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SUNY OW Mourns Loss of Khalid Hill

Eighteen-year-old SUNY Old Westbury student Khalid A. Hill passed away on Tuesday, November 20th. Hill was killed in a car accident while driving on the Northern State Parkway. Khalid was a first year student who lived in residential dorm Hall one. Hill was a desk attendant at the Woodland’s Hall […]

Your Weekly Global Media News Update!
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Your Weekly Global Media News Update!

This Week on Global Media News: Hungary, the U.K., China, India, Cuba, and Syria! Can Victor Orban Control the News in Hungary? Will the UK and the EU Stop Terrorist Content on Social Media?  How Dolce & Gabbana Got It Wrong in China. The New Vine? From Douyin to Tik […]

This Week on Global Media News!
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This Week on Global Media News!

  This Week on Global Media News: Italy, India, South Africa, the Middle East, Japan and China! Italians Are Tired of Tourists with Selfie Sticks. India: Food, Farmers & Whatsapp. Facebook Pushing Video for Brands in the Middle East. Would You Marry an Anime Character if You Could? What is […]

Felton V. Oladimu: Race & the Prison Industrial Complex
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Felton V. Oladimu: Race & the Prison Industrial Complex

When taking a deep dive into the implications of the prison industrial complex, you certainly find trends in recidivism and while you’ll meet people from all over the country, ultimately their songs all sound the same albeit with a few different chord changes. The United States currently has the highest […]

Podcast: This Week in Global Media News!
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Podcast: This Week in Global Media News!

  This Week on Global Media News: the United Kingdom, China, Iraq, Egypt, France, India, Russia! Can Text Alerts Defeat Fake News in a Crisis? Will Brits “Discover” Their News on Snapchat? Why Did a Pre-K Resume Go Viral in China? Social Media and Censorship in China. The Killing of […]

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An Analysis of Zoos

There are an estimated millions of animals around the world that are held captive for their entire lives. This punishment has been controversial for years because of the belief that it violates the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the eighth amendment. This argument is that humans are social animals […]

How Smart Are the Smart Classrooms?
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How Smart Are the Smart Classrooms?

DVD players in many classrooms are either missing or broken due to ongoing technology problems at SUNY Old Westbury. Broken players in the New Academic Building (NAB) and in room F114 of the Campus Center often require faculty members who want to show a DVD to surrender a driver’s license […]

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Professor Llana Barber Earns Another Award for Her Latest Book

SUNY Old Westbury’s American Studies Associate Professor Llana Barber has received the 2018 Kenneth Jackson Award. She was awarded Best Book in North American Urban History for Latino City: Immigration and Urban Crisis in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1945-2000. “I spent over a decade researching and writing this book so of course […]

Campus / Media

Jenna Asks: ‘What Are You Thankful For?’

What are you most thankful for this Thanksgiving? Host Jenna Barbone asks Old Westbury students to share their holiday memories in this fourth episode of Jenna Asks  from the Media Innovation Center.

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Get to Know: All the Right Moves Dance Club!

Have you heard about ATRM: All the Right Moves? ATRM is a dance club at SUNY Old Westbury.  Learn all about student clubs by watching  Get to Know, the brand new series from the MIC: the Media Innovation Center.