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NYU-Poly Research Expo Takes Over Brooklyn's MetroTech Plaza with Robots, Mobile Apps, Smart Concrete, Gaming, Startup Business Tech, and More NEW YORK, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As a newly minted class of engineers walk the stage at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) Commencement next week, New Yorkers will have an opportunity to walk into the future, as Downtown Brooklyn's MetroTech Plaza transforms for the university's first annual Research Expo....

Prestigious National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Announces Grant to Uncover the DNA of Social Knowledge NEW YORK, May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative announced it will fund research by a team led by Oded Nov, an assistant professor of technology management and innovation at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), into what Nov calls "silicon brains" - large-scale knowledge repositories created online. (Logo:...

NYU-Poly Hosts New York Metropolitan Student Engineering Chapters, Competes in Popular Steel Bridge and Concrete Canoe Competitions NEW YORK, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Proving that innovative engineering can overcome specific weight, students of the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) this weekend steered their concrete canoe to one first-place finish while taking first place for constructing the most technically sound and aesthetically pleasing canoe....

NEW YORK, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- What is causing the anti-immigrant fervor in Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Utah and many other parts of the U.S.? What role has the Great Recession played in the spread of anti-immigrant legislation and rhetoric throughout areas with new Latino populations? STEEL BARRIO, a new book by NYU Press will give advocates, policy makers, and anyone else interested in immigration a historical perspective on how new ethnic communities cope...

Happening April 26-27 at NYU-Poly BROOKLYN, N.Y., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Different Games will celebrate its inaugural conference on April 26 and 27, 2013, at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly). A project of NYU-Poly's Department of Technology, Culture and Society, the conference will address the issues of diversity, difference and inclusivity in game design, production, scholarship and criticism. "We want to amplify seldom-heard voices in the games...

ParentCorps, Developed at NYU Langone, Holds Promise for Addressing Achievement Disparities An innovative program that supports parents and teachers of public school pre-kindergarten students improves early academic achievement, according to a new study published in the April 15 online edition of Pediatrics. In a five-year study of 1,050 minority pre-kindergarten students from disadvantaged neighborhoods in New York City, NYU Langone researchers found that ParentCorps, a family-focused,...

Huawei Technologies Awards Grants to H. Jonathan Chao and Kang Xi to Advance Performance and Resilience of the Internet NEW YORK, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- There are few things more frustrating to an Internet user than interruptions or slow-downs in service. The complexity of the Internet "backbone," as the principal routes between large, interconnected networks and routers are sometimes called, makes such occurrences virtually unavoidable, however. Huawei Technologies recently...

New study from NYU Stern, University of Pittsburgh, Drexel University, and University of Texas shows that mobile promotions, which encourage additional in-store travel, increase unplanned spending. CHICAGO, March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a recent study published by the American Marketing Association, Professor Sam Hui of the NYU Stern School of Business and co-authors Jeffrey Inman at the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business, Yanliu Huang at...

L2 Measures Digital Aptitude of 50 Beer Brands New York, NY (PRWEB) March 08, 2013 Heineken earned the No. 1 ranking in L2’s inaugural Digital IQ Index®: Beer study, released today. With best-in-vertical social media engagement, strong investments in mobile, and successful digital outreach with its Skyfall partnership featuring Daniel Craig, Heineken sets the industry standard for digital excellence. This inaugural report, authored by Scott Galloway, NYU Stern Clinical Professor of...

Materials scientists and engineers honor Nikhil Gupta NEW YORK, March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Nikhil Gupta, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), has been awarded a Young Leader Professional Development Award from the Structural Materials Division of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, known as TMS. This organization encompasses the entire range of materials science and engineering professionals,...