Technites in the News
As 2025 draws to a close, Brooklyn Technical High School’s Industrial Design students are already well into another exceptional year of learning through the Thomas Volpe ’53 Urban Glass Initiative — and the Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation is proud to reaffirm the continuation of this transformative program throughout the 2025–2026 school year.
A Weston Research Scholar whose journey at Tech was shaped by opportunity, curiosity, and your support.
Dr. Yana Bromberg ’97 continues the legacy of Technites leading innovation in science and technology — transforming our understanding of life at the molecular level.
City & State NY has included Gregg Bishop ’93, Executive Director of the Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation Social Justice Fund, to its 2025 Trailblazers in Economic Development list.
Dr. Yana Bromberg ’97 continues the legacy of Technites leading innovation in science and technology — transforming our understanding of life at the molecular level.
Lanny Smoot ’73, a Disney Research Fellow with 106 patents to his name, became the first Imagineer — and second at Disney after Disney himself — to be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Chase Kellebrew, a 20-year-old Brooklyn Tech ‘22 alum, has been dubbed the “grandmaster of slime” by “The New Yorker.”
Joanne Fernandez-Booker, MD, MPH ’06 has received the National Hispanic Medical Association’s 2024 40 Under 40 Award.
Brooklyn Tech alum, Angel Rosario Jr., MD, MPH ‘04, is a General Surgery Resident Physician at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University.
Brooklyn Tech alum Muyinatu Bell ‘02, John C. Malone Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Johns Hopkins University, has been named a recipient of the National Science Foundation (NSF) 2024 Alan T. Waterman Award, the nation’s highest honor for early-career scientists and engineers.