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January 30, 2018
Writings by boarding school students and Native American public intellectuals in 19th and 20th century boarding school newspapers have lacked critical attention and remain unavailable to most scholars and students of Native American literature. Dr. Jacqueline Emery, assistant professor in SUNY Old…
November 16, 2017
Six students from the Graduate Adolescence Spanish Education Program at SUNY Old Westbury presented at the 2017 New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers Conference, held in Niagara Falls, New York, in October.Accompanied by Professor Carolina Bustamante, the students from the College…
August 22, 2017
Old Westbury Experiences Solar Eclipse 2017Faculty and staff from across SUNY Old Westbury's campus gathered on August 21, 2017 to witness the solar eclipse.Ryan Baker from Information Technology Services donated his telescope for the day to enhance the viewing of the celestial phenomena.The…
August 11, 2017
Associate Professor of Politics, Economics and Law Carolyn Cocca recently won a Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for her book “Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation.” Receiving the Eisner in the “Best Academic/Scholarly Work” category, Cocca was presented the award during the annual…
July 25, 2017
More than 100 students from the SUNY Old Westbury's CSTEP and STEP programs, and faculty and staff from across the College got to experience the "Know Your Sugar" cross-country tour on Friday, July 21, 2017. Sculptors Brendan Jamison and Mark Revels are traversing the United States to raise…
May 22, 2017
Sunday, May 21, 2017 marked a singular date in the history of the School of Professional Studies as the first students to complete their degrees via SUNY Old Westbury’s newest academic unit crossed the stage during the College’s 51st Commencement Ceremony.The 10 new alumni from the School of…
April 24, 2017
Student researchers from SUNY Old Westbury’s Collegiate Science Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) returned victorious from the 25th Annual CSTEP Statewide Conference on April 7, 2017. More than 650 students and staff from 50 colleges and universities in New York participated in the conference in…
April 5, 2017
Two SUNY Old Westbury students were recently in Washington D.C. lending their voices and advocating for causes important to higher education. Student Government Association President Jeanette Adelson participated in the AIPAC Policy Conference from March 25-28, 2017, while simultaneously across…