“When I got to NYIT-Manhattan, I thought, ‘This is like a family, this is not a college!’” says Bruna Fittipaldi. “This is a little family that helps everyone else.” A team player through and through, it was this inclusive and welcoming character, and the diversity of NYIT’s Manhattan campus that attracted her to the school. As a biomedical engineering major, she hopes to carry that collaborative spirit into her future career as well. “My career aspiration is to become a scientist and be part of a team that shares the same goals: To find answers that can help our society in a positive way.” While at NYIT, Fittipaldi has had the opportunity to participate in research on a molecular modeling experiment with Assistant Professor Ana Petrovic, Ph.D. Through this research, Fittipaldi has participated in building 3-D molecular models of both potential drug leads and bio molecular targets and predicting molecular properties that are of relevance for intelligent drug design and/or progress in m...