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NEW YORK — Dr. Ning Qian, associate professor of neuroscience, physiology and cellular biophysics at Columbia University, presented on visual encoding and decoding during SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research colloquium on Friday, March 1. Dr. Qian’s research focuses on computational and psychophysical studies of visual perception. His lab constructs binocular vision models by […]

February 27, 2019

SUNY Optometry NextGen: Brenda Tan, Class of 2019

The OD/MS student has personal and professional reasons to tackle myopia. Brenda Tan, a fourth-year student in the OD/MS program at SUNY Optometry, took her first step into an optometry career with a biology project on myopia control and the structure of the eye—when she was in the seventh grade. Though young, the then-tween had […]

February 26, 2019

SUNY Optometry Names 2019 Alumna of the Year: Dr. Julia Appel

NEW YORK, February 26, 2019 – The SUNY College of Optometry Alumni Association has named Dr. Julia Appel its 2019 Alumna of the Year. The 1991 graduate will be recognized during the 16th annual Eyes on New York Awards Celebration at Cipriani 42 in New York City on Friday, March 22. The award celebrates SUNY Optometry […]

February 25, 2019

Eyes on New York Awards to Honor Drs. Susan and Mark Fromer for Leadership

NEW YORK, February 25, 2019 – Drs. Susan and Mark Fromer will receive the 2019 Eyes on Leadership Award during the 16th annual Eyes on New York Awards Celebration at Cipriani 42 in New York City on Friday, March 22. The gala is the signature event of the Optometric Center of New York (OCNY), the […]

February 25, 2019

SUNY Optometry President David A. Heath to SECO2019 Special Session: ‘See the Vision of Tomorrow’

An excerpt from SECO Daily, February 22, 2019 Download PDF NEW ORLEANS — We are deep within the fourth industrial revolution, according to one of yesterday’s special session speakers, David A. Heath, OD, EdM, State University of New York College of Optometry. Superintelligence, private equity opportunities and vast therapeutic updates are all coming to your […]

February 19, 2019

SUNY Optometry’s NOSA Chapter Installs Inspiration Wall for Black History Month

NEW YORK, February 19, 2019 — The SUNY Optometry chapter of the National Optometric Student Association (NOSA) has developed and installed an Inspiration Wall in the College’s Student Center for Black History Month 2019. The chapter’s community outreach chair Mariah Marshall, Class of 2021, led the initiative to express appreciation for the achievements of College-affiliated […]

February 13, 2019

SUNY Optometry’s Christian Crespo Receives 2019 Student Innovator Award

NEW YORK, February 11, 2019 — SUNY Optometry third-year student Christian Crespo received the 2019 Student Innovator Award following the College’s fourth annual competition on February 8. Mr. Crespo presented a 3D printed retinoscope design to help address refractive error blindness around the world. He believes access to more affordable optometric equipment would allow more […]

February 12, 2019

Hirsch, Vetter Visit SUNY Optometry for VisioNYC

NEW YORK, February 12, 2019 — Dr. Judith Hirsch, professor of biological sciences at the University of Southern California, and Dr. Monica Vetter, professor of neurobiology and anatomy at the University of Utah, were the keynote speakers during SUNY Optometry’s VisioNYC, a meeting for vision scientists in greater New York, on Monday, February 11. Dr. […]

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