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Nation’s Largest Optometric Clinical Research Facility Celebrates 10 Years with Expanded Space and 100th Clinical Study New York, New York – On Tuesday, SUNY College of Optometry celebrated the newly renovated Clinical Vision Research Center (CVRC) with an official ribbon cutting.  The CVRC is the largest clinical optometry research facility…

EIGHTH ANNUAL STUDENT INNOVATOR AWARD WINNERS PROPOSE DEVICE TO PROMOTE ALIGNMENT IN THE OPTIC PATIENT First year students Rena Shilian and Tzvi Friedman (Brooklyn, NY) were selected as recipients of the 8th Annual SUNY Optometry Student Innovator Award. The $5,000 award, sponsored by EssilorLuxottica and The Rick Bay Foundation is…

Dr. Stefanie Wohl receives The Research Project Grant (R01) to further groundbreaking research in molecular key regulators in retinal development and regeneration  New York, NY– SUNY College of Optometry’s Dr. Stefanie Wohl received a highly-competitive $2 million grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI), which falls under the Institutes of…

Officers Honored for Acts of Heroism, Bravery, and Overall Professionalism For Immediate Release: Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022 Contact: Holly Liapis; Holly.Liapis@suny.edu; (518) 320-1311 Albany, NY – State University of New York today announced the recipients of the 2022 University Police Awards, the highest recognition by the SUNY Police Chiefs Association.…

  New York, NY— The SUNY College of Optometry recently has been named as the most cost-effective research program in the SUNY system, according to the Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF)’s 2021 Financial Risk Accountability report. The report includes a multi-year trend analysis of each…

Leading Optometry Providers and Researchers Expand Clinical Space Allowing for Up to 10,000 Pediatric Visits Annually  New York, New York – Today, one of the nation’s leading providers of eye care and vision research celebrated the dedication of the recently expanded Barbara Saltzman Center for Pediatric Eye Care, named for…