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November 13, 2018
The State University of New York at Old Westbury and the Roosevelt Union Free School District have announced a new Scholars Academy, a cohort-based learning community designed to promote a college-going culture across the school district. The partnership is being funded by a five-year, $700,570…
October 29, 2018
The entire SUNY Old Westbury community today mourns the loss of President Emeritus John D. Maguire, the civil rights pioneer and long-time educator who served as president of the College from 1970 until 1981. Dr. Maguire died on October 26, 2018 in California. Below is the message…
October 24, 2018
Professor Carolyn Cocca will be the featured speaker in the first, open-to-the-public lecture as part of the new SUNY Old Westbury Master of Arts in Liberal Studies series on Thursday, November 15, 2018. The lecture “Superheroes, Superpowers, and Social Change: How and Why Representation Matters…
October 23, 2018
SUNY Old Westbury Associate Professor of American Studies Llana Barber has received the 2017 Kenneth Jackson Award for Best Book in North American Urban History from the Urban History Association. Presented at the Association’s Biennial Conference in Columbia, South Carolina, Barber earned the…
September 27, 2018
SUNY Old Westbury President Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III, has announced the appointments of three new members to College's administration. “There is great value in adding new voices to any community of people," said President Butts. "These professionals have brought to our campus experience,…
September 24, 2018
SUNY Old Westbury Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences Barbara Hillery has been named among a select group of scientists to the 2018 American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellows Program. The new fellows were celebrated at the Society’s fall national meeting in Boston in August.The ACS Fellows…
September 21, 2018
Ms. Annette Johnson, who serves as the secretary for the English Department at SUNY Old Westbury has been recognized by the State University of New York Board of Trustees with a 2018 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Classified Service. The Award recognizes individuals who continuously…
September 20, 2018
The State University of New York at Old Westbury has been named one of only 96 institutions of higher education across the nation to receive the 2018 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity publication in higher…
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