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Mitchell Vazquez is an enthusiastic philanthropic donor and believes that every child should have access to education. He attended a public school in Seattle where he excelled academically and athletically. Recently he gave his support to the NYU Langone Medical Center in their effort for expansions to metropolitan hospitals. New York, NY (PRWEB) August 26, 2012 Mitchell Vazquez is an enthusiastic philanthropic donor and believes that every child should have access to education. He...
NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to escalating cyber attacks on the nation's security, infrastructure and business, Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) in alliance with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation will host a high-level conversation among key government, industry and academic officials. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20091027/NY99197LOGO ) Debora A. Plunkett, who oversees the National Security Agency's directorate charged with...
NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) and NYU Professor Theodore (Ted) S. Rappaport, a leading researcher in wireless communication engineering, has been chosen the 2012 recipient of the IEEE William E. Sayle Award for Achievement in Education by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Education Society. The prestigious award is presented annually to an IEEE Education Society member who has made...
Treating very young infants with antibiotics may predispose them to being overweight in childhood, according to a study of more than 10,000 children by researchers at the NYU School of Medicine and the NYU Wagner School of Public Service and published in the online August 21, 2012, issue of the International Journal of Obesity. The study found that on average, children exposed to antibiotics from birth to 5 months of age weighed more for their height than children who weren't exposed....
NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- XO Group Inc. (NYSE: XOXO, www.xogroupinc.com), the premier media and technology company devoted to weddings, pregnancy, and everything in between, today announced two appointments that reaffirm the company's commitment to innovation and its leadership position in digital media and services. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120618/NY26546LOGO ) Rob Fassino rejoins as Executive Vice President, Product Development, following a...
NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New York University and Polytechnic Institute of NYU (NYU-Poly) announced that National Instruments (NI) is joining them as the founding industrial sponsor in launching the world's first academic research center combining the exploration of advanced wireless technologies, computing and medical applications. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20091027/NY99197LOGO) Called NYU WIRELESS, the center researches advanced communications and...
NEW YORK, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- After six months of rigorous research, Manhattan Mocap, LLC, together with the New York Times and the NYU Movement Lab, released its first analysis of three-times gold medalist Dana Vollmer of the US Olympic swim team, silver medalist Abby Johnston of the US Olympic diving team, and Nick McCrory, who competes this week in the 10-meter platform-diving event for the US team in London. Researchers studied these athletes as they trained in pools...
Hearing generic language to describe a category of people, such as "boys have short hair," can lead children to endorse a range of other stereotypes about the category, a study by researchers at New York University and Princeton University has found. Their research, which appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), also points to more effective methods to reduce stereotyping and prejudice. The study focused on "social essentialism," or the belief that certain...
NEW YORK, July 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, a select group of high school teachers from around the country will begin a high-intensity boot camp program at the downtown Brooklyn campus of Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly). But rather than scaling walls or doing push-ups, these educators will be learning the ropes in computer security as part of a program to help teachers mentor the cyber security experts of tomorrow. (Logo:...
NEW YORK, July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) have assembled a powerful consortium of government and business support to advance beyond today's fourth generation (4G) wireless technologies toward 5G cellular networks that could potentially increase cell phone capacity by more than 1,000 times. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20091027/NY99197LOGO ) The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the team...
