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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 […]

March 12, 2019

An Eye on Alumni: Drs. Carol and Stephen Record

In a career that spans more than 30 years, SUNY Optometry alumna Dr. Carol Record ’82 has learned one thing above all else: never underestimate your ability to accomplish what you set out to do. And what she, along with her husband Dr. Stephen Record ’82 set out to do not only resulted in their […]

March 11, 2019

Focus on New Faces @ SUNY Optometry: Meet Dr. Mandy Polacco

The assistant clinical professor grew up painting and performing—now the eyes are her medium. Dr. Mandy Polacco arrived at SUNY Optometry in 2017 for a residency in vision therapy and rehabilitation after graduating from Southern California College of Optometry and decided to join the faculty as an assistant clinical professor. “After residency, the College was […]

March 6, 2019

Dr. Robert Ennis ’13 Visits SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research

NEW YORK — Dr. Robert Ennis ’13, a post-doctoral researcher in the Brain and Perception Lab at Justus Liebig University Giessen in Germany, presented on the color appearance of 3D, thick, transparent objects during SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research colloquium on Wednesday, March 6. Dr. Ennis investigates the nature of visual perception from […]

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