News at ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ
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Published:After a year-plus of performances with virtual audiences, the ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ Performing Arts Center (ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ PAC) is returning to a roster of in-person performances with live audiences this season. Although all are in person, a select few events will also have a livestreaming option.
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Faculty Updates
CategoriesPublished:We congratulate faculty who have received prestigious awards or promotions —and say goodbye to beloved retiring professors.
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Published:For the second year in a row, the Hispanic Community Partnership Program (HCPP) was held virtually. Here, Charlene Mayers, executive assistant in the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, tells us how being virtual opened doors to students who would not have been able to attend in person.
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A Narcan training event led by Marissa Abram ’08, PhD ’17, assistant professor and director of the Psychiatric Mental Health–Nurse Practitioner program in the College of Nursing and Public Health, is featured.
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Published:Furthering diversity and inclusion efforts at the University, the Web Development and Digital Strategy (WDDS) have added individual pronouns to the employee directory.
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Published:Congratulations to you on your appointment to the position of provost and executive vice president.
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Jonathan Cristol, PhD, who teaches about the Middle East, discusses the situation in Afghanistan in a podcast episode.
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Published:ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æâ€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹ University's Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program/Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP/STEP) has been awarded the 2021 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education.
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Published:Ismael Voltaire, MS '21, had already come a long way by the time he entered ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ's first Strategic Plan Competition in 2018.
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Published:When Nicole Daisy-Etienne, PhD ’05, learned in March 2020 that a Hempstead student in her care had COVID-19 symptoms and a parent too afraid of immigration to get the child medical care, the Derner Hempstead Child Clinic director and clinical supervisor went into action. She pulled together a newsletter containing all the places the students…
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Matthew Wright, PhD, associate professor and chair of the physics department, pens a piece about returning to his hometown.
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Dear ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ Community, I am pleased to announce our University’s inaugural chief of community concerns and resolution, Allison Vernace ’13, who will launch our new Office of Community Concerns and Resolution when she joins ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ on August 30, 2021. As previously communicated, the Office of Community Concerns and Resolution (OCCR) will provide the ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ community…
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Marsha J. Tyson Darling, PhD, Appointed Special Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives
CategoriesPublished:Dear ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ Community, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Marsha J. Tyson Darling, PhD, to the position of special assistant to the president for strategic initiatives. Dr. Darling’s appointment will be effective September 1, 2021. Dr. Darling has been a dynamic member of the ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ community as a leader, scholar, program manager, professor and…
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Remembering Ann Callahan-Dick '47
CategoriesPublished:ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ recently lost one of our first nursing students. She was a nursing trailblazer, engaged alumna and aspiring part of ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ's history of preparing nurses to take the lead.
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Published:If you're on campus the week of August 16, you may notice camera crews. That's because The College Tour is coming to ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ.
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Published:In its fifth year, ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ's Leading in Community (LIC) program, offered by the University's Center for Nonprofit Leadership, has doubled enrollment and connected more local, nonprofit leaders of color than ever before.
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Published:Rising junior Danelya Zholdasbekova's path to ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ was unexpected. While searching the internet for top New York business schools, the Kazakhstan native said she was attracted by descriptions of ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ's “close-knit, diverse community, its Honors College, scholarship opportunities, and beautiful campus and location."
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A creative team of computer-science students and mentors have taken ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ where it’s never gone before – into the world of Minecraft.
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Published:Students at ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ and across the country are coming together, along with the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities and the American Council on Education, in calling for a doubling of Federal Pell Grants for undergraduate students in need of financial support.
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Published:ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ has been awarded the 2021 Digital Inclusion Grant from internet and software services provider Kajeet. The grant comes with the provision of free internet connectivity hardware and managed service on Kajeet's platform, Sentinel.
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Published:An innovative new program, one of the first of its kind on Long Island and one of only a few in the country, now connects ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ with local community college students—streamlining their path to a bachelor's degree.
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Published:When the COVID-19 pandemic forced hundreds of colleges and universities to shutter their campuses, a group of ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ students came up with an idea: They'd build a digital replica of the Garden City campus in the popular game Minecraft so they could have a virtual college experience.
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Published:Across New York City’s diverse neighborhoods, schools struggle to attract and retain the talented teachers that students deserve. To address this critical issue, the New York City Department of Education’s Teaching Fellows Program awarded ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ a $9 million grant in April. The Teaching Fellows Program at ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ, which will start in January 2022 and…
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ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ taught me so many things: how to be a professional, how to interview, how to network, and how to reach my fullest potential!