News & Stories

Dr. Areke Ogbonna and Dr. John Samssedi spent a month on campus to learn the intricacies of optometric practice in the United States. Members of the SUNY Optometry community may have noticed a few new faces on campus as the Center of International Programs hosted two optometrists from the Nigerian Optometric Association (NOA), Lagos Chapter […]

March 27, 2019

Dr. Yale Cohen Visits SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research

NEW YORK — Dr. Yale Cohen, professor of otorhinolaryngology and director of the Hearing Sciences Center at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, presented on neural substrates for perception and decision-making in the auditory cortex during SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research colloquium on Friday, March 22. Dr. Cohen’s research […]

March 26, 2019

Optometric Center of New York Hosts 16th Annual Eyes on New York Awards Celebration

NEW YORK, March 25, 2019 — The Optometric Center of New York, the affiliated foundation of the SUNY College of Optometry, hosted its 16th annual Eyes on New York Awards Celebration on Friday, March 22 at Cipriani 42. Drs. Susan and Mark Fromer, Regeneron and Dr. Julia Appel ’91 were honored during the foundation’s signature event. […]

March 21, 2019

Familiar Faces @ SUNY Optometry: Dapo Adurogbola

The College’s assistant chief of police believes it is important to go the extra mile. Dapo Adurogbola didn’t know what he wanted to be as a kid, but he knew one thing: “Whatever I do must matter.” As assistant chief of police for SUNY Optometry, he makes good on that directive. He wanted a career […]

March 19, 2019

SUNY Optometry Students and Alumni Take Eye Care to Panama

The volunteer mission improved the lives of both the patients and their vision specialists. This February, Dr. Carl Sakovits ’88 had a once-a-year treat: honey from one of his patients, Rudy, who has been receiving eye care for the past five years from during annual missions organized by Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH). “I […]

March 19, 2019

SUNY Optometry NextGen: Hannah Medwin, Class of 2020

The student council president focuses on helping her classmates achieve balance. If you ask most SUNY Optometry graduates about their fondest memories of their time in school, they will point to when they got to interact with their classmates outside the classroom and the lab—traveling to conferences, attending parties, gathering for picnics, losing softball games. […]

March 19, 2019

Dr. James Elder Visits SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research

NEW YORK — Dr. James Elder, professor and York research chair in human and computer vision at York University, presented on 2D and 3D shape from contour during SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research colloquium on Friday, March 15. The Elder laboratory develops novel and useful computer vision algorithms and machine vision systems through […]

March 18, 2019

SUNY Optometry Residents’ Days Bring the College Community Together for Continuing Education, Camaraderie

SUNY Optometry’s 2019 Residents’ Days featured 40 lectures by residents from 18 programs on March 14 and 15. Each resident presented a one-hour Council of Optometric Practitioner Education-approved lecture for an audience of nearly 300 attendees, including faculty, students, former residents and doctors from outside the College. “It is a reunion of sorts that brings every level of optometric experience […]

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