mulli ...
, Gloria Steinem
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, Meryl Streep
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, Mark Ruffalo
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and Leslee Udwin Leslee may refer to
* Leslee Feldman, studio head of casting
* Leslee Silverman, Canadian theater director
* Leslee Smith, British Virgin Islands basketball player
* Leslee Udwin, British filmmaker
* Leslee Unruh, Activist
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, among others, to NYIT's campus in Manhattan. NYIT Auditorium on Broadway has 3-D screening capabilities. In January 2020, the auditorium was flooded and suffered substantial damage after a water main under the adjacent street ruptured.
Recruiters from major companies such as Google
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visit the Manhattan campus regularly for luncheons with students and information sessions.
Central Islip
New York Tech purchased more than 500 acres of the former Central Islip Psychiatric Center
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The center was one of the four major hospital "farms" in central Long ...
in 1984 to establish a campus in Suffolk County, New York
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. Less than 10 years later, the school began selling pieces off for commercial use. In 2005, NYIT ceased operations as a full college campus there. At one point, the location included residence halls with student lounges and laundry facilities, dining hall, classroom buildings, and library. The school still operates its 7,000-square-foot Central Islip Family Medical Center, located near the former campus, to serve the local community.
Jonesboro, Arkansas
In March 2014, NYIT announced plans to open an osteopathic medical school site in Jonesboro, Arkansas
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, by acquiring and renovating a building belonging to Arkansas State University-Jonesboro, for approximately $13 million. The distinctive three-story yellow brick building, the Wilson Hall at Arkansas State University, once housed Arkansas State University's library, auditorium (complete with balcony seating), and administrative offices as well as the laboratories, kitchens, studios, sewing rooms, classrooms and offices that served all departments of the arts and sciences. In April 2015, Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation
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awarded initial approval for the osteopathic medical school site in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Renovations have already started at the 86,000-square-foot Wilson Hall to prepare for the new site. NYIT started hiring faculty members for the new site. In December 2015, NYIT's College of Osteopathic Medicine received final approval from Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation to recruit students, open a second location on the campus of Arkansas State University in August 2016 and become the first osteopathic medical school in Arkansas.
Other facilities
NYIT formerly had research centers in Florida
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. In 2011, NYIT's College of Osteopathic Medicine opened a Family Health Care Center in Central Islip, New York, and in 2014, NYIT's College of Osteopathic Medicine opened another Family Health Care Center in Uniondale, New York
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. NYIT opened a cybersecurity center in Old Westbury, New York in 2017.; NYIT's College of Osteopathic Medicine has clinical affiliations with the following hospitals:
Global programs
In addition to its United States locations, New York Institute of Technology has a presence in the following countries:
United Arab Emirates
NYIT-Abu Dhabi campus lies in the Center of Excellence for Applied Research and Training (CERT) Technology Park, home to international companies such as Intel
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, Honeywell
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and Lucent Technologies
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. It is a modern university facility adjacent to Abu Dhabi Men's College. The classrooms feature technologies such as smartboards and high-tech computers. NYIT-Abu Dhabi has a library collection, catering services and parking facilities. Notable people who spoke at NYIT-Abu Dhabi include U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings
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China
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NYIT-Nanjing
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was established in collaboration with Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
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. NYIT-Nanjing students have access to Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications residence halls, dining facilities, and activities. NYIT's campus is separate but joined with the campus of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications. The courses are taught in English, and students get the equivalent of an American degree without the expense of traveling abroad. Graduates have an option to earn 'parallel degrees' from NYIT and NUPT or, if they choose, just the NYIT degree. Students can study solely in Nanjing or can opt to take some of their courses at NYIT campuses in New York. Enrollment at NYIT-Nanjing is projected to eventually reach 6,000.
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Faculty of International Media of Communication University of China (commonly referred to as ICUC) is a Ministry of Education in China-approved Media Technology Center that NYIT launched with the Communication University of China
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in Beijing
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in 2015. It is the first China-foreign, cooperatively-run institution in media approved by the Ministry of Education. It offers dual-degree graduate and undergraduate programs.
Students are taught first by Beijing-based NYIT and Communication University of China faculty members and then have the option to complete their studies at NYIT's New York campuses. The campus includes NYIT-designed digital laboratories and a distance-learning, video-presence classroom connected to NYIT's New York campuses. NYIT students in Beijing
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are able to remotely operate equipment in NYIT's high-tech Home for Innovation, Visualization, and Exploration (HIVE) Center in New York with its motion capture, 3-D, and visualization tools.
The interconnectivity of the New York and Beijing programs enables students and faculty members to collaborate on creative projects and reviews. The NYIT-CUC programs are highly selective, and students chosen from throughout China had to meet both NYIT and CUC admissions standards, including the ability to take their courses in English. The curriculum and requirements of each program are identical to NYIT courses and programs offered in New York.
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New York Tech offers M.B.A. programs in conjunction with JUFE in Nanchang
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, Shanghai
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, and Shenzhen
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.
Canada
NYIT-Vancouver
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offers graduate degrees and has two campus locations: one in downtown Vancouver, in the heart of the financial district and close to many cultural venues, and the other in a suburban locale.
Bahrain (closed)
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offered undergraduate and graduate degrees until 2014 in fields including business, computer graphics, engineering, and interior design.
Jordan (closed)
NYIT-Amman
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offered until 2013 undergraduate and graduate degrees in fields including business, computer graphics, engineering, and information technology.
Organization and administration
NYIT's undergraduate and graduate programs are divided into six schools and colleges. Collaboration among the schools and colleges is frequent, as mandated by a number of interdisciplinary
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degree programs and research centers.
Schools and Colleges
New York Tech comprises the following academic schools and colleges:
* School of Architecture and Design
* College of Art and Sciences
* College of Engineering and Computing Sciences
* School of Health Professions
* School of Management
* College of Osteopathic Medicine
The now-defunct Ellis College
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of NYIT was created as an online division operating under the university's mission to provide career-oriented professional education and access to opportunity. In the fall of 2008, NYIT phased out its Ellis College branch.
Academics
In 2015, NYIT was ranked 14th in New York State by average professor salaries. 95% of faculty at NYIT hold their doctorate or other terminal degree. NYIT holds full accreditation in over 50 academic areas. Nationally, fewer than 100 colleges and universities match this achievement. As the liberal arts and sciences college of NYIT, NYIT's College of Art and Sciences is committed to serving not only the students who pursue their degrees in this college, but all NYIT undergraduates who depend on CAS for developing foundational academic skills and completing general education and other critical pieces of their education. As of 2015, the College of Arts and Sciences at NYIT offers 28 undergraduate and five graduate degree programs in departments including Behavioral Sciences, Communication Arts
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, Fine Arts
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, Interdisciplinary Studies
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, English and Speech
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, Mathematics
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, Physics
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, Social Sciences
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, Urban Administration and Life Sciences
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. The College of Arts and Sciences is home to NYIT's undergraduate Core Curriculum.
In 2016, the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security designated NYIT as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education.
Core curriculum
Since fall 2010, all undergraduates must complete the Core Curriculum
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. NYIT's core curriculum was created to provide undergraduate students with an outcomes-oriented education that will prepare them for today's workforce.
Demographics
The student body consists of nearly 9,000 graduate and undergraduate students and around 1,000 academic faculty. The student body at NYIT is 52% male and 48% female.
Libraries
The New York campuses include four libraries:
* George and Gertrude Wisser Memorial Library,
* Art and Architecture Library at Education Hall,
* College of Osteopathic Medicine Library,
* 1855 Broadway Library,
Access to the collection of books, periodicals and journals is open to registered NYIT students and alumni. Onsite use of special collections is also available to visiting students and researchers. NYIT collections include more than 100,000 books, 200 databases, 13,000 ebooks, and videos.
Rankings
Nationally, NYIT was ranked 151-160 by ''QS World University Rankings
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'' in 2020.
'' U.S. News & World Report'' ranks NYIT 22nd among universities in the North for 2022.
In 2015, NYIT's MBA program was ranked #1 in the United States in terms of salary-to-debt ratio. According to the survey by SoFi
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, graduates of NYIT's MBA program make an average of $126,068 per year, and have an average debt of $50,308.
NYIT was ranked 24th on Payscale.com
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's list of Best Value College in NY State (20-year ROI), in 2015.
In 2015, NYIT was ranked 14th in New York State by average professor salaries.
NYIT was ranked #44 by U.S. News & World Report Best Online Graduate Engineering Programs in 2016.
NYIT was ranked #23 by U.S. News & World Report Best Online Graduate Education Programs in 2015.
''2012 Chronicle of Higher Education'' ranked NYIT as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for.
''2009 Architect Magazine'' ranked NYIT one of the top four Building Technology Schools in the United States.
''2009 Campus Safety'' survey ranked NYIT as the safest college in America.
In 2016, Niche
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ranked NYIT the second safest college campuses in New York State.
NYIT has been ranked by ''The New York Times
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'' as one of the more diverse colleges in the United States.
''US News Best Colleges'' ranks NYIT as one of the Best Engineering Programs at schools where doctorate not offered.
''PayScale
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'' ranks NYIT as a top school in the nation for Return on investment
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.
''U.S. News & World Report'' ranks NYIT #40 in the nation for Physician Assistant program.
''U.S. News & World Report'' ranks NYIT #164 in the nation for Physical Therapy.
''U.S. News & World Report'' ranks NYIT #151 in the nation for Occupational Therapy program.
''U.S. News & World Report'' placed NYIT's medical school on its lists of "Best Medical Schools: Research" and "Best Medical Schools: Primary Care" in 2013.
NYIT was featured on Washington Monthly's 2014 Best Bang for the Buck Rankings, a national list of schools that help non-wealthy students attain marketable degrees at affordable prices.
NYIT was featured on Washington Monthly's 2014 Master's Universities Rankings - Research.
Study abroad
In addition to NYIT's auxiliary campuses in Canada, China and the Middle East, NYIT has degree partnerships with over a dozen Chinese universities, as well as with universities in France, Taiwan, Brazil, India and Turkey. NYIT also has student exchange programs with universities in Denmark, Netherlands, China, United Kingdom, India, Costa Rica, Germany, Brazil and France.
Admissions
''U.S. News & World Report'' describes New York Institute of Technology's admissions process as "selective".
NYIT received 10,010 first-year applications from prospective undergraduate students for the Class of 2020. NYIT students represent nearly all 50 U.S. states and 112 countries. For the undergraduate freshman class that entered its New York campuses in Fall 2012, NYIT drew 6,769 applications and enrolled 1,005. The undergraduate transfer class that enrolled in 2012 engendered 1,625 applications and 497 enrolled. As of 2022, NYIT reported average SAT
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scores of their admitted students as 574 for English, Reading, and Writing and 594 for Math, giving an average combined score of 1168. The average composite ACT score was 21, and the average high-school GPA
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was 3.4. NYIT's undergraduate acceptance rate was 65% in Fall 2012. For the undergraduate freshman class that entered its New York campuses in Fall 2014, NYIT received 8,394 applications, and its undergraduate acceptance rate was 64%. NYIT's undergraduate acceptance rate for the undergraduate transfer class that enrolled in 2014 was 57%.
Eight hundred eighty-three new graduate students beyond medical students enrolled in fall 2012. As of 2015, NYIT's graduate schools have acceptance rates of 7% to the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, 11% to the New York Institute of Technology School of Health Professions, 32% to the New York Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Design, 41% to the New York Institute of Technology College of Arts and Sciences, 49% to the New York Institute of Technology School of Education, 65% to the New York Institute of Technology School of Management, and 66% to the New York Institute of Technology School of Engineering and Computing Sciences.
In the 2012–2013 academic year, NYIT ranked 13th amongst US Master's Universities by total number of enrolled international students.
Accreditation
Overall accreditation and charter
* Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (all campuses)
* New York Institute of Technology is chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York
Academic program accreditations
NYIT is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and:
* Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.
* Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant
* American Osteopathic Association
* Association for Childhood Education International
* Association for Educational Communications and Technology
* Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education
* Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
* Council for Interior Design Accreditation
* National Architectural Accrediting Board, Inc.
* National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
* The Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education of the American Occupational Therapy Association
* ACPHA/CHRIE program accreditation.
* Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (all campuses).
* New York State Board of Regents, State Education Department, Office of the Professions (Nursing Education).
* Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics.
Campus-specific accreditations, licensures, and approvals
NYIT-China is accredited by the Ministry of Education of China.
NYIT-United Arab Emirates is accredited by the Ministry Of Higher Education & Scientific Research of UAE.
NYIT-Canada is accredited by the Ministry of Advanced Education of British Columbia.
NYIT-Bahrain was accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Bahrain, as well as the Ministry of Higher Education of Kuwait.
NYIT-Jordan was accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Jordan.
Research
The Office of Sponsored Programs and Research works with faculty members to apply for funding to support research programs. Each year, NYIT receives well over $20 million in research support from external sources. To date, NYIT has received funding from public, private, and government agencies, including among others:
* National Institutes of Health
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* National Science Foundation
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* New York State Department of Health
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* New York State Education Department
* U.S. Department of Defense
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* U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
* U.S. Department of Commerce
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* U.S. Department of Energy
In 1968, Federal government awarded $3 million in grants to NYIT for computer research. Researchers at the New York Institute of Technology Computer Graphics Lab created the tools that made entirely 3D CGI films possible. Among NYIT CG Lab's innovations was an eight-bit paint system to ease computer animation. NYIT CG Lab was regarded as the top computer animation research and development group in the world during the late 70s and early 80s.
In 1978, the digital noise reducer invented by William E. Glenn, earned NYIT its first television Emmy award. Glenn directed NYIT's former Science and Technology Research Center in Florida, where he also developed his invention. The digital noise reducer received a patent in 3-D technology in 1979.
In 1995, the School of Engineering took first place in the U.S. Department of Energy's Clean Air Road Rally. The student engineering team spent three years designing and building the high-performance hybrid electric car that beat out 43 other vehicles.
In 2007, NYIT received $500,000 in federal funding to develop a "green print" initiative to research alternative fuel technology and determine its carbon footprint.
In 2008, NYIT received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study the relationship between electric vehicles and renewable energy charging stations. For $250,000, NYIT was able to install two solar carports (one at its Old Westbury campus and one at its Central Islip campus), convert two Toyota Priuses to plug-ins with extra battery capacity, and install data collection technology. Each carport spans 4 parking spots, provides level 1 charging (110 volt) at each parking spot, and supports a 10 kW solar array.
NYIT's research on electric vehicles, solar energy, and their resulting environmental and grid impacts continues in partnership with the Long Island Power Authority and the Electric Power Research Institute. The study currently has NYIT Students participate in car-share program where they are able to drive the plug-in Priuses between their homes and the school campus. The school plans to expand participation to faculty members as well.
Also in 2008, NYIT was awarded a $130,000 research contract by United Space Alliance to help NASA
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scientists design the crew module of the Orion spacecraft
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using 3-D motion capture technology.
In 2009, U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration awarded a $1 million grant to NYIT.
In 2010, NYIT and the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
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announced a new partnership to incorporate project-based learning for NYIT's undergraduate students with the reconstruction of an aircraft restoration tent on the deck of the aircraft carrier
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USS ''Intrepid'' through a design competition. Also in 2010, NYIT received a $1 million grant from National Science Foundation for interdisciplinary research on cyber-enabled learning.
In 2011, National Institutes of Health awarded NYIT a $1.8 million grant to study the link between heart failure and thyroid disease.
In 2013, National Science Foundation awarded NYIT a three-year multimillion dollars grant to establish a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site to study the security of mobile devices and wireless networks.
NYIT and Peking University
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led a research project that was selected as one of six U.S.-China EcoPartnership programs intended to promote innovative models for collaboration between the United States and China on clean water and environmental sustainability. The team also included Wuhan University
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, the International Society for Water Solutions of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), and HDR, Inc., an industrial partner. The project ran from September 2013 through August 2015.
In 2015, NYIT was awarded a nearly $0.5 million grant from National Institutes of Health to develop an implantable wireless system to study the body's gastric and digestive systems.
NYIT's research on animals such as dinosaur
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s and giraffe
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s is regularly featured on National Geographic
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A renewable energy park in
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, features a self-reliant solar house designed by architecture, engineering and interior design students at New York Institute of Technology for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon in 2007.
NYIT sponsors the Kids’ 3D Spaghetti Utensil Design Competition. NYIT sponsors many notable events and conferences related to academic programs every year, throughout the world.
DARPA
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Originally known as the Adv ...
and
United States Department of Homeland Security
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regularly headline NYIT's Annual Cybersecurity Conference.
Interdisciplinary graduate centers
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New York Tech's academic centers focus on interdisciplinary research and bring together departments, faculty, and students for collaborations and exchanges of ideas.
In 1981, NYIT's Center for Robotics Research opened at the Old Westbury campus.
1998, NYIT's College of Osteopathic Medicine opened the Adele Smithers Parkinson's Disease Center. NYIT's College of Osteopathic Medicine uses 3-D motion capture technology to help doctors better identify mobility and stability problems in patients with Parkinson's disease.
The Center for Global Health opened in 2007. Students in medicine, allied health, and engineering have traveled to Haiti and
Ghana
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, where they help deliver babies and provide fresh water as part of NYIT's Center for Global Health program.
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The Center for Labor and Industrial Relations provides training and research into workplace related issues.
The Center for Gerontology and Geriatrics collaborates with the academic community, government, civic, professional and business groups, and funders.
In 2015, NYIT Center for Sports Medicine opened at the Old Westbury campus.
NYIT opened a cybersecurity center in Old Westbury, New York in 2017.
NYIT's faculty and students have conducted research with such institutions as the
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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,
Brookhaven National Laboratory
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,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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,
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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, and other organizations around the world.
Research areas
NYIT conducts faculty-led and student-supported research in areas such as:
* Alternative energies
* Bioengineering
* DNA
* Educational technology
* Heart disease
* Parkinson's disease
* Robotics
NYIT faculty and students are also involved in other areas of research, including sustainable technology, cardiovascular health, epilepsy, blindness, staph infection, and cyber security, among others. NYIT has won several million dollars in grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation for research on disease and for cyber-learning.
Industry connections
NYIT maintains close ties to the industrial world.
Many of these connections are made through NYIT's
cooperative education
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and
intern
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ship programs.
For example, in 2017, NYIT opened a cybersecurity lab in Old Westbury, New York, the first lab on Long Island designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security.
The Entrepreneurship & Technology Innovation Center for Industry-University Partnerships at NYIT is structured around a collaborative network of industry-university partnerships, connecting industry and academia, innovators and entrepreneurs, the Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center (ETIC) is a catalyst for technological innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic development. The ETIC focuses on three technological drivers of economic growth in the New York metropolitan region:
* Information & Cybersecurity
* Energy & Green Technologies
* Bio-Engineering and Medical Devices
The
Empire State Development Corporation
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has provided seed funding for the initiative, which is supported by the Long Island Regional Economic Development Council. An Advisory Board made up of members of industry, government, and the venture capital community, has agreed to help NYIT create the center and work on its three focus areas create a high-tech teaching and research environment.
Student life
Traditions
NYIT has few formal traditions, compared to many other universities, but has a rich culture of informal traditions and jargon. There are a few "big events" such as Commencement (graduation), but many smaller, decentralized activities sponsored by departments, labs, living groups, student activities, and ad hoc groups of NYIT community members united by common interests.
Housing
The Office of Residence Life and Off-Campus Housing at New York Institute of Technology caters for students living in residence halls and independently in housing off-campus.
Student government
NYIT's Student Government Association (SGA) is the official voice of the student body. The SGA advocates on behalf of student interests—academic, cultural, and social. It is charged with working with the college's faculty and administration to improve campus life. In addition, the SGA oversees the budgeting process for student clubs and organizations and supports a variety of campus-wide events.
Student media
''LI News Tonight''
''LI News Tonight'' is a nightly television newscast produced on the Old Westbury campus as both a community service to Nassau and Suffolk counties and an internship opportunity where students can learn about careers in television news. For more than 25 years, college interns have covered breaking news and feature events alongside reporters and photographers from professional news stations, with their work appearing that evening on a nightly TV newscast aired on a Long Island cable station.
Globesville
Globesville is NYIT's student-run web channel. It is an online network of students that uses the power of social media to integrate NYIT campuses, students and alumni from across the globe. The Globesville team creates and collects video and features which focus on the activities, interests, and goals of the NYIT community.
Campus newspapers
On the Old Westbury campus, NYIT students produce ''The Campus Slate'', the student-run newspaper founded in 1966. ''The Campus Slate'' conducted interviews with celebrities such as Oscar-nominated actress
Diane Lane
Diane Colleen Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an American actress. Born and raised in New York City, Lane made her screen debut at age 14 in George Roy Hill's 1979 film ''A Little Romance''.
The two films that could have catapulted her to star ...
and
The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American Rock music, rock band that formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian Wilson, Brian, Dennis Wilson, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and frie ...
. On the Manhattan campus, students produce the ''NYIT Chronicle'', a student-run newspaper founded in 2005. On the Central Islip campus, students produced the ''Campus Voice'', a student-run newspaper founded in 1992.
''NYIT Magazine''
''NYIT Magazine'' is the official magazine of New York Institute of Technology. The magazine features articles on topics relevant to alumni and the community, and includes news of events, research, sports coverage, and profiles as professor and alumni accomplishments. The magazine is published three times a year.
WNYT
Radio station
WNYT was formed shortly after NYIT opened its Old Westbury campus in the mid-1960s, operating from studios located in Education Hall. The student-run station has alternately broadcast on campus via carrier current and closed circuit connections, and during the 1970s and early 1980s, it served as the audio for Cablevision's on-screen program guide. Today, WNYT is heard online, with Internet-based programming via RealAudio.
WNYT Radio broadcasts many of the NYIT Bears sports broadcasts, giving more exposure to the station.
Greek life
Fraternities
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Phi Iota Alpha
Phi Iota Alpha (), established on December 26, 1931, is the oldest Latino Fraternity in existence, and works to motivate people, develop leaders, and create innovative ways to unite the Latino community. The organization has roots that stem back ...
*
Alpha Chi Rho
Alpha Chi Rho (), commonly known as Crows, Crow, or AXP, is a men's collegiate fraternity founded on June 4, 1895, at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, by the Reverend Paul Ziegler, his son Carl Ziegler, and Carl's friends William H. Rous ...
*
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon (), commonly known as or Teke, is a social college fraternity founded on January 10, 1899, at Illinois Wesleyan University. The organization has chapters throughout the United States and Canada, making the Fraternity an interna ...
*
Iota Nu Delta
Iota Nu Delta (, also IND) is the first South Asian interest college fraternity. IND was founded in 1994 at the Binghamton University. It is a member of the North American Interfraternity Conference since 2007 and National APIDA Panhellenic Ass ...
*
Zeta Beta Tau
Zeta Beta Tau () is a Greek-letter social fraternity based in North America. It was founded on December 29, 1898. Originally a Zionist youth society, its purpose changed from Zionism in the fraternity's early years when in 1954 the fraternity beco ...
*
Delta Sigma Phi
Delta Sigma Phi (), commonly known as Delta Sig or D Sig, is a fraternity established in 1899 at The City College of New York (CCNY). It was the first fraternity to be founded on the basis of religious and ethnic acceptance. It is also one of th ...
*
Delta Epsilon Psi
Delta Epsilon Psi () is a South Asian interest social and service fraternity located in the United States. Delta Epsilon Psi Fraternity, Inc. was founded on at the University of Texas at Austin. The main archive URL iThe Baird's Manual Online A ...
*
Alpha Phi Alpha
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. () is the oldest intercollegiate historically African American fraternity. It was initially a literary and social studies club organized in the 1905–1906 school year at Cornell University but later evolved int ...
*Zeta Eta
*Upsilon Mu
Sororities
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Alpha Sigma Tau
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Zeta Phi Beta
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. () is a historically African American sorority. In 1920, five women from Howard University envisioned a sorority that would raise the consciousness of their people, encourage the highest standards of scholastic ach ...
*
Kappa Phi Gamma
Kappa Phi Gamma () Sorority, Inc. (also referred to as KPhiG), is the first South Asian interest sorority geared towards women of all descents. It was founded on November 8, 1998, by a group of 27 women from a variety of different backgrounds at ...
*
Sigma Iota Alpha
Hermandad de Sigma Iota Alpha, Incorporada (), known as SIA, is a Latina-oriented Greek letter intercollegiate sorority. It was founded in 1990 at SUNY Albany, Stony Brook University, SUNY New Paltz, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The sor ...
*Eta Chi Gamma
Coed
DiGamma Omega Xi
Dining services
NYIT has seven major dining halls across its campuses in New York State, as of 2015.
NYIT has five dining halls on its Old Westbury campus, one on its Manhattan campus.
A new dining hall is being built on NYIT's Old Westbury campus, as of 2015.
ROTC
NYIT has an ROTC program, including both Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps and Army Reserve Officers Training Corps.
Athletics
New York Tech (NYIT) athletic teams are known as the Bears. The institute was a member of the
Division II level of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
(NCAA), primarily competing in the
East Coast Conference
The East Coast Conference (ECC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of C ...
(ECC; originally called as the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference (NYCAC) until after the 2005–06 academic year) from 1989–90 until their last season of competition in the 2019–20 school year before the institute announced its suspension until further notice.
NYIT sponsored an intercollegiate athletics program in 12 varsity teams. Men's sports included baseball, basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer and track & field; while women's sports included basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, softball and track & field.
New York Tech's
intercollegiate competitive sports teams, include its four-time
NCAA Division II
NCAA Division II (D-II) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environmen ...
national champion
lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively ...
team. All of NYIT's teams compete in Division II. In 2019, NYIT became a
College World Series
The College World Series (CWS), officially the NCAA Men's College World Series (MCWS), is an annual baseball tournament held in June in Omaha, Nebraska. The MCWS is the culmination of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Divisi ...
team.
New York Tech announced in August 2020 that the
Bears
Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Nor ...
would suspend its NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics for at least two years.
Notable people
Alumni
New York Institute of Technology has nearly 107,000 alumni around the world, as of 2020.
Those recently in the spotlight include
Kevin O'Connor (D.O. '96), personal physician to Joe Biden;
Karine Jean-Pierre
Karine Jean-Pierre (born August 13, 1974) is a French-American political advisor and has served as the White House press secretary since May 13, 2022. She is the first Black person and the first openly lesbian woman
to be White House press secre ...
(B.S. '98), press secretary for the Biden administration; and Claudia Coplein (D.O. '92), Tyson's first chief medical officer.
Many have gone into business and finance, including:
Vincent L. Sadusky, Chief Executive Officer at
Univision Communications Inc
Univision () is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the Latino public and includes ...
;
John Antioco
John Antioco is an American businessman, known for being the former CEO of Blockbuster Video who missed an opportunity to purchase Netflix before it became a multi-billion dollar streaming platform. He is now the chairman of the board of directo ...
, CEO,
Blockbuster Video, Chairman, Board of Directors,
Red Mango
Red Mango FC, LLC is an American frozen yogurt and smoothie brand known for its all-natural frozen yogurt, fresh fruit smoothies, yogurt parfaits, and fresh juices. There are now more than 50 locations in over 15 states in the United States and Pu ...
;
Richard J. Daly, CEO,
Broadridge Financial Solutions
Broadridge Financial Solutions is a public corporate services and financial technology company founded in 2007 as a spin-off from management software company :Automatic Data Processing. Broadridge supplies public companies with proxy statements ...
; Linda Davila, Chairperson, First Vice President, Investments
Merrill Lynch
Merrill (officially Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated), previously branded Merrill Lynch, is an American investment management and wealth management division of Bank of America. Along with BofA Securities, the investment bank ...
;
Eli Wachtel, Managing Director,
Bear Stearns
The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. was a New York-based global investment bank, securities trading and brokerage firm that failed in 2008 as part of the global financial crisis and recession, and was subsequently sold to JPMorgan Chase. The comp ...
; Gary S. Lynch, managing director,
Marsh & McLennan Companies
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., doing business as Marsh McLennan, is a global professional services firm, headquartered in New York City with businesses in insurance brokerage, risk management, reinsurance services, talent management, investme ...
;
Itzhak Fisher
Itzhak Fisher ( he, איציק פישר), is an Israeli businessman who served as the Founder and General Partner of Pereg Ventures.
He was previously Executive Vice President, Global Business Development at Nielsen Holdings. His responsibilit ...
, executive vice president,
Nielsen Holdings
Nielsen Holdings plc is an American information, data and market measurement firm. Nielsen operates in over 100 countries and employs approximately 44,000 people worldwide.
The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and use ...
, he also founded and served as CEO of RSL Communications, an over $1.5-billion telecommunications company with over 2,500 employees in 22 countries; Steve Johnson, Director for Labor Relations at
The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation founded in 1892, best known as the producer of Coca-Cola. The Coca-Cola Company also manufactures, sells, and markets other non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups, ...
;
Robert E. Evanson, President,
McGraw-Hill Education
McGraw Hill is an American educational publishing company and one of the "big three" educational publishers that publishes educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education. The company also publishes referenc ...
; Jerry Romano, chairman,
New York Emmy Awards
The New York Emmy Awards are a division of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences honoring those in television and advanced media in the tri-state New York-New Jersey-Connecticut and New York State
New York, officially the St ...
;
Monte N. Redman
Monte N. Redman is a director of Sterling Bancorp and the Tourette Association of America.
Career
In 1977, Redman graduated magna cum laude from New York Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in accounting and began working for As ...
, CEO,
Astoria Financial; Patricia McMahon, vice president and general manager at
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman Corporation is an American multinational aerospace and defense technology company. With 90,000 employees and an annual revenue in excess of $30 billion, it is one of the world's largest weapons manufacturers and military techn ...
,
and vice president and general manager at
BAE Systems
BAE Systems plc (BAE) is a British multinational arms, security, and aerospace company based in London, England. It is the largest defence contractor in Europe, and ranked the seventh-largest in the world based on applicable 2021 revenues. ...
;
Indera Rampal-Harrod, director of human resources,
American Express
American Express Company (Amex) is an American multinational corporation specialized in payment card services headquartered at 200 Vesey Street in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. The company was found ...
; Roseann Stichnoth, executive vice president and head of the Financial Services Group at the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is one of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks of the United States. It is responsible for the Second District of the Federal Reserve System, which encompasses the State of New York, the 12 northern counties of New ...
;
Chen Ningning
Chen Ningning is the founder and president of Pioneer Metals Holdings Co., Ltd. She is a self-made billionaire, her net worth is $1.8 billion as of 2011. She graduated with an MBA degree from the New York Institute of Technology.
References
...
, self-made billionaire; and Matthew F. Calamari, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of
Trump Organization
Trump most commonly refers to:
* Donald Trump (born 1946), 45th president of the United States (2017–2021)
* Trump (card games), any playing card given an ad-hoc high rank
Trump may also refer to:
Businesses and organizations
* Donald J. ...
.
Some alumni have entered academia, including:
*
Kyriacos A. Athanasiou, Chair of the Biomedical Engineering department at
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institut ...
;
*
Ken Pugh
Kenneth R. Pugh (born c. 1957) is president, director of research, and a senior scientist at Haskins Laboratories in New Haven, Connecticut and professor in the Department of Psychology at University of Connecticut. He is also an associate profess ...
, professor at
Yale University
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
;
*
Jill Wruble, professor at
Yale University
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
;
* Peter Ruggiero, professor at
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
;
* Jeannie Liakaris, Assistant Dean at
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, the ...
;
* Michael Patrick Meehan, professor at
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, the ...
;
* Robert Cohen, professor at
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, the ...
;
* Manish Sharma, professor at
Cornell University
Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...
.
Alumni in science and technology include:
Eric Cole, chief technology officer at
McAfee
McAfee Corp. ( ), formerly known as McAfee Associates, Inc. from 1987 to 1997 and 2004 to 2014, Network Associates Inc. from 1997 to 2004, and Intel Security Group from 2014 to 2017, is an American global computer security software company head ...
and chief scientist at
Lockheed Martin Corporation
The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American aerospace, arms, defense, information security, and technology corporation with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is ...
; Peter A. Eckstein, Senior Principal Engineer,
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Northrop Grumman Corporation is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Aerospace manufacturer, aerospace and Arms industry, defense technology company. With 90,000 employees and an annual revenue in excess of $30 billion, it is one ...
.
IEEE
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...
Board of Directors member, and 2016 IEEE President; Mark B. Berger, senior vice president and chief information officer,
SWBC
Southwest Business Corporation (SWBC) is a diversified financial services company providing insurance, mortgage
A mortgage loan or simply mortgage (), in civil law jurisdicions known also as a hypothec loan, is a loan used either by pu ...
;
Steven Wolk
Steven Wolk is the chief technology officer of P. C. Richard & Son. He graduated from New York Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Computer Science.
References
New York Institute of Technology alumni
Living people
Year of birth missin ...
, chief technology officer,
P. C. Richard & Son; Michael McCrackan, Research and Development Director,
Kodak
The Eastman Kodak Company (referred to simply as Kodak ) is an American public company that produces various products related to its historic basis in analogue photography. The company is headquartered in Rochester, New York, and is incorpor ...
;
Vincent Connare
Vincent Connare (born September 26, 1960) is an American type designer and former Microsoft employee. Among his creations are the fonts Comic Sans and Trebuchet MS, as well as the Man in Business Suit Levitating emoji. Besides text typefaces, ...
, font designer and former
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washing ...
employee, amongst his creations are the
Comic Sans
Comic Sans MS is a sans-serif typeface designed by Vincent Connare and released in 1994 by Microsoft Corporation. It is a non-connecting script inspired by comic book lettering, intended for use in cartoon speech bubbles, as well as in other ca ...
font, and the
Trebuchet MS
Trebuchet MS is a humanist sans-serif typeface that Vincent Connare designed for Microsoft Corporation in 1996. Trebuchet MS was the font used for the window titles in the Windows XP default theme, succeeding MS Sans Serif and Tahoma. Release ...
font; James Chemp, Director of engineering and energy,
7-Eleven
7-Eleven, Inc., stylized as 7-ELEVE, is a multinational chain of retail convenience stores, headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The chain was founded in 1927 as an ice house storefront in Dallas. It was named Tote'm Stores between 1928 and 1946. A ...
;
Philip Fasano, executive vice president and chief information officer at
American International Group
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is an American multinational finance and insurance corporation with operations in more than 80 countries and jurisdictions. , AIG companies employed 49,600 people.https://www.aig.com/content/dam/aig/amer ...
(AIG); and
Patri Friedman
Patri Friedman (born July 29, 1976) is an American libertarian, neoreactionary,
anarcho-capitalist, and theorist of political economy. He founded The Seasteading Institute, a non-profit that explores the creation of sovereign ocean colonies.
...
, Software Engineer at
Google
Google LLC () is an American multinational technology company focusing on search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and consumer electronics. ...
.
Alumni in government include:
Joseph Saladino
Joseph S. Saladino (born March 28, 1961) is an American politician. He is the current Supervisor of the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York. Saladino previously served as a member of the New York Assembly. He is a Republican.
Earl ...
, New York state assemblyman;
Anthony Seminerio
Anthony S. Seminerio (February 15, 1935 – January 6, 2011) was an American politician from New York.
Life
Seminerio graduated from the New York Institute of Technology with a Bachelor's degree. Then he became a corrections officer. He was an ...
, politician;
Averof Neofytou
Averof Neofytou ( el, Αβέρωφ Νεοφύτου; born 31 July 1961) is a Cypriot politician, who is the President of the ruling Democratic Rally (DISY) party since 2013, and serves as Member of the House of Representatives since 2006, havin ...
, Cypriot politician who has been President of the governing Democratic Rally (DISY) party since 2013. Former Minister of Communications and Works and Mayor of
Polis Chrysochou;
Andre Pierre, former Democratic mayor of North Miami;
Rafael Piñeiro, First Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (NYPD);
Brian M. McLaughlin, New York state assemblyman;
Nicholas Estavillo, NYPD Chief of Patrol; Tom Cilmi, Suffolk County Legislator;
Keith Kazmark, Mayor of
Woodland Park, New Jersey
Woodland Park (formerly West Paterson) is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the borough's population was 13,484.
What is now Woodland P ...
; Abdulla Bin Butti, Chairman of Energy Authority and member of
Abu Dhabi Executive Council
The Abu Dhabi Executive Council is the local executive authority of the Abu Dhabi Government for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. It assists the Ruler of Abu Dhabi in enforcing local and federal decrees and leading the Abu Dhabi Government. The Council ...
; Abubakar Kabir Bichi, member of the
Nigerian Federal House of Representatives and
Thani Ahmed Alzeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment for the
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...
.
Many of NYIT's alumni have also gone into arts, journalism and entertainment. They include Carol Silva, TV news anchor;
Lori Bizzoco
Lori Bizzoco is a writer, journalist, former public relations executive.
Early life and career
Lori Bizzoco earned a Master of Science in advertising from the New York Institute of Technology. She worked as a senior American public relations ex ...
, writer;
Patti Ann Browne, TV News Anchor,
Fox News
The Fox News Channel, abbreviated FNC, commonly known as Fox News, and stylized in all caps, is an American multinational conservative cable news television channel based in New York City. It is owned by Fox News Media, which itself is owne ...
;
Jim Geoghan, Emmy-nominated executive producer of The Disney Channel's
The Suite Life on Deck
''The Suite Life on Deck'' is an American teen sitcom that aired on Disney Channel from September 26, 2008 to May 6, 2011. It is a sequel/spin-off of the Disney Channel Original Series ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody''. The series follows twin b ...
and the original
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'' is an American sitcom created by Danny Kallis and Jim Geoghan. The series aired on Disney Channel from March 18, 2005, to September 1, 2008. The series was nominated for an Emmy Award three times and was al ...
;
Emmy Award
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...
-winning broadcast journalists Judy Martin, Dana Arschin, and
Ben Finley who is the Editorial Producer with “
Anderson Cooper 360
Anderson or Andersson may refer to:
Companies
* Anderson (Carriage), a company that manufactured automobiles from 1907 to 1910
* Anderson Electric, an early 20th-century electric car
* Anderson Greenwood, an industrial manufacturer
* Anderson R ...
” and has produced for several
CNN
CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by ...
and
PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcasting, public broadcaster and Non-commercial activity, non-commercial, Terrestrial television, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly fu ...
programs;
Brian Kenny,
ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...
SportsCenter Anchor;
Candice Night
Candice Night (born May 8, 1971) is an American singer and musician. She has been the vocalist/lyricist and multi-instrumentalist for the traditional folk rock project Blackmore's Night since its origins in 1997 with her husband, guitarist Ritch ...
, lead singer,
Blackmore's Night; and
Adam Pascal
Adam Pascal (born October 25, 1970) is an American actor, singer, and musician, known for his performance as Roger Davis in the original 1996 cast of Jonathan Larson's musical '' Rent'' on Broadway, the 2005 movie version of the musical, and the ...
, actor, singer, and producer.
Alumni in sports include:
Allison Baver
Allison Baver (born August 11, 1980) is an American retired short track speed skater. A member of the U.S. short track speed skating squad beginning in 2002, Baver earned multiple medials in ISU World Cup competition. Baver competed in the 50 ...
, Olympic Speed Skating Medalist (Bronze, 2010);
Don Cooper
Donald James Cooper (born January 15, 1956) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who spent parts of four seasons with the Minnesota Twins (1981–1982), Toronto Blue Jays (1983) and New York Yankees (1985). He was the pi ...
, head pitching coach, Chicago White Sox;
Jim Ferry (basketball)
James A. Ferry Jr. (born July 9, 1967) is an American college basketball coach who is the current head coach of the UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team. He formerly served as interim head coach for the 2020–2021 season at Penn State Nittany Li ...
, basketball coach;
Sarah Fisher
Sarah Marie Fisher (born October 4, 1980) is an American retired professional race car driver who competed in the Indy Racing League (IRL, now IndyCar Series) and the Indianapolis 500 intermittently from 1999 to 2010. She also raced in the NAS ...
, race car driver;
Joe Vasold, lacrosse player;
Ray Giannelli, baseball player;
Manix Auriantal, professional basketball player;
Chris Algieri
Christopher Mark Algieri (born March 2, 1984) is an American professional boxer and former kickboxer. In boxing he held the WBO junior welterweight title in 2014 and challenged for the WBO welterweight title later that year; in kickboxing he wa ...
, professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division;
Allen Watson, former Major League Baseball pitcher (member of 2000 World Series Champion New York Yankees); and
Brian Brady (baseball)
Brian Phelan Brady (born July 11, 1962) is an American former professional baseball right fielder who played briefly for the California Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB) during the season. Listed at 5' 11", 185 lb., Brady batted and thr ...
, former right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the
California Angels
The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. Since 1966, the team ha ...
.
Faculty
*
Reino Aarnio, architect
*
Lance Williams, graphics researcher
*
Bernard Fryshman
Bernard Fryshman is a physics professor at the New York Institute of Technology since 1963 and the executive vice president of the Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools since 1973.
He served two terms on the predecessor to the ...
, physicist
*Zeeshan Jawed Shah, filmmaker
*
Ralph Guggenheim
Ralph Guggenheim (born June 6, 1951) is an American video graphics designer and film producer. He won a Producers Guild of America Award in 1995 for his contributions to the film ''Toy Story''.
Biography
He was born in New Rochelle, New York to ...
, video graphics designer
*
Jim Blinn
James F. Blinn (born 1949) is an American computer scientist who first became widely known for his work as a computer graphics expert at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), particularly his work on the pre-encounter animations for the Vo ...
, computer scientist known for his work as a computer graphics expert at
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
's
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center in the City of La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States.
Founded in the 1930s by Caltech researchers, JPL is owned by NASA an ...
*
Edwin Catmull
Edwin Earl "Ed" Catmull (born March 31, 1945) is an American computer scientist who is the co-founder of Pixar and was the President of Walt Disney Animation Studios. He has been honored for his contributions to 3D computer graphics, including th ...
, computer scientist and current president of
Pixar Animation Studios
Pixar Animation Studios (commonly known as Pixar () and stylized as P I X A R) is an American computer animation studio known for its critically and commercially successful computer animated feature films. It is based in Emeryville, Californ ...
and
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS), sometimes shortened to Disney Animation, is an American animation studio that creates animated features and short films for The Walt Disney Company. The studio's current production logo features a scene fro ...
*
James H. Clark
James Henry Clark (born March 23, 1944) is an American entrepreneur and computer scientist. He founded several notable Silicon Valley technology companies, including Silicon Graphics, Netscape, myCFO, and Healtheon. His research work in comput ...
, entrepreneur and computer scientist, founded companies, including
Netscape Communications Corporation
Netscape Communications Corporation (originally Mosaic Communications Corporation) was an American independent computer services company with headquarters in Mountain View, California and then Dulles, Virginia. Its Netscape web browser was onc ...
*
Alvy Ray Smith, pioneer in computer graphics
*
Greg Panos
Gregory Peter Panos (born September 24, 1956) is an American writer, futurist, educator, strategic planning consultant, conference / event producer, and technology evangelist in augmented reality, virtual reality, human simulation, motion captu ...
, writer, futurist, educator
*
Mehrdad Izady, contemporary writer on ethnic and cultural topics, particularly the Greater Middle East, and Kurds
*
Lynn Rogoff
Lynn Rogoff is an American film and television producer, playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, and academic. She is best known for writing the 1979 Emmy Award winning documentary film ''No Maps on My Taps'' and the 1983 play ''Love, Ben L ...
, film and television producer, and stage playwright, theatre director and professor
*Ahmed Awad, computer scientist, invented the mouse dynamics biometric, a new technology that identifies a user's unique way of using a mouse.
*
Harvey Jerome Brudner, theoretical physicist/engineer
*
Sheldon D. Fields, scientist
*
Frank Genese, architect
*
Ernie Anastos
Ernie Anastos (born July 12, 1943) is an American news anchor and the host of the show ''Positively America with Ernie Anastos''. He anchored the news at 6 p.m. on WNYW in New York City. He was also the anchor of the 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts on Fo ...
, won 28 Emmy Awards and nominations, and was nominated for the
Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in writing
*
Pat Hanrahan
Patrick M. Hanrahan (born 1954) is an American computer graphics researcher, the Canon USA Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering in the Computer Graphics Laboratory at Stanford University.
His research focuses on rendering al ...
, computer graphics researcher
*
Rebecca Allen, international artist
*
Frederic Parke, creator of the first CG physically modeled human face
*
Carter Burwell
Carter Benedict Burwell (born November 18, 1954) is an American film composer. He has consistently collaborated with the Coen brothers, having scored most of their films. Burwell has also scored three of Todd Haynes's films, three of Spike Jonz ...
, composer of film scores
*
Barbara, Lady Judge
Barbara Thomas Judge, Lady Judge (''née'' Singer; 28 December 194631 August 2020), previously known as Barbara Singer Thomas, was an American-British lawyer and businesswoman, based in London with dual American-British citizenship.
She was t ...
, Chairman Emeritus of the
UK Atomic Energy Authority
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority is a UK government research organisation responsible for the development of fusion energy. It is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy ...
*
David DiFrancesco, photoscientist, inventor, cinematographer, and photographer.
*
Jacques Stroweis
Jacques Stroweis is a visual effects artist and computer scientist who began his career as a member of the New York Institute of Technology Computer Graphics Lab. He was nominated at the 67th Academy Awards in the category of Best Visual Effects ...
, visual effects artist and computer scientist
*
Andrew Glassner
Andrew S. Glassner (born 1960) is an American expert in computer graphics, well known in computer graphics community as the originator and editor of the ''Graphics Gems'' series, ''An Introduction to Ray Tracing,'' and ''Principles of Digital Image ...
, American expert in computer graphics
*
Bruce Perens
Bruce Perens (born around 1958) is an American computer programmer and advocate in the free software movement. He created The Open Source Definition and published the first formal announcement and manifesto of open source. He co-founded the Open ...
, computer programmer and advocate in the
free software movement
The free software movement is a social movement with the goal of obtaining and guaranteeing certain freedoms for software users, namely the freedoms to run the software, to study the software, to modify the software, and to share copies of the s ...
*
Harry Hurwitz
Harry Hurwitz (January 27, 1938 – September 21, 1995) was an American film director, screenwriter, actor and producer.
Biography
Hurwitz attended The High School of Music & Art and New York University, where he received a B.S. in 1960 and an ...
, film director, screenwriter, actor and producer
*
Morrie Yohai, food company executive best known for his creation of
Cheez Doodles
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Description
Cheez Doodles are a c ...
*
Joel B. Snyder, served as the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...
president
*
W. Kenneth Riland, osteopathic physician (D.O.) whose patients included 37th president of the United States
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...
and
Nelson A. Rockefeller
*
Manfred Kirchheimer, documentary film maker
*
Ed Emshwiller
Edmund Alexander Emshwiller (February 16, 1925 – July 27, 1990) was an American visual artist notable for his science fiction illustrations and his pioneering experimental films. He usually signed his illustrations as Emsh but sometimes used E ...
, visual artist
*
William E. Glenn, inventor known for his contributions to
imaging technology
Imaging is the representation or reproduction of an object's form; especially a visual representation (i.e., the formation of an image).
Imaging technology is the application of materials and methods to create, preserve, or duplicate images.
...
. He was awarded 136 U.S. patents.
*Melda N. Yildiz, two-time Fulbright Scholar.
*
Tom Duff
Tom or TOM may refer to:
* Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name)
Characters
* Tom Anderson, a character in '' Beavis and Butt-Head''
* Tom Beck, a character ...
, computer programmer
*
Franklin C. Crow, computer scientist
*
John Lewis
John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville ...
, computer scientist
*Richard "Buz" Cooper, MD, a hematologist/oncologist who founded
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...
's Cancer Center.
Athletic coaches
*
Bob Malvagna
*
Ron Ganulin
*David Sweder
Presidents and provosts
Benefactors
NYIT financial supporters include:
*
Alexander P. de Seversky
Alexander Nikolaievich Prokofiev de Seversky (russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Проко́фьев-Се́верский) (June 7, 1894 – August 24, 1974) was a Russian-American aviation pioneer, inventor, and inf ...
, namesake of NYIT's DeSeversky Mansion and DeSeversky Center
*
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Cornelius "Sonny" Vanderbilt Whitney (February 20, 1899 – December 13, 1992) was an American businessman, film producer, government official, writer and philanthropist. He was also a polo player and the owner of a significant stable of Thorough ...
*
Rockefeller family
The Rockefeller family () is an American industrial, political, and banking family that owns one of the world's largest fortunes. The fortune was made in the American petroleum industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by brot ...
, namesake of the Rockefeller Auditorium and the Rockefeller Building on NYIT's Old Westbury campus.
*
Nelson Rockefeller
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979), sometimes referred to by his nickname Rocky, was an American businessman and politician who served as the 41st vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. A member of t ...
, namesake of NYIT's Nelson A. Rockefeller Academic Center
*
Laurance Rockefeller
Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (May 26, 1910 – July 11, 2004) was an American businessman, financier, philanthropist, and conservationist. Rockefeller was the third son and fourth child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. As ...
*
Henry Kissinger
Henry Alfred Kissinger (; ; born Heinz Alfred Kissinger, May 27, 1923) is a German-born American politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant who served as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presid ...
,
National Security Advisor A national security advisor serves as the chief advisor to a national government on matters of security. The advisor is not usually a member of the government's cabinet but is usually a member of various military or security councils.
National sec ...
and
United States Secretary of State
The United States secretary of state is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The office holder is one of the highest ranking members of the president's Ca ...
.
*
Richard A. Cody
Richard Arthur "Dick" Cody (born August 2, 1950) is a retired United States Army general who served as the 31st Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army from June 24, 2004 to July 31, 2008. He retired from the Army on August 1, 2008.
Early l ...
, 31st
Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
The vice chief of staff of the Army (VCSA) is the principal deputy to the chief of staff of the Army, and is the second-highest-ranking officer on active duty in the Department of the Army.
The vice chief of staff generally handles the day-to-d ...
.
Honorary degree recipients
*
Steve Forbes
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Jr. (; born July 18, 1947) is an American publishing executive and politician who is the editor-in-chief of ''Forbes'', a business magazine. He is the son of longtime ''Forbes'' publisher Malcolm Forbes and the grandso ...
,
editor-in-chief
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies.
The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
and publisher of business magazine ''
Forbes
''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family. Published eight times a year, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. ''Forbes'' also re ...
''
*
Bill Gates
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Microsoft, along with his late childhood friend Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions ...
,
founder of Microsoft
*
Gail Wilensky, headed
Medicare under
the first president Bush
*
Patricia Horoho
Patricia D. Horoho (née Dallas; born March 21, 1960) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as the 43rd Surgeon General of the United States Army and Commanding General of the United States Army Medical Command. She was t ...
,
43rd
U.S. Army Surgeon General and Commanding General of the
U.S. Army Medical Command.
*
Frank Bisignano
Frank J. Bisignano (born August 9, 1959) is an American businessman and the President and CEO of Fiserv. He previously served as the CEO of First Data Corporation and the COO of JPMorgan Chase.
Career
Based in New York City, Bisignano started hi ...
,
Chairman and CEO of
First Data
First Data Corporation is a financial services company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The company's STAR Network provided nationwide domestic debit acceptance at more than 2 million retail POS, ATM, and Online outlets for nea ...
*
Graham Nash
Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, photographer, and activist. He is known for his light tenor voice and for his contributions as a member of the Hollies and the supergroups Crosby, Stills ...
, two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee
*
William Bratton
William Joseph Bratton CBE (born October 6, 1947) is an American law enforcement officer and businessman who served two terms as the New York City Police Commissioner (1994–1996 and 2014–2016). He previously served as the Commissioner of th ...
, New York City Police Commissioner
*
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem (alternatively spelled Karim or Kerim) ( ar, کریم) is a common given name and surname of Arabic origin that means "generous", "noble", "honorable". It is also one of the Names of God in Islam in the Quran.
Given name Karim
* Karim A ...
, one of the
50 Greatest Players in NBA History
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.
*
Stanford R. Ovshinsky, prolific American
inventor
An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition, idea or process. An invention may be an improvement upon a machine, product, or process for increasing efficiency or lowering cost. It may also be an entirely new concept. If an ...
and
scientist
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In classical antiquity, there was no real ancient analog of a modern scientist. Instead, ...
who had been granted well over 400
patents.
*
Christine K. Cassel, member of
.
Commencement speakers
Notable commencement speakers include
George Pataki
George Elmer Pataki (; born June 24, 1945) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 53rd governor of New York from 1995 to 2006. An attorney by profession, Pataki was elected mayor of his hometown of Peekskill, New York, and went on ...
, the 53rd governor of New York, and
Sanjay Kumar, chairman and CEO of
CA Technologies
CA Technologies, formerly known as CA, Inc. and Computer Associates International, Inc., is an American multinational corporation headquartered in New York City. It is primarily known for its business-to-business (B2B) software with a product po ...
.
In popular culture
NYIT's campuses have been the backdrop for movies such as ''
Arthur
Arthur is a common male given name of Brittonic languages, Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. An ...
'' and ''
Three Days of the Condor'' and TV shows including ''
Gossip Girl
''Gossip Girl'' is an American teen drama television series based on the novel series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series, developed for television by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, ran on The CW network for six sea ...
'' and ''
Four Weddings
''Four Weddings'' is a British reality television series that premiered on Sky Living, on 6 July 2009. It has become popular enough to have inspired the creations of versions in other countries. One episode included the real-life wedding of ...
''.
See also
*''
Tubby the Tuba (1975 film)
''Tubby the Tuba'' is a 1975 animated musical-comedy film, based on the 1945 children's story for concert orchestra and narrator by Paul Tripp and George Kleinsinger. It was released on April 1, 1975 by Avco Embassy Pictures. The film was produc ...
'', an
animated feature
These lists of animated feature films compiles animated feature films from around the world and is organized alphabetically under the year of release (the year the completed film was first released to the public). Theatrical releases as well as ...
film produced by NYIT.
*''
The Works (film)
''The Works'' is a shelved 3D computer animated feature film, partially produced from 1979 to 1986. It would have been the first entirely 3D CGI film if it had been finished as intended, and included contributions from individuals who would go on t ...
'', a shelved film which was under development by NYIT. It would have been the first entirely 3D CGI film in history had it been finished.
References
External links
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