The Chancellor of the State University of New York each year presents honors to members of the system's staff and faculty to acknowledge consistently superior professional achievement and to encourage the ongoing pursuit of excellence. For the 2024-2025 academic year, SUNY Old Westbury had two...
Starting a Major in Physics: A Conversation with Assistant Professors John Estes and Matthew Lippert
“Old Westbury students deserve access to the field of Physics,” says Assistant Professor of Physics John Estes. In Fall 2022, The Chemistry and Physics department at Old Westbury began offering students the opportunity to complete a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics. In Estes’ words, “It’s a...
All members of the SUNY Old Westbury community are invited to this State of the University Address where President Sams reviews the accomplishments of the past year and our initiatives and plans to support our strategic priorities as the calendar turns to 2024. In addition to the in-person event...
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Three professors and a staff member from SUNY Old Westbury have been named recipients of 2021 State University of New York Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence. The awards acknowledge and provide system-wide recognition for consistently superior achievement and encourage the ongoing pursuit of...
SUNY Old Westbury marked the start of Women’s History Month with its now-annual “Experience of Women in STEM” program. Organized by the campus’ Association of Women in Math and Women in Science and Engineering groups along with the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program, “Experiences of...
Biological Sciences student Sarah Sadik recently returned from the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students in Indianapolis, Indiana with an award for her poster presentation on prostate cancer. Mentored in the laboratory of Dr. Manya Mascareno, associate professor of Biological...
The SUNY Old Westbury Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) student researchers returned from the 21st annual STEP Statewide Student Conference with good news. More than 600 STEP students and staff from 48 colleges and universities across New York State participated in the conference, which...
SUNY Old Westbury's Science and Technology Program (STEP) student researchers returned from the 20th Annual STEP Statewide Student Conference with good news, knowledge, and accolades. Over 600 STEP students and staff from approximately forty-five colleges and universities from New York State...
With the SUNY Old Westbury Panther men’s baseball team’s season-opening victories over Lehman College (CUNY), head coach Rod Stephan officially became the winningest coach in the history of the campus’ baseball program, reaching 295 career wins in his 16th season at the helm. Stephan, who was...
Shedding light onto issues related to computational biology, data analysis and how "the cloud" comes to life were the focuses recently of the first in a series of events planned using support from the National Science Foundation Computer and Information Science and Engineering Minority-Serving...
Meeting the needs of a growing number of students and especially those with dietary restrictions will get easier for the Panther Food Pantry at SUNY Old Westbury thanks to a growing collaboration with Stop & Shop. A new grant providing direct support and inclusion in a chain-wide fund-raising...
The new Free Application for Federal Student Aid is now available and SUNY Old Westbury is offering help to the local community navigate the new system. Old Westbury has built a team of students to help prospective students and their families navigate the FAFSA form, which helps determine a student...
"Live from Studio A," SUNY Old Westbury students participated in World Radio Day with a three-hour show featuring its host Angelina Zavala ‘28, the OWWR - Old Westbury Web Radio team and special guests. World Radio Day is an annual observance aimed at celebrating and amplifying the voices of radio...
Two Old Westbury Alumni share stories and reflections of their path to immigration advocacy. The Student Collections series is a monthly speaker/lecture series for OW students based on their class level (First Year and Second Year Student Group, and Junior and Senior Student Group). Each session...
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