Dong Op-ed: Cities Should Use Tech to Prepare for Flooding

Mar 28, 2019

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ziqian (Cecilia) Dong has published an op-ed in Scientific American explaining how data visualization tools can help coastal cities prepare to deal with flooding.

In her article, Dong describes how flooding has become more common due to rising sea levels, the loss of natural wetlands, and increasingly violent storms. To boost urban infrastructure while there’s still time, she says, “[p]olicymakers … should rely on the latest computer modeling and other technologies to identify and implement the most efficient adaptation strategies.”

“With the right infrastructure upgrades,” Dong concludes, “communities can minimize future damages and save lives.”

 

Lillian Niwagaba Quoted in Newsday Article on Travel Safety

Mar 26, 2019

The NYIT Center for Global Health’s travel safety seminar, held in partnership with NYU Winthrop Hospital, has been featured in Newsday. Lillian Niwagaba, Ph.D., director, NYIT Center for Global Health, is quoted in the story, which shares key health tips that were delivered to NYITCOM students planning to study and travel abroad.

“You have to be aware that some things you may do may make you sick,” Niwagaba says. “But make sure you have the medicines [before you leave]. Some of these countries may not have the medicines you need.”

 

The Island Now Covers Expert Panel on LI’s Drinking Water

Mar 25, 2019

According to The Island Now, local experts, including Associate Professor of Environmental Technology and Sustainability Sarah Meyland, have not reached consensus on whether substances in Long Island’s drinking water pose a danger to residents or how to address the problem. But, all agree that “substances on Long Island’s surface have seeped deep underground and into the water that flows into taps,” it reports.

“We have a collection of some of the most significant issues around groundwater supply out of any place in the United States,” Meyland said, adding that it is a result of Long Island’s industrial history and household activity in which unregulated chemicals have been used directly above the drinking water source.

“Our challenge is to start looking sooner for these chemicals that we suspect are a health risk or a contaminant and stop them from getting into the environment,” Meyland said. “That means being stronger on our discharge programs.”

 

Zwibel Quoted in Considerable on Zero-Minute Workout

Mar 21, 2019

As seen in Considerable, Hallie Zwibel, D.O., director, NYIT Center for Sports Medicine, notes that exercise can be gained through regular daily activity. As he explains, exertion is considered “high intensity” when you push yourself to six times your normal energy expenditure, and varies based on an individual’s fitness level.

“My maximal effort isn’t going to be anywhere near the maximal effort of LeBron James. He’s going to have a much higher physical fitness capability,” says Zwibel. “But we’re both pushing our bodies to new limits.”

 

NYITCOM at A-State Featured Prominently for Its Rural Healthcare Efforts

Mar 19, 2019

NYITCOM at A-State’s efforts to expand access to healthcare across the Delta region have been featured prominently in Arkansas media, including Talk Business and Politics and KAIT Region 8 News.

“We opened our campus in Arkansas for a specific need,” Amanda Deel, D.O., assistant dean of clinical education, NYITCOM at A-State, told KAIT. “We need to address the health disparities in the counties and states within the Delta region.”

 

Kirk’s Research Described in Psychology Today

Mar 19, 2019

Assistant Professor Colleen P. Kirk’s recent research paper, published in the Journal of Business Research, is described at length by a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia for a post at Psychology Today.

Kirk’s experimental research explains why dog owners are willing to spend more resources on their pets than cat owners. Author Stanley Coren, Ph.D., summed up what he takes from Kirk’s paper in the subtitle of his post: “People care more about dogs than cats—if the dogs don't act like cats.” Coren is a self-described dog person.

 

Wolf Shares Nutrition Advice with AAPA

Mar 18, 2019

School of Health Professions’ Corri Wolf, was one of two experts interviewed by the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) for a discussion on how physician assistants can address nutrition with their patients. She acknowledges that offering nutrition advice to low-income patients, who may have limited access to healthy options, can require more personalized instruction.

“Eating well on a budget can be tricky, but there are a lot of resources out there to share with your patients so you are not recreating the wheel,” Wolf says. She suggests whole grains with longer shelf lives and frozen items in bulk.

 

Donoghue Quoted in Runner's World

Mar 18, 2019

Exercise physiologist Joanne Donoghue, Ph.D., director of clinical research and assistant professor, NYITCOM, provided insight on post-workout headaches in Runner’s World. In addition to blood flow changes in the body and poor running form, she notes that headaches following a run or workout can be caused by an electrolyte imbalance, which can be avoided.

“If you’re exercising longer than an hour, consuming electrolytes an hour beforehand and then every 15 to 20 minutes while you are running can help,” says Donoghue. “This can be done through liquid gels, capsules, or fluids containing electrolytes.”

 

Beheshti Describes 5G Networks in StateTech

Mar 14, 2019

Babak D. Beheshti, Dean of NYIT College of Engineering and Computing Sciences, is cited in StateTech describing the value of Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) in 5G wireless networks. Noting the greatly enhanced speed of 5G networks compared to 4G wireless networks, Beheshti points out that MEC’s decentralization makes possible “real time, high throughput, low-latency access to applications that are inherently intolerant of latencies.” Current 4G networks are slower because of “traffic having to go through the entire network to a central point and then back to the end user equipment,” says Beheshti. The “decentralized architecture” of MEC “is integral to 5G,” he adds.

 

Bloom Describes 1950s Public Housing for The Washington Post

Mar 13, 2019

Professor of Social Sciences Nicholas Dagen Bloom gives his expert opinion to The Washington Post for an article on the Brooklyn public housing project where Howard Schultz grew up.

Schultz, positioning himself as a candidate for the U.S. presidency, describes Bayview as “the wrong side of the tracks.” Bloom, who co-edited a history of public housing in New York City, says that at the time Schultz lived in the neighborhood, “A lot of people needed housing [in New York], and they were not all poor. The city had a program to build high-quality developments for middle-class tenants, people who could afford to pay enough rent that the rents would cover the operating costs of the buildings and the amortization of the mortgage.”