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April 27, 2017


Robot Swarms Could Be Controlled by Your Smartphone, Thanks to AR
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April 25, 2017


NYU Tandon shows off its best and brightest
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April 22, 2017


IEEE Spectrum features Mechatronics, Controls, and Robotics Lab's work on Controlling Robot Swarms with Augmented Reality
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April 21, 2017


How could physically disabled toddlers someday explore the world more easily?
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April 20, 2017


Tot Bot helps physically disabled toddlers explore
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April 20, 2017


Tot Bot
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March 31, 2017


Mixed-reality learning environments
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December 21, 2016


Smart Stroke Rehab
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October 19, 2016


NYU Tandon Opens Registration to New York City School Teams for The National Science Foundation’s Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program
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October 10, 2016


A New York University team develops a mechatronic device to help stroke patients
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September 9, 2016


Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr Vikram Kapila will be among the select group of educators at the 2016 National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) Symposium.
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August 23, 2016


The US National Science Foundation has awarded a three year $1,039,315 grant titled "ITEST: Promoting Robotic Design and Entrepreneurship Experiences among Students and Teachers" to NYU Schools of Engineering and Education. The project team includes: PI: Vikram Kapila, Co-PIs: Jennifer Listman, Catherine Milne, Jin Kim Montclare, and Oded Nov, and Senior Personnel: Ben Esner, Magued Iskander, and Maurizio Porfiri

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August 10, 2016


NYU Tandon receives a $40,000 grant from the Division of Engineering Education and Centers to host a Mechatronics Education Innovation Workshop. Click here for details of workshop.

July 18, 2016


NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s Center for K12 STEM Education is making sure New York City kids avoid the dreaded summer slump. Through a number of free programs, nearly 100 NYU Tandon faculty, students, and alumni are inspiring excitement about STEM education in students and teachers alike.
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July 12, 2016


New York University Tandon team creates 'SMART' rehab for stroke patients
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July 11, 2016


NYU Tandon Welcomes K-12 Students, Teachers for STEMNow
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NYU Tandon to Host K-12 Students, Teachers for STEMNow
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June 29, 2016


New York U STEM Program to Give Teachers Industry Experience
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June 27, 2016


At the Mechatronics Education Workshop: Designing and Building Effective Programs, hosted by both Professor Kapila and Dr. Tom Lee, Chief Education Officer at Quanser and adjunct professor in Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo, representatives from a number of universities and colleges from the United States and Canada gathered to start a cohesive dialogue regarding the present and future of the field. They discussed challenges and goals as well as methods of collaboration between institutions and industry professionals.
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June 24, 2016


Low-cost technology may improve rehab for stroke victims
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June 23, 2016


These wearables ‘gamify’ rehab after a stroke
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June 17, 2016


NYU is proud to host "Mechatronics Education Technology Workshop," co-organized with Quanser
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May 19, 2016


The US National Science Foundation has awarded a three year $600,000 grant titled "RET Site in Mechatronics and Robotics with Entrepreneurship and Industry Experiences" to NYU Schools of Engineering and Education. The project team includes: PI: Vikram Kapila, Co-PI: Jennifer Listman, and Senior Personnel: Weiqiang Chen, Emilie Dressaire, Ben Esner, Joo Kim, Oded Nov, and Maurizio Porfiri.

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April 19, 2016


Doctoral candidate Jared Frank will be one of only ten American students invited to France for a week this coming July for French-American Doctoral Exchange Seminar (FADEx) , a program organized by the Office for Science and Technology at the Embassy of France in the United States, is aimed at encouraging collaboration among American and French doctoral students with similar research interests and forging what could turn into long-lasting scientific partnerships.
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February 21, 2016


Mechatronics lab student and robot featured in a NYTimes article

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February 16, 2016

Brooklyn's hot new trend: robots
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February 4, 2016

Robots Take Brooklyn in New Tandon Master's Program
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February 3, 2016


Mechatronics and Robotics Lab graduate students win a $25,000 grant under the Verizon Open Innovation Challenge which funds $250,000 in research and prototyping projects to NYC university teams. Doctoral student Jared Alan Frank and M.S. student Matthew Moorhead are members of one of 14 teams that won grant funds from the Verizon Challenge. Their project is funded under the virtual reality category and is titled "Connecting People to Robots Using Interactive Augmented Reality Apps." This project is using state of the art hardware and software of mobile devices to provide intuitive metaphors and rich augmented reality feedback for users as they control and interact with robotic technologies.
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December 9, 2015


Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Announces a New M.S. in Mechatronics and Robotics Degree Program
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October 26, 2015


Doctoral Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Research Associate Positions Available
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August 11, 2015


City raises $9 M. from private sector for education agenda
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July 31, 2015


The de Blasio administration has raised almost $9 million from the private sector for education-related initiatives in the last four months, an effort city officials say is proof of the business community's willingness to support the mayor on education issues.
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July 16, 2015

National Science Foundation Funds NYU Engagement in STEM Program
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July 14, 2015

TO THE LABS!
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NYU Poly To Train 500 NYC STEM Teachers
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NYU Poly Gets $3.5 Million To Train 500 NYC STEM Teachers
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July 9, 2015

Engagement in STEM through robotics, mechatronics, cybersecurity and more
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NYU School of Engineering prepares for STEM push through teacher tech training
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Engagement in STEM through robotics, mechatronics, cybersecurity and more.
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No Sweat: NYU School of Engineering 'Summer of STEM' Makes Science and Tech Cool for Kids, Teachers.
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Preeminent Teacher STEM Program Expands

NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Targets Teacher Training for a Lasting Impact on New York City Schools.
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Robots, Legos, and a famous chef at city's new summer STEM training
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June 19, 2015

How Robots Can Help Kids
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September 2014

Former AMPS GK-12 Fellow Dr. Nicole Abaid has been named to the Brilliant 10 list by the Popular Science magazine.
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June 17, 2015


NYU Tandon School Of Engineering researchers make innovative use of Lego. Division of the American Society for Engineering Education Honors Paper Showing Middle School Teachers How to Use Robots for Lessons
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September 2014


Former AMPS GK-12 Fellow Dr. Nicole Abaid has been named to the Brilliant 10 list by the Popular Science magazine.
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August 17, 2014


Led by Prof. Kapila, a team of researchers from NYU Schools of Engineering and Education wins a four year $2,545,955 NSF research grant.


The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded the project "DR K-12: Teaching STEM with Robotics: Design, Development, and Testing of a Research-based Professional Development Program for Teachers." The project team includes following faculty and researchers from NYU's Polytechnic School of Engineering and Steinhardt School of Education: V. Kapila (PI)--Polytechnic; M. Iskander (co-PI)--Polytechnic; C. Milne (co-PI)--Steinhardt; O. Zaslavsky (co-PI)--Steinhardt; and B. Esner (Sen. Pers)--Polytechnic.
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May 2, 2014

EXPO MARKS THE SPOT: New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering’s Second Annual Research Expo
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January 14, 2014

NYC First Lego 2014 League Brooklyn Qualifier: Technically Brooklyn
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January 11, 2014

Hundreds of Students Compete in Lego Competition: NY1 News
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January 11, 2014

FIRST LEGO League Brooklyn Qualifier 2014
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January 11, 2014

Children’s Competition Bridges Fun And Learning With Legos: CBS New York
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January 11, 2014

Qualifying round of 1st LEGO League held at NYU School of Engineering in Downtown Brooklyn: News12 Brooklyn
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July 18, 2013

SinoVision Interview- NYU Poly K12 STEM Program
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July 17, 2013

Some Students Spending Summer Learning Skills In NYU-Poly Science Lab
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July 9, 2013

NYU-Poly launches a summer of K-12 exploration
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July 8, 2013

NYU-Poly Launches #STEMNOW, Summer Programs to Answer National Call for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
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May 22, 2013

Robotics Students Build New York’s Startup Culture
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May 20, 2013

Polytechnic Institute of New York University’s 2013 Research Expo
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Research Expo : News 12 Brooklyn
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May 07, 2013

WNYC Presents “STEM is the New Space Race”
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March 27, 2013

Daily News Article : NYU Polytechnic Institute's smartphone-controlled robot will allow grannies to read bedtime stories remotely
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January 24, 2013

Young engineers build a robotic bridge to reach seniors
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January 23, 2013

4th Annual First LEGO League Brooklyn Qualifier

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January 22, 2013

Youth Lego Robot Competition Focuses on Solutions for Seniors - DNAinfo

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January 18, 2013

Lego-mania! Lego robots duke it out Downtown - Courier Life's Brooklyn Daily

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January 17, 2013

Fort Greene, Clinton Hill Schools Place in LEGO Robot Competition 
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January 13, 2013

FIRST LEGO League Coverage WNYW - FOX5

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January 12, 2013

FIRST LEGO League Brooklyn Qualifier

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March 21, 2012

Banneker Students Are Robot Warriors

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January 17, 2012

Robots (and Human Overlords) Compete in Downtown Brooklyn

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January 17, 2012

22 Brooklyn Elementary and Middle School Teams Advance to New York Regional Robotics Challenge

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January 17, 2012

Robo-Learning and Making Science Fun

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January 15, 2012

City Kids Build Robots

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January 15, 2012

East Flatbush Youngsters Win Lego Robotics Competition

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January 14, 2012

NYU Polytechnic Hosts Annual Robotics Challenge

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January 13, 2012

The Other Dream ­ Finding Fun Things For Kids This MLK Weekend

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January 12, 2012

Wall-to-Wall Robots at NYU-Poly as 400 Brooklyn Students Compete in FIRST Games

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Winter 2012

Children Learn Thrills of Applied Science, Winter 2012
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2011

NSF Fellows Help Brooklyn Robotics Team Win Challenge

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November 28, 2011

PhD Candidate Jasmin Hume Finalist in Super Connector Search

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November 2011

The Best Parts of My Day

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Fall 2011

NYU-POLY Brings Mechatronics To NASA Event, CABLE, NYU-Poly’s Alumni Magazine, Fall 2011, pp. 9
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STEM: Focusing on our Future, CABLE, NYU-Poly’s Alumni Magazine, Fall 2011, pp. 12-17
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September 27, 2011

Excitement at Maker Faire Anything but Robotic

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March 29, 2011

NYU-Poly Mentoring Helps Take Brooklyn Robotics Team to World Finals

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March 22, 2011

Haitian immigrant-filled robotics team earns contest berth with winning robot, NY Daily News

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March 21, 2011

Using robots to help raise student grades, 5:30pm evening news on ABC News

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March 11, 2011

P.S. 11 Students, Robots, Compete in Lego League, New York Times, Fort Greene Blog

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March 8, 2011

Brooklyn Schoolkids Do the Robot

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March 8, 2011

NYU-Poly professor brings robots to kids

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February 24, 2011

Major Expansion Planned for Robotic Program in Brooklyn Schools

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February 22, 2011

Brooklyn Community Foundation Grant Expands NYU-Poly Robotics Outreach Program, Robotics Wire

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February 20, 2011

NYU-Poly Celebrates Engineers Week on NBC Today Show

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February 17, 2011

Robots Teach; More Brooklyn Kids Learn

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January 13, 2011

FIRST Lego League Challenge, News12 Brooklyn

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January 13, 2011

Young Innovators: Robotics Competition Kicks Off, NYSTAR NEWS

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January 13, 2011

Brooklyn, Borough of Robots Hundreds of Middle-Schoolers Compete for Robot Fame and Glory, Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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January 12, 2011

Brooklyn Middle Schools Seal Top Honors at Robotics Challenge, by Vinti Vaid, Robotics Wire

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January 11, 2011

22 Brooklyn Middle Schools Capture Spots in Citywide Robotics Challenge

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Spring 2011

Reading, Writing and Robots, CABLE, NYU-Poly’s Alumni Magazine, Spring 2011, pp. 8-9
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ROBOTEAMS grow in brooklyn, CABLE, NYU-Poly’s Alumni Magazine, Spring 2011, pp. 24-25
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Winter 2011

Mechatronics Mania, CABLE, NYU-Poly’s Alumni Magazine, Winter 2011, pp. 14-15

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October 26, 2010

Brooklyn Robots Travel to D.C., Teach Math and Science, Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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September 21, 2010

Sparking Interest in Math, Science: One Robot at a Time, Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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August 31, 2010

Engineering a change in the classroom, Brooklyn Star and Queens Ledger newspapers.

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August 26, 2010

AMPS/CBRI featured on Brooklyn News12 TV.

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Fall 2010

NSF Selects NYU-Poly's Robotics Program for Washington, D.C., Expo, NYU Research, Fall 2010, pp. 12
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March 17, 2010

Finding the Top Bot: High School Students (and Their Robots) Take the Prize at Tech Challenge, Scientific American.

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February 2, 2010

Go 'Bots! NYU-Poly mentors cheer on FIRST LEGO League competitors, NYU-Poly News.

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January 19, 2010

Brooklyn student goes from hating to loving school, all thanks to Legos!, NY Daily News.

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January 11, 2010

Brooklyn Goes Robot Crazy, Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

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Spring 2010

NYU-Poly Mentors Cheer On FIRST LEGO Competitors, CABLE, NYU-Poly’s Alumni Magazine, Spring 2010, pp. 19-20
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July 6, 2009

NYU-Poly receives Motorola Foundation Innovation Generation grant to promote STEM through robotics, NYU-Poly News.

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January 27, 2009

NYU-Poly hosts FIRST Lego League robotics competition, NYU-Poly News.

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January 12, 2009

Crowds Roar as Robots Compete in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

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September 29, 2008

Bringing robots to show-and-tell, Washington Square News Website.

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Fall 2008

Independence Community Foundation and JPMorgan Chase Award $410K to Expand FIRST Programs in Central Brooklyn, CABLE, NYU-Poly’s Alumni Magazine, Fall 2008, pp. 10
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February 29, 2008

Poly Receives $3 million/5-year NSF GK-12 Fellows Grant to Promote Mechatronics at K-12 Schools, Poly News.

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February 15, 2008

Serious Fun with Robots: CBRI brings robotics technology to local schools, Poly News.

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February 4, 2008

PS 21 best in toy robotics contest, NY Daily News.

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January 29, 2008

Robot Dreams in Brooklyn: Initiative Brings High Tech to Urban Students, Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

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Spring 2008

Poly Awarded $3 Million National Science Foundation Grant: Program Supports STEM Fellowships and Training Critical to Nation's Economic Growth, Cable: The Alumni Magazine of Polytechnic University, Spring 2008, Vol. 35, No 3.

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December, 2007

Five Central Brooklyn Teams Qualify for Citywide Robotics Challenge (pdf version), Our Time Press.

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