NEW YORK, February 21, 2018 – The State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry will recognize two distinguished scholars who have made lasting contributions to eye and vision care with honorary degrees during its 2018 commencement ceremony. Dr. Kovin Naidoo, chief executive officer of the Brien Holden Vision…
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This semester, SUNY Optometry welcomed Dr. Jianfeng Wu, an ophthalmologist from Shandong, China and the latest participant in the China Optometry and Ophthalmology Resource Development (COORD) Visiting Scholars Program. The international collaboration is an effort to address China’s urgent need for optometrists and access to eye care and the recent…
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Dr. Pauline Kang, a faculty member at the School of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, has been awarded the American Optometric Foundation’s 2016 Jill and George Mertz Fellowship to work with assistant clinical professor, Dr. Alexandra Benavente-Perez. Dr. Kang will travel…
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She will be at the College for six months beginning this fall. They say the third time’s the charm—so there are limitless possibilities as to what could happen when Sandra Wagner crosses the Atlantic for trip number three to New York City. But this time, instead of a tourist’s agenda,…
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NEW YORK — Dr. Shirin Hassan, assistant professor at Indiana University Bloomington School of Optometry, presented on street-crossing decisions of subjects with low vision and other visual impairments during SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research colloquium on Tuesday, September 17. Dr. Hassan stated the importance of assessing street-crossing decision-making performance in real-world conditions in order…
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New York, NY: Alumni from across the country will come together in New York City in September to celebrate with former classmates and honor distinguished colleagues in a tradition of leadership and advocacy that has been the hallmark of SUNY College of Optometry for more than 50 years. This year’s…
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