LIU Professor Published in Leading Academic Journal
Dr. Victor Lushin, Assistant Professor of Social Work and Public Health, co-authored a paper published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. The...
$4 Million Grant to Address Mental Health and Opioid Use
Michael Pantalon, Dean of the School of Health Professions, and Laura Seinfeld, Dean of the College of Education, Information and Technology, have secured over...
Scholarship Gala Raises over $2 Million as it Honors Wright Family, Museum of Democracy
The 2025 Scholarship Gala raised over $2 million and honored the Wright family and the Museum of Democracy. The Museum of Democracy, housed at...
McKenna Named President of New Medical Center
Don McKenna, ’88, ’97, was appointed as President of Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center, a 300,000-square-foot, acute care hospital in Hershey, Pennsylvania scheduled...
Smithsonian Researcher Named Senior Scientist
Dr. Katrina Lohan, ’04, was appointed Senior Scientist at the Marine Disease Ecology Laboratory within the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Dr. Lohan specializes in...
Sharks Score Coaches from Top Football Schools
The LIU football team added coaches with elite pedigrees, hiring Super Bowl champion Jim Cordle as Offensive Coordinator, and Mark Smith as Defensive Coordinator....
Cross Country Coach of the Year Makes History
Women’s Head Coach Chris Sauer is the first cross country coach in school history to be named the Northeast Conference Coach of the Year....
Education Leader Appointed as Fine Arts Director
Laila Sales ’17 was chosen as the new director of fine, performing and culinary arts for the West Hempstead School District. Sales has an...
Women’s Basketball Star Makes Preseason All-Conference Team
The Northeast Conference (NEC) named standout junior guard Brandy Thomas, #15, to its women’s basketball preseason all-conference team. During the 2019-20 season, Thomas ranked...
Journalism Students Earn Prestigious International Reporting Fellowship
Reyna Iwamoto and Melissa Fishman, students of the George Polk School of Communications, won the Theodore Kruglak Fellowship in International Reporting. Iwamoto will intern...