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This fall, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ welcomes a landmark first-year class. A record 1,330 new students joined our Panther family, from 34 states and 23 countries. More than 300 transfers and 820 graduate students are continuing their academic journey with us this fall in our eight world-class colleges and schools. And we are joined on campus this year by 30 of our first community college students through our innovative Nassau-ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Gateway program.

As ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ moved to remote learning in the spring of 2020, one of our top priorities was to ensure that all students had the reliable broadband access and computer hardware they needed.

Leading our "Many Voices. One ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ." message is the renowned poet and our Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Jacqueline Jones LaMon, JD. Her welcome-back-to-campus campaign features banners across our main campus highlighting the diversity of our student-led organizations. They promote our vibrant and engaged community and the voices and experiences of all our students.

Jonathan Cristol, PhD, is an expert on Middle East policy, with deep understanding of the Taliban’s history. Author of The United States and the Taliban before and after 9/11, Dr. Cristol shares his predictions for life under the Taliban in Afghanistan and what we might expect from the new regime.

Responses to the political tensions of the past year and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic will take center stage at ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ's Fall Arts Festival.

For more than 50 years, the Center for African, Black and Caribbean Studies (CABCS) has been a supportive space for students and faculty of color.

Dear ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Community Members, The Clery Act is a federal law which mandates the reporting of timely, accurate, and complete information about crime and safety both on and off campus to members of the university community. This enables students, faculty, staff, alumni, and visitors to make informed decisions to keep themselves safe and to educate…

Earlier this year, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ co-debuted an interdisciplinary series that combined art and social action to engage people in transforming society. This fall, the series, Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation, restarts with several virtual and in-person events that showcase how the arts can redress inequities, reflect all voices and push society forward. The…

Illuminating COVID's toll on African American mothers and children.

In recognition of ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ's dedication to diversity, equity and inclusion, the University has earned the 2021 INSIGHT Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award for the fourth year in a row.

Recent national rankings show that ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ continues to hold top spots in several categories, with U.S. News & World Report, Princeton Review, The Wall Street Journal, and College Factual including ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ in their annual guides, with special emphasis on nursing, business, social mobility and best value.

World's deception expert is ranked 15th among the most influential psychologists of this century

The path to earning a bachelor's degree doesn't always run smoothly. Sometimes students are sidelined by personal responsibilities, or they have a change of heart or a career opportunity.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but for the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program, there's no rest in the battle against breast cancer, and supporting patients, survivors and families is a year-round effort.

Now in her senior year, Mercedes Spanoudakis, a business management major, tells us how she feels about returning to campus, how student leaders can help, some favorite memories and a very special plant.

An article by Kirkland Vaughans, PhD ’85, clinical director of the Derner Hempstead Child Clinic, explains how traditional psychotherapy misses the impact of structural racism on Black boys’ psyches—and suggests what to do about it.

Damian Stanley, PhD, assistant professor of psychology at ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, believes his large-scale, longitudinal study of the COVID-19 pandemic’s unseen psychological effects can help us learn to mitigate its psychological impact, on both an individual and societal level.

Carl Giuffre, PhD, assistant professor of mathematics and computer science, and Lee Stemkoski, PhD, professor of math and computer science, explored the intersection of art and mathematics in Japanese temari.

Nara Yoon, PhD, is an assistant professor and applied mathematician who works on diverse topics of mathematical biology, including building models that describe the prognosis for human disease and suggest the best therapeutic strategies.

University Professor Paul Moravec, DMA, scored a Grammy nomination and thousands of new fans for the oratorio Sanctuary Road, even as performances went virtual during the pandemic. He won a Pulitzer Prize for Tempest Fantasy in 2004.

Carson Fox, professor of art and art history at ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, uses public art installations to celebrate joy even as it honors loss.

Jacques Barber, PhD, dean of ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, joined a research team to explore whether psychotherapy or medication is a better way to treat depression. Meta-analysis of decades of work offers clues.

It's a warm Friday evening in early August and Brooklyn's Vanderbilt Avenue is full of people sitting on carpets.

When Carlos Ventura, now a senior majoring in biochemistry, first came to ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ in Fall 2018, the first-generation college student attended a meeting of the Latino Student Association (LSA) and immediately connected with the members of the group. He has called LSA his home away from home ever since.

Dear ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Family, For many of us, the images and emotions of September 11, 2001, are etched in our memories—20 years old but unforgettable and vivid. When we honor this day collectively, we turn terror into unity. We care for one another. We remember what unites us. As a community and as individuals, we grieve…