WEDNESDAY, February 14, 2024- New York, NY: The 100th Anniversary of George Gershwin’s iconic Rhapsody in Blue was celebrated by Avalanche Orchestra at SUNY College of Optometry. The College’s 42nd Street Campus once housed Aeolian Hall, the concert venue where Gershwin debuted Rhapsody in Blue on February 12, 1924. …
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New Mosaic Created at the American Academy of Optometry Conference Will be Donated to the First-Ever Optometry School in Haiti Project Symbolizes Commitment to Supporting the Global Community in Enhancing Access to Eyecare **Photos Available Here** NEW YORK, N.Y. (November 4, 2019) – SUNY College of Optometry announced today that the institution,…
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Dr. Kartha completed her BS and MPhil Optometry from the Elite School of Optometry, Chennai, India. She worked as a low vision specialist at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India before leaving for Australia to do her PhD in Pediatric Vision Rehabilitation. Following her PhD, she moved to the United States. After…
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NEW YORK, June 17, 2019 — The maturation of visual acuity in both amblyopia and myopia may be closely associated with the development of pathways signaling bright features in the brain, according to research published in the Journal of Neuroscience by SUNY College of Optometry doctoral candidate Carmen Pons Torres…
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From the proliferation of smartphones to the rise of virtual reality, technology has changed our lives in countless numbers of ways. Dr. Thomas Wong, director of new technologies at SUNY Optometry, is using another technique of our modern age—hacking—to get members of the community to think about how to reshape…
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