Category: Student Stories

At first glance, Molly D’Agostino, a senior Interdisciplinary Studies major focusing on pre-law, resembles your typical college student. But when she’s not in the classroom, she’s performing around the country with her band, Pacinello. Her hard-working attitude and the flexibility of the IDS program make it possible for Molly to combine her pursuit of her academic …

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“Dr. Wei was looking for real-world application, not just good results in a lab.” Real-world results are what Robyn Christoferson, a junior biology major at SUNY Polytechnic Institute discovered this summer while working on a research project headed by Dr. Steven Wei, Coordinator of the Civil Engineering program. Upon hearing of Dr. Wei’s research on …

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“Internships allow insight to real-world experiences away from a protected classroom environment.” Michael Campbell, mechanical engineering technology student, said after his summer internship at Indium Corporation. Campbell, a senior at SUNY Poly, interned at Indium Corporation of America as an Engineered Solder. Indium Corporation received over 200 applications for the twelve positions available and Campbell …

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More and more women are studying science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs in college. Read about one of our nanoscale engineering students, Eve. Name: Eve Borden Year: Junior Major: Nanoscale Engineering Why were/are you interested in pursuing a degree in the nano sciences? I’m interested in pursuing a degree in nanoscale engineering because it is …

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It’s often said that the best way to learn is through experience, and one business student at SUNY Poly’s Utica campus is getting her experience first-hand, running and expanding a business of her own creation. “Many of us, at one point or another, have thought about starting our own business,” said Sarita Ruiz, junior, the …

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Students from SUNY Polytechnic Institute and other area colleges competed over the course of two days to create innovative solutions to the area’s most challenging social and economic issues. The inaugural “Innovation Challenge New York: Mohawk Valley,” supported by a grant from the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, was hosted October 24-25 by …

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SUNY Poly’s Network and Computer Security (NCS) club was one of ten student teams that gathered at the University of New Hampshire recently to test their mettle and their minds in the Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. The three-day event had each team working as an IT Department would, taking requests put forth by a …

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