Media Coverage

Mar 16, 2021

As seen in Arkansas Talk Business and Politics, Andrew Berner, president of Jonesboro-based Jetton General Contracting, has been appointed to New York Institute of Technology’s board of trustees. Berner, who resides in Northeast Arkansas, is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council of NYITCOM-Arkansas, as well as a member of the Chancellor’s Circle at Arkansas State University.

“I am honored that President Foley and the leadership team at New York Tech have asked me to serve on the board of trustees. This appointment reaffirms New York Tech’s commitment to the state of Arkansas and the Delta region. I look forward to reciprocating on that commitment by serving the entire university,” Berner said.

 

Mar 15, 2021

Maria Perbellini, M. Arch., dean of the School of Architecture and Design, is named in the Interior Design magazine story, “5 Women at the Forefront of Shifts in Architecture Education.” Perbellini’s profile highlights the school's focus on immersive learning with a variety of fluid degrees, cross-fertilization opportunities, competency-based skills, and shorter specializations that can facilitate new, unforeseen career paths and interests.

“This difficult time has brought us the momentum to critically rethink how we teach and learn. We are exploring agile online learning, different from the early adopted emergency remote instruction,” said Perbellini. “We revised the lengths of our programs with accelerated overlapping between graduate and undergraduate courses reducing costs and graduation rates. Micro and nano-credentials in partnership with the industry, eventually stackable into courses, can lead to the obtainment of degrees.”

Perbellini appears alongside leaders from other distinguished schools of architecture and design, including Boston Architectural College, Harvard, and Cornell.

 

Watanabe NSF CAREER Grant Publicized

Mar 10, 2021

Aki Watanabe, Ph.D., assistant professor of anatomy at NYITCOM, has been featured in multiple online news outlets for research that has earned him New York Tech’s first National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Grant. The Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award is one of the most prestigious and competitive NSF grants. Principal investigators can receive the award once in their career and can only submit a proposal up to three times. Impressively, Watanabe’s very first submission to the program was selected. His research project will analyze how the brain and skull have interacted over millions of years through evolution, as well as in the days and weeks prior to birth, to help explain possible causes of cranial birth defects. Coverage has appeared in The Island Now, Yahoo Finance, and several other outlets.

 

Mar 10, 2021

Third-year medical student Nicholas Harriel, was featured in The DO on his involvement with the Student Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA), the student arm of the American Osteopathic Association. Harriel, who is an NYITCOM-Arkansas student, was recently appointed SOMA's new president. In the interview, he explains how, despite the pandemic, his involvement in SOMA provided him with purpose in an otherwise isolating year.

"SOMA has given me family, hope and direction, and it has been a means to improve the lives of my peers, patients and future profession. Perhaps most importantly this past year, SOMA gave my peers, and me, a sense of normalcy," he said. 

 

Zwibel Discusses Zoom Fatigue in Tech & Learning University

Mar 09, 2021

Hallie Zwibel, D.O., New York Tech's medical director and director of the Center for Esports Medicine, was quoted in Tech & Learning University on how educators can curb Zoom fatigue, despite needing to spend more time in front of a screen due to the pandemic. Much of the medical advice that Zwibel and his team share with esports athletes is also applicable to educators finding themselves in front of a computer more frequently. 

“Make sure you're limiting glare, that your screen is eye level, with a certain amount of distance between you and your screen,” recommends Zwibel. “Try to have an ergonomic chair, making sure your keyboard is ergonomically designed. We also recommend taking a standing break at least every 45 minutes. And between 20 and 40 minutes, we recommend eye stretches, just to relax the eye muscles.” 

 

InnovateLI Highlights Zscaler Initiative

Mar 05, 2021

As seen in InnovateLI, the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences has partnered with Zscaler, a leader in cloud security, to allow students and alumni to gain real-world skills in the field of cybersecurity, specifically with secure access service edge and zero trust best practices through courses that teach Zscaler Internet Access and Zscaler Private Access powered by the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange.

“Preparing our students by providing them a career-oriented and deep technical education has always been our focus,” says Babak Beheshti, Ph.D., dean of the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences. “This partnership with Zscaler equips our students with highly in-demand skillsets in cybersecurity while integrating these skillset acquisitions in their curriculum.”

 

Newsday Pandemic Coverage Highlights Harper's Public Health Expertise

Mar 04, 2021

Insight from Brian Harper, M.D., M.P.H., vice president for equity and inclusion and chief medical officer, was included in a Newsday story on the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 on Long Island. Harper, who is also a former Suffolk County health commissioner, noted that people of color are more likely to have public-facing jobs that could expose them to the virus and underlying conditions that put them at higher risk of severe COVID-19. In addition, he adds that these communities are also less likely to have access to routine primary care, making it even more challenging for them to manage their health.

 

Psychology Today Features Kirk’s Behavioral Findings on Pet Owners

Mar 02, 2021

Psychological ownership research by Colleen Kirk, D.P.S., associate professor of marketing, is featured in Psychology Today. In late February, Lady Gaga's French bulldogs were stolen at gunpoint, with the singer issuing a $500,000 reward for the dogs’ safe return. The article, “How Much Money is Your Pet Worth to You,” uses Kirk’s findings to explain why dog owners, like Lady Gaga, place a high value on their pets, as compared to owners of other pets, such as cats.  

 

LIBN Honors Harper with a 2021 Diversity in Business Award

Mar 02, 2021

Brian Harper, M.D., M.P.H., vice president for equity and inclusion and chief medical officer, received a 2021 Diversity in Business award from Long Island Business News (LIBN). These awards are designed to highlight the outstanding achievements of the region’s leaders who actively support the growth of diversity and equality in the community. Harper, who was also profiled in a special issue of LIBN, and several other leaders from a variety of organizations across Long Island were honored at the publication’s March 2 virtual awards ceremony.

When asked what motivates his efforts, Harper said, “I have spent roughly 30 years focused on issues pertaining to public health, including communicable diseases and health inequities. It has become more apparent than ever that a lack of health information or misinformation can literally result in both morbidity and mortality. This has motivated me to continue to educate the public on basic medical and scientific principles to help dispel myths and prevent unnecessary illness and death.”

 

VRWorldTech Interviews New York Tech Graduate Student

Feb 22, 2021

Dominica Jamir, a graduate student in New York Tech’s UX/UI (user experience/user interface) design and development program is featured in a five-page spread by VRWorldTech, a UK publication dedicated to the business of manufactured realities and immersive technologies. Inside the February 22 issue (login required), the article, “Meet Dominica Jamir,” provides an in-depth look at what inspired Jamir to study UX/UI design and development, and how she is using virtual reality (VR) to enhance current teaching and learning methods. Much of the article focuses on Jamir’s award-winning project proposal, Intellect VR: Learning in VR; The VR Experience in the Classroom, which was named “Best Practitioner Poster Proposal” at last year’s International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network.