Delaware Honors First Black Female Transplant Surgeon in US

Dr. Velma Scantlebury ’77 is being honored with the Delaware History Makers Award. Dr. Scantlebury is the first Black female surgeon to specialize in transplant...

Lucasfilm Archivist Preserves Screen-Used Star Wars Props

Lucasfilm archivist and LIU alumna Madlyn Moskowitz ‘11 is hosting the Walt Disney Family Museum presentation about her role as the steward of Star Warsmemorabilia....

National Academic Honors for LIU Gymnasts

The Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) ranked the LIU Gymnastics Team – The Sharks – in the top 50 in the country in overall...

Sheriff Appointed to National Intelligence Committee

Suffolk County Sheriff Dr. Errol Toulon Jr. ’09 has become a national figure in law enforcement as a member of the Major County Sheriffs...

Hope for Alzheimer’s Patients and Families With NIH Grant

LIU professor of pharmaceutical sciences Dr. Bhaskar Das and his team are conducting groundbreaking research that could lead to an eventual treatment for Alzheimer’s...

Nursing Diversity Program Honors Gloria Jones-Bey ’67

Inspired by Jones-Bey, the late vice president of patient care at Meriter Hospital and an LIU graduate, UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital in Wisconsin is helping...

Marine Biologist Discovers Rebounding Scallop Population

Long Island University researchers have encouraging news about Long Island’s scallop population in the Peconic Bay fishery. Dr. Stephen Tettelbach, professor of biology and...

Oncology Business Expert Joins Washington Post Speaker Series

Michael Petroutsas ’97, vice president of the US Oncology Business Unit of GSK, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturers, joined the Washington Post’s “Chasing Cancer” speaker...

Innovative Educator Discusses Civic Engagement at Leadership Summit

Cynthia Turnquest-Jones, a renowned librarian and student of the Palmer School of Library and Information Science at LIU, gave a presentation on “Civic Engagement...

White House Welcomes LIU Faculty for Equity Presentation

Professor Philip Wong, director of the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program, spoke in front of more than 100 White House and government staff members about...

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