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Listen to Llana Barber talk about teaching, her research interests, and her recent book awards in this short “Old Westbury Highlights” video from the MIC: the Media Innovation Center. American Studies professor Llana Barber’s book, Latino City, is the winner of the 2017 Kenneth Jackson Award for Best Book in […]
Tamika Danielle Mallory is an American activist who currently serves as co-president of the 2019 Women’s March. She was one of the leading organizers of the 2017 Women’s March, for which she and her three other co-chairs were recognized in the Time 100 that year. In a recent interview, Tamika […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo told an audience at SUNY Old Westbury that he plans to urge the state legislature to pass a permanent property tax cap for the middle class. It is currently set to expire in 2020. Speaking on February 28th, the governor also criticized President Trump’s tax bill that placed a $10,000 limit on federal deductions for […]
SUNY Old Westbury hosted a Multifaith panel at the Recital Hall in the Campus Center on February 21. The panel consisted of six guest speakers: Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi who discussed Judaism, Reverend Marcus Tillery who discussed Christianity, Mohammed Hafeez Abdullah who spoke on Islam, Sarabjit Kaur who spoke on Sikhism, […]
The remodeling of the library is in its final phases of completion. There are no more major reconstruction projects but only pending minor changes. After remodeling that began in 2012, new amenities include individual and group study rooms, classrooms and interactive tv’s and smart-boards in all the major classrooms, IT assistance, instructional technology support, new furniture, and stairs. […]
The “Our Land” exhibition is comprised of photography and videography by artists from the Middle East, North Africa, and their diaspora as quoted in a statement by the exhibit and is curated by photographer and adjunct visual arts professor of Old Westbury Anthony Hamboussi. The first level of the exhibition […]
Dr. Calvin O. Butts III will be retiring in 2020 after serving as SUNY Old Westbury’s president for more than twenty years. However, his retirement as president does not mean his time at OW is over as he will be transferring to a faculty position. Starting on January 21, 2020, […]
Harris Wofford, the founding president of SUNY Old Westbury, passed away at the age of 92 on January 21, 2019. He served from 1966 to 1970. President Calvin Butts in an e-mail noted that Wofford had played a part in creating American history. Dr. Butts also noted that Wofford helped […]
Nicole Paultre Bell-Earle, a social justice activist and former fianceé of Sean Bell paid a visit to SUNY Old Westbury to talk to students about her life after Sean’s death and the road to fight for justice in celebration of Black History Month. The Discussion was sponsored by the Black […]
