Talk:Polytechnic University (New York)

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The page was protected to prevent vandal from adding the image hello.jpg to the article. Hello.jpg was used on the website Goat.cx, showing a man doing something very nasty and un-natural. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 00:36, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

The last one was quite funny, though. ;-) SlimVirgin ^(talk) 03:37, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)

As a former student, I can tell you it's quite low. -- DarKrow

I am also a B.S. Computer Scinece "product" of Polytechnic University -- Grerory Kats class of 2001

The listing of Gertrude Elion as an alumna mentions only her honorary degree - which is really not enough to make someone an alum - and overlooks the fact that she spent a few years as a part-time Ph.D. candidate. (Her bachelor's and master's degrees came from Hunter College and NYU, respectively.) She never completed her doctorate because the Polytechnic insisted she become a full-timer, which she could not afford to do. I have no ties to Poly, but I think it can reasonably claim her as an alum. The article should say she was a Poly student instead of just listing the honorary degree.

The info box says Poly has 470 faculty, but the article explains that this figure includes both full-timers and adjuncts. The info boxes for other colleges and universities generally quote a figure for full-timers only. Counting both creates the illusion that Poly has an exceptionally low student:faculty ratio. I suggest listing the numbers of full-tmers and of adjuncts separately. I would do this myself but I don't know what the numbers are.

Contents 1 Fair use rationale for Image:Blue jay.GIF 2 Fair use rationale for Image:Poly logo.gif 3 Merger with NYU 4 Move?

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Blue jay.GIF

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Poly logo.gif

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[edit] Merger with NYU

It appears likely that Polytechnic University is merging with New York University, according to a recent e-mail from NYU President John Sexton.

Yes, my roommate works at NYU and told me about it. I was surprised that neither article mentioned the merger. I added (with refs.) to both. --Nricardo 02:50, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

They are merging. I've added references from both school. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikinerd01 (talk • contribs) 01:00, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Move?

The current title, "Polytechnic University of New York" might lead one to believe that "of New York" is part of the university's name. Should we move to Polytechnic University (New York)? --Nricardo 02:52, 8 August 2007 (UTC) New York is not part of the name. I will just remove it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.19.57.194 (talk) 19:44, 4 November 2007 (UTC) Agree. I don't even think (New York) is needed because the name of the school is Polytechnic University, and I think there is only one Polytechnic University. Adding "of New York" or "(New York)" can be misleading.Wikinerd01 00:59, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

The indication of New York is necessary to differentiate it from a school with the same name in Hong Kong (see Polytechnic University page). I did the move.--Mblumber (talk) 02:38, 17 December 2007 (UTC)