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ALBANY, April 10, 2018 – State University of New York Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson presented 249 SUNY students from across the state, including SUNY Optometry’s Tristan Barrueco and Jennifer Nguyen, with the 2018 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, at the Albany Capital Center. Tristan Barrueco, a Basking Ridge, N.J. native, entered SUNY Optometry after serving […]

April 4, 2018

Meet the Board: Claudia Caruso Rouhana

The Optometric Center of New York trustee shares why she is devoted to her work for the College. Claudia Caruso Rouhana credits her commitment to service to an iconic moment in American history. “This is very corny, but, as a 14 year old, I took President John F. Kennedy’s ‘Ask not what your country can […]

March 30, 2018

Dr. Christopher Dainty Visits SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research

NEW YORK CITY — Dr. Christopher Dainty, professorial research associate at University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, presented on adaptive optics and vision science during SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research colloquium on Friday, March 16. Throughout his career, which spans five decades, Professor Dainty has investigated problems in optical imaging, scattering and propagation. […]

March 29, 2018

Familiar Faces @ SUNY Optometry: Kimberly Price Makes Lasting Impressions

Ms. Price is the first face patients see when they visit—and one of the reasons many return. SUNY Optometry’s University Eye Center (UEC) has a few advantages and reasons many New Yorkers keep coming back for care. And it’s not just the doctors, students or cutting-edge equipment, as first rate as all of those are. […]

March 23, 2018

Meet the Board: P. Gregory Hess Extends His Long-Term Commitment to SUNY Optometry

The OCNY board member believes in the importance of serving communities—and in the power of the College to do so. With the appointment of one of its newest board members, P. Gregory Hess, the Optometric Center of New York (OCNY), SUNY Optometry’s affiliated foundation, is poised to benefit from three decades of dedication to and […]

March 20, 2018

SUNY Optometry Alumna Dr. Theresa Ruggiero Explains How the College Led to Her Groundbreaking Work

She is one of the leading authorities on vision therapy and continues to innovate and expand her knowledge in this life-changing field. Theresa Ruggiero, OD, FCOVD, was set to become a lawyer—until a professor completely, as she put it, blew her mind. “As a psychology major undergrad at Stony Brook, I took a class in […]

March 19, 2018

SUNY Optometry’s Dr. Diane Adamczyk, Dr. Daniella Rutner, Sarah Gleason honored by New York State Optometric Association

NEW YORK, March 19, 2018– Two SUNY Optometry faculty members and one of the College’s outstanding fourth-year students were honored during the New York State Optometric Association’s 2018 award ceremony at the organization’s 123rd annual meeting in New York City on Saturday, March 17. Dr. Diane T. Adamczyk was named Optometric Educator of the Year […]

March 19, 2018

Optometric Center of New York Hosts 15th Annual Eyes on New York Gala

NEW YORK, March 19, 2018 — The Optometric Center of New York (OCNY), the affiliated foundation of the SUNY College of Optometry, hosted its 15th annual Eyes on New York Gala on Friday, March 16 at The Plaza in New York City. Kenneth Lombart and Richard Lombart, co-founders of Lombart Instrument, were honored for their […]

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