Schools & Colleges
Student Veteran Spotlight: Dru Arana
Dru Arana joined the U.S. Navy to get field experience in construction and civil engineering. After a successful career, he decided to pursue a lateral shift into energy and sustainability engineering, enrolling in the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences.
Medicine Rooted in Compassion
Medical student Mereena Jolly views becoming a physician as her calling, and her dedication to service has ignited a deep commitment to put compassion into practice.
Intern Insight: Madalina Cupsa
Bioengineering student Madalina Cupsa began interning at The Mount Sinai Hospital in January and is now approaching one year as a research assistant.
Engineering a Cancer Treatment Game Changer
A groundbreaking project co-led by the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences’ Steven Zanganeh, Ph.D., provides the world’s first functional, drug-testable, 3-D-printed human colon model.
Startup Tech Central Officially Opens
Members of New York Tech and the local community gathered to celebrate the grand opening of Startup Tech Central, a resource for students to transform ideas into real-world impact.
Intern Insight: Shikha Gandhi
Architecture student Shikha Gandhi’s internship with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection offered everything she hoped for as an aspiring sustainable and community-centered architect.
Gut Instincts: Solving Microscopic Mysteries
Research by NYITCOM Assistant Professor Vladimir Grubisic, M.D., Ph.D., aims to deliver findings that could pave the way for new treatments benefiting patients with gastrointestinal and neurological diseases.
Intern Insight: It Takes Two
Graduate architecture students Yeisy Batista Perez and Angela Madrigal spent five months interning with the well-known, Manhattan-based architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox.
My Co-op Gig: Marcus Fredericks
Computer science student Marcus Fredericks credits his willingness to experience new things with turning his co-op at 1-800-flowers.com into an ongoing employment opportunity.
Engineering Grit
Mechanical engineering student Russell Wetzler spends much of his time balancing his responsibilities both on and off campus, teaching him an incredible sense of perseverance.