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April 26, 2023
Abound, an online college guidance system for degree-seeking adults, has named SUNY Old Westbury to its exclusive list of the nation’s Best Colleges for Adults in 2023.  Old Westbury was listed among 192 colleges, including 17 from New York State, excelling at meeting the needs of mature learners,…
April 20, 2023
Alumni returned to campus to participate in the annual Alumni Career Exploration Day hosted by the Science & Technology Entry Program (STEP), Collegiate Science & Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) and Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program. Top row, left…
April 19, 2023
SUNY Old Westbury and Stop & Shop on April 19, 2023 held a ribbon cutting to mark the opening of the newly relocated Panther Pantry. The pantry, which is available to the more than 4,000 Old Westbury students and staff, is being supported by a $7,500 gift card donation from Stop & Shop that…
April 19, 2023
Christina CoryeMs. Christina Corye, a SUNY Old Westbury senior majoring in Biological Sciences from Brentwood, New York, has received the Norman R. McConney Jr. Award for Student Excellence from the State University of New York. One of only 46 students across the state to earn the award…
April 14, 2023
Campus announces planned change from College to UniversityIn a ceremony replete with African drumming and dance, the traditional trappings of academia and the heart-warming remarks of colleagues and family, Dr. Timothy E. Sams was inaugurated on Friday, April 14, 2023 as the sixth president in the…
April 5, 2023
From an assessment of taurine as a cognitive enhancer to the view among students about the good and bad of ChatGPT, research and discovery from the world-renowned to the campus-based will be the focus of the day when the State University of New York at Old Westbury holds “2023 Student Research Day…
March 29, 2023
SUNY Old Westbury to launch resource center to focus on issues related to family crises, food insecurity, student wellness and more SUNY Old Westbury has been awarded a three-year U.S. Department of Education grant to establish the Panther Community Care Center to aid students in gaining access to…
March 27, 2023
L. Eudora Pettigrew, 1986 (Photo by Jack Buxbaum)In celebration of Women's History Month, State University of New York Chancellor John B. King, Jr. announced on March 27, 2023 the Dr. L. Eudora Pettigrew Women's History Summer Research Excellence Grants as one of two new initiatives to…