Faculty Awarded Grant for Cultural Preservation Programs

Deborah Mutnick, professor of English, earned an Action Grant from Humanities New York (HNY) for her project “Whose Streets? Our Streets: Remain, Reclaim, Rebuild,”...

Swim Teams Win Gold Medals at NEC Championships

Five members of the LIU swim team, Alejandro Pascual Del Cid, Allie Bashor, Emilio Garcia, Dani Chocano Fernández and Benny Karlsson won gold medals atthe NEC Championships.

Accomplished Educator Appointed Superintendent

The Mount Pleasant School District announced that Peter Giarrizzo ’96 has been appointed as the next superintendent. Giarrizzo joins Mount Pleasant after previously serving as...

LIU at The View

LIU students were part of the live studio audience for ABC’s “The View,” one of television’s most popular daytime talk shows. The University’s Employer...

Skating for Sweden on the World Stage

Paula Bergström, freshman defender on the LIU women's ice hockey team, has been selected to the Swedish national team, and will play in the...

Civil Rights Pioneer Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Sheldon Steinhauser, ’50, an award-winning civil rights advocate, received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the Anti-Defamation League. Steinhauser worked for the Anti-Defamation League...

Women’s Lacrosse Wins Multiple Academic Honors

Fourteen women’s lacrosse players earned a spot on the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Division I Academic Honor Roll during the 2020-21 season. The...

Nurse Practitioner Entrepreneur Opens Private Practice

After working for local providers for several years, Dr. Tia Knight-Forbes ‘14 recently opened her own private practice, ITAV-NP Family Health, in Amityville. In...

Real Estate Capital Expert Joins Senior Leadership Team

Richard Katzenstein ’83 was named head of strategic partnerships for Ready Capital Corporation, where he is charged with increasing commercial real estate lending volume...

Heroic Students Vaccinate Hundreds of Classmates

Long Island University nursing and pharmacy students volunteered to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to hundreds of fellow LIU students at the University’s vaccine distribution...