Stories

Samantha Stewart in front of the Student Center

Student Profile: Samantha Stewart, Mechanical Engineering Technology `18

by Kristin HaackerStudent Stories July 8, 2016Comments are Disabled

With multiple social, academic, and extracurricular opportunities presenting themselves, college can be a stressful time for anyone. Finding balance can be a challenge for any college student and maintaining that balance once it’s found can be downright daunting. When it does all come together, though, it feels like magic. And that’s when the most worthwhile …

Tanzid Sultan with Amir Fariborz and Andrea Dziubek

Student Profile: Tanzid Sultan, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics `16

by Kristin HaackerAlumni, Student Stories June 7, 2016October 30, 2025Comments are Disabled

Tanzid Sultan can usually be found curled up at the Peter Cayan library or somewhere else on campus, reading something related to physics. His interest in physics began in high school, but he never believed it was a field that he would devote his life to. Instead, he was encouraged to study engineering. When he …

Student Profile: Bianca Little, Civil Engineering `16

by Kristin HaackerStudent Stories May 24, 2016Comments are Disabled

In a field that traditionally has been occupied predominantly by males, Bianca Little proves that engineering knows no gender boundaries. “I feel like I need to excel in my studies and in leadership skills in order to not be overlooked for jobs, being that this is a predominantly male field. I feel like I have …

Student Profile: Alida Rivera de Davis, M.S. Nursing Education ’16

by Kristin HaackerAlumni, Student Stories April 14, 2016October 30, 2025Comments are Disabled

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Those words, by the late Nelson Mandela are how Alida Rivera de Davis describes her motivation for enrolling in the M.S. Nursing Education program at SUNY Polytechnic Institute. “Investing in my academic future will provide me with the necessary tools to …

Student Profile: Mike Aiello ’17 Business Administration

by Kristin HaackerStudent Stories March 2, 2016Comments are Disabled

Junior Mike Aiello took a few minutes out of his busy schedule to talk about the club he founded: Wildcats Care. The club is involved in many activities on- and off-campus: it’s largest activity to date is holding the first-ever, student-based Relay for Life in the Wildcat Field House this spring.

Stacey Mae Smith and Lilo parnter pitch at the Business Plan Competition

Alumni Profile: Stacey Smith

by Kristin HaackerAlumni February 8, 2016October 30, 2025Comments are Disabled

Local Startup Wins Big A SUNY Polytechnic Institute graduate’s idea for a bicyclist water bottle with a bottom drinking valve is now on its way to reality, as well as a place on consumer shelves, after winning a startup business competition in the City of Rome. Stacey Smith, Business Administration ’15, of Westmoreland was one …

Not Your Average Boot Camp!

by Kristin HaackerAlumni, Student Stories December 13, 2015October 30, 2025Comments are Disabled

Computational Boot Camp ’15 & the SUNY STEM Passport Program A dozen students from SUNY Poly, SUNY Poly’s CNSE, Stony Brook University, SUNY Buffalo, and University of Albany convened at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica this summer for a boot camp unlike any other. The two-week computational boot camp, led by SUNY Poly faculty members Andrea Dziubek, Edmond …

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Student Profile: Molly D’Agostino, Interdisciplinary Studies `16

by Kristin HaackerStudent Stories November 30, 2015October 30, 2025Comments are Disabled

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 …

Meet Fernando Gómez-Baquero PhD ’12: Co-Founder and CEO at BessTech LLC

by Kristin HaackerAlumni November 30, 2015Comments are Disabled

Why did you decide to attend SUNY Poly and study in the Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering? I was recruited by a professor in the nanoeconomics constellation whom I met in a conference in California. He showed me around and I understood the vision and the potential in the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship and …

Alumni Profile: Doug Cohen G’14

by Kristin HaackerAlumni November 23, 2015Comments are Disabled

Like many working professionals, Doug Cohen finds himself juggling – whether it’s his role as Associate Director of Academic Technology Services at Open SUNY, or the many responsibilities that come with a family, and he needed a degree program that offered the flexibility to accommodate his schedule. Fortunately for Doug, the Information Design Technology (IDT) …

Student/Alumni Profile: Lauren Lowe

by Kristin HaackerAlumni, Student Stories October 5, 2015October 30, 2025Comments are Disabled

With an abundance of awards to her credit, one might find it difficult to pinpoint Lauren Lowe’s greatest achievement. But if you ask the 2015 graduate of SUNY Poly’s Nurse Practitioner Graduate program, she’ll give you a quick and simple answer – her family. Balancing life as a mother, wife, and full-time graduate student with a …

Student Profile: Robyn Christoferson, Biology `17

by Kristin HaackerStudent Stories September 28, 2015Comments are Disabled

“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 …