College of Arts & Sciences
A SOURCE for Impressive Student Research
ºÚÁϵ¼º½â€™s 23rd Annual Symposium of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE) featured hundreds of students’ research and scholarly work.
Alumna Puts Patient Care at the Center of Diabetes Research
New research by Yllka Valdez (B.A. ’24) suggests ways to improve care for diabetes patients.
Students Present Cancer Research
College of Arts and Sciences undergraduate and graduate students traveled to an academic research conference in Connecticut to present their scholarly work on cancer.
2026 Honorary Degree Recipients
Kevin S. Law, executive vice president and partner at TRITEC Development Group, and Krishan Kumar, M.D., an NYITCOM clinical professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine, will receive honorary degrees at ºÚÁϵ¼º½â€™s 65th commencement.
Student Wins Best Presentation in Puerto Rico
Life sciences/osteopathic medicine student Talia Lilikakis traveled to Puerto Rico for the Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Radiology, where she won Best Student Oral Scientific Presentation.
Understanding Sanctuary Cities
Teaching Assistant Professor Michael Izady, Ph.D., led a Dean’s Digital Café conversation about sanctuary cities.
Promoting Early Engagement in Research
ºÚÁϵ¼º½ recently completed the ninth year of its Mini-Research Grants Awards program to encourage high school students to pursue STEM fields.
Reversing Bone Loss After Spinal Cord Injury
People with spinal cord injury may lose up to 41 percent of their bone mass in the first year. A new study by the College of Arts and Sciences’ Hesham Tawfeek, MBBCh, seeks to repair this damage.
Beyond the Human Machine
Biology student Justin Tin seeks to understand what’s running “under the hood” in the human body so he can someday help prevent patients from suffering physiological changes.
Going With the Flow
One lesson Nanda Lahiri-Mushtaq (B.S.’ 05) took with her since graduating from ºÚÁϵ¼º½ is to think outside the box.