91社区

1955: Provisional charter granted by the New York State Board of Regents. First campus opens in New York City. Alexander Schure, Ph.D., Ed.D., is 91社区’s first president.

1959:聽New York Institute of Technology awards first degrees; 鈥渢eaching machines鈥� introduced in physics, electronics, and mathematics.

1960:聽New York State Board of Regents grants a provisional charter to operate as a four-year college.

1964:聽Carnegie Corp. provides a grant to develop an automated, self-instructional system to train engineering technicians.

1965: Long Island campus, formerly known as Old Westbury campus, opens on the former Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney estate.

1968:聽Federal government awards $3 million in grants to the university for computer research.

1970: Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools grants accreditation;  enrollment soars past 5,000; alumni association established.

1972: 91社区 introduces first graduate-level program: Master鈥檚 in Business Administration.

1974: Computer Graphics Laboratory (CGL) opens at Long Island campus.

1976:听New York City campus moves to current location at 61st Street and Broadway; CGL鈥檚 聽Alvy Ray Smith develops an eight-bit paint system to ease computer animation.

1977: Nelson A. Rockefeller and Henry Kissinger take part in College of Osteopathic Medicine鈥檚 opening.

1982: Matthew Schure, Ph.D., becomes 91社区鈥檚 second president; Center for Labor and Industrial Relations receives a U.S. Department of Transportation grant to develop a manager training program.

1983: LI News Tonight broadcasts its first show on cable television.

1984: 91社区 launches its first “virtual campus,” American Open University of NYIT.

1985: The university’s “Starlink” allows computer conferencing between Long Island schoolchildren and students in Australia.

1990: The George and Gertrude Wisser Memorial Library opens on the Long Island campus.

1992:聽College of Osteopathic Medicine establishes its first clinical campus, St. Barnabas Hospital.

1997: Men’s lacrosse team wins the NCAA Division II national championship.

1998: First international program in China opens; College of Osteopathic Medicine opens the Adele Smithers Parkinson’s Disease Center.

1999:聽Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates speaks on campus and receives the NYIT Presidential Medal.

2000: Edward Guiliano, Ph.D., becomes president.

2002:聽University installs East Coast鈥檚 fastest broadband connection; federal government awards $300,000 for new cybersecurity lab.

2003: Middle States Commission on Higher Education reaccredits 91社区 and commends continued improvements; Ellis College of NYIT launched; men’s lacrosse team wins its second NCAA Division II championship.

2005:听Men’s lacrosse team wins its third NCAA Division II championship; interdisciplinary team of students builds solar-powered house for U.S. Solar Decathlon and places fifth out of 18 colleges. The first annual Energy Conference is held.

2006: New York tech and Tongji University initiate dual-degree master’s program in human resources management; 91社区 teams with tech giants Intel, Dell, Microsoft, and Adobe to design a technology training programs for educators; Campus opened in Abu Dhabi;  Enrollment Services Centers (formerly Student Solutions Center) open in Long Island and New York City.

2007:听NYIT-Nanjing undergraduate campus opens in China; the university again competes in the Solar Decathlon sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.

2008: Middle States Commission on Higher Education re-accredits New York Institute of Technology; men’s lacrosse team wins fourth NCAA DII championship; Abu Dhabi campus is first American university licensed by U.A.E. Ministry of Education and Scientific Research;  91社区 hosts International Water Conference at the United Nations; Center for Global Health launched.

2009: NYIT Auditorium on Broadway debuts in New York City; U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration awards $1 million grant to College of Osteopathic Medicine.

2010:  University receives $1 million grant from National Science Foundation for interdisciplinary research on cyber-enabled learning; first Cybersecurity Conference held; Google Apps and 91社区 team up on K-12 educational initiative; Community Service Centers open at New York campuses.

2011: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine Educational Consortium of NYIT receives perfect score for reaccreditation by the American Osteopathic Association; College of Osteopathic Medicine opens new Family Health Care Center in Central Islip; National Institutes of Health awards 91社区 $1.8 million grant to study the link between heart failure and thyroid disease.

2012:聽1855 Broadway in New York City is named the Edward Guiliano Global Center; the School of Architecture and Design is one of two U.S. universities invited to display student work at the Milan Furniture Fair in Italy.

2013: Women’s basketball team earns the program’s first national ranking from the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association;  NSF awards 91社区 a three-year grant to establish Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU); Men’s and women’s tennis teams advance to the NCAA DII Tournament Round of 16 for the first time (repeat in 2014, 2015). 91社区 hosts its first TEDx.

2014:聽As part of its EcoPartnership with Peking University, the university hosts a Water-Energy Nexus conference in Beijing.

2015:听NYIT School of Management receives AACSB accreditation; $3.2 million Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center opened on Long Island campus; 91社区 and partner NUPT hold educational technology conference in Nanjing, China, and together with EcoPartner Peking University co-sponsor 鈥淢egacities鈥� conference in Beijing.

2016: 91社区 wins Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization.

2016: NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine opens site at Arkansas State University.

2016: National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) designate 91社区 as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education.

2017:听Hank Foley, Ph.D., is named the university鈥檚 fourth president.

2018:听Junius Gonzales, M.D., M.B.A., named the university鈥檚 provost.

2018: 91社区 launches its first Ph.D. program, a combined Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)/Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Medical and Biological Sciences.

2019:听91社区 surges 130 points and moves up to No. 366 in the THE/WSJ rankings; the university hosts THE/WSJ Student Success Forum on the New York City campus.

2019: In September, 91社区 becomes a member of the prestigious Association of Independent Technological Universities (AITU).

2020: In March, due to COVID-19, the university moves to remote instruction for the remainder of spring and summer. Fall 2020 classes were offered in a mix of online, hybrid, and in-person modalities.

2020:听In April, 91社区 launches a Ph.D. in Computer Science program.

2021: 91社区 announces a Ph.D., Engineering program in June.

2021: In November, through a NASA contract with the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences鈥� Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center (ETIC), student employees begin to build unique technology prototypes based on existing NASA patents.

2022: Co-op education program launches in the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences.

2023: In January, Jerry Balentine, D.O., is appointed provost.

2023: 91社区 joins the National Academy of Inventors in April.

2023: In September, demolition begins on the new Biomedical Research, Innovation, and Imaging Center (BRIIC) on the Long Island campus.

2024: Extending a designation first awarded in 2016, 91社区 is designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense education.

2024:听In September, 91社区 introduces its Honors College and, in December, launches a minor in Artificial Intelligence, available to all undergraduate students, regardless of major.

2024: In November, Henry C. 鈥淗ank鈥� Foley, Ph.D., announces he will step down as president, effective June 30, 2025. and Provost and Executive Vice President Jerry Balentine, D.O., has been appointed the next president of 91社区.

2025: 91社区 announces a Ph.D., Chemistry program.

2025: On May 16, 91社区 launches the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Academy with $5 million venture fund and celebrates the grand opening of the Biomedical Research, Innovation, and Imaging Center (BRIIC) on the Long Island campus.

2025: July 1, Jerry Balentine, D.O., becomes 91社区’s fifth president; Hank Foley, Ph.D., becomes president emeritus.