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Telephonics Partners with NYU Tandon School of Engineering for Graduate Fellowship ProgramFARMINGDALE, N.Y., Feb. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation (NYSE:GFF), announced today that it has entered into a formal agreement with the NYU Tandon School of Engineering to establish a Telephonics Graduate Fellowship Program. The program will sponsor Telephonics Fellowships for graduate students that show exceptional promise in a range of desired technology areas. The Fellowship program will offer four students full scholarships as well as opportunities to intern at Telephonics. The Fellows will undertake research with prominent NYU Tandon faculty members. NYU Tandon will select the Fellows from both its own students and from Telephonics engineers who pass the school's rigorous admissions process. The tuition costs for the Fellowships will be funded by Telephonics. "Telephonics is extremely pleased to partner with the prestigious NYU Tandon School of Engineering to establish this Fellowship program and looks forward to working together and fostering the next generation of PhD-caliber engineers," said Mr. Rich Hines, Chief Technology Officer, Telephonics. "Telephonics is committed to driving technological innovation as well as building closer relationships with select engineering research organizations such as NYU Tandon. Most importantly, this relationship provides an opportunity to invest in the development of Telephonics' most crucial resource, our employees." "NYU Tandon welcomes this opportunity to work with Telephonics to expand our students' experience beyond the classroom and the research laboratory, to work beside experienced Telephonics engineers on providing real-world solutions to a wide range of technological challenges," said NYU Tandon Dean Katepalli R. Sreenivasan. "We applaud Telephonics for its generous commitment to support the education of the next generation of engineers." Telephonics views this Fellowship program as the first step in establishing a long term relationship with NYU Tandon School of Engineering. The NYU Tandon School of Engineering is a 160+ year old institution rooted in the merger of two great legacy engineering schools: NYU and the school widely known as Brooklyn Polytechnic. Today, there are 5,500 students focused on applied research in a wide variety of practical and marketable technical solutions. NYU also operates very successful tech incubators in Manhattan and Brooklyn. For more information about Telephonics, please contact Lisa Ahrens at [email protected] or visit www.telephonics.com. About Telephonics Visit us at www.telephonics.com or on our social media channels: About Griffon Corporation Headquartered in New York, N.Y., the Company was founded in 1959 and is incorporated in Delaware. Griffon is listed on the New York Stock Exchanges and trades under the symbol GFF. Griffon currently conducts its operations through three reportable segments:
For more information on Griffon and its operating subsidiaries, please see the Company's website at www.griffon.com. Forward-Looking Statements © 2017 Telephonics Corporation. 815 Broad Hollow Road, Farmingdale, NY 11735. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies.
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