Two Hostos students from the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) Willy Baez and Madieng Diao won the 1st -place prize in the “Technology and Mathematics ” category at the 25th Annual CSTEP Statewide Student Conference.
The conference, held during the April 8
th weekend at the Sagamore Resort on Lake George, Bold Landing, NY, was attended by 550 students and 200 administrators and professionals from over 40 institutions of higher education in New York State.
Baez, also Hostos’ Student Government Association President, and Diao are members of the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) at the College. Since 1992, the Conference has gathered the best and brightest CSTEP students to showcase their faculty-supervised research experiences while offering professional and academic development workshops. It is designed to foster talented students’ academic success in preparing for professional licensure or careers in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines.
Mentored by Hostos Mathematics Department Professor Alexander Vaninsky, Baez and Diao research topic was titled “Experiments with Finding Potential Function by Simultaneous Integration of Partial Differentials.”
Other Hostos students who attended the conference were Analilia Mendez, Mohosina Islam, Jenifer Vivar, Oluwafemi Ligan, Juanny Nunez, Arly Wispe, Christian Huacon, Seydou Konate, Nyomor-Da Tackie-Yarboi, Khalid Nairbourhim, Abraham Ferrera, Teewendee Kisbedo, Mohamadou Ouaba and Ramah Sharaf.
About Hostos Community College
Eugenio María de Hostos Community College is an educational agent for change that has been transforming and improving the quality of life in the South Bronx and neighboring communities for nearly half a century. Since 1968, Hostos has been a gateway to intellectual growth and socioeconomic mobility, as well as a point of departure for lifelong learning, success in professional careers, and transfer to advanced higher education programs.
Hostos offers 27 associate degree programs and two certificate programs that facilitate easy transfer to The City University of New York’s (CUNY) four-year colleges or baccalaureate studies at other institutions. The College has an award-winning Division of Continuing Education & Workforce Development that offers professional development courses and certificate-bearing workforce training programs. Hostos is part of CUNY, the nation’s leading urban public university, which serves more than 500,000 students at 24 colleges.