Find your people. Through the Alumni Association鈥檚 affinity groups, you can get connected with fellow alumni around a common interest, identity, or purpose.
Find your people. Through the Alumni Association鈥檚 affinity groups, you can get connected with fellow alumni around a common interest, identity, or purpose.
The 蜜桃工作室 alumni affinity groups are communities of alumni that engage and connect around a common interest, identity, or purpose such as academic majors, current professions and interests, and other ideas from alumni. The alumni affinity groups are charged with providing a forum where diverse experiences, perspectives, and resources can be shared with anyone who is interested. Each alumni affinity group works closely with 蜜桃工作室鈥檚 Alumni Relations Department to facilitate events, networking opportunities for alumni, and engagement with student groups. Affinity groups also provide a sense of community and shared values, information and resource sharing, professional and personal development, education and exploration, and community service initiatives.
The current affinity groups include the Alumnae Engagement Committee, the Black Alumni Group, Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD), and the 蜜桃工作室 Pride Alumni Network. Examples of programming that the Affinity Groups have provided are an Alumni Diversity Breakfast, GOLD holiday party, and the creation of the Empowering Women Scholarship Fund.
Want to learn more about joining an affinity group or have an idea about starting your own? Visit the Alumni Association鈥檚 affinity groups webpage to learn more.
The transition into higher education is always bumpy but can be especially challenging for veterans and those leaving active service. A sense of community not only bridges the civilian-veteran gap, but can also improve veteran鈥檚 mental health and sense of purpose after service. Two veterans from the 蜜桃工作室 Community weigh in on the importance of inclusivity, community, and what it means to be a student veteran.
Meet Tabi Haly '06, the software engineer, singer-songwriter, disability advocate, and proud New Yorker taking a stance.
Through interdisciplinary collaboration, the School of Education and Dyson's Film and Screen Studies departments are helping a major school district in Florida tackle the challenges of today鈥檚 teacher shortage head-on.
Through an inter-collegiate emerging technology competition, graduate students Chuk Ezuma and Rikin Gajjar developed M3, a product that would enable medical professionals to treat elderly patients using the technology of tomorrow.
Currently, there are over 1.2 million residents in United States nursing homes, and over 800,000 residents of assisted living facilities. As the Baby Boomer population ages, these numbers are projected to skyrocket鈥攂y 2050, up to 30 million people in the Americas will require long-term care services.
In other words, there are going to be a lot of people in need of quality care.
Lubin graduate students Chuk Ezuma 鈥23 and Rikin Gajjar 鈥23 spent much of the fall semester thinking about how to solve this growing problem. Through participating in the 鈥攁n emerging technology competition that featured participation from schools including NYU, the University of Maryland, Columbia Business School, just to name a few鈥擟huk and Rikin developed M3; a wearable product closely resembling traditional eyeglasses that leverages the metaverse to help health professionals provide efficient and effective care for the aging population.
In the world of M3, receiving quality healthcare might not even require a trip to the hospital鈥攊t could simply mean a patient can log onto Zoom or Microsoft Teams and be treated by a medical professional, who, via the use of the M3 glasses and the metaverse, will be able to communicate with patients, immediately access records, and record notes, and much more.
鈥淲e originally wanted to do something in the metaverse because it鈥檚 such a unique concept that we鈥檙e all grappling with; trying get a better understanding of the metaverse at large and figuring out ways to utilize and maximize it efficiently,鈥 said Chuk.
鈥淲e want to save nurses time. Plus, older patients might not be able to drive, or getting to a hospital could be a headache,鈥 said Rikin. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 our mission鈥攕ave time and provide the best care.鈥
With their problem-solving concept realized, Chuk and Rikin began working on the logistics of M3. Currently, access to the metaverse is generally done through clunky virtual reality headsets, like Meta鈥檚 Quest. Chuk and Rikin鈥檚 prototype is much closer to regular, everyday glasses鈥攂elieving that the combination of continuous technological advancement and research and development will make their product not only possible, but a competitive and innovative entry into the marketplace.
Employing thoughtful touches鈥攕uch as a solar-powered case for doctors on-the-go, to help prevent constantly needing to charge the glasses鈥攁nd figuring logistics such as payment, privacy, and HIPAA compliance, gave Chuk and Rikin a crash-course into what developing such a comprehensive product would entail.
That鈥檚 our mission鈥攕ave time and provide the best care.
Presenting at the Interactive Case Competition in front of emerging technology leaders as well as graduate students from other schools, they were encouraged by the reception of M3 and were given great notes as to how to further develop the product. The experience solidified their mutual belief that the metaverse and associated 鈥淲eb3鈥 technologies are increasingly important for business students to understand, and they were thrilled to have had the opportunity to conceive and develop a product with potentially groundbreaking implications.
鈥淚t was a great learning experience, and I would recommend to other classmates,鈥 said Rikin.
鈥淭his experience was really eye-opening,鈥 added Chuk. 鈥淚t solidified my view of entrepreneurship鈥攖aking an idea and translating it into action.鈥
Through interdisciplinary collaboration, the School of Education and Dyson's Film and Screen Studies departments are helping a major school district in Florida tackle the challenges of today鈥檚 teacher shortage head-on.
Meet Tabi Haly '06, the software engineer, singer-songwriter, disability advocate, and proud New Yorker taking a stance.
Learning takes many forms. Thanks to the Office of Research and Graduate Education鈥檚 Classroom-Based Research Award, Occupational Therapy Professor Lisa Raymond-Tolan is adding student-created podcasts to her curriculum.
Executive Director and founder of the Center of Sustainable Business Steven Mezzio and 蜜桃工作室 alumnus Joseph Kenner '02 along with Alejandra Veltmann and Jose Ignacio Morejon co-published an article in CPA Journal about the growing ESG movement, and how small and medium sized business can rise to the challenge.
鈥淲hat is driving this ESG movement? A mandate of sorts.鈥
So begins an article published in . The article, which graced the cover of the journal, was co-written by Lubin Clinical Professor and Executive Director of the Lubin Center for Sustainable Business Steven Mezzio, PhD; CEO of ESG Lynk Alejandra Veltmann; Jos茅 Ignacio Morejon, executive director of Ecuador-based Sistema B; and 蜜桃工作室 alumnus and CEO 鈥02.
A case in point is recent actions by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) demonstrating a commitment to greater transparency in ESG impacts by issuers. For example, the SEC by certain investment advisors and investment companies about ESG investment practices.
As Mezzio explains, ESG pertains to an integrated purpose鈥攐r the focus on a triple-bottom-line of people, planet, and profits. 鈥淲hile businesses have historically focused on a singular bottom line鈥攑rofits鈥攖he ESG movement posits that in addition to profit, businesses could equally focus on people and the planet,鈥 he says. In his model, the planet and the people who inhabit it are represented by the E(nvironmental) and S(ocial) in ESG, respectively. Meaning, businesses should contribute to environmental stewardship in a meaningful way and has a social responsibility to all of its stakeholders鈥攆rom employees, to customers, to investors.
Growing numbers of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), spanning a range of sectors and geographies are signaling their commitment to an ESG-rooted integrated purpose. According to the article published in the CPA Journal, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are playing a crucial and unique role in this international ESG movement. SMEs make up approximately 90% of businesses and more than 50% of employment worldwide, they play a critical role in the impact of the international ESG movement.
While larger companies generally have the bandwidth and resources to support and embark on a wide range of ESG-related initiatives, this is not often the case. 鈥淪MEs are not as fruitful in terms of resources they can devote,鈥 said Mezzio. 鈥淲e thought we鈥檇 take a step back and think about how they can still proceed down this path with their inherent limitations with SMEs. Whether this is establishing proper benchmarks or reporting metrics, it鈥檚 also essential to be upfront with shareholders and stakeholders about company initiatives.鈥
Through interdisciplinary collaboration, the School of Education and Dyson's Film and Screen Studies departments are helping a major school district in Florida tackle the challenges of today鈥檚 teacher shortage head-on.
From amazing stats to stellar students and alumni, here are just a few of our favorite things.
The 蜜桃工作室 Entrepreneurship Studio supports new startups, from ideation to funding鈥攆rom conception to operation. Our mission is to teach you the "how" and to support the "what"鈥攑roviding students and alumni with a complete blueprint for establishing successful businesses.
Meet 蜜桃工作室鈥檚 newest Faculty in Residence Ram贸n Emilio Fern谩ndez, PhD, as he outlines his aspirations for the position, and say goodbye to outgoing Faculty in Residence Jane Collins, PhD, as she offers reflections on the importance of bridging the gap between students and faculty.
Jane Collins, PhD, has been an associate professor in the department of writing and cultural studies for almost 30 years, and through 蜜桃工作室鈥檚 Faculty in Residence program, she鈥檚 spent the last three years immersed in what life is like for her students living on the Westchester Campus.
鈥淭丑别 residence halls are a space that faculty don鈥檛 often go into,鈥 Collins says. 鈥淭丑别re鈥檚 this whole idea of the classroom as the professor鈥檚 space that students come into, but what happens when it鈥檚 reversed, and the professors are coming into the students鈥 space?鈥
Collins has long been interested in how students learn outside the classroom and how they create community. Her desire is for students to not only consider what they want to do after graduation, but how they want to live their lives. Before she stepped into the role of Faculty in Residence, she created the Dyson Scholars in Residence, where students would take courses, live in suites, and complete service projects together as part of a 鈥渓iving learning community.鈥
There鈥檚 something really powerful about having faculty live on campus, and it鈥檚 considered a best practice in education.
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The Faculty in Residence program felt like a natural next step. As part of the program, faculty move into an apartment in a residence hall on the Westchester Campus where they are tasked with creating residential life programming and heading up initiatives aimed at enriching the student life experience. For the past three years Collins has organized hiking trips, knitting clubs, letter writing events, and more with the students living in Alumni Hall. According to Collins, the Faculty in Residence program at 蜜桃工作室 is unique in the agency it grants faculty to create programming based on their own interests and the needs of the students.
Looking forward to the opportunity to bring his own spin to the program is Ram贸n Emilio Fern谩ndez, PhD, associate professor of mathematics. Like Collins, he has a background in student life (he was a resident assistant and later worked in student life as an undergraduate) and is now taking up the mantle as 蜜桃工作室鈥檚 new Faculty in Residence.
Fern谩ndez is thrilled at the opportunity to make the position his own. 鈥淭丑别 name of the game is to have a big picture with flexibility,鈥 he explains. 鈥淚 like that the program at 蜜桃工作室 doesn鈥檛 have an agenda; it鈥檚 fairly open. My goal is to have faculty and students write the agenda. I have a wealth of experience in student life, and I want to leverage that experience by implementing the ideas of my colleagues who do not have the same experience.鈥
The name of the game is to have a big picture with flexibility.
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Admittedly, Fern谩ndez has a million ideas, from cooking nights featuring Dominican cuisine and hosting end-of-the-year celebrations, to establishing dedicated space and attention for commuter and transfer students. But first and foremost, his hope is to connect faculty and staff to students. 鈥淒uring my time at 蜜桃工作室, several of my colleagues have told me they want to know more about student life,鈥 says Fern谩ndez. 鈥淚 think part of why that hasn鈥檛 happened is they don鈥檛 have a personal relationship with someone that is embedded is student life. So, I鈥檓 hoping to do that on a personal level.鈥
Both Collins and Fern谩ndez believe in the importance of bridging the gap between faculty and students. 鈥淭丑别re鈥檚 something really powerful about having faculty live on campus, and it鈥檚 considered a best practice in education,鈥 says Collins. 鈥淗aving that personal one-on-one relationship with a faculty member can offer the student access to information they might otherwise be hesitant to ask for. Students can be nervous about talking to a faculty member because they鈥檙e connected to their grade, or success, but it鈥檚 easier to ask someone who is just sitting next to you. It can be empowering for students.鈥
Fern谩ndez believes getting faculty, staff, and students to all meet each other halfway has an incalculable effect. 鈥淭丑别 research is clear. When we start to talk, when we intermingle, everyone鈥檚 relationships become healthier,鈥 he states. 鈥淚 know people like to talk about the bottom line, I like to think of the bottom line as the result of doing great things. Student retention and graduation rates increase. Faculty community commitment increases. Faculty and staff morale, when they feel they belong to something, increases.鈥 As Fern谩ndez describes it, when a faculty member has a hand in student events, staff and faculty feel more empowered to get involved and be engaged.
As Collins is finishing her last few months in Alumni Hall and Fern谩ndez is busy at work brainstorming even more ideas, 蜜桃工作室 students can rest assured they have a faculty who care and want to connect. Collins summed it up simply: 鈥淲e really have fantastic students and that makes the job a real pleasure.鈥
From amazing stats to stellar students and alumni, here are just a few of our favorite things.
Carlton Aiken鈥檚 final year as 蜜桃工作室鈥檚 QB was a memorable one, earning him a number of well-deserved accolades and a permanent place in 蜜桃工作室 Football history.
The 蜜桃工作室 Entrepreneurship Studio supports new startups, from ideation to funding鈥攆rom conception to operation. Our mission is to teach you the "how" and to support the "what"鈥攑roviding students and alumni with a complete blueprint for establishing successful businesses.
Meet the Hall of Fame Class of 2022 and the Peter X. Finnerty Leadership Award winners, who were all honored for their incredible contributions to the 蜜桃工作室 Department of Athletics during Homecoming 2022.
During 蜜桃工作室鈥檚 Homecoming celebration in October 2022, the 蜜桃工作室 Department of Athletics was able to resume their tradition of honoring outstanding athletic alumni and staff after a three-year pause. Kaitlyn Lynch '13, Barry Moriarty, Larry Piediscalzo '02, Brittany Shields '12, and Ryan Williams '08 were inducted into the as the Class of 2022, the 19th enshrined class since the Hall of Fame鈥檚 creation in 1997. Alex Rohan '93 and Terri Rohan '96 were recognized for their contributions to 蜜桃工作室 Athletics with the Peter X. Finnerty Leadership Award.
"We couldn't be more excited to honor this class of prestigious and dedicated Setters. The Class of 2022 and this year's Peter X. Finnerty Leadership Award winners really embody the 'best of the best' of what 蜜桃工作室 Athletics represents," remarked Director of Athletics Mark Brown. "We haven't had the opportunity to have this annual event over the past three years and we really wanted to bring it back bigger and better as a highlight of homecoming weekend."
All seven alumni were recognized at a ceremony and dinner on October 14, 2022 at Westchester Manor, and again during the halftime of the 蜜桃工作室 homecoming football game against AIC the next day. But if you weren鈥檛 there, you can meet the newest Finnerty Leadership Award honorees and the Hall of Fame Class of 2022 now.
Kaitlyn Lynch made history as the first 蜜桃工作室 swimmer to be inducted into the Hall of Fame after an impeccable career in Pleasantville. The California native totaled a remarkable 16 medals from 2010-14, including 5 individual Northeast-10 (NE-10) championships. She notched back-to-back NE-10 titles in both the 100-fly and 100-back while also grabbing first in the 50-free in 2014.
Lynch was also named the NE-10 Swimmer of the Year in 2014 after racing to 3 individual titles and 6 total medals in her final championship meet. Her excellence includes a lasting impression right here at 蜜桃工作室, as her top times in both the 100-back (56.55) and 100-fly (56.75) are still school records to this day.
Not only an athletic success story, Lynch also impressed in the 蜜桃工作室 classroom. She was a three-time selection to the NE-10鈥檚 Academic All-Conference Team, to go along with winning the NE-10's Sport Excellence Award in 2014.
Barry Moriarty was 蜜桃工作室's first-ever full-time certified athletic trainer, diligently serving the Athletic Department for over 40 years before retiring this past summer. Moriarty was promoted to Assistant Athletics Director for Sports Medicine in 2015 in addition to his title as Head Athletic Trainer.
In addition to his athletic training duties, he served as the Chairperson of the Health and Wellness Curriculum Department over his last 34 years at 蜜桃工作室. On top of the chairperson role, he was also as an adjunct professor in the College of Health Professions. In his first 17 years with 蜜桃工作室 Athletics, he also oversaw the operations of the equipment room.
Amongst his teaching responsibilities included classes in Care and Prevention of Athletic Injury, Wellness and Fitness, and Golf Courses. Moriarty also served on the 蜜桃工作室 Wellness Committee and was a voting member of the 蜜桃工作室 Athletics Hall of Fame Committee.
Moriarty, who touched the lives of countless student-athletes over his long and illustrious career, was named the recipient of the Eastern College Athletic Conference's Dr. Donald Grover Memorial Award in 2016.
Larry Piediscalzo is arguably the best all-around football player in 蜜桃工作室 history. In a career that spanned from 1997-2001, he was one of the most explosive players in the country. Following his senior season, Piediscalzo was named a Don Hansen Gazette D-II All-American as both a running back and a special teams performer and was Specialist of the Year in 2001. He finished his career as a two-time all-American and all-conference selection (2000, 2001) and the team's three-time offensive MVP (1999, 2000, 2001).
Piediscalzo's dynamic playmaking is still a lasting memory as he still owns 蜜桃工作室's two longest rushes. He rattled off a 96-yarder in 2001鈥攚hich is still 蜜桃工作室's longest touchdown from scrimmage鈥攚hile also breaking off a 90-yard run as a sophomore. In 2001, he also registered the Setters' highest-ever yards per carry at 7.7 per attempt.
Piediscalzo's jaw-dropping plays didn't stop at just the rushing attack. He added 97- and conference-record 96-yard kick-off return touchdowns as well in 2001, while also nabbing an 84-yard catch-and-run from quarterback Jamie Reed.
Brittany Shields, who is currently the associate head coach for the 蜜桃工作室 women's basketball team, is also one of the best players ever to don the Blue and Gold. Playing for the Setters from 2008-2013, Shields is one of just seven players in Setters' history to record more than 1,000 career points and rebounds. In addition to 1,006 career boards, she ranks third in program scoring with 1,757 points.
Shields was a four-time All-Conference selection, earning First-Team accolades in 2011-12, Second-Team honors in 2012-13 and 2010-11, and was named NE-10 Conference Freshman of the Year for the 2008-09 season as well as being selected to the All-Rookie team. In addition, she was named the All-Met Division II Player of the Year in 2012.
Shields averaged 15.3 points and 8.7 rebounds per game during her career, while shooting over 50 percent from the field. Additionally, she racked up 41 double-doubles, 129 steals, and 50 blocks.
Ryan Williams is one of the most prolific scorers in the 74-year history of the 蜜桃工作室 men's basketball program. Currently sitting second on the all-time scoring list, Williams notched 1,892 points in 107 career games.
Known as an assassin from deep, Williams is decidedly 蜜桃工作室's best-ever three-point shooter. He finished his career with 340 long balls, which is 81 more than any other player in school history.
Williams' junior year was especially sensational as he averaged 18.5 points per game for a 蜜桃工作室 team that earned an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. In addition to the offensive excellence, he also finished his career with 175 steals鈥攁 mark that still ranks sixth in program history.
Williams was recognized for his efforts with a plethora of awards during his career. He was twice named to the NE10 All-Conference First Team, in addition to being named to both the NABC and Daktronics All-Region teams. Williams was also selected as an All-American Honorable Mention by Sporting News and a participant in the NABC's Division II All-Star Game.
The Peter X. Finnerty Award is presented to a member or members of the 蜜桃工作室 athletics community for outstanding leadership and service to the University or to society as a whole. The individuals selected exemplify those characteristics for which Peter Finnerty was best known: hard work, a spirit of competition, the ability to serve and lead with integrity, and to inspire others to do the same. This honor has only been awarded seven times since its creation.
This year's honorees, Alex and Terri Rohan, have served as great contributors to the 蜜桃工作室 Athletics Department over the years, specifically for the men's and women's lacrosse programs. Through their foundation, the May Ellen and Gerald Ritter Foundation, the Rohans have helped establish funds for men's and women's lacrosse which aid and enhance the development of these nationally competitive programs. Most recently, the Foundation created the establishing gift of the Dan Mulholland Endowment Fund in honor of the former head coach and founder of 蜜桃工作室 men's lacrosse. Alex Rohan played goalkeeper and defense for the 蜜桃工作室 Setters from 1990-92 under the tutelage of Mulholland.
Additionally, Alex assists in alumni engagement and networking as a mentor for senior student-athletes as they enter their professional careers.
Biology professor Nancy Krucher, PhD, understands the transformative power of research. She鈥檚 a pioneer in the fight against breast cancer, and she鈥檚 just received a three-year $400,241 grant from the National Cancer Institute through the National Institutes of Health to study new methods to combat cancer cell development of resistance to targeted treatments.
Through interdisciplinary collaboration, the School of Education and Dyson's Film and Screen Studies departments are helping a major school district in Florida tackle the challenges of today鈥檚 teacher shortage head-on.
Learning takes many forms. Thanks to the Office of Research and Graduate Education鈥檚 Classroom-Based Research Award, Occupational Therapy Professor Lisa Raymond-Tolan is adding student-created podcasts to her curriculum.
This past December, 蜜桃工作室 announced plans to transform One 蜜桃工作室 Plaza to include new academic spaces, a modernized residence hall, and a new state-of-the-art Performing Arts Center that will serve its performing and creative arts programs and act as a central gathering space for our community and our neighborhood.
This past December, 蜜桃工作室 announced plans to transform One 蜜桃工作室 Plaza to include new academic spaces, a modernized residence hall, and a new state-of-the-art Performing Arts Center that will serve its performing and creative arts programs and act as a central gathering space for our community and our neighborhood.
Once complete, 蜜桃工作室 will have a modernized building that reduces carbon emissions and improves energy efficiency while providing faculty, students, and staff with the facilities they need.
鈥淥ur Campus Planning and Facilities team has spent many months meeting and consulting with stakeholders while conceptualizing this project,鈥 said 蜜桃工作室 President Marvin Krislov. 鈥淭his project is a major step forward for 蜜桃工作室. I am excited for this next chapter, and I look forward to continued discussion in the coming days, weeks, and months.鈥
While the final details of the renovation are still in development, here is the broad outline of the planned revitalization:
Construction is expected to start in the fall of 2023 and be completed in early 2026. 蜜桃工作室鈥檚 Campus Planning and Facilities team has spent many months meeting and consulting with stakeholders while conceptualizing this project.
Funding for this ambitious project is coming from a variety of sources, including money set aside in 蜜桃工作室鈥檚 construction fund, the ability to issue debt, and fundraising. New York State and the federal funding will also complement a targeted fundraising campaign.
Biology professor Nancy Krucher, PhD, understands the transformative power of research. She鈥檚 a pioneer in the fight against breast cancer, and she鈥檚 just received a three-year $400,241 grant from the National Cancer Institute through the National Institutes of Health to study new methods to combat cancer cell development of resistance to targeted treatments.
Learning takes many forms. Thanks to the Office of Research and Graduate Education鈥檚 Classroom-Based Research Award, Occupational Therapy Professor Lisa Raymond-Tolan is adding student-created podcasts to her curriculum.
Through interdisciplinary collaboration, the School of Education and Dyson's Film and Screen Studies departments are helping a major school district in Florida tackle the challenges of today鈥檚 teacher shortage head-on.
Carlton Aiken鈥檚 final year as 蜜桃工作室鈥檚 QB was a memorable one, earning him a number of well-deserved accolades and a permanent place in 蜜桃工作室 Football history.
Carlton Aiken 鈥21 has been one of the key figures for Setters football for the past several years. Now, he鈥檒l be forever in the record books.
In the second quarter of an October matchup against Post, Aiken found Franklin Castillo Diaz in the end zone to give the Setters a commanding lead. Yet, the touchdown was anything but routine; it was Aiken鈥檚 42nd touchdown pass in the blue and gold, passing Kevin Enterlein 鈥88 on the all time list, whose record stood for over 30 years.
Aiken, a dynamic passer who has also played wide receiver and running back over the course of his collegiate career, has finished his college career incredibly strong. Leading the Setters to a 6-4 record, he combined for 23 touchdowns (17 pass, 6 rush), and ranked third in passing yards (1,799) and rushing yards (694) among all NE-10 players. Most notably, Aiken was named the Most Valuable Player of the NE-10 Conference, the first-ever 蜜桃工作室 player to win the prestigious conference-wide award. He was also given an Honorable Mention to the Don Hanson 2022 NCAA DII All-America team.
As for what鈥檚 next? Aiken鈥檚 unique skill set and experience makes him one of the rare candidates to be able to make the leap from Division II Athletics to the professional level. Aiken has officially declared for the 2023 NFL Draft, hoping to be the first-ever 蜜桃工作室 football player to make it to football鈥檚 greatest stage.
鈥淢y game translates extremely well to the next level. Experience and my play-making ability are what sets me apart,鈥 said Aiken in an interview with scouting site NFL Draft Diamonds. 鈥淲hether it鈥檚 3rd down, the 4th quarter, or overtime, I know how to keep my composure in these situations.鈥
Through interdisciplinary collaboration, the School of Education and Dyson's Film and Screen Studies departments are helping a major school district in Florida tackle the challenges of today鈥檚 teacher shortage head-on.
Learning takes many forms. Thanks to the Office of Research and Graduate Education鈥檚 Classroom-Based Research Award, Occupational Therapy Professor Lisa Raymond-Tolan is adding student-created podcasts to her curriculum.
From amazing stats to stellar students and alumni, here are just a few of our favorite things.
Biology professor Nancy Krucher, PhD, understands the transformative power of research. She鈥檚 a pioneer in the fight against breast cancer, and she鈥檚 just received a three-year $400,241 grant from the National Cancer Institute through the National Institutes of Health to study new methods to combat cancer cell development of resistance to targeted treatments.
Biology professor Nancy Krucher, PhD, understands the transformative power of research. She鈥檚 a pioneer in the fight against breast cancer, and she鈥檚 just received a three-year $400,241 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study new methods to combat cancer cell development of resistance to targeted treatments.
鈥淐ancer is a major health concern in our country and throughout the world,鈥 said Professor Krucher. 鈥淐urrently, much of cancer research focuses on identifying specific mutations or abnormalities in tumor cells and creating drugs that target them. These targeted therapies have exhibited a great deal of success in some cancer types. Unfortunately, while targeted therapies usually work for a few months or a few years, cancer cells often develop resistance to these agents.鈥
Targeted therapies颅鈥攚hich involve certain drugs used to specifically target the ways in which cancer cells grow, divide, and spread鈥攁re becoming more common in cancer treatment. However, cancer cells can acquire resistance to the targeted agent, making the treatment less effective. ATP-citrate lyase (ACLY) is a critical enzyme in cancer cell growth that can be activated as a response to targeted therapies, particularly in treatment of breast cancer and melanoma, often resulting in poor prognosis.
In February 2020, the FDA approved a new ACLY inhibitor, and another was recently developed. In this project, these agents are predicted to have anti-cancer activity. Krucher鈥檚 research aims to investigate the hypothesis that targeting ACLY with these inhibitors can reverse resistance in breast cancer and melanoma.
Through this grant, Professor Krucher and our biology students have the opportunity to uncover critical information that could improve the effectiveness of these vital treatments.
Because the newly developed ACLY inhibitors that will be used in this study have largely not been tested on cancer cells to date, Krucher hopes her work can provide new insight for cancer treatment, including the development of novel drug combination regimens. Additionally, Krucher鈥檚 work will employ an in vivo model of cancer metastasis in melanoma as well as three-dimensional cancer cell cultures, an innovative and effective approach to studying the physiological tumor environment.
Undergraduate biology students will also be closely involved in this research, carrying out a majority of the experiments outlined in the study, helping prepare them for careers in the biomedical research workforce.
鈥淧rofessor Krucher is doing incredibly important work in the field of cancer research, an area of biomedicine that touches so many lives around the world,鈥 said Tresmaine R. Grimes, PhD, dean of the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences and School of Education. 鈥淭hrough this grant, Professor Krucher and our biology students have the opportunity to uncover critical information that could improve the effectiveness of these vital treatments.鈥
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Learning takes many forms. Thanks to the Office of Research and Graduate Education鈥檚 Classroom-Based Research Award, Occupational Therapy Professor Lisa Raymond-Tolan is adding student-created podcasts to her curriculum.
University teaching, traditionally, is often conceived in the form of a lecture鈥攖he professor, equipped with years of knowledge and credentials, espouses their wisdom as students furiously scribble notes; or, more likely today, type furiously on their laptops.
Yet, as we all know, teaching and learning comes in many forms鈥攅specially with today鈥檚 endless array of technological innovation.
鈥淚鈥檓 obsessed with student engagement and active learning鈥擨 try to avoid that sort of blah-blah lecture, which is hard to avoid in its entirety, but I like to where I can,鈥 says College of Health Professions Occupational Therapy Professor Lisa Raymond-Tolan, OTD, OTR/L. 鈥淚 think it鈥檚 just so much more beneficial for students to be actively co-creating their own learning. I like flipping the classroom.鈥
Raymond-Tolan commutes to the Westchester Campus each day from her home in Brooklyn鈥攚hich often leaves her stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic, listening to podcasts to pass the time. On one of these commutes鈥擱aymond-Tolan credits driving for her giving her all her best ideas鈥攕omething clicked.
鈥淲hat if students not only listened to podcasts to support their learning, but if they created a podcast? It hits all the points I love鈥攊t鈥檚 hands on, it鈥檚 engaging, it鈥檚 co-creating learning, and then it鈥檒l be a study tool for everyone else.鈥
鈥淲hat if students not only listened to podcasts to support their learning, but if they created a podcast? It hits all the points I love鈥攊t鈥檚 hands on, it鈥檚 engaging, it鈥檚 co-creating learning, and then it鈥檒l be a study tool for everyone else.鈥
Fortunately, Raymond-Tolan鈥檚 interest in active and innovative learning methods is shared by 蜜桃工作室鈥檚 Office of Research and Graduate Education. The Office of Research and Graduate Education offers a Classroom-Based Research Award, in which faculty members can receive grants for innovative ideas to incorporate original, authentic research projects into the undergraduate curriculum. In part, this grant plays a role in ensuring that 蜜桃工作室 is at the forefront of continually advancing the possibilities of classroom-based learning; and helps ensures that the 蜜桃工作室 classroom experience is much more than, in Raymond-Tolan鈥檚 words, just a 鈥渂lah-blah lecture.鈥
Raymond-Tolan鈥檚 project, Creating Podcasts as an Innovative Learning Tool in Occupational Therapy Graduate Education, was awarded this grant. She and her students in her OTH 500: Occupational Therapy and Analysis class then got going, working in teams to create 15-minute episodes about concepts covered in class. Episodes focused on topics ranging from ethics, history of occupational therapy, models of occupational therapy, and much more.
鈥淭hrough the grant we were able to get podcast microphones, and then we figured out platforms people felt comfortable with for recording on and editing with. They had 鈥榗allers鈥 into their shows. It felt like an authentic podcast experience.鈥
Raymond-Tolan believes the podcast initiative is very much in the spirit of occupational therapy, a profession which isn鈥檛 conducive to passive learning.
鈥淚n OT we have labs, and our labs are very active. OT is about how do we do things and participate in things that are meaningful to us. I wanted to take this one step further and make foundational lecture content a more active learning experience.鈥
On a practical level, the podcasts have been a resounding success. This fall, the inaugural 鈥減odcast class鈥 concluded the semester with a listening party. The episodes were then made available to all students, who were able to use them for reference while studying for finals.
As for the future? Raymond-Tolan plans on continuing the podcast project for the Fall 2023 OT 500 cohort and is considering expanding it into other classes. Discussing the ways students consume information in 2023, she adds that meeting students where they currently spend time and consume content鈥攚hether that鈥檚 on social media, podcasts, or anything else鈥攃an be a great way to get students more engaged in their studies and, if executed well, can truly enhance the educational experience.
Plus, it鈥檚 not a bad alternative to grading papers.
鈥淚 think doing this kind of material is really engaging for students, but it鈥檚 also really fun for a faculty member,鈥 she adds.
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