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November 3, 2023
Telescopes ready for Astronomy Night at SUNY OW.Members of the Old Westbury campus community were in for a show as they attended Astronomy Night: An Evening Under the Stars on the SUNY Old Westbury Panther Park soccer field. The event, hosted by the Collegiate Science & Technology…
November 2, 2023
SUNY Old Westbury thrilled students with the 2023 Horror Conference, which focused on the villain Pennywise from the motion picture “IT.” The event, sponsored by the Panther Arts Collective and the English Department, was held on-campus to coincide with Halloween. Drs. Williams and Lee…
October 20, 2023
More than 100 school counselors from across Long Island visited SUNY Old Westbury on Friday, October 20, 2023, to participate in the 47th Long Island Counselors' Annual Conference. The event was developed and run by leaders from the East End Counselors' Association, the Nassau Counselors'…
October 19, 2023
The archives at the SUNY Old Westbury Library feature two new digital collections that focus on the history of the University. Supported in part through aid from the Long Island Library Resource Center, the two new collections were achieved through participation in the "Accessing Archives Program…
October 17, 2023
WGSS Center Intern Allysha ThomasThe Old Westbury Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) Center recently held a “warming party” to open their new campus location. The Center has been incorporated into the Social and Environmental Justice Institute in Woodlands Hall 1. Formerly…
October 16, 2023
The National Register of Health Service Psychologists has presented its 2023 Alfred M. Wellner Lifetime Achievement Award for Practice to Dr. Fred Millán of the State University of New York at Old Westbury.  This award is named in honor of the National Register’s first Executive Officer, Alfred M.…
October 11, 2023
State University of New York Chancellor John B. King, Jr. today announced the SUNY FAFSA Completion Corps, which will help prospective students complete the new federal application for college financial aid. SUNY received a nearly $300,000 grant from AmeriCorps to launch the initiative, which will…
October 11, 2023
The State University of New York at Old Westbury today received the 2023 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.  This marks the sixth consecutive year the campus has earned…