THE OPTOMETRIC CENTER OF NEW YORK BECOMES SUNY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY FOUNDATION New York, NY: The Optometric Center of New York (OCNY) officially changed its name to better reflect the delivery of its mission to secure critical resources to support SUNY College of Optometry in being a leader in vision health through education, advancing research […]
Award Nationally Recognizes Programs That Are Making a Difference for All Underrepresented Groups in the Fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) New York, NY—Today, SUNY College of Optometry’s Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) Program received the 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest […]
“With this grant we will study how myopic eye growth affects the retina compared to glaucoma, from the cellular to the clinical angle.” New York, NY: SUNY College of Optometry’s Dr. Alexandra Benavente-Pérez was awarded a $2.04 million grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI, Grant #R01EY034086), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), that […]
New York, NY: The Optometric Center of New York (OCNY) recently named former New York State Assembly member Aravella Simotas and Dr. Kevin Gioia, MD to its board of trustees for a three-year term beginning earlier this month. Former Assemblymember Aravella Simotas represented the 36th District in Queens for a decade in the New York […]
Part VI in an Annual Conversation Exploring Emerging Barriers to Success New York, NY: SUNY College of Optometry’s Office of Continuing Professional Education recently held the Annual Race in Optometry webinar, now in its third year. The series launched in 2020 to stimulate a national, ongoing conversation on race and equity within the profession of optometry. […]
New York, NY: Today the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) issued rulings on two related cases addressing race-conscious admissions practices, Students for Fair Admissions (“SFFA”) v. President and Fellow of Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina (“UNC”). The decision found that both Harvard’s and UNC’s affirmative action admissions […]
SUNY Optometry Student Group Scores First Win of Prestigious Preston Cup New York, NY: SUNY College of Optometry and the Student Optometric Association for Private Practice (SOAPP) were awarded the 2023 Preston Cup at the annual SOLutioN Conference in Sacramento, California last week. The Preston Cup is awarded each year to the most deserving Student […]
New York, NY: Newsweek Magazine named the 2023 Top 200 Eye Doctors in the country this week. Twenty-three SUNY College of Optometry eye doctors made this year’s list. The SUNY Optometry honorees include alumni, faculty, adjunct faculty and residents. Two of the top ten from SUNY Optometry included alumna Viola Kanevsky, OD, ’93 (ranked #2) […]