7th Innovator Award Winners Develop Creative Solution for Contact Lens Insertion and Removal Aimed to Boost Patient Experience, Autonomy New York, NY—SUNY College of Optometry students, Joanna Latek and Kateryna Nahornyak, both Class of 2024, were named the 2022 Student Innovator Award winners following the College’s 7th annual competition held virtually…
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New York, NY: SUNY College of Optometry Police Officer Rosemarie Agostinelli was recognized with a Professional Service Award at the annual New York State University Police Awards Ceremony earlier this month by the SUNY Police Chiefs Association. The University Police Awards are the highest recognition given by the SUNY Police…
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Part VI in an Annual Conversation Exploring Emerging Barriers to Success New York, NY: SUNY College of Optometry’s Office of Continuing Professional Education recently held the Annual Race in Optometry webinar, now in its third year. The series launched in 2020 to stimulate a national, ongoing conversation on race and equity…
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“With this grant we will study how myopic eye growth affects the retina compared to glaucoma, from the cellular to the clinical angle.” New York, NY: SUNY College of Optometry’s Dr. Alexandra Benavente-Pérez was awarded a $2.04 million grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI, Grant #R01EY034086), a part of the…
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SUNY Optometry Ph.D. Candidates Take Top Honors with National Awards New York, NY: Two SUNY College of Optometry PhD candidates received national awards this summer for their work on retinal disease and regeneration. Seoyoung Kang, MMSc, was awarded the Minnie and Roseanna Turner Award for Impaired Vision Research in June…
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