3rd Annual Health & Wellness Expo at University Eye Center Ensures Access to Healthcare Professionals & Community Partners for New Yorkers of All Ages Provides Care for Children and Families During Children’s Vision and Learning Month NEW YORK, NY— More than 970 New York City community members received free…
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The State University of New York College of Optometry advances visual health and patient care through leadership in education, research and service.
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In the 1970s, one in four children had myopia, the medical term for nearsightedness. Fast forward and that number has jumped to 40% of kids—nearly one in two. Studies estimate that by 2050, half of the world’s population will have myopia. Meet Dr. Xiaoying Zhu (OD, MD, PhD), lead clinician…
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Think you can’t go to optometry school if you weren’t a science major? Think again! Watch how theater major and First Year OD student Jana Widell made it to SUNY Optometry.
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Scientists have been studying how visual space is mapped in the cerebral cortex for many decades under the assumption that the map is equal for lights and darks. Surprisingly, recent work demonstrates that visual brain maps are dark-centric and that, just as stars rotate around black holes in the Universe,…
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Jana Widell talks about what it’s like to be in the first year of the Doctor of Optometry program at the SUNY College of Optometry
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The SUNY Optometry community recognized the 13th Annual National Wear Red Day For Women, an American Heart Association campaign designed to bring awareness to the leading killers of women – heart disease and stroke. SUNY Optometry’s student chapter of the American Public Health Association and Community Outreach Coordinator Ms. Marinel…
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Here are some SUNY Optometry faculty and staff accomplishments during 2015
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SUNY Optometry’s Chinese Cultural Optometric Student Association and the Confucius Institute celebrated the Lunar New Year on February 12
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