Science News

NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- New York College of Health Professions, a private institutionally accredited college based in Syosset, N.Y., with a facility in Luo Yang, China, today announced the opening of its second Manhattan location at the University Settlement on Houston Street and Bowery in Chinatown. Due to high demand, the downtown Chinatown site quickly followed the opening of the College's first location at The Riverside Church in Morningside Heights, near Columbia University, Barnard and the City University. The only private institutionally accredited College of its kind in the Metropolitan area, the two new sites will be open for Fall classes. "It seemed natural that an Oriental Medicine School should be in Chinatown," said Lisa Pamintuan, president of New York College of Health Professions. "For years, Chinese practitioners and herbalists have been working in Chinatown, and we are the first institutionally accredited College to open in the neighborhood. We look forward to serving the co