NEW YORK, December 12, 2018 — SUNY Optometry’s University Eye Center partnered with the Single Stop office at Stella and Charles Guttman Community College, a neighbor across Bryant Park, to stock its Student Food Pantry for the holiday season. A delivery of non-perishable food items donated by faculty, staff and…
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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,…
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After completing a degree in biomedical engineering at the University of Rochester in 2010, Tristan Barrueco attended U.S. Navy’s Officer Candidate School and was commissioned as an ensign. An unexpected medical discharge left him wondering what to do next. “Then a friend who had recently graduated from optometry school started…
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NEW YORK, May 24, 2018 – The State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry held its 44th commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 24. Hundreds gathered at the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan to witness the College grant 110 degrees and certificates, including the OD, PhD and MS in…
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When Dr. Scott Bushinger was 9 years old, his father required emergency retinal surgery. “It was kind of a dramatic, made-for-tv-movie type of moment, as he held my hand from his hospital bed while he was temporarily blinded from gauze over his eyes after surgery,” he explains. “He told me…
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See Politico New York’s full article on SUNY Optometry’s 2018 Diversity Hackathon NEW YORK, October 2, 2018 – SUNY Optometry hosted its first-ever diversity hackathon on Friday, September 28. The event addressed the lack of diversity in optometry and sought answers to one question: How can SUNY Optometry increase the…
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NEW YORK, March 16, 2018 — Seven students, representing four schools of optometry, including SUNY Optometry’s Elkie Fung and Tara Mahvelati, were recognized as this year’s Student Innovator of the Year Award recipients during the Vision Monday Summit at TheTimesCenter in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, March 14. Ms. Fung and…
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Mark Ossi grew up in England where “footy” is everything. He thought he would become a professional soccer player and was even recruited for a semi-professional club at age 12. Luckily for the pre-optometry students who count on his test prep guidance, this year’s recipient of the Esther J. Werner…
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