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The former banking analyst and student member of the Optometric Center of New York board found his calling at SUNY Optometry. When Michael Contento graduates from SUNY Optometry in 2020, he will have had an experience unlike most of his classmates. For starters, he will be an optometrist who also knows how to navigate Wall […]

May 18, 2018

SUNY Optometry’s Officer Akeema Wilson Receives Chancellor’s Award for Excellence

ALBANY, May 18, 2018 — Akeema Wilson, a university police officer at SUNY Optometry, has received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Classified Service. The Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence are honors conferred to acknowledge and provide system-wide recognition for consistently superior professional achievement and to encourage the ongoing pursuit of excellence in five categories: […]

May 10, 2018

Dr. Ian Nauhaus Visits SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research

NEW YORK CITY — Dr. Ian Nauhaus, assistant professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, presented on functional architecture of Primate VI during SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research colloquium on Friday, April 27. Dr. Nauhaus researches coding strategies and corresponding mechanisms of the brain’s visual system to uncover […]

May 10, 2018

Graduation Awards for the Class of 2018

Members of SUNY Optometry’s Class of 2018 will be honored for academic, service, and professional excellence during the annual Graduation Awards Ceremony on Thursday, May 24 at 10 a.m. in the Schwarz Theater. Congratulations and we wish you all the best as you graduate! Special Recognition Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence Tristan Campbell Barrueco Jennifer […]

May 9, 2018

Meet the Board: Harold Wilshinsky

The insurance industry professional uses his expertise to boost SUNY Optometry’s affiliated foundation. Like so many Optometric Center of New York (OCNY) board members, Harold Wilshinsky came to the College via a friend who was already serving. “Mal Gross, a good friend of mine, kept telling me about a medical college board he was on […]

May 8, 2018

Familiar Faces @ SUNY Optometry: Nancy Kirsch on an Exciting Future for the Essilor Eyewear Center

She is clear that there is nothing old-fashioned about getting people in the right glasses. For more than 25 years, Nancy Kirsch has been an integral part of SUNY Optometry’s community. As director of the Essilor Eyewear Center, she oversees the division of the University Eye Center (UEC) that provides the most traditional of optometric […]

May 8, 2018

Dr. Hadas Ben Eli Visits SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research

NEW YORK CITY — Dr. Hadas Ben Eli, lecturer of optometry and vision science at Hadassah Academic College, presented on environmental and infectious exposures, immune biomarkers and genetic factors in dry eye syndrome, Sjorgen’s syndrome and B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma during SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research colloquium on Wednesday, April 25. Dr. Ben Eli […]

May 8, 2018

Meet the Board: Thomas Farrell on His Decades-Long Commitment to SUNY Optometry

The Optometric Center of New York board member believes in the mission—and expansive future—of the College. In 2021, SUNY Optometry will celebrate its 50th anniversary. One of the participants will be Thomas Farrell, who has been a part of the College community for nearly half of that time. Mr. Farrell is currently vice president of […]

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