Media Coverage

Nizich Discusses Companies’ Biggest Cybersecurity Risks

Jul 10, 2019

A MultiBriefs report explores various reasons why security professionals believe that people represent the biggest risk to cybersecurity.

"The hardware, software, and security solutions we have available to us today as IT professionals to secure private networks from malicious attackers and minimize outsider threats and vulnerabilities are actually amazingly powerful and really quite strong and quite difficult to circumnavigate by cyber criminals," says Michael Nizich, Ph.D., adjunct associate professor in the department of computer science and ETIC director. But he notes, "The human implementers of security solutions are naturally prone to mistakes and oversights as in any other profession."

Another risk that Nizich points out in the article is that cybercriminals have found that the most natural and easiest way into a network is now through its users. "The rapid advancement of security technology has placed more information at risk because the system users have now become the target of cybercriminals instead of the systems themselves."

 

Gibb Describes Research in Contagion Magazine

Jul 05, 2019

Assistant Professor Bryan Gibb, Ph.D., is the principal source of a story in Contagion, a specialty publication for those who fight infectious diseases. Gibb describes research he carried out with several NYIT undergraduates who found potentially dangerous bacteria in used kitchen sponges. Their findings highlight both the ubiquity of these bacteria and the ways bacteriophages (or simply “phages”) can help defeat them.

“Phages are the most abundant biological entities on the planet,” Gibb says. “Discoveries can be found in any corner, or in this case, hiding in a lowly, dirty kitchen sponge.”

The bigger issue, according to Gibb, is the increasing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. “We need to accelerate efforts to find good novel antimicrobials and fully explore novel alternative therapeutics,” he says. His research into phages is one of those efforts.

 

Anid Honored as Advocate for Women in Security

Jul 03, 2019

SC Magazine has featured Nada Marie Anid, vice president, Strategic Communications and External Affairs, among the five women honored in the July-August issue as advocates for women in security.

“Anid has been a prominent advocate for the school’s efforts to build a robust cybersecurity discipline and establish thought leadership,” the article reads, further noting that she has long supported women pursuing STEM careers and has called for academia to fuel U.S. dominance in cybersecurity, AI and machine learning.

 

Jun 25, 2019

Bernadette Riley, D.O., associate professor and Director of the Ehlers Danlos Center, is a featured expert in a just-published guide by TheMighty.com intended to help people living with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS) get accurate, easy-to-read information for a better overall healthcare journey. Dr. Riley provides expertise regarding symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and resources for people living with EDS.  

 

Nowak Cited on Company Perks and Productivity

Jun 25, 2019

Assistant Professor of Human Resource Studies Radoslaw Nowak, J.D., Ph.D., is cited in a MultiBriefs discussion about productivity, company culture, and employee incentives. In “Don’t confuse perks with company culture,” Nowak explains that while organizations like Google may offer benefits such as free food and haircuts on-site, their productivity is actually due to their management practices.

Nowak notes three influential factors in Google’s managerial practices: 1) a strict hiring process which carefully screens for skilled, motivated workers; 2) the autonomy Google employees enjoy, which stimulates innovation; and 3) preparing and developing managers for a coaching, mentoring role rather than a management style based on “exercising power and control to implement the company’s goals.” These elements combine to create the conditions for a highly productive workplace, whether or not people take a break to play ping-pong.

 

Undergraduate Microbiology Research in News Outlets Worldwide

Jun 25, 2019

Research conducted by students of Assistant Professor Bryan Gibb, Ph.D., has been featured in media worldwide because of a recent presentation by Brianna Weiss (Class of 2020) at ASM Microbe, one of the largest microbiology conferences in the world. News outlets in the United States (MSN and others), India (The Times of India and others), the Spanish-speaking world (Madrid’s El Mundo and others), and other countries have carried the story about how bacteriophages found in kitchen sponges can help in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

 

Meyland in Newsday Addressing Surge Barriers Intended to Limit Flooding

Jun 22, 2019

A Newsday article addressing the federal government’s plans to consider steel surge barriers to limit flooding around Long Island includes perspective from Sarah Meyland, associate professor in the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences and director of the Center for Water Resources Management.  According to the article, Meyland notes that in addition to needing to protect homes and businesses from storm surge, specific plans to protect infrastructure, including sewage treatment plants on the South Shore, require special attention.

“Aside from being vulnerable to surges, these plants are just plain vulnerable to sea-level rise, which by all accounts is going to go up in our lifetime,” Meyland said. “It may be a good thing to start now to identify the most crucial bits of infrastructure that are so important to the counties and start looking at how we can back those up. I don’t think building a big wall around them is going to be successful long term.”

 

NYITCOM'S Happel Responds to Diabetes Study in Healio

Jun 21, 2019

As seen in Healio, Patricia Happel, D.O., commented on findings published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, which found that fewer than fifteen percent of patients undergo diabetes screenings. Happel states that she was not surprised by the results of the study, and noted that the prevalence of prediabetes is highest in the older population, although fewer patients in this age category receive screening. This is most likely due to lack of coverage for this important screening test by Medicare.

 

University Business: Anid on Women in Tech Leadership

Jun 18, 2019

Nada Marie Anid, Ph.D., vice president, Strategic Communications and External Affairs, delivered a keynote address earlier this month at the UB Tech® conference’s Women in Technology summit. In her session, focusing on “The Internet of Women: Accelerating Culture Change,” Anid offered advice on how women can advance their tech careers. “Find a sponsor or advocate, align personal goals with those of your institution, and be visible and vocal during projects at work,” she shared, according to an article in University Business.

Additionally, the article notes that to help narrow the gender equality gap in STEM, Anid said it’s important to have programs that fund quality teachers in the K-12 sector, initiatives that encourage women and girls to innovate and become entrepreneurs, and STEM engagement efforts that appeal to girls.

 

Jun 07, 2019

Liat Jarkon, D.O., M.P.H., assistant professor of Family Medicine, is quoted in an article in MultiBriefs about a report’s findings that millennials are more likely to be depressed and more likely to consider suicide than other generations in the workforce.

"I have observed a disturbing and serious trend in millennials, who appear to be lacking the proper coping mechanisms with which to navigate their lives," Jarkon says. She believes some of this is a result of helicopter parenting and the expectation that most, if not all, conflicts should be resolved immediately.

In addition to depression, Jarkon says the rates of bipolar disease, ADHD, and anxiety disorders are also increasing in this age group. "And many millennials are embarrassed to seek help or even to tell their parents, due to the stigma associated with mental illness."