Sharks Earn NEC’s Highest Academic Honors

Seven LIU athletic teams and four student-athletes earned top academic recognition from the Northeast Conference during the 2021-22 season. Baseball, men’s cross country, football,...

John Legend Headlines Tilles Center Gala

Twelve-time Grammy Award winner John Legend delivered a special solo performance at the Tilles Center Gala on Veterans Day. The Gala recognized Long Island...

LIU Football QB Goes Viral

Chris Howell, the Sharks’ left-handed quarterback, went viral this week with his unconventional throwing style. The news made headlines in The Athletic, New York Daily...

Music Program Recognized Among Best in New York

Long Island University is one of the ‘Best Music Colleges in New York in 2021,’ according to the respected Best Value Schools ranking organization. The Department...

New York Athletics Hall of Fame

Sharon Sarsen, ’91, head coach of Lakeland High School’s varsity girls field hockey team, will be inducted into the New York State Public High School Athletic...

MLS Features Portland Timbers Head Coach, LIU Soccer Legend

Portland Timbers head coach and LIU soccer legend Giovanni Savarese, ’98, discussed his journey to the U.S. in an episode of the Major League...

Innovating New Technology at Abbey Road

Marjan Moghaddam, Associate Professor of Media Arts, was invited to Abbey Road Studios in London. The studio is known for pioneering music technologies and...

Women’s Ice Hockey Wins Championship

The Sharks are champs again after the women’s ice hockey team clinched another NEWHA regular-season title. The team set a new program record with...

Alumnus’ Novel Wins Prestigious Book Award

Michael Okon (BS, ’00; MBA ’03), an award-winning and best-selling author of multiple genres, won a 2020 Feathered Quill Book Awards for his novel Monsterland....

Olympian Joins Nobel Prize Winners on National Society List

Maria Michta-Coffey ’08, an Olympic race walker and biomedical scientist, was added to the Society for Science’s “Notable Alumni” list, which includes 15 Nobel...