Hofstra University has established a School of Engineering and Applied Science that will partner with a network of industry leaders to offer students substantial work experience before they graduate.
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The new school combines and expands the University's existing Engineering and Computer Science departments to develop a curriculum that emphasizes high-tech research, practical work experience and inter-disciplinary study, integrating resources and faculty from other parts of the institution, including the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine and the Frank G. Zarb School of Business.
The University's Board of Trustees approved the launch of the new school and an international search for a dean has begun.
"This, along with our new medical school, is another step in Hofstra's march into the ranks of world-class universities committed to academic innovation and excellence," said Marilyn B. Monter, chair of the Board of Trustees.
The new school signals Hofstra's goal to be at the forefront of science and engineering education, and to act as an incubator for research and development that prepares students for a complex marketplace.
"Our students strive to excel and so do we," said President Stuart Rabinowitz. "Establishing a School of Engineering and Applied Science will make Hofstra only the third university in the New York metro area to have schools of law, medicine and engineering (the others are Columbia University and New York University)."
"In the same way that our medical school, with its practical, patient-centered approach and partnership with North Shore-LIJ Health System, is on the cutting-edge of medical education," Rabinowitz said, "our School of Engineering and Applied Science will produce students who are firmly grounded in theory, but also understand and are prepared for the challenges of a constantly evolving business environment."
Accelerate Long Island: An Example of Partnership
On Tuesday, January 25, 2011, leading research institutions and the Long Island Association announced the launch of the groundbreaking "Accelerate Long Island” initiative, which brings together the leaders of Stony Brook University, Hofstra University, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and North Shore-LIJ Health System in a regional effort to commercialize innovations at Long Island’s major research institutions.
Long Island has an abundance of research and ideas, but as a region needed a strategy to take those ideas and turn them into entrepreneurial successes. Long Island’s major research institutions – Stony Brook University, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the North Shore - LIJ Health System’s Feinstein Institute for Medical Research collectively spend over $1 billion dollars on research. The group determined that Long Island needs a regional strategy to unlock the economic potential of the world class research conducted at these institutions. Accelerate Long Island will assist in the creation of an entrepreneurial ecosystem where the potential of research at these institutions is harnessed by entrepreneurs who start companies and create jobs on Long Island. It will increase commercialization of research, promote entrepreneurship, and foster business creation and retention on Long Island.
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