President Sams addressing new students. Photo Credit: Joanna Vissichelli On September 14, 2023, incoming freshmen and transfer students gathered in the Clark Athletic Center for SUNY Old Westbury’s Annual Fall Convocation. The university hosts the event each year to welcome new students together as a class as they begin their journey […]
SUNY Old Westbury Men’s Soccer prepping for their match against Hunter College. Photo Credits: Jacob Taormina. In 2022, the SUNY Old Westbury Men’s soccer team tallied one win. The Panthers matched that total in just their third game of the season on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 with a 2-1 victory […]
AACSB Logo. Photo Credit: aacsb.edu SUNY Old Westbury’s (OW) School of Business became accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International), according to the University. AACSB is a nonprofit association that aims to foster leadership among the next generation of college students. The association wants “to transform business […]
Photo Credit: transgenderhistory.com San Francisco, California is set to recognize each August as “Transgender History Month,” following a vote held by state lawmakers on August 6th CBC7 reports. This is the first US state to honor trans history with such a declaration. The bill reads, “Despite the national recognition of LGBTQ+ history […]
Photo Credit: oldwestbury.edu SUNY Old Westbury’s Student Government Association [SGA] held their bi-annual Club Bash in the Campus Center Atrium on September 7th. Attending the Club Bash event is the first step for students to learn what is happening on campus. But above all, it is an opportunity for students to […]
Effective May 2, 2023, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) is currently on strike for the first time in fifteen years. Earlier last month, the guild voted to allow a strike should they be unable to reach a deal with producers as of May 1. The guild wanted better pay […]
Amrushaa Jyoti Muralidhar, known as AJ, is a 21-year-old South Indian woman. She came to the United States when she was ten-years-old, and she lived in Los Angeles until 2021 with her family. She came to New York and enrolled at SUNY Old Westbury College as a full-time student and […]
On November 25th, the federal government set new rules requiring that airlines only allow dogs as service animals on U.S. flights as an effort to clamp down on supplying a variety of accommodation for other support animals. Picture this: you book a flight with your family to an island during […]
A new study has appeared that both cats and dogs cannot get the coronavirus, but because cats have a strong immune system, they will be subjects for further experimentation for human vaccines. Even though the numbers of COVID-19 victims are growing to reach one million, especially during flu season, there […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration [FDA] has proposed a new rule which will prevent popular cereal brands from labeling their products as “healthy.” According to The Intercept, the FDA proposed a rule that limits cereals to have no more than “2.5 grams of sugar per serving in order to […]
