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April 25, 2024
Lab Delegation Visits University to Launch New CollaborationsA delegation from Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) visited SUNY Old Westbury recently to kick start work evolving from a new memorandum of understanding between the institutions that seeks to create collaborative and mutually…
April 23, 2024
Dr. Ruth J. Simmons, the noted academic leader who Time magazine once called “America’s Best College President,” will provide the keynote address during the State University of New York at Old Westbury’s 2024 Commencement Ceremony on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum…
April 15, 2024
SUNY Old Westbury seniors Agustin Beas Romero and Colette Vaughan have been selected as 2024 State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence recipients, the highest honor bestowed upon students in the SUNY system. The students received the honor at the award ceremony on April…
April 12, 2024
The entire SUNY Old Westbury community mourns the loss of Dr. Gloria Young Sing, associate professor emerita of Politics, Economics and Society and a member of the faculty from 1971 to 1997. Dr. Young Sing died on April 10, 2024 in Trinidad and Tobago.   Below is the message shared with the campus…
April 12, 2024
The Old Westbury College Foundation, Inc. will be celebrating the accomplishments of the students, faculty and staff it serves, while bringing together business and industry leaders from across Long Island and New York City, at its “Own Your Future” gala.To be held on April 25, 2024 at the Inn at…
April 11, 2024
The excitement in Times Square got a little brighter at an unusual time of day thanks to Visual Arts Professor Tricia McLaughlin. Her most recent 3D animation work, Life Forms, is currently featured as the Times Square Arts’ Midnight Moment, playing each night at 11:57 p.m. for the month of April.…
April 10, 2024
SUNY Old Westbury students have made disability advocacy a priority this semester on-campus and beyond. In February, three Old Westbury students went to Albany to lobby for New York State college students with disabilities. Among the participants, Destiny Williams, one of only three students…
April 9, 2024
From the history and impact of the natural hair movement among African-American women to the possibilities of reversing neuropathological changes due to lead poisoning, preparing students for the AI era to dissecting toxic and discriminatory behavior among “League of Legends” players, research and…