A Staten Islander was recognized last Sunday at the New York Institute of Technology’s 64th annual commencement ceremony held on its Long Island campus in Old Westbury. Gabriella Lioce, a Class of ...

Hao Ding, a 2014 NYIT graduate, took the occasion to propose to his girlfriend, who graduated Sunday, on the stage where the ceremony took place. Both women said yes. “I knew I wanted to wait ...