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photo licenses
[edit]Hi,
Thanks for the streetcar photos. Could you please add the appropriate license tag? I think {{GFDL-self}} is what you're looking for.
Thanks - Tempshill 14:42, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
Image Tagging Image:DeutchBahn-ACloco.jpg
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Image copyright problem with Image:Yonge-Buildings.jpg
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Image tagging
[edit]You need to tag all your images, or reviewers less nice than myself :-) will delete them all preemptorily. I just add a "GFDL-presumed" at Image:T1-SubwayCarINSIDE.jpg, but your contribution list [1] shows a bunch more that need them, so please tag them as soon as possible. Thanks! Stan 14:23, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
Image copyright problem with Image:BuffaloCentral-3.jpg
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Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Thank you. └ UkPaolo/talk┐ 17:05, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
- Per Stan, above, you need to specify a copyright license for all the images you have uploaded or risk them being deleted. If you're confused about what to choose feel free to leave me or one of the people above, a message for help. └ UkPaolo/talk┐ 17:05, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
Image copyright problem with Image:Odessa914-Bilek1.jpg
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Image Tagging Image:KolnTram.jpg
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Image Tagging Image:Bensonhurst-Bath.jpg
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Image copyright problem with Image:BC-QuadSnow.jpg
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Help with Copyright Tags
[edit]Hey there! From reading through your page above it seems you have failed to add appropriate copyright tags onto a number of images which you have uploaded to Wikipedia. That's a real shame, since images such as Image:BC-QuadSnow.jpg, taken by yourself, would make a good contribution to the encyclopedia, and risk being deleted (indeed, some of the images listed above now have been). All you need to do is to add one of the appropriate tags from Wikipedia:Image copyright tags to the image description page. If it is an image you have created yourself, and you are happy for anyone to use it, then I would suggest {{PD-self}} or {{GFDL}} would be appropriate. Feel free to ask any questions by posting on my talk page if I can help. Thanks, └ UkPaolo/talk┐ 16:32, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
Image Tagging Image:Koln-Chorweiler.JPG
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Park Slope
[edit]Hello there, I saw that you added some photos to the Park Slope article. Do you live there? I do, too! Páll (Die pienk olifant) 08:49, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
Image formatting
[edit]Hello there, after leaving the last message, I proceeded to check through some of your contributions. My, it seems like you've been a busy shutter bug. However, I am coming to express a concern for the formatting of your images when you place them in an article. Since you appear to be new-ish here, let me explain:
Usually when there is only one image in a section, we place it at the start of the header, for example:
== Blah Blah ==
[[Image:BlahBlah.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Blah Blah.]]
When there are two or more images, please do this:
== Blah Blah ==
[[Image:BlahBlah.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Blah Blah.]]
[[Image:BlahBlah.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Blah Blah.]]
It is also standard to wiki link within the images, since many people look at the images before they read the content, thus:
[[Image:BlahBlah.JPG|thumb|250px|right|[[Blah Blah]].]]
Also, please make sure that horizontal images are at the standard 250px while vertical images are somewhere around 220px. A period after the text in the image descriptor is also great!
Thanks so much, and keep up the great image contributions! Páll (Die pienk olifant) 09:10, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
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Odessa Films
[edit]Please stop recreating that article. It meets WP:CSD Articles item 1. If you continue to recreate it after this notice, you may be blocked for disruption. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 20:55, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
OK I will
[edit]forget about Odessa Film studio.
Hello from an ex-Bostonian and ex-New Yorker!
[edit]Hi there! Well, the thing is that I don't live in the US anymore. I moved back to Moscow almost a year ago and have no regrets about it whatsoever. Here in Russia, life is so rich with events, relaxed and enjoyable, unlike in NY, which I couldn't stand (my last year there especially). I miss Boston though and all the fun I had there with international students (mostly Ukrainian). I'd like to visit it again someday. Ask whatever questions you have about Boston or NY or Wikipedia :). Happy editing! KNewman 12:49, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Re: How are you, Railfan?
[edit]Hello! I just wanted to say thanks for the greeting and letting me know about Mike's wonderful TTC website. If you're working on articles on particular trams in SPb, that's great! Make sure you link to them from the Tramways in Saint Petersburg page once those articles are complete; maybe I could help you out as well. As you see, my article on tramway service in SPb is still a work in progress, and a lot needs to be done, so you're welcome to help out. I'll try to finish the history section soon, if I have time. - Canwolf 21:24, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Hello, Railfan
[edit]Yes, the O-Train fleet were built as part of an order for Deutsche Bahn — they’re superior in a number of ways to the usual passenger trains in Canada. I’m glad you liked the photograph. David Arthur 15:40, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I curious as to where this image was taken. Can you had the info to its description. Thanks. ccwaters 17:18, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
General Circuit Theory
[edit]Please see my comment on the talk page. Cbdorsett 10:00, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
Add it to Wikiversity? Hmmmmm... I don't know. I thought there was lots of good encyclopedia-type info on your page. It seems to me the better solution is make it all read like an encyclopedia article, and then add enough links to it on other pages so that they will take off that tag. Wikipedia has a policy against including "original" materials, so it will require some work to make sure that all available citations are included in the right places. As far as Wikiversity goes, I don't know anything at all about their standards, policies and aims. Maybe you should copy the content over there and see what happens. But don't delete it from Wikipedia.
Good luck on your final.
Cbdorsett 05:44, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Hello
[edit]Hey man, yeah I don't live in NJ anymore which is a shame. I've been busy lately though... —lensovet–talk – 04:49, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
barnstar
[edit]hey there, thank you very much for the barnstar! i was very surprised. lately i've been busy writing a new program for my computer, but i will email you soon. have a good day! —lensovet–talk – 21:06, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
Your Barnstar
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Photos of Lomená Street
[edit]Hi, GK tramrunner! According to your wish I've taken some fifty photos and three very short (and poor) videos of Lomená Street. The weather wasn't much favourable on the last Sunday here, mostly overcast, but better than nothing. Now I ask, what to do with those images? It's about 60 MB total, which is not very comfortable for a man with a low-speed GPRS connection like me. :-) What do you need it for? I would also need your e-mail address. Пока! --Miaow Miaow 23:55, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello
[edit]Thank you for the message. Unfortunately, I never went to New Utrecht High School. I started the article after writing one about Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, who was a student there in the 1950s. I knew that a lot of famous people had gone to the school, so I was surprised that it didn't have an article already. I grew up in West Virginia, which is very different from New York!
I hope you get to visit London one day. It's a very interesting city. I have not been to Aachen, but I have visited Berlin and Munich. I would like to visit more of central and eastern Europe -- so far I have only made one brief trip to Poland. I'm part Ukrainian myself; my great-grandmother was an ethnic Ukrainian from Przemyśl.
I did make a few of the userboxes on my page myself (the spaghetti, Aubrey-Maturin and environmentalist boxes, for example), but I'm afraid most of the stuff on there is copied from other people!
Your photographs of Brooklyn are very good. I hope you plan to contribute more to Wikipedia in future.
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Enthusiasm
[edit]I appreciate your enthusiasm about the New York City Subway. However, try to keep things relevant to the wikiproject. As you may see its past discussions on its talk page, that is what is kinda expected, okay? --Imdanumber1 (talk • contribs) 08:51, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
P.S. Your biography seems pretty interesting, as you've left on my talk page.
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Pictures on New Jersey Transit rail operations
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New userboxes
[edit]I might be wrong, I've never made one myself, but I think you're going to need to move the pages for your recently created userboxers.
From WP:UBX:
- "In the user namespace, you may create a subpage of your own user page or User:UBX."
The way they are created now, they look like the userpages of editors who don't exist.
Again, maybe I'm just reading the guideline incorrectly. I just noticed them while new page patrolling and thought it looked odd. --Onorem♠Dil 16:06, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
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MK-61
[edit]I didn't really add much to the article, but yes, I have sentimental feelings about that calculator, too :) By the way, if the MK-61 emulator is available online, could you add a link to it to the article? I think the article will benefit from it. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 16:07, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
- Hi, GK! Thanks for the links, I'm sure I'm going to give the emulator a try this weekend! Ahh, the memories! :)
- I do live in the U.S. (Midwest), but being rather paranoid about privacy I prefer not to disclose where exactly. Nothing personal; I hope you understand! Same goes for ICQ communications. However, if you need to ask me anything that's not suitable to be asked here on my talk page (perhaps because it is not really Wikipedia-related), you are more than welcome to email me. You didn't happen to be a member of клуб электронных игр for MK-61 & 52 in the beginning of the 1990s by any chance? The club was run by mail by some guy in Samara (I forgot his name, unfortunately), who published a newsletter and helped folks connect to exchange various MK-61 programs. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 17:14, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
MK-52
[edit]Thank you for your comment. I have responded to it on my talk page. ZICO (talk) 21:01, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Editing suggestions
[edit]Thanks for your edits to the NYC subway pages, especially bus connections. There are a few things you could do to make your edits more productive.
When linking, you need to check two things:
- There actually is a Wikipedia article by that name;
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Here are some examples:
- Several of your edits included a link to Williamsburgh. What you actually needed was Williamsburg, Brooklyn. In the article text, you would put
[[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg]]
- Several of your edits included a link to Ocean Avenue, which is a rock album. What you actually needed was Ocean Avenue (Brooklyn). In the article text you would put
[[Ocean Avenue (Brooklyn)|Ocean Avenue]]
. - Several of your edits included a link to Prospect Park. There are many Prospect Parks, so this link goes to a disambiguation page. What you actually needed was Prospect Park, Brooklyn. In the article text, you would put
[[Prospect Park, Brooklyn|Prospect Park]]
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These are only examples. Unfortunately, there is no substitute for checking every link.
When you're finished editing, if a link is colored red, it means that Wikipedia has no article by that title. In many cases, you'll find the article under another name. One of your edits included a link to Hil Hodges Memorial Bridge. This was a misspelling for Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge, but Wikipedia doesn't have that either. The correct link was to Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge.
I know it can be tedious, but these links do need to be checked. Thanks, and Happy Editing! Marc Shepherd (talk) 15:39, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
General circuit theory
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Speedy deletion of Template:User RetroElectronics
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Image licensing
[edit]Hey there...
I am going through a number of images that have some minor licensing issues. I came across Image:ParkSLope-Fabulous.JPG (and also Image:ParkSlope-street.JPG) which you uploaded. The licensing on this image is not complete as it was uploaded many years ago. I wonder if you could follow the link to the image page and correct the licensing with a GFDL license (or other free license). If you have any questions or issues, please drop me a note on my talk page. Thanks. --Jordan 1972 (talk) 23:25, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
Hey there...
I am going through a number of images that have some minor licensing issues. I came across Image:SaltMarsh-Winter.JPG which you uploaded. The licensing on this image is not complete as it was uploaded many years ago. I wonder if you could follow the link to the image page and correct the licensing with a GFDL license (or other free license). If you have any questions or issues, please drop me a note on my talk page. Thanks. --Jordan 1972 (talk) 22:03, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
Ettore Pozzoli
[edit]Thanks a lot for your suggestion. You are right but in this case the only text in english on Ettore Pozzoli is practicaly only on the web site of the contest and those are the only things known regarding his biography. Anyway....thanks again for your attention :-))--Vpower1962 (talk) 22:50, 27 December 2008 (UTC) "Ettore Pozzoli" seems to have died....sob !!--Vpower1962 (talk) 23:05, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
Ettore Pozzoli 2
[edit]I see you were attempting a re-write of above article but it still go deleted by User:Sandstein, you can request that the admn can set you up a copy in your sandbox so you can do further work if you desire. BigDuncTalk 23:04, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
Elinkine
[edit]Hi Tram Runner,
I have added the coordinates to Elinkine. Thanks for the suggestion!
Happy editing,
Neelix (talk) 01:48, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Ghent Tram
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You might want to create a sandbox page to create articles. Once you are finished, you can then copy and paste the entire article at once and avoid speedy delete tags that get placed in blank (as in my case) or short articles. Note that a speedy delete tag can be placed by anyone, but only an administrator can delete an article. I am not an administrator. --Quartermaster (talk) 15:59, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
The article is looking good. Keep up the good work! --Quartermaster (talk) 16:11, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
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Rails
[edit]No, I can't say I'm a fan. I am a great sympathizer though.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 13:59, September 28, 2009 (UTC)
--Maxim75 (talk) 03:03, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
Yes in live in Sydney, Australia. Also from Ukraine :-)
Speedy deletion nomination of Railway switching networks
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NYU-Poly
[edit]Hi GK tramrunner, I am a new user. It would be really helpful if you could replace all the text on the Polytechnic Institute of New York University page with the updated, fixed and improved page I made(see below). NYU-Poly page currently is not open to very new users like me. Thanks--Lionkill (talk) 22:36, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
File:Poly logo seal.jpg | |
Motto | Homo et Hominis Opera Partes Naturae |
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Motto in English | The human being and human works are parts of nature |
Type | Private |
Established | 1854 |
Endowment | US $122.4 million[1] |
President | Jerry MacArthur Hultin[2] |
Provost | Katepalli R. Sreenivasan[3] |
Academic staff | 374 |
Undergraduates | 2,071[4] |
Postgraduates | 2,581[4] |
Location | , , 40°41′40″N 73°59′12″W / 40.694412°N 73.986531°W |
Campus | Urban 28 acres (Brooklyn Campus)[5] |
Newspaper | The Polytechnic Reporter |
Colors | Purple and Green |
Mascot | Fighting Blue Jays, Engineers |
Website | www.poly.edu |
The Polytechnic Institute of New York University, often referred to as NYU Polytechnic, NYU-Poly, Poly or New York University School of Engineering and Technology is one of the 18 schools and colleges that comprise New York University (NYU).[6][7][8][9] It is the second oldest private engineering and technology institute in the United States as well as the second oldest polytechnic universities in the United States and has made contributions in the fields of electrical engineering, polymer chemistry, aerospace, and microwave engineering.[10] The institute is associated with people having won 2 Nobel Prize in Physics, 2 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 3 Putnam Mathematical Competition winners, 2 Wolf Prize in Physics, 1 Russ Prize, 3 Gordon Prize, 1 Draper Prize, 2 Turing Award winners, 2 W. Wallace McDowell Award, and several Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Awards winners. Several current and former presidents of professional societies such as American Chemical Society, American Society of Civil Engineers and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), are alumni. The financial engineering program was the second program of its kind, anywhere and the first curriculum to be certified by the International Association of Financial Engineers.[11][12] NYU-Poly was one of the first universities to introduce a cyber security program, and is designated as both a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education and a Center of Academic Excellence in Research by the National Security Agency.[13] Polytechnic is the first school in New York City to receive the designation Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Education by the U.S. National Security Agency.[14] Polymer engineering in the United states began at NYU-Poly. Polytechnic people include the first president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), founders of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE)),[15][16][17][18] and founder of United States of America Mathematical Olympiad. Polytechnic people played a key role in the establishment of bioengineering and biomedical engineering[19][20] NYU-Poly operates several on-campus and off-campus business incubators and is one of the ten schools of NYU that is part of the NYU Entrepreneurs Network (NYUEN).[21][22] It is a founding member of the Association of Independent Technological Universities. Poly Prep Country Day School, a college preparatory school, was once integrated with the University and shares its founding.
History
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NYU-Poly was formerly Polytechnic University and it is currently an interim entity that maintains a formal affiliation with NYU, allowing NYU to complete the transition for Poly to become the School of Engineering and Technology within NYU (see NYU Affiliation below).[23][24]
Timeline
[edit]The official timeline for the Institute is maintained on Poly at a Glance: the Poly Timeline.[25]
- A group of Brooklyn businessmen drew up a charter on May 17, 1853, to establish a school for young men.
- In 1854, the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute was chartered and moved into its first home at 99 Livingston Street.
- In 1855, the school opened its doors September 10 to 265 young men, ages nine to 17. From 1889 to 1973 it was known as "Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn" (but often referred to as "PIB" or "Brooklyn Poly").
- Baccalaureate degrees were conferred for the first time in 1871.
- Postgraduate programs began in 1901.
- In 1917, the preparatory program was separated from Institute and renamed the Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School, or Poly Prep for short. It is located in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn.
Polytechnic Institute Electrostatic Laboratory 1903–1904 - First doctoral degree awarded in 1921.
- Polymer Research Institute established in 1942.
- Microwave Research Institute established in 1945.
- In 1957, Poly moved to its present location (333 Jay Street, the former site of the American Safety Razor factory), and became a co-educational institution.
- In 1973, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn acquired the faculty and programs of New York University’s School of Engineering and Science to form Polytechnic Institute of New York after NYU was forced to sell the University Heights campus (where the engineering school was situated) because of financial hardships.
- Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications (CATT) established in 1983.
- In 1985, the school gained university status and its name was changed to Polytechnic University.
- In 2008, Polytechnic changed its name to Polytechnic Institute of New York University when it became affiliated with NYU, in order to align itself to become the School of Engineering and Technology within NYU.
Name
[edit]Polytechnic Institute of NYU has carried a number of different names.[26]
- 1854: Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute (founding name)
- 1889: Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (separated from preparatory program)
- 1973: Polytechnic Institute of New York (merged with New York University School of Engineering and Science)
- 1985: Polytechnic University (acquired university status)
- 2008: Polytechnic Institute of New York University (officially affiliated with New York University)
New York University affiliation
[edit]In 1973, New York University’s School of Engineering and Science was merged into the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn to form the Polytechnic Institute of New York.[27] The 2008 affiliation between Poly and NYU re-established a formal relationship between New York University and the former Polytechnic Institute of New York after nearly 35 years of separation.[28] The Institute is now an interim entity while it aligns itself to become NYU's dedicated resource for applied sciences and engineering.[29]
On August 7, 2007, Polytechnic and New York University (NYU) announced that the two institutions were engaged in merger discussions.[30][31] In October 2007, NYU’s and Polytechnic's Boards of Trustees both approved continuation of talks on a merger of NYU and Polytechnic. Both institutions decided to continue drafting a Definitive Agreement to more fully define the relationship between the universities.[32][33]
On March 6, 2008, Polytechnic’s Board of Trustees voted to approve the "Definitive Agreement" to affiliate with New York University, with the goal that Polytechnic would become NYU's engineering, applied science, and technology school. On June 24, 2008, the New York State Regents approved an affiliation between Polytechnic and NYU by a change of charter which made NYU the sole member of the Polytechnic, effective July 1, 2008.[32][32][34]
Consolidation into New York University
[edit]It has been confirmed by the school authorities that the interim Polytechnic Institute of NYU is on the path to being completely consolidated into NYU as its School of Engineering and Technology by 2014, similar to that of NYU College of Arts and Sciences, Stern School of Business, Tisch School of the Arts, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, and other NYU schools.[35][36]
Presidents of Polytechnic
[edit]President | Years as president | |
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1 | John Howard Raymond | 1855–1864 |
2 | David Henry Cochran | 1864–1899 |
3 | Henry Sanger Snow | 1899–1904, Interim President |
4 | Frederick Washington Atkinson | 1904–1925 |
5 | Parke Rexford Kolbe | 1925–1932 |
6 | Charles Edwin Potts | 1932–1933, Interim President |
7 | Harry Stanley Rogers | 1933–1957 |
8 | Ernst Weber | 1957–1958, Interim President |
9 | Ernst Weber | 1958–1969 |
10 | Benjamin Adler | 1969–1971, Acting President |
11 | Arthur Grad | 1971–1973 |
12 | Norman Auburn | 1973, Acting President |
13 | George Bugliarello | 1973–1994 |
14 | David C. Chang | 1994–2005 |
15 | Jerry MacArthur Hultin[2] | 2005–2012 |
16 | Katepalli R. Sreenivasan | 2012–Present, Acting President |
Presidents of Polytechnic Institute and Deans of Engineering at NYU
[edit]Dean | Years as Dean of Engineering at NYU | |
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1 | Katepalli R. Sreenivasan | 2012–Present |
Campuses
[edit]NYU-Poly has its main campus in Downtown Brooklyn and is close to transportation routes and easily accessible from all parts of New York City and Long Island. In addition to its main address at MetroTech Center in Downtown Brooklyn, the institute offers programs at other sites throughout the region, including Long Island, Westchester, and Manhattan, as well as several programs in Israel, China and the Middle East.[10][37] NYU-Poly is an integral part of NYU Abu Dhabi, NYU Shanghai and the NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) in downtown Brooklyn.[38]
Existing campuses
[edit]Brooklyn Campus
[edit]The Institute played a leadership role in bringing about MetroTech Center, one of the largest urban university-corporate parks in the world and the largest in the United States. Today, the 16-acre (65,000 m²), $1 billion complex is home to the Institute's main campus and several technology-dependent companies, including Securities Industry Automation Corporation (SIAC), New York City Police Department's 911 Center, New York City Fire Department Headquarters and the U.S. technology and operations functions of JPMorgan Chase. In 1998, a Marriott Hotel was built adjacent to MetroTech. MetroTech has proven to be a case study in effective university, corporate, government and private-developer cooperation. It has resulted in renewing an area that once was characterized more by urban decay.
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Wunsch Building houses the school's undergraduate admissions offices and is used to host many social, cultural, and academic events for the school and community.[39] The building dates back to 1847 and was the first independent black church in Brooklyn. It was also a stop on the Underground Railroad and has been designated a historic landmark since November 24, 1981.[40]
The Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology, opened in 1990 in a new building, is Polytechnic's information hub, with many of its offerings accessible online.
The Othmer Residence Hall is a 18-story building housing over 400 students and was opened in 2002, and currently houses freshmen and sophomores. It is named after Donald Othmer, a past chemical engineering professor at the Institute, and his wife, Mildred Othmer.
The Clark Residence, which opened in September 2010, offers housing to juniors, seniors, and graduate students.
It has been confirmed that NYU-Poly will build a massive tower on Jacobs Administration and Civil Engineering building site.[41] The developer will be selected in Spring 2013.[42]
Long Island Campus
[edit]The Long Island Graduate Center was opened in 1961. Recently, It was closed and classes were moved to a small portion of the Melville Corporate Center. Graduate programs were expanded to include Electrophysics, Systems Engineering, Telecommunication Networks and Wireless Innovation.
Westchester Campus
[edit]Established in the 1980s, in the Hudson Valley, NYU-Poly's Westchester campus offers several graduate programs and operates similarly to the Long Island Campus.
Manhattan Site
[edit]Located in Manhattan, this site offers degree programs in Financial Engineering, Management of Technology, Information Management and Accelerated Management of Technology. The Manhattan Graduate Center offers a facility for working professionals.
Located at 2 Broadway in downtown Manhattan. This site offers NYU Poly Exec 21 Construction Management certificate.
Center for Urban Science and Progress at Brooklyn Campus
[edit]The Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) is a degree-granting technology and research institute, that will be located in Downtown Brooklyn, New York. The 460,000-square-foot building is located on NYU's Brooklyn campus. It will be a research facility at Polytechnic Institute of New York University mainly focusing on urban engineering, civil engineering, computer science, and electrical engineering.[43] It will open by September 2013, and will be located in the MetroTech Center in Downtown Brooklyn. NYU hopes the new center will help to encourage collaboration between experts in different fields, allowing them to solve problems that they would be unable to solve alone.
Bioengineering Institute in Manhattan
[edit]New York University is creating an innovative Institute for Bioengineering that will cross multiple disciplines and schools of the university. It is intended to foster close collaboration particularly among the Polytechnic Institute (NYU-Poly), Courant Institute, Faculty of Arts and Science, Center for Neural Science, Colleges of Dentistry and Nursing, as well as the School of Medicine. The combined expertise and talent available in these units is already considerable. Part of the Institute’s new activities will occur on the Campus of NYU-Poly in Brooklyn while the part particularly devoted to applied biomedical research and development will be housed in a new building under construction in Manhattan near the Medical School, cohabiting with the College of Dentistry and Nursing. The 11-story, state-of-the-art facility, planned for 433 First Ave., will be 170,000-square-feet large and 183-feet high. The previous building on the site, which was used for administrative and academic office for the school’s College of Dentistry, was demolished in September. Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates is designing the exterior, while EYP Architecture & Engineering is working on the interior design. It is slated to open in 2015. The new building will cost $140 million. The area is already home to a cluster of health-related University programs, including the NYU College of Dentistry and the NYU School of Medicine.
Israel Campus
[edit]Located in Rishon LeZion in the College of Management. This campus offers Master of Science in Management and Master of Science in Organizational Behaviour degrees.
New York University Abu Dhabi
[edit]In October 2007, New York University announced its intention to open a complete branch campus in Abu Dhabi, financed by the Abu Dhabi government.[44] The Abu Dhabi campus was planned by New York University, and the funding mainly came from the Government of the United Arab Emirates.[45] It was first opened in 2008 on a temporary site in downtown Abu Dhabi, and held various public events such as academic conferences, workshops, and performances.[46] It accepted its first class of 150 students in September 2010.[45] As of 2010 the college offered liberal arts and science subjects, including engineering.[47] New York University plans to move the Abu Dhabi campus to a new site by 2014, and plans to increase the number of students at the campus to two thousand.[45] The university plans to open a graduate school and to make the school a center for research.[47] The new campus will be in the Marina district of Saadiyat Island, and is designed by Rafael Viñoly, an Uruguayan architect.[48]
NYU-Poly is integrally connected to NYU Abu Dhabi like other schools of NYU and is responsible for NYU Abu Dhabi's engineering programs.
Alfred Bloom, former president of Swarthmore College, was appointed to lead NYU Abu Dhabi as vice chancellor in September 2008. [49]
New York University Shanghai
[edit]NYU Shanghai (NYU-SH) is the latest of NYU's new base campuses, and will have its first class in 2013. The NYU Shanghai curriculum will include a variety of majors in the Life and Behavioral Sciences (such as Neural Science), the Physical Sciences (such as Chemistry and Physics), Social Sciences (including Business and Finance), Mathematical and Engineering Sciences (including Computer Science and Electrical Engineering), and the Humanities. NYU-Poly will be integrally connected like other schools of NYU and will be responsible for NYU Shanghai's engineering programs. As members of NYU's global network, students at NYU Shanghai will be expected to spend at least one semester and up to three semesters pursuing their studies at the other NYU global academic centers. In this way students will have the opportunity to pursue major-specific courses in New York or Abu Dhabi with professors from those campuses. In addition, the study-away sites will offer special opportunities for a semester abroad.
Academic profile
[edit]The Polytechnic Institute of New York University was established in 1854 as an engineering institute. Currently the Institute has 4652 students[4] and 374 faculty members, giving a 13:1 students to faculty ratio.
Departments
- Applied Physics
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Civil and Urban Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering (Applied computer science division of NYU)[50]
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Finance and Risk Engineering
- Mathematics (sub-division of Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences)
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Technology Management and Innovation (affiliated with Leonard N. Stern School of Business)
- Technology, Culture and Society
Cross-school Minors
[edit]NYU-Poly is one of the 10 schools[51] of NYU that are eligible for cross-school minoring[52]
Student exchange program
[edit]NYU operates programs during the academic year in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Accra, Ghana; Berlin, Germany; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Florence, Italy; London, England; Madrid, Spain; Prague, the Czech Republic; Shanghai, China; Paris, France; and Tel Aviv, Israel.[53]
NYU-Poly also has echange programs with MCI Management Center Innsbruck, École Centrale Paris, Kaiserslautern University of Technology, Dankook University[54], Sapienza University of Rome, Polytechnic of Bari[55], Paris Dauphine University and Ajou University[56]
NYU-Poly is also a part of The Global E3 Program, which consists of a consortium of universities working together to provide an excellent study abroad experience for engineering students. Nearly 60 universities worldwide - 31 in the United States and 28 in Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East - comprise the Global E3 consortium. This consortium is administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE) in New York, under the guidance of the member-elected Executive Committee. Students from members of this consortium may apply to go to any participating university outside their own country.[57][58][59]
New departments that are being created.
[edit]- Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering (affiliated with The Center for Atmosphere Ocean Science (CAOS) at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences) [60]
- Bioengineering (affiliated with NYU Courant Institute, NYU College of Arts and Science, NYU Center for Neural Science, NYU Colleges of Dentistry, NYU Colleges of Nursing, and NYU School of Medicine.)[61]
Accreditation
[edit]All undergraduate and graduate programs at Polytechnic are accredited by the Middle States Association. Undergraduate chemistry students have the option to pursue a degree approved by the American Chemical Society (ACS). The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), the Computer Science Accreditation Board (CSAB), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), International Association of Financial Engineers (IAFE), Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Construction Management Association of America (CMAA), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), American Society for Metals, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE), Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), American Chemical Society (ACS), American Physical Society (APS) and the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) have recognized the institute's undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering, computer science and physics, chemistry and mathematics.
Rankings
[edit]In 2012, National Broadcasting Company (NBC) listed NYU-Poly among the world’s top universities and institutions for engineering[62]
NYU-Poly ranks #40 by electrical engineering bachelor's degree awarded in the United States and ranks #44 by computer engineering bacelor's degree awarded in the United States[63]
NYU-Poly ranks #13 in the United States for engineering master’s degrees awarded[63] and ranks #21 for graduate engineering enrollment in the United States[63]
In 2012, NYU-Poly was ranked #101 for Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities.[64]
In 2012, NYU-Poly ranked 34th on “The World's Best Engineering Schools” list by Business Insider[65]
Polytechnic Institute of New York University's graduate engineering program was ranked #66 in its list of top 198 graduate engineering schools by U.S. News.[66]
QS World University Rankings ranked NYU-Poly 184 out of 700 top Engineering & Technology universities in the world in 2012[67]
The Princeton Review ranks NYU-Poly among the best northeastern engineering colleges along with Massachusetts Institute of Technology [68]
The Princeton Review ranks NYU-Poly's undergraduate electrical engineering program 12th in the nation [69]
The Princeton Review ranks NYU-Poly's graduate electrical engineering program 13th in the nation.[70]
U.S. News ranked NYU-Poly's electrical engineering program #32 in the world[71]
U.S. News ranked NYU-Poly's graduate computer engineering program #34 in the United States of America[72][73]
NYU-Poly is ranked #51 in the world for Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering & Manufacturing Engineering[74]
NYU-Poly is ranked #101 in the world for chemical engineering[74]
NYU-Poly's Financial Engineering Program is ranked #17 in the United States of America[75]
One of the electrical engineering research centers of the NYU-Poly, the Wireless Internet Center for Advanced Technology (WICAT) ranks #1 among technology research centers in funding and #2 in the number of industry participants according to the United States National Science Foundation.[76]
The Princeton Review's 2012 ranked NYU (Polytechnic Institute and Tisch School of Arts) among the top undergraduate and graduate schools for video game design.[77]
NYU-Poly is ranked as one of the top 10 Innovative Schools in the United States of America by Computerworld[78]
NYU-Poly is ranked as one of the top 56 Information Technology (IT) schools in the United States of America by Computerworld[79]
U.S. News ranks NYU-Poly's online graduate engineering program #3 in the United States of America for Student Services and Technology[80]
U.S. News ranks NYU-Poly's online graduate engineering program #5 in the United States of America for Student Engagement and Accreditation[81]
Sloan-C Named NYU-Poly’s Cyber Security Virtual Master’s Program as the Nation’s ‘Outstanding Online Program’[82]
Forbes Editors Named NYU-Poly Among Best Colleges for Women and Minorities in Science, Tech, Engineering and Math[83]
Forbes Ranks NYU-Poly in Top Ten for Diversity[84]
In the 2011 "U.S. News & World Report", The Polytechnic Institute of NYU tied for fourth among all national schools in the ethnic and racial diversity of its undergraduate student body, tied for seventh in the proportion of international undergraduate students, and it ranked 22nd in economic diversity.[85]
The 2011–2012 PayScale College Salary report ranked NYU-Poly top eight among all four-year colleges in the nation by starting salary potential and mid-career salaries and #4 of engineering colleges.[86][87] CNBC ranks NYU-Poly 15th among Colleges That Bring the Highest Paycheck[88] and Forbes.com ranks NYU-Poly among the top ten in its list of “Top Colleges for Getting Rich”.[89][90] AOL ranks NYU-Poly #8 among The Colleges That Guarantee the Highest Salaries.[91]NYU-Poly ranked 8th in the nation for alumni with the highest mid-career salaries by CNNMoney.com.[92] NYU-Poly ranked #49 in the nation for return on investment for students in a 2012 Bloomberg Businessweek study.[93]
Strategic plan
[edit]NYU-Poly aims to grow enrollment to 6000 students by 2015.[94] The student body will exemplify a higher academic profile. NYU-Poly will have significant growth in faculty numbers, with a target of at least 100 full-time faculty hires over the next five years. Most of the new faculty members will have joint appointment with other schools of NYU. NYU-Poly currently ranks #33 in the nation by average SAT score( 3rd among all schools of NYU ).[95] Undergraduate applications to Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) keeps increasing every year.[96]
Admissions and enrollment
[edit]Polytechnic Institute of New York University offers Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Master of Engineering, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in a wide range of majors and programs. More than 89% of undergraduate students receive job offers within 6 months of graduation. NYU Poly's current student-to-faculty ratio is 13-to-1.[97]
Admission to Polytechnic Institute of New York University is highly competitive and is offered only to students who are on the top 25% of their high school classes with high SAT or ACT scores and at least 3.3 (B ) GPA (grade point average).[98] Admission to Polytechnic Institute of New York University is considered more selective by U.S. News & World Report[99] and applicants will need:
- Competitive SAT or ACT scores
- At least 3.3(B ) GPA (grade point average)[98]
- 4 years of Science (including chemistry and physics)
- 4 years of Mathematics (algebra through pre-calculus minimum)
- 4 years of English
- An exceptional personal essay
- 2 letters of recommendation[100]
Polytechnic Institute of New York University has an average SAT Critical Reading and Math score (combined) of 1320[4]
Polytechnic Institute of New York University's average Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) quantitative score is 763[101]
Polytechnic Institute of New York University's average high school GPA is 3.5[68]
Polytechnic Institute of New York University's acceptance rate is 68% [102]
Polytechnic Institute of New York University's graduate engineering acceptance rate is 43%[66]
At least a 2.5 (3.0 for all undergraduate engineering programs) GPA (grade point average) and 24 credits are required to be considered for undergraduate transfer admission.[103]
At least a 3.0 undergraduate GPA (grade point average) is required to be considered for graduate admission.[104]
Among NYU-Poly's top feeder schools are prestigious high schools including Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn Technical High School, Bronx High School of Science, and several top private schools in the northeast.
NYU-Poly is ranked #4 for diversity by U.S. News & World Report.[105]
NYU-Poly has strong enrollments from South Asia[106]
Student life
[edit]NYU-Poly has over 40 student organizations including:[107]
Fraternities
[edit]A co-ed service fraternity organized to provide community service, leadership development, and social opportunities for college students.
A national social fraternity seeks to promote higher education by providing opportunities for academic achievement and leadership. Nu Alpha Phi
An Asian-interest social fraternity founded in 1994. Activities include the improvement of the surrounding environment through community service and other philanthropic activities. Past activities have included charity walks, donation drives, voter registration, and soup kitchens.
Omega Phi Alpha
A local, independent, co-ed social fraternity founded in 1986. They are not affiliated with the Omega Phi Alpha national service sorority. They were originally based on the Farmingdale, Long Island Campus. They moved to Brooklyn when the Long Island campus closed and the student body integrated with the main Brooklyn Campus.
Interest groups
[edit]PolyBots
[edit]The mission of the PolyBOTS[108] is to provide an interdisciplinary environment allowing for the engineering and construction of original robotic and mechanical devices. The PolyBOTS present the means by which students have the ability to learn and excel in multiple technical and engineering fields through hands-on experience.(source) Since its start in 2001, the organization has volunteered to FIRST robotics and FIRST Lego League. They have hosted several workshops for high school students, and have earned several awards by the Institute and FIRST.
Polytechnic Anime Society
[edit]The Polytechnic Anime Society[109] consists of students who enjoy gaming, anime, manga, and other aspects of both popular culture and Japanese culture. Besides hosting weekly anime showings and gaming sessions in the university, PAS also hosts and participates in various outside events. Members can often be found in costume attending conventions and parades. They have attended the annual Otakon. In addition, PAS notably hosts the annual SpringFest, a gaming, anime, and pop culture-oriented convention open to everyone. Average attendance per year is usually around 800-1000 people, with tournaments, panels, and anime showings running throughout the day.
Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
[edit]Engineers Without Borders[110] was founded in the spring of 2008, to allow students to apply their technical skills to benefit developing communities around the world. Current EWB projects include providing sustainable, scalable engineering solutions for municipal and civic infrastructures in El Salvador[111] and the sustainable water and sanitation in the Dominican Republic.[112]
U.S. Air Force ROTC
[edit]All NYU Polytechnic and affiliated students may participate in the U.S. Air Force ROTC program headquartered at Manhattan College;[113] Detachment 560 provide training to students from over 30 schools.[114]
U.S. Army ROTC
[edit]All NYU Polytechnic and affiliated students may participate in the U.S. Army ROTC program[113] through NYC Army ROTC, headquartered at Fordham University.[115]
Athletics
[edit]Polytechnic is the home of the Fighting Blue Jays[116] and offers its students a wide array of sports teams. The Blue Jays compete in NCAA Division III Championships in Men's and Women's Soccer, Women's Volleyball, Women's Lacrosse, Men's Track, Men's and Women's Basketball, Softball, and Baseball.
NYU Poly has advanced its athletics program in the last few years.[when?] They have constructed a new gym, the Jacobs Gymnasium, located on the Brooklyn campus.
NYU Poly has a long athletic history. For instance, NYU Poly and Pratt Institute’s basketball teams have battled it out in some of the world's most famous arenas, including the old Madison Square Garden, the Brooklyn Armory, and the Meadowlands since 1904. In Fall 2009 and Fall 2010 the women's volleyball team won their conference. In spring 2010 the women's softball team also won their conference and got an NCAA bid to regionals in Ithaca. The team earned the school's first ever NCAA tournament win.
Notable faculty
[edit]- Dan Bailey – fly-shop owner, innovative fly developer and staunch Western conservationist.
- Leonard Bergstein- invented the original zoom lens, and patented different variations on it. This single invention has revolutionized photography and film forever, now zoom lenses are standard on almost every camera made worldwide.[117]
- Barouh Berkovits - invented the cardiac defibrillator and artificial cardiac pacemaker[118]
- George Bugliarello- Chairman of the Board of Science and Technology for International Development (BOSTID) of the National Academy of Sciences. Chairman of the National Medal of Technology Nomination Evaluation Committee. Chair of the National Academy of Engineering Council’s International Affairs Committee.
- Charles Camarda
- Ju Chin Chu - Member of Academia Sinica. Won Noble Prize in physics.[119]
- Morgan Chu – Intellectual property attorney, is one of the first Asian Americans to lead a major U.S. law firm.
- David and Gregory Chudnovsky – famous mathematicians who held the record for number of digits of pi in 1989. They now run the Institute for Mathematics and Advanced Supercomputing (IMAS) at Polytechnic
- Francis Crick – Co-discoverer of DNA structure; awarded Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
- Paul M. Doty – emeritus Harvard Mallinckrodt Professor of Biochemistry who specialized in the physical properties of macromolecules and has been strongly involved in peace and security policy issues.
- R. Luke DuBois – American composer, performer, conceptual new media artist, programmer, record producer and pedagogue based in New York City.
- Paul Peter Ewald – Inventor of X-ray diffraction method for determination of molecular structure; Physics Department chair until 1957 (while Francis Crick was a student).
- Isadore Fankuchen - Pioneer of X-ray diffraction crystallography; determined (with Bernal) the structure of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus; predicted the "Fankuchen effect in curved crystals"[120]
- Leopold B. Felsen - Physicist and recipient of the IEEE Heinrich Hertz Medal[121]
- R. M. Foster – Bell Labs mathematician whose work was of significance regarding electronic filters for use on telephone lines.
- Herbert Freeman
- Eugene D. Genovese – American historian of the American South and American slavery.
- Gordon Gould – Former Polytechnic Professor who was the inventor of the laser
- S. L. Greitzer – American mathematician, the founding chairman of the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad, and the publisher of the precollege mathematics journal Arbelos.
- Leslie Greengard[122]
- Charles William Hanko – American historian and politician.
- David Harker – American physicist, X-ray crystallographer, and discoverer of the Donnay-Harker law and Harker-Kasper inequalities.
- Jerry MacArthur Hultin
- Katherine Isbister
- Myles Jackson
- Andrew Kalotay
- Maurice Karnaugh – A inventor of Karnaugh Maps, or K-Maps, while at Bell Labs. He was a professor at the Westchester campus from 1980–1999 and is now retired
- Edward Kimbark – power engineer.
- Parke Kolbe
- Steven E. Koonin- Director of NYU-Polytechnic's Center for Urban Science and Progress
- Sunil Kumar- Dean of Engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi.Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories, and a visiting scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center in California.[123]
- Erich E. Kunhardt
- Joseph Wood Krutch – American writer, critic, and naturalist.
- Paul Levinson – author of The Plot To Save Socrates, media commentator on The O'Reilly Factor and other TV and radio. He was Visiting Professor at the Philosophy and Technology Study Center at Polytechnic, 1987–1988.
- Frederick B. Llewellyn – a American electrical engineer.
- Rudolph Marcus – Former Polytechnic Professor awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry
- Nathan Marcuvitz – Electrical engineering pioneer.
- Hans Mark
- Herman F. Mark – Founder of the Polymer Research Institute
- Phil Maymin - Assistant Professor of Finance and Risk Engineering and Libertarian Party House candidate in Connecticut
- David Miller (Canadian politician)
- Elliott Waters Montroll – American scientist and mathematician.
- Cathleen Synge Morawetz
- Samuel Morse – co-inventor of the Morse code, contributor to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs
- J. H. Mulligan. Jr – IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal
- Tsuneo Nakahara
- Donald Othmer – Co-Author, Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, inventor of the Othmer Still (a laboratory device for vapor-liquid equilibrium measurements)
- Krishna Palem- W. Wallace McDowell Award winner
- Eli Pearce- President, American Chemical Society[124]
- Leonard Peikoff – Former Philosophy Professor, founder of the Ayn Rand Institute
- Athanasios Papoulis – Pioneer in the field of stochastic processes.
- Amir Pnueli- Israel Prize and Turing Award winner
- Theodore (Ted) S. Rappaport- Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Industrial/University Collaborative Research Center for Wireless Internet Communications and Advanced Technology (WICAT), a national research center that involves 5 major universities and is headquartered at NYU-Poly. 2012 recipient of the William E. Sayle Award for Achievement in Education by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Education Society[125]
- John R. Ragazzini
- Hans Reissner – German aeronautical engineer.
- Murray Rothbard – Former economics professor, key figure in libertarian movement
- Dennis Shasha[citation needed]
- Michael Shelley (mathematician) – Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Joshua W. Sill – Professor of Mathematics who attended Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute. Later became the youngest General in the Civil War. Fort Sill is named after him.
- Joel Snyder - IEEE President 2001, Founder of Snyder Associates, Former Polytechnic Senior Industry Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering[126]
- K. R. Sreenivasan
- Torsten Suel – Pioneer of Web Search Engine.
- Jerome Swartz- invented hand-held barcode laser scanner and hand-held, scanner-integrated wireless computer and the first spread spectrum wireless LAN (WiFi)[127]
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb – Epistemologist author of The Black Swan; works in the risk engineering department.
- James Tenney – American composer and influential music theorist.
- John G. Truxal- professor and former chairman of the electrical engineering department
- Ernst Weber – Founder of the Microwave Research Institute; first IEEE President
- Richard Elliot Wener- Fulbright Fellow at the Vienna University of Technology[128]
- Jack Keil Wolf – a American researcher in information theory and coding theory.
- Ta-You Wu – Nuclear physicist and President of Academia Sinica.
- Dante C. Youla – The Youla–Kucera parametrization in control theory is named after him.
- Louis Zukofsky – one of the most important second-generation American modernist poets.
Notable alumni
[edit]Polytechnic Institute of New York University has more than 44,000 alumni throughout the United States and in 55 countries around the world. [129][130] NYU-Poly's alumni include inventors, scientists, business leaders, entrepreneurs, politicians, presidents of major professional societies, country presidents, university presidents, academic leaders, Nobel Prize winners, Wolf Prize winners, Israel Prize winners, Russ Prize winners, Gordon Prize winners, Draper Prize winners, (Turing Award) winners and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Awards winners among others. The institute is associated with people having won: 5 Nobel Prize winners, 3 Putnam Mathematical Competition winners, 2 Wolf Prize in Physics, 1 Russ Prize, 3 Gordon Prize, 1 Draper Prize, 2 Turing Award winners, 2 W. Wallace McDowell Award, and several Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Awards winners.
Many former and current leaders of Fortune 500 companies and Fortune Global 500 companies are NYU-Poly alumni, including Fred Amoroso(Chairman)Yahoo!, (President and CEO) Rovi Corporation, Israel Izzy Borovich(Chairman)El Al Israel Airlines Ltd,[131] John Elmer McKeen(President)Pfizer,[132] Tsuneo Nakahara (Vice- President)Sumitomo Group,[133] Leon Awerbuch(Vice-President)Bechtel,[134] Peter Rust(President)Consolidated Edison,[135] Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr.(President)General Motors,[136] Herbert L. Henkel(Chairman and Chief Executive Officer) Ingersoll-Rand,[137] Jean-Claude Sureau(President and CEO )Radiant Systems,[138] John M. Trani (President and CEO )Stanley Works(Vice- President)General Electric,[139] Virginia P. Ruesterholz(President)Verizon,[140] Arthur Martinez(CEO)Sears.,[141] William C. W. Mow(Chairman and CEO)Bugle Boy.,[142] Robert Prieto((Vice President)Fluor Corporation,[143](Chairman) Parsons Brinckerhoff[144]), Charlie Hinkaty(Vice President)Citibank,[145] Frank Robert Azzi(Vice-president)Agilent Technologies.,[146] William L. Friend(Vice President)Bechtel,[147] Edward T. Wolynic(Vice President) Engelhard,[148] Ralph C. Alexander(Chairman )Riverstone Holdings,[14] Curtis Brunson (Vice President) L-3 Communications,[149] Craig G. Matthews(Vice Chairman)Keyspan,[14]Mark Ronald(President and CEO)BAE Systems, James M. Smith,(Chairman, President & CEO)EDO Corporation,[14] Robert J. Stevens(Chairman and Chief Executive Officer)Lockheed Martin, Ursula Burns(Chairman and CEO) Xerox, Jason Hsuan(Chairman and CEO)TPV Technology,[150] Stewart G. Nagler(vice chairman and CFO, MetLife[151]), Steven Vitale(Vice President and Chief Engineer at National Grid[152]), Robert D. Dalziel(President at AT&T[153]), Katherine Boden(Vice President at Consolidated Edison[154]), Robert J. Giorgio(President at CDI Corporation[155]), John Dionisio(Chairman and CEO)AECOM, Mamadou Ndiaye(country general manager at IBM[156]), Charles R. Kalmanek (Vice President at AT&T[157] ), Zhi Zhong Qiu (Director, Suntech Power[158]), John W. Murphy (Chairman and CEO, Atlantic Management Company[159]), Cliff Friedman( Vice President at Universal Studios, Vice President at NBC[160]), John Catsimatidis(chairman and CEO of the Red Apple Group subsidiary United Refining Company.), David L. Sobin(CEO of BAMnet. A 24-year AT&T/Lucent Executive, Mr. Sobin led the team which created the first DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) product in the early 1980s and deployed it nationwide. He left AT&T/Lucent in 1996 to found his own DSL company, which was subsequently sold for approximately $50M in 1998.[161]), Michael Horodniceanu(Metropolitan Transportation Authority president[162] and chief engineer[163]), Tom Ryan (President and CEO of Alpine Data Labs[164], President and CEO of Fanfare Software[165], President and CEO of Actional[166]), Mark Podob(President and co-owner of Metlab and Metlab-Potero[167])
More than 200 Polytechnic graduates are CEOs as of 2009.[168] Top executives and engineers from all of the Fortune 500 companies and 499 of the Fortune Global 500 companies have been Polytechnic alumni as of 2012.[169]
Current and former presidents of major professional societies, including the American Chemical Society, American Society of Civil Engineers and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), are alumni. Peter Staeker, the current Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) president-elect, is an NYU-Poly alumnus.[170] Andrew Herrmann, the current president of the American Society of Civil Engineers(ASCE) is an NYU-Poly alumnus.[171] Former alumni presidents include Joel Snyder (IEEE President 2001, Founder of Snyder Associates),[126] Eli Pearce (President, American Chemical Society)[124]
Founders of companies such as IBM, Jacobs Engineering, Fairchild Semiconductor, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Symbol Technologies, Burndy, NetJets, Sasken Communication Technologies, Religare, EDO Corporation, Tellabs, Haskins and Sells, H&Q Asia Pacific, Twitter, Red Apple Group,Berkeley Models and Glasgow Products, Inc[172]) are Polytechnic alumni.
Several engineers who graduated from NYU-Poly contributed to USA's infrastructure. These include James Wood(fabricated the steel cables for the Brooklyn Bridge. Also invented internal combustion engine for Submarine),[173][174] Henry Goldmark(co-engineered the development of the Panama Canal lock system),[175] Konstantinos "Gus" Maimis (project executive for the National September 11 Memorial and Museum)[176] Bancroft Gherardi, Jr.(developed the early telephone systems in the United States), David L. Sobin(CEO of BAMnet. A 24-year AT&T/Lucent Executive, Mr. Sobin led the team which created the first DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) product in the early 1980s and deployed it nationwide. He left AT&T/Lucent in 1996 to found his own DSL company, which was subsequently sold for approximately $50M in 1998.[161]), Michael Horodniceanu(Metropolitan Transportation Authority president[162] and chief engineer[163])
Several NYU-Poly graduates have played a part in the U.S. space program: Jay Greene(former Chief Engineer of NASA Johnson Space Center), Charles Camarda(NASA scientist and mission specialist on the Return to Flight voyage of the shuttle Discovery), Paolo A. Nespoli(Italian astronaut, mission specialist at STS-120 Space Shuttle mission), Thomas J. Kelly (aerospace engineer)(scientist, father of lunar module)
Political figures who graduated from NYU-Poly included Gennaro A. Jerry Marino(former Mayor of Kutztown)[177] , Chi Mui(First Asian-American Mayor of San Gabriel, CA.),[178] Sang Whang(Korean American community leader and politician in Florida), Frank Padavan(Republican New York state senator), Carl Gatto(Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives), Franklin Bartlett(U.S. Representative from New York.), Ephraim Katzir(fourth President of Israel, Chief scientist of the Israel Defense Department. Set up the Weizmann Institute with NYU-Poly's help[179][179]), George W. Melville(Engineer in Chief of the Navy), Robert Michael White(military aircraft test pilot and a major general in the United States Air Force.[38][4] White broke a number of records with the North American X-15 experimental aircraft during the 1960s, and supervised the design and development of several modern military aircraft.),Admiral Charles F. Stokes(Dr. Charles Stokes was a member of the first Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons, Surgeon General of the United States Navy, and President Theodore Roosevelt's personal physician[180]), Don Torrieri(research engineer and Fellow of the US Army Research Laboratory.), Steve Wallach(consultant to the United States Department of Energy Advanced Scientific Computing (ASC) program at Los Alamos National Laboratory.), DARPA director Jack Ruina
Many Polytechnic people have made important inventions, including Paul Peter Ewald(inventor of X-ray diffraction method), Gordon Gould(inventor of the laser), Leonard Bergstein(invented Camera Zoom Lens)[117] , Ernst Weber(Invented Microwave), Mario Cardullo(invented Radio-frequency identification (RFID)),[181] Maurice Karnaugh(inventor of Karnaugh Maps, or K-Maps), Francis Crick(Co-discoverer of DNA structure), Samuel Morse(co-inventor of the Morse code), William B. Kouwenhoven (inventor closed-chest cardiac defibrillator), Buddy Ratner (one of the founding fathers of modern bioengineering)[19] , Herman Francis Mark (Father of Modern Polymer Science), Jasper Kane(discovered method to mass produce penicillin),[182] Gerald Goertzel(creator of the Goertzel algorithm), Jerome Lemelson(contributed to innovations like cordless telephones, fax machines, videocassette recorders, and camcorders), John Gilbert (inventor of non-stick coating as an application of Teflon),[183] Joseph Owades(inventor of Lite beer), Rober G. Brown(designed and developed the first telephone system in Paris, France. Among his other innovations were the "French Telephone"),[184] Bern Dibner(Inventor of the first solderless electrical connector), Avery Fisher(inventor of the first stereo radio-phonograph), Martin Hellman(invented Diffie–Hellman key exchange), David Harker(discoverer of the Donnay-Harker law and Harker-Kasper inequalities), K. Mani Chandy(invented BCMP network), Stephen P. Morse(architect of the Intel 8086 chip), Seymour Shapiro(discovered Phenformin), Pat Villani(creator of FreeDOS operating system), Jacob Bekenstein(contributed to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics. The Bekenstein bound in General Relativity), Lawrence J. Fogel(father of Evolutionary computation and Evolutionary programming), Ali Akansu(contributed to the theory and applications of sub-band and wavelet transforms), Bishnu S. Atal(contributed to linear predictive coding), Norman Gaylord(invented permeable contact lens which allows oxygen to reach the wearer's eye), Erol Gelenbe(invented G-network and Random neural network), David J. Thomson(invented Multitaper), Ronald Silverman(contributed to Ultrasound), Ronald R. Yager (invented ordered weighted averaging aggregation operators and contributed to fuzzy sets), Leopold B. Felsen(fundamental contributions to electromagnetic field analysis), Nathan Marcuvitz(contributed in the fields of microwave and electromagnetic theory), Hung-Chang Lin(holds 61 U.S. patents. Among his inventions is the quasi-complementary (transistor) amplifier circuit,[185] which has been used in many commercial audio amplifiers. Another of his inventions is the lateral transistor which is used in linear integrated circuits and T2L digital integrated circuits. He also invented the wireless microphone.), Denis Blackmore(physicist who has contributed to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics and to other aspects of the connections between information and gravitation.), Barouh Berkovits(invented the cardiac defibrillator and artificial cardiac pacemaker[118]), Jerome Swartz(invented hand-held barcode laser scanner and hand-held, scanner-integrated wireless computer and the first spread spectrum wireless LAN (WiFi)[127]), Richard J. Orford( contributed to the invention of Touch Screen ATM[186]), Elmer L. Gaden(father of Biomedical Engineering [20]),Martin Graham(Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley and the designer of the Rice Institute Computer[187]), Ephraim Katzir(developed a method for binding enzymes, which helped lay the groundwork for what is now called enzyme engineering.), Leonard Greene (invented the Aircraft Stall Warning device, which warns pilots when a deadly aerodynamic stall is imminent.), Robert Michael White(supervised the design and development of several modern military aircraft), James Wood((fabricated the steel cables for the Brooklyn Bridge. Also invented internal combustion engine for Submarine),[173][174] Henry Goldmark(co-engineered the development of the Panama Canal lock system),[175] Konstantinos "Gus" Maimis (project executive for the National September 11 Memorial and Museum)[176] Bancroft Gherardi, Jr.(developed the early telephone systems in the United States), David L. Sobin( A 24-year AT&T/Lucent Executive, Mr. Sobin led the team which created the first DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) product in the early 1980s and deployed it nationwide.[161]), Leslie Greengard(He is co-inventor of the fast multipole method (FMM) in 1987, recognised as one of the top-ten algorithms of the 20th century.[188][189])
Prominent institutions of higher education have been led by NYU-Poly alumni, included Norman Lamm(Former president and current Chancellor of Yeshiva University), Hermann Viets(President, Milwaukee School of Engineering. He was Professor of Engineering at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He was a professor and Associate Dean for Research at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. the Dean of Engineering at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island.), John P. Schaefer(President, The University of Arizona[190]), K. Mani Chandy(Deputy chair of engineering and applied sciences at the California Institute of Technology[191] ), Josef Singer(President of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, also founded Technion’s Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and also won the Israel Prize in 2000 for his lifetime achievement in the field of aeronautical engineering[192]) , Yehuda (Leo) Levi(Previous Rector at the Jerusalem College of Technology; author of several books on optics, and on science and Judaism.), Eleanor Baum(Cooper Union Engineering School Dean[193]), John G. Truxal(Dean of engineering and applied sciences at Stony Brook University[194]), Bruno A. Boley(Dean of Engineering at Northwestern University[195]), Dean of Engineering at Middle East Technical University[196] Jack Baskin(Founder of the Jack Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz[197]), David J. Palmer(Head of the Department of Engineering at the United States Merchant Marine Academy[198]), Richard E. Sorensen( Dean of Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech[198]), Harold S. Goldberg( Associate Dean of Tufts University School of Engineering[199]), Ephraim Katzir(Set up the Weizmann Institute with NYU-Poly's help[179]), Russell K. Hotzler(president of New York City College of Technology of The City University of New York, president at Queens College[200])
People related to the film industry who graduated from NYU-Poly included Marvin Davis(chairman of Davis Petroleum and at one time owned 20th Century Fox, the Pebble Beach Corporation, the Beverly Hills Hotel, and the Aspen Skiing Company. Former CEO of Paramount Pictures), David Bergstein(American entrepreneur and film producer, chairman of THINKFilm and Capitol Films), Robert H. Lieberman(novelist, film director, and a long-time member of the Physics faculty at Cornell University.) Edward Everett Horton, a well-known character actor, also attended Brooklyn Poly.
Writers who graduated from NYU-Poly included James Truslow Adams(coined the term "American Dream"), Robert Anton Wilson(American author of 35 influential books), Charles Battell Loomis, Tudor Jenks(American author, poet, artist and editor, as well as a journalist and lawyer.), Hugh Seidman( American poet, who also taught at the University of Wisconsin, Yale University, Columbia University, the College of William and Mary, The New School.[201]), Clayton Hamilton(American drama critic. Professor at Columbia University)
Notable award winners include Gertrude B. Elion(1988 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine), Martin Lewis Perl(won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995 for his discovery of the tau lepton, also awarded 1982 Wolf Prize in physics), Rudolph A. Marcus(1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry[202]), Ju Chin Chu(Member of Academia Sinica. Won Noble Prize in physics.[119]), Francis Crick(Co-discoverer of DNA structure; awarded Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine), Jacob Bekenstein(won Israel Prize in Physics (2005), Wolf Prize in physics (2012), Member of Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities), Judea Pearl(2011 winner of the ACM Turing Award), Martin Hellman(In 2011, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.[203]), Elmer L. Gaden (Russ Prize winner[20]), Harold S. Goldberg (Gordon Prize winner ,[204] Clive L. Dym (Gordon Prize winner[205]), Jerome E. Levy (Gordon Prize winner[206]), John B. MacChesney(Charles Stark Draper Prize winner), Amir Pnueli(Israel Prize and Turing Award winner), Shmuel Winograd(W. Wallace McDowell Award) winner, Krishna Palem(W. Wallace McDowell Award winner), William B. Kouwenhoven(IEEE Edison Medal) winner, Bancroft Gherardi, Jr.(IEEE Edison Medal) winner, Lloyd Espenschied(IEEE Medal of Honor), William L. "Bill" Effinger, Jr(Founded Berkeley Models. He was elected to the Academy of Model Aeronautics Hall of Fame in 1986.), Leonard Greene(He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. He was an American inventor and aerodynamics engineer who held more than 200 patents, many of which are aviation-related), Ephraim Katzir(Israel Prize winner), Josef Singer(Israel Prize winner[207])
- Notable NYU-Poly Students
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Charles Ranlett Flint, Founder of IBM
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Norman Lamm, Former president and current chancellor of Yeshiva University
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Ursula Burns, Madam Chairman (or Chairperson) and CEO of Xerox.
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Jay Greene, Chief Engineer of NASA Johnson Space Center
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John Catsimatidis, He is the owner, president, chairman, and CEO of the Red Apple Group and Gristedes Foods. He is also the chairman and CEO of the Red Apple Group subsidiary United Refining Company.
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Ephraim Katzir, Between 1966 and 1968 he served as Chief scientist of the Israel Defense Department. He was the fourth President of Israel from 1973 until 1978.
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Charles Camarda, NASA scientist and mission specialist on the Return to Flight voyage of the shuttle Discovery
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Paolo A. Nespoli, Astronaut, mission specialist at STS-120 Space Shuttle mission
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Robert M. White, military aircraft test pilot and a major general in the United States Air Force.[38][4] White broke a number of records with the North American X-15 experimental aircraft during the 1960s, and supervised the design and development of several modern military aircraft.
See also
[edit]- List of United States college laboratories conducting basic defense research
- Gee Bee Model R
- Research park
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Sun Oct 1: NYC Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month 2023
[edit]October 1: Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month 2023: Edit-a-thon! | |
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![]() You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month 2023: Edit-a-thon!, with in-person at Prime Produce Guild Hall in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. It is being held in the middle of National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep 15–Oct 15). Some past local edit-a-thons touching on this area have included the two editions of Wikipedia:Meetup/WikiArte at MoMA in 2015-16, and the CUNY LaGuardia translat-a-thons held annually since 2018. Meeting info:
All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person, you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. |
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:05, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
Wiki.NYC Pavilion for Open House New York (Oct 21–22) and Wikidata Day (Oct 29)
[edit]October 21–22: Wiki.NYC Pavilion for Open House New York @ Prime Produce | |
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![]() You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our Wiki.NYC Pavilion for Open House New York at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. The event will feature several interactive exhibits highlighting the "wiki way" for New York City
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October 29: Wikidata Day in New York City | |
![]() Additionally, you are invited to Wikidata Day in New York City at Butler Library, Columbia University, in celebration of Wikidata's 11th birthday. This coincides with the online/global WikidataCon 2023 and is a sequel to Wikidata Day 2022. The event will feature a Harlem Arts & Culture edit-a-thon, spotlight sessions, lightning talks, and cake!
At both events, all attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person, you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. |
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:57, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
Nov 15: WikiWednesday Salon Wikimedia NYC Executive Director job
[edit]November 15: WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce | |
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![]() You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly WikiWednesday Salon at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, with an online-based participation option also available. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome! All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person, you should be vaccinated and be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Meeting info:
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Wikimedia New York City Executive Director job listing | |
![]() Wikimedia NYC, the 501(c)(3) non-profit supporting Wikipedia and related projects in the metro area, is hiring our founding Executive Director, apply here. |
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:21, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
Wed Dec 6: Hacking Night job listing
[edit]December 6: Hacking Night @ Prime Produce | |
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![]() You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our first NYC Hacking Night at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. This event is intended primarily for technical contributors, though newcomers are welcome as well! All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct and Wikimedia's Technical Code of Conduct. Meeting info:
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Wikimedia New York City Executive Director job listing | |
![]() Wikimedia NYC, the 501(c)(3) non-profit supporting Wikipedia and related projects in the metro area, is hiring our founding Executive Director; apply here. |
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:47, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
Thu Jan 4: Hacking Night Wikipedia Day soon
[edit]January 4: Hacking Night @ Prime Produce | |
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January 14: Wikipedia Day 2024 @ Columbia University | |
![]() In addition, you are invited to Wikipedia Day 2024, hosted at Columbia University by the Brown Institute for Media Innovation with Wikimedia NYC. Eventbrite RSVP is required, while RSVP on-wiki is also highly encouraged. The special focus this year will be Artificial intelligence in Wikimedia projects. More details about the event will be shared later, but save the date for now! |
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:08, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
Thu Feb 8 NYC Hacking Night Feb 21 WikiWednesday
[edit]February 8: Hacking Night @ Prime Produce | |
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February 21: WikiWednesday Salon @ Prime Produce | |
WikiWednesday is back this month! You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our WikiWednesday Salon at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, with an online-based participation option also available. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome! All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person, you should be vaccinated and be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Meeting info:
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:14, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
Tue March 5: Wiki Gala NYC
[edit]March 5: Wiki Gala @ Prime Produce | |
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![]() You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community and visitors from the global Wikimedia Foundation for our Wiki Gala at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. All are welcome! This is a sequel to the March 2023 Grand Central Salon and the March 2022 Wiki-Tent Brunch. The event will feature lightning talks and a Wiki-fashion show, for which you are encouraged to dress in your finest Wikimedia clothing and accessories (bags, buttons, even books), or clothing connected to the topics you edit on wiki projects. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Meeting info:
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:30, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
WikiNYC: 3/14 Hacking Night 3/16 Queens Name Explorer
[edit]March 14: Hacking Night @ Prime Produce | |
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![]() You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for Pi Day Hacking Night at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. It is intended primarily for technical contributors, though newcomers are welcome as well, and pies will be served in celebration of Pi Day! All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct and Wikimedia's Technical Code of Conduct. Meeting info:
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March 16: Queens Name Explorer @ QPL Tech Lab | |
![]() You are also invited to the Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Queens Name Explorer edit-a-thon at the Queens Public Library Tech Lab in Long Island City, which will be hosted in collaboration OpenStreetMap US, Urban Archive and the Queens Memory Project. This is an opportunity for the tech savvy to learn about Queens history and for the history savvy to hone their open data skills – plus, there will be refreshments and prizes for everyone! All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person, you should be vaccinated and be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Meeting info:
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:59, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
WikiWednesday (April 10) and City Tech Library LGBTQIA edit-a-thon (April 11)
[edit]April 10: WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce | |
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![]() You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our WikiWednesday Salon, with in-person at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, as well as an online-based participation option. Among the topics, we'll be covering the newly-released drafts of the Movement Charter for Wikimedia global governance. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct.
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April 11: City Tech Library LGBTQIA edit-a-thon | |
Additionally, you are invited to City Tech Library LGBTQIA edit-a-thon at the New York City College of Technology Library in Downtown Brooklyn! Join us in person on April 11th to learn about these great new materials at City Tech Library; to learn about editing Wikipedia; and to help increase representation of LGBTQIA individuals and issues online. All are welcome, new and experienced! Interested in attending, but not a CUNY student or faculty? Please get in touch; we'll help you navigate City Tech building security. Email Jen: jennifer.hoyer18 (at) citytech.cuny.edu.
All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. |
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:13, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Thu April 25: WikiNYC Hacking Night
[edit]April 25: Hacking Night @ Prime Produce | |
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:47, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
May 8: WikiWednesday Salon with new Executive Director
[edit]May 8: WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce | |
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![]() You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly WikiWednesday Salon at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, with an online-based participation option also available. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome! This special WikiWednesday will feature a welcome session and beginning of a listening tour by the newly appointed executive director of Wikimedia NYC, the first staff member leading our local non-profit. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. Meeting info:
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:07, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
June 2: Hacking Sunday ( preview of June 8 Wiknic)
[edit]June 2: Hacking Sunday @ Prime Produce | |
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![]() You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our Hacking Sunday at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. It is intended primarily for technical contributors, though newcomers are welcome as well! The event runs for the whole day, though you are welcome to come by for as little or as long as you'd like. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct and Wikimedia's Technical Code of Conduct. A documentary filmmaker will be in attendance, working on Rabbit Hole, which aims to document Wikipedia's community to showcase how our network tackles important questions about how history is recorded. They will be in attendance to film snippets of this gathering for the documentary. It is completely optional to be a part of the film and there will be protocols in place if you wish to not be filmed. If there are any questions about the filming please reach out to the filmmaker, Meg Vatterott ([email protected]). Meeting info:
P.S. Next up will be Sat June 8 Wiknic on Governors Island! |
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:01, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Sat June 8: Governors Island Wiknic
[edit]June 8: Wiknic @ Governors Island | |
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![]() You are invited to the picnic anyone can edit on Governors Island, at 403 Colonels Row by the ArtCrawl Harlem house. This is a sequel event to the 2023 Governors Island Wiknic and will feature a workshop led by AfroCrowd at the ArtCrawl Harlem house. We'll also encourage collaboration for wiki-coverage of ArtCrawl Harlem's current exhibition at Governors Island. All are welcome, new and experienced! Bring a picnic blanket and some potluck, as well as some sunscreen! We'll also provide sandwiches for everyone, and maybe some NYC pizza too, but we encourage you to bring your own favorite dishes to share, especially for those food cultural topics you would like to improve on Wikipedia. We'll also do a portal thing for a bit with West Coast friends at Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/Wiknic2024. Saturday, June 8, 2024 NYC Wiknic @ Governors Island (RSVP on-wiki)
All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. |
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:37, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
June 26: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC
[edit]June 26: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC | |
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![]() You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our Online-Only WikiWednesday Salon on Zoom. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome! This special online-only WikiWednesday will be dedicated to the Wikimedia Movement Charter referendum, and also to exploring future options of other online-centric events for our Wikimedia NYC chapter. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. Meeting info:
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:23, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
Fri July 19: Wikicurious in NYC, Editing Wikipedia for Beginners
[edit]July 19: Wikicurious: Editing Wikipedia for Beginners @ Civic Hall | |
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![]() You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for the inaugural event of the beginner-focused Wikicurious series at Civic Hall! All are welcome, and newcomers and aspiring editors are especially encouraged to attend. Registration via Eventbrite is required for building entry, and is also encouraged on the event page on Meta. The Wikicurious series at Civic Hall is supported by Craig Newmark Philanthropies. Wikimedia NYC is an official affiliate and supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. Meeting info:
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:50, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
Sat August 24: Roosevelt Island Wiknic
[edit]August 24: Wiknic @ Roosevelt Island | |
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![]() You are invited to the picnic anyone can edit on Roosevelt Island, at Southpoint Park. Following up on this month's Wikimania in Poland, this Wiknic will have as guest of honor User:DerHexer, the 2024 Wikimedia Laureate of the Year, marking his triumphant North American tour! Bring a picnic blanket and some potluck, as well as some sunscreen! We'll also provide a little something for everyone, but we encourage you to bring your own favorite dishes to share, especially for those food cultural topics you would like to improve on Wikipedia. We'll also do a portal thing for a bit with West Coast friends at the WikiLA ocean life edit-a-thon. All are welcome, new and experienced! Saturday, August 24, 2024 NYC Wiknic @ Roosevelt Island (RSVP on-wiki)
All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct.
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:44, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
Sep 25: Wikimedia NYC Annual Election Meeting (plus Latin music event on Sep 21!)
[edit]September 25: Annual Election & Members Meeting | |
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![]() You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our Annual Election & Members Meeting, with in-person at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, as well as an online-based participation option. The Members' Meeting is similar to other WikiWednesday meetups, except that its primary function is to elect a new Board of Directors. We will elect three board seats, half of the elected seats on the board. After being elected, those elected can potentially appoint more seats. We will also focus on the Wikimedia NYC Strategic Plan, our Financial Report, and Annual and Monthly event teams for the coming year. Election info:
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All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. P.S. Also upcoming just before our annual meeting is the Latin music edit-a-thon, Wikicurious: Editing to the Beat (RSVP at Eventbrite), on Saturday September 21! |
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:57, 9 September 2024 (UTC)