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LIU Post Scientist Featured on MLB Network

Dr. Lawrence Rocks, LIU Post Chemistry professor who authored “The Energy Crisis” in 1972 and worked with Congress to create the Department of Energy, was featured on MLB Network TV live at Disney World at the MLB winter meetings.

An area of interest for Rocks is sports chemistry, particularly how temperature affects baseball’s performance.

Rocks had teamed up with St. Louis Cardinal’s Paul DeJong to complete a lab experiment proving that at a maximum temperature of 80 degrees, baseballs achieve the most bounce.

 

LIU Fashion Students Receive Donation of 25 Pucci Mannequins & 50 Couture Gowns    

Fashion merchandising students gifted with top-of-the-line mannequins donated by Saks Fifth Avenue in Huntington and fifty vintage, high-fashion designer dresses

 Brookville, NY – Twenty-five top-of-the-line Pucci mannequins, donated by Saks Fifth Avenue in Huntington, arrived at LIU Post’s College of Management on December 13 to be used by students enrolled in its Fashion Merchandising program.  The mannequins arrived with an additional anonymous donation of 50 high-fashion vintage couture gowns from top designers, such as Jacques Fath, Ungaro and Yves St Laurent.

LIU Post’s growing fashion merchandising program is unique to the region, with a focus on the business end of the fashion industry.  The mannequins and dresses will be part of a Capstone project this spring where the students will catalog and display the items, creating a full fashion exhibition with detailed signage as their culminating project.

Cherie Serota, Director of Fashion Merchandising at LIU Post, was thrilled with the significant gifts for the program.  As part of the Intro to Fashion Merchandising coursework, students studied fashion by the decade from the Victorian era to the present. The couture gowns all come from the 1980s era.

“We have Halston, Saint Laurent, Lanvin, and all these different designers that we talk about,” Serota said. “We discuss the decade they’re from and what the lasting influences are and now we have this collection here.”

Students were on hand to help dress the mannequin. The pride and wonder they felt upon having a tangible class lesson come to life in their hands was palpable.

“I think it’s very cool to see pieces that we’ve seen in class come alive, and actually be able to hold them and dress the mannequins,” said Samantha Perez, a student in the Fashion Merchandising program. “Especially the fact that they are such important pieces from designers that we’ve already learned about.”

The pieces ranged from formal gowns from Yves Saint Laurent to cutting edge pieces from the father of haute couture Jacques Fath to iconic pieces, like a Burberry trench coat.

“It’s also revolutionary the ways everything changes from one era to the next,” said Fashion Merchandising student Judith Solorzano. “For example, the Burberry jacket. I could wear that right now on an everyday basis. I can see how it could sell just the same today. Just because of the brand Burberry.”

Solorzano considered a sequined dress. “What’s coming back are the puff shoulders in certain styles– not evening gowns, but on certain things like blazers.”

Students agreed that no other fashion programs that they could have applied to would have given them the same kind of experience.

“I could have had the option to travel to the city to go to FIT, but I chose to stay home and go to LIU,” Solorzano said. “And I say to my parents on almost an everyday basis that little did I know how awesome a program Professor Serota has for us. It’s not just for learning in the classroom but for outside experiences. And her experience in the business makes her so hands-on. You couldn’t get that from anybody else. She doesn’t teach you from books. She teaches you from experience.”

Being in close proximity to and having business relationships with Herschliefer’s and the Americana Manhasset mall has offered them opportunities to experience hands-on experiential learning. During the semester, they have gone into showrooms, into a trend forecaster, Mood fabrics, and more.

“We went to see Philip Lim,” said Perez. “We got to see his showroom. They us his past runway season and how he’s trying to be environmentally conscience about what he does. It was very cool, the entire atmosphere.”

“The whole experience –I would say was like a step-by-step for how production takes place for creating a design,” said Solorzano. “It’s like learning a chapter through an experience and talking to people in the industry. We met girls who are probably not so far from our age who have these jobs, who are working for Philip Lim and other brands and getting higher promotions. It’s inspiring to see girls just like us, getting out of college and getting jobs like that. It makes it feel achievable.”

 

 

 

 

Global Institute at LIU Welcomes Congressman Lee Zeldin

Brookville, NY (December 11, 2017)—The Global Institute at LIU hosted Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) for a conversation with former Congressman Steve Israel, Chairman of the Global Institute, at an executive breakfast Monday.

The Congressman discussed global affairs, including Monday’s terrorist attack at the Port Authority, ISIS, the Iran nuclear agreement, Syria, Russia, and North Korea. Although he and Congressman Israel sat on opposite sides of the party aisle, they agreed that moving the US embassy to Jerusalem in Israel was the right move for the President.

Congressman Zeldin took questions from prominent Global Institute members on issues of concern spanning the globe.

About Lee Zeldin
Lee Zeldin was born in East Meadow, N.Y., earned a B.A. at State University of New York, Albany, N.Y., 2001; J.D., Albany Law School, Albany, N.Y., 2003. He served in the United States Army from 2003-2007, where he was deployed to Iraq. He currently serves in the United States Army Reserve. After serving in the New York State Senate, Zeldin unsuccessfully challenged Congressman Tim Bishop in 2008, but defeated him in 2014 and was elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the succeeding Congress. Zeldin is a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Co-Chairman of the House Republican Israel Caucus, and one of only two Jewish Republicans in Congress. He lives in Shirley with his wife and two daughters.

About the Global Institute
Chaired by former Congressman Steve Israel, The Global Institute at LIU is a premier regional platform for understanding a world that’s increasingly volatile, uncertain and complex. The Institute’s non-partisan mission includes bringing world leaders, thinkers and analysts to campus; serving as a resource for the University as well as regional business leaders and social activists for information and analysis of world events; and helping to prepare students to change our world with new models of innovation and social entrepreneurship. Past speakers have included General (Ret.) Colin Powell and President Bill Clinton. Upcoming speakers include President George W. Bush in 2018.

 

LIU Post Fashion Students Visit Victor Talbots, Learn What it Takes to Build a Brand

Students in the LIU Post Fashion Merchandising program have been very busy visiting some of the most interesting locations to learn more about their study of expertise. Organized by the Director of the Fashion Merchandising Program, Professor Cherie Serota, who has been a leader in the industry for over 25 years, the students took a trip to Victor Talbots, a one of a kind couture fashion brand for men, located in Greenvale, NY. As part of their studies of menswear fashion, the students had the opportunity to experience the world of menswear in its proper environment. Professor Serota worked in many areas of the fashion industry and ultimately built a multi-million-dollar global lifestyle brand, cultivating valuable industry connections in the process.

“I am a strong believer in experiential and applied learning, especially in the ever-changing world of fashion” said Professor Serota. “ I have implemented a curriculum at LIU Post that incorporates all facets of this practice, and in the study of menswear, how better to learn it than to touch it, see it, and hear it from the best in the business. With the gold standard of Men’s Fashion, literally up the road from us, why not teach our fashion students about the world of Bespoke Tailoring in the surroundings of the finest and most luxurious menswear fabrics from around the world. Victor Scognamiglio and his entire staff took the students and faculty (including our Dean of our Business school) on a journey, as we listened to the history of Men’s fashion, small business practicum, and the nuances of old world tailoring, a trade that seems to be a dying breed.”

Students were in awe after arriving at Victor Talbots and learning more about their “made to measure” suits made with the finest cloth and gabardines. Victor explained that he first opened the shop in 1985 after he has a vision in college about starting a menswear shop. He dreamed of being a business man although, at the time, he had been working in corporate finance. He began assembling his shop in Greenvale and hired staff to begin building his brand.

“With a great leader like Professor Serota, I’m glad to be apart of the Fashion Merchandising program” said student, Julia Porter. “Visiting Victor Talbots was an eye-opening experience and it was refreshing to learn about his journey in how he became an entrepreneur in menswear. My dream is to follow in his footsteps to one day create my own clothing and become a trend-setter for womans clothing.”

Today, Victor has had great success in menswear, tailoring suits to fit every curve and creating exclusivity by purchasing only in small quantities. The shop has been included in the 1995 film Sabrina, the 1999 film Meet the Parents, and is currently the brand being worn by the sportscasters on the NFL Today Show on CBS.

“Listening to Victor tell his story and show us his exclusive products has given me a new outlook on Fashion” said student Rebecca Joy. “It isn’t just about designing the clothing, it’s also about working hard, developing a brand, and being proud of the product you have developed from the ground up.”

LIU Post’s Fashion Merchandising program offers students a unique interdisciplinary program with experts at the helm and close proximity to New York City, affording entree to “fashion laboratories” where they can acquire experience in real-world environments, leading to jobs and internship opportunities within top companies in the industry.

To learn more about the Fashion Merchandising Program at LIU Post, click here.

Global Institute at LIU Hosts Conversation with General David Petraeus

BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (December 7, 2017) — The Global Institute at LIU hosted General (ret.) David Petraeus at Humanities Hall on the LIU Post campus for a conversation with the Institute’s Chairman, former Congressman Steve Israel.

General Petraeus is a partner in the global investment firm KKR, chairman of the KKR Global Institute, a Judge Widney Professor at
the University of Southern California, a member of the board of Optiv (a global cyber security solutions provider), and a personal venture capitalist.

Congressman Israel began the program by discussing the critical role the Global Institute at LIU plays in the region. Congressman Israel explained the deep perspective he gained on global issues as a member of Congress because of the firsthand access he had to world leaders who could explain the complexities of different issues.  He noted that when he left Congress, he wanted to create a forum for our region to have access to that insight that proved so valuable to understand a complex world.

“So we set up the Global Institute as a place to understand what is happening in the world and understand it not from whichever tribal media that you happen to watch or listen to, not from tweets and not from Facebook, but from the people who have been at the center of gravity of those challenges and the people who continue to be at the center of those challenges,” Congressman Israel said.

General Petraeus spoke with Congressman Israel about the global conflicts that the United States has and continues to face in a lengthy Q&A, including threats from ISIS and North Korea. He noted that ISIS will remain a threat even after they cease occupying physical space because of the threat they pose in cyberspace, and how we will need to adjust to that challenge.  And while he laid bare the stark challenges we face as a nation and a world in light of those threats, he also made a point to discuss how optimistic he felt.

“How can you not be optimistic, especially on a college campus on Long Island’s Gold Coast?” he asked.

After taking many questions from an audience primarily composed of  veterans and students, along with members of the community and political leaders, General Petraeus answered what he believed was the important unasked question of the night: What have we learned from the last 16 years of war since the events of September 11, 2001.

“I think there’s lessons,” he said. “And I think if you accept these, that the policy that falls out is actually very straightforward and this is also a lesson perhaps for the students in here of why you want to get the overarching big ideas right up front. So, for example with the surge in Iraq, the surge that mattered most was not the addition of forces, but the surge of ideas. We changed all the ideas of what our strategy had been 180 degrees. For one example, securing the people was job one. And we recognized that you could not secure the people by doing what we were doing, which was consolidating them on big bases and getting out of the neighborhoods. We had to go back into the neighborhoods and we ended up establishing seventy-seven more locations.”

That adaptability speaks to what Congressman Israel had mentioned in his introduction: that instead of focusing on “hardware,” he instead put resources into feeding the intellectual minds of the soldiers and worked on changing hearts and minds on the ground.

Prior to joining KKR, General Petraeus served over 37 years in the U.S. Army, including command of coalition forces during the Surge in Iraq,
 command of U.S. Central Command, and command of coalition forces in
 Afghanistan. Following his service in the military General Petraeus served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

“General Petraeus is a longtime friend and colleague I am honored to host at Long Island University,” said Congressman Israel. “His wealth of experience in global affairs is virtually unmatched and brings depth and perspective to the global conflicts in the past and how what we’ve learned can help mitigate our involvement in the world going forward.”

Congressman Steve Israel is Chairman of the Global Institute at Long Island University, a university Writer-In-Residence. During his sixteen years as a Member of Congress, Israel’s office recovered nearly $9 million in retroactive benefits for New Yorkers who served in the Armed Forces. As a member of both the House Armed Services Committee and the Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, Israel has unique expertise in national and global security issues. He maintains strong relationships with military, intelligence and national leaders at home and abroad. He’s experienced in the areas of missile technology, cyber defense and professional military education. Israel is also a widely sought expert on the National Intelligence Council’s quadrennial forecasts of future conflict. He created the Democratic Study Group on National Security and has lectured at West Point and the National Defense University, and delivered the commencement address at the Navy War College.

 

 

LIU Post Announces $1 Million Grant from Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation to Expand Project to Preserve LI History

Grant Expands Partnership with LIU Post’s Acclaimed Palmer School

BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (December 4, 2017) –LIU Post’s Palmer School of Library and Information Science was awarded a $1 million grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation to expand an important project to both preserve Long Island’s history and make it more accessible.

The $1 million grant comes on the heels of an initial $500,000 grant from the Foundation in 2016 to launch the Digitizing Long Island History project. The project has received a far greater response than anticipated from historical societies, both in terms of the number of participants and volume of material. Under the initial grant, the Palmer School is partnering with 28 historical societies. The additional $1 million grant will expand the project to 80 historical societies over 4 years.

“We are proud to expand the successful partnership between the nationally-recognized Palmer School and the Robert David Lion Gardner Foundation to help protect our region’s rich history,” said LIU President Dr. Kimberly R. Cline. “This project to preserve vital historical documents and make them accessible will have a lasting impact on our region, now and for future generations.”

The following historical societies are taking part in the program this semester– Freeport Historical Society Museum, Southold Historical Society, Historical Society of the Massapequas, Stirling Historical Society of Greenport, Sagtikos Manor Historical Society, Museum of the Village of Rockville Centre, and the Three Village Historical Society.

The Palmer School works with the historical societies to do some work on location, and other work at LIU Post. Fragile, oversized, and bound items are brought to the Palmer School’s Lab for scanning on a large, DT Atom tabletop digitization platform. The School also has two portable digitization units that students are able to take to the historical societies for the other material.

The Palmer School is a national leader in library science and one of just 62 schools accredited by the American Library Association. It offers the only Ph.D. program in Information Studies in the New York metropolitan area and is the only library sciences school in our region to be admitted into membership in the prestigious iSchools Consortium.

The project is led by Dr. Gregory Hunter, Professor of Library and Information Science, who

heads the doctoral program at the Palmer School. Dr. Hunter is a nationally-recognized expert who was a key member of the team that designed and implemented the Electronic Records Archives for the National Archives and Records Administration. A Certified Archivist and a Certified Records Manager, Dr. Hunter is the Editor of the leading peer-reviewed journal in the field, The American Archivist, and his award-winning book is the standard text in the field.

“The Gardiner Foundation’s grant will allow us to preserve Long Island’s history and ensure that the next generation of archival professionals has the skills to preserve history in the digital age,” said Dr. Hunter. “This continues the important work of the Palmer School, which is our region’s leading information school.”

The grant includes significant scholarship support for masters and Ph.D. students at the Palmer School, in addition to opportunities for long-term fieldwork placement that benefit both the historical societies and Palmer School students.

“Due to the overwhelming response and success of this project, we are pleased to be able to award this new grant to expand our partnership with the Palmer School,” said Kathryn M. Curran, Executive Director of the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation. “The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation’s mission is to promote our regional history. The artifacts and archives of historical societies are untapped treasure troves for researchers and scholars. It is our hope that this award will make these collections available as vital part of local historic study. The Palmer School is our region’s leading institution to offer the expertise and resources to accomplish this goal.”

The funding will also allow for an annual Gardiner Symposium to begin next year, which will showcase progress and feature historical documents.

LIU Hornstein Center Poll Finds Pessimism about U.S. Economy, Support Lacking for Tax Reform Proposal

Brookville, NY (December 1, 2017) – A new Long Island University Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling and Analysis poll finds that Americans continue to be pessimistic about the state and direction of the economy, with support lacking for the Republican tax reform proposal.

The LIU poll found that just 26 percent support the tax package, while 44 percent oppose it.  Underscoring the lack of debate on the proposal, 30 percent of respondents did not have enough information to register an opinion.

Americans overwhelmingly believe that the economy is stronger today than it was at the beginning of the recession, with 60 percent agreeing that it is better, and just 25 percent who feel it is worse.  However, that is not cause for optimism.  Just 33 percent agree that the economy is excellent or good, while 38 percent feel it is fair and 26 percent poor.  Similarly, while 38 percent think the economy is getting better, 47 percent believe it is getting worse, with 15 percent undecided.

“Americans feel disconnected from the economy and the tax reform debate,” said Dr. Edward Summers, Fellow at the Hornstein Center. “Average Americans are not feeling a positive impact in their own lives, despite record highs on Wall Street and low unemployment rates.  Pessimism about the economy is carrying over to the lackluster reaction to the tax reform legislation.”

The findings are based on a published public opinion poll conducted in November, 2017 through SurveyMonkey of 1002 Americans.

“The Steven S. Hornstein Center has a robust research portfolio, and we are excited to add to a support an informed public policy debate,” said Dr. Summers.  “Given the large amount of undecided Americans, there is ample opportunity for either side to swing public opinion by engaging the public on tax reform.”

Dr. Summers, who obtained his PhD in Public Policy, is a Fellow at the Hornstein Center. His career includes experience in public policy, higher education, and opinion research.

Questions and results follow:

Long Island University
Steven S. Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling, and Analysis
Economy and Tax Reform Survey
November, 2017

  • How would you rate the economic condition in the United States today?

Excellent:              5%
Good:                   28%
Fair:                     38%
Poor:                    26%
No opinion:           3%

  • Do you think that economic conditions in the United States as a whole are getting better or getting worse?

Better:                  38%
Worse:                  47%
No opinion:           15%

  • Compared to 2008, is the economy in the United States better, worse, or about the same?

Much Better:         25%
Somewhat Better: 20%
Slightly Better:     15%
Same:                 15%
Slightly Worse:     12%
Somewhat Worse: 8%
Much Worse:        6%

 

  • The Trump administration recently released a tax-reform proposal, what is your opinion of this proposal?

Approve:               26%
Disapprove:           44%
No opinion:           30%

  • In general, how satisfied are you with the way things are going in the nation today?

Very Satisfied:                  7%
Somewhat Satisfied:         25%
Somewhat Dissatisfied:    21%
Very Dissatisfied:             42%
No Opinion:                      6%

Polling Methodology

This Long Island University Steven S. Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling & Analysis poll was conducted online through SurveyMonkey in November, 2017 in English to 1,002 Americans over the age of 18. Polling data was sorted by age, gender & geographic location in efforts to ensure a nationwide representative sample. This poll has an overall margin of error of +/- 4.4 points.

 

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LIU Brooklyn Student Earns 2nd place in Research Competition

LIU Brooklyn Exercise Physiology student Gina Stees earned a 2nd place finish at the Greater New York ACSM conference student research competition.

In a study called “Ultimate Frisbee—Injuries and Epidemiology,” Stees looked at injury rates and duration, anatomic location, mechanism of injury and treatment data among male and female ultimate players. She conducted five studies where she collected extensive data that showed female Ultimate Frisbee players were more likely to sustain injuries than males and that the majority of their injuries affect the lower extremities.

Her systematic review about Ultimate Frisbee injury rates provided strong evidence for the need for more Athletic Training support for this “contact sport.”

The second place prize in this regional competition earned Stees a three hundred and fifty dollar award.

LIU Brooklyn Innovates National Science Foundation Project

Nini Fan, a graduate student at LIU Brooklyn, has developed a unique business concept for LIU Brooklyn’s science lab. Currently conducting research involving DNA sequencing, immunology and developmental biology, Fan had the idea to create a biotech consulting firm.

The project, sponsored by Innovation Corps, a program administered by the New York City Regional Innovation Node (NYCRIN) for the National Science Foundation, will ultimately provide genomic sequencing services to local Brooklyn companies and researchers, according to school officials, while also serving as a training program for biology students.

The project team is led by Edgar Troudt, Ph.D., assistant dean for research and strategic partnerships in LIU Brooklyn’s School of Business, public administration and information sciences; Joseph Morin, Ph.D., professor and chairman of the Biology Department; and Jeanmaire Molina, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology.

“LIU Brooklyn is at the forefront of science and tech entrepreneurship and this project exemplifies the potential of novel ideas that derive from deep science. In a sense, biotech is the new coding, using biological components instead of a software algorithm to accomplish great advances. And with so many biotech companies located in close proximity of our Brooklyn campus, there are tremendous synergistic opportunities,” Troudt said in a statement.

Read more in the Brooklyn Eagle here.

LIU Brooklyn Biotech Research Team Selected for Innovation Corps

Entrepreneurial team to provide genomic sequencing services to Brooklyn biotech companies & researchers while also training students

BROOKLYN, NY—LIU Brooklyn has announced it has been chosen to participate in the highly selective Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) program administered by the New York City Regional Innovation Node (NYCRIN) for the National Science Foundation. LIU’s team will create a Genomic Sequencing Core Facility – a biotechnology Contract Research Organization staffed by a team of experienced scientists and entrepreneurs.

The goal of the LIU team’s I-Corps project is to provide genomic sequencing services to local Brooklyn companies and researchers, while simultaneously supporting and training biology students. The beginning stage focuses on Next Generation Sequencing techniques, which involve the use of a very high-level genome sequencing machine that is a centerpiece of LIU Brooklyn’s lab. The project will evolve into a biotech consulting firm that generates revenue for additional training of students and equipment.

The concept was developed by Nini Fan, a graduate student pursuing Master’s degrees in Molecular Biology and Business Administration/Marketing. A native of Queens, NY, Ms. Fan is working on research involving DNA sequencing, immunology, and developmental biology at LIU Brooklyn, which is known for its advanced research facilities.

“We are bringing this ‘Next Gen’ technique to a larger audience of scientists, teachers, and students to enable them to develop emerging technology concepts into valuable new products through public-private partnerships,” said Nini Fan. “We are devoted to meeting the needs of DNA sequencing for the research community and eventually providing our own line of products.”

In addition to Ms. Fan, the project team features Edgar Troudt, Ph.D., assistant dean for research and strategic partnerships in LIU Brooklyn’s School of Business, Public Administration and Information Sciences, who serves as an entrepreneurial advisor, along with Joseph Morin, Ph.D., professor and chair of the university’s biology department and Jeanmaire Molina, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology, who serve as technical advisors on the team.

According to Dr. Troudt, “LIU Brooklyn is at the forefront of science and tech entrepreneurship and this project exemplifies the potential of novel ideas that derive from deep science. In a sense, biotech is the new coding, using biological components instead of a software algorithm to accomplish great advances. And with so many biotech companies located in close proximity of our Brooklyn campus, there are tremendous synergistic opportunities.”

He added, “LIU Brooklyn has a growing reputation as a leading experiential learning university, dedicated to meeting the rapid changes in technology, financial systems, and science. Our spirit of entrepreneurial thinking and educational creativity is evident as we join with other prestigious universities in the I-Corps Cohort.”

NYCRIN, led by City University of New York (CUNY) in partnership with New York University (NYU) and Columbia University, accepted the LIU Brooklyn team to participate in its Fall 2017 I-Corps Cohort. The cohort, in collaboration with PowerBridgeNY and CUNY I-Corps, helps researchers turn their scientific discoveries into economically viable products and startup ventures by putting teams through the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps program. During the process, teams learn how to talk to customers and encounter head-on, the chaos and uncertainty of commercializing innovations.

NYCRIN serves the greater NYC metropolitan area and portions of the mid-Atlantic region involving Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and select other domains across a network of leading universities.
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