Old Westbury alumni Moses Nunez Jr. paid the university a visit to share his experience and insights during his time in undergrad. This experience propelled him to heights in the media industry beyond his wildest dreams. He recounts his struggles as a young college student navigating his home and personal […]
On September 19 from 1:30 to 2:30 pm, SUNY Old Westbury held an event in the Campus Center’s Recital Hall to launch their brand-new Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) research program. With this new program comes a newly developed space equipped with technology such as 3D printers, laser […]
Former One Direction member Liam Payne, 31, was found dead in his hotel room in Argentina on Wednesday, October 16th. His untimely demise has sparked conversations about the pressures of fame, mental health, and substance abuse. To better understand how this loss has affected our community, we interviewed Old Westbury […]
The Panther Food Pantry is an organization on campus that provides assistance to our very own Panther community to improve the quality of life among students, faculty, and staff at SUNY Old Westbury. While the pantry is available and always willing to accept donations, they ran a recent Thanksgiving Drive […]
On October 23, 2024, the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) department presented an event hosted by Dr. Jessica Williams, a prominent professor of the English department, on queerness in punk. Dr. Williams started with explaining how she took it upon herself to research the connection between queerness and alternative […]
A new and innovative STEM building is coming soon to SUNY Old Westbury. Following several years of effort and planning, the reconstruction of the Natural Science Building (NSB) has begun after almost four years of delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Ray Maggiore, Assistant Vice President for Capital Planning, […]
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On the starry night of October 10th, many students came to view a mysterious colorful light that appeared through the sky. The atmosphere was filled with a colorful display of the Aurora Borealis, due to a severe geomagnetic storm. The occasion was hosted by CSTEP and the Physics Club, the […]
When students returned back to school after a long summer off, many may have noticed the newest addition to campus— a large, hollywood-sign-style ‘OW’ near the campus center parking lot. This sign is Old Westbury’s latest effort to create a bold, recognizable landmark to reinforce school pride and act as […]
As a returning student finishing a BA I abandoned twenty-four years ago, I was thrilled to see that SUNY Old Westbury finally has a Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) major, decades past when many other schools with strong social justice initiatives started theirs. When I first started at O.W. […]
