Distinguished Educator Selected as Superintendent

Dr. Lisamarie Spindler ’11 was appointed as the superintendent of the Hudson City School District. Her wealth of experience at all levels of education...

Pharmaceutical CFO Joins Cancer-Fighting Biotechnology Company

Biren Amin ’00 joins Pyramid Biosciences as its chief financial and strategy officer, where he will oversee the advancement and expansion of Pyramid’s company...

Ron Cooper Named Sharks Head Football Coach

Coach Ron Cooper joins Shark Nation directly from #1 ranked University of Alabama. Cooper previously served as head coach at Eastern Michigan University, University...

LIU Selected to Compete in NCAA Gymnastics Championships

Three members of the LIU gymnastics teams represented the University at the 2023 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships. Syd Morris (all-around), Ilka Juk (beam) and...

Music Students Record in Reservoir Studios

Students in LIU’s Music Technology, Entrepreneurship and Production program are recording original music in Reservoir Studios, a premier recording studio in Manhattan. The studio...

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...

Ambitious Entrepreneur Joins Nonprofit Hunger Relief Organization

Feeding Westchester, Westchester County's largest nonprofit hunger-relief organization, announced the addition of Kecia Palmer-Cousins, ‘97, to its board of directors. Palmer-Cousins is a wellness...

Fighting Parkinson’s with The Michael J. Fox Foundation

Long Island University is teaming up with The Michael J. Fox Foundation to develop a revolutionary app that would help improve speech intelligibility for...

Fencing Olympian Wins Title at Summer Nationals

Former 2004 Olympic Fencing Team member and LIU women’s fencing Head Coach Ivan Lee won the Veteran 40-49 Men’s Saber title at the USA...

Legislator Berland Names Schulman 2020 Woman of Distinction

Suffolk County Legislator Susan A. Berland selected Linda Beigel Schulman, ’94, as the 2020 "Woman of Distinction." Schulman was instrumental in the passage of...