Coral Gables Hospital Taps LIU Alum as Chief Nursing Officer
Denise Hernandez-Figueroa, ’13, was named Chief Nursing Officer at Coral Gables Hospital, a premier acute-care facility in South Florida. She previously served as Director...
Top 30 Virology Journal Publishes Professor’s HIV Research
Alecia Muwonge, ’18, Adjunct Professor of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Science, co-authored a paper that was published in Current HIV Research. The study analyzed chemical design changes...
Faculty Win British Cartographic Society Award
The Cartographic Journal awarded the 2020 Henry Johns Award for most outstanding article to LIU professors Christopher League, Computer Science, and Patrick Kennelly, Geography....
Student Thesis Gains National Attention
The work of Paige Bonavito, ’20, garnered discussion on the popular crime podcast Crimeficionados. The show cited her honor's thesis "Exploring the Scott Peterson...
Shark Nation Star Joins Top Pro Team in UK
Former LIU basketball student-athlete Julius Van Sauers, ’19, is continuing his professional career overseas. Van Sauers signed with the Glasgow Rocks, Scotland’s top team in...
NIH Funds Research on Emerging Disease
The National Institutes of Health awarded Dr. Bhaskar Das, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, a $1.2 million grant to fund research on treatments of microsporidiosis, an emerging...
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...
Top Pharma Association Awards LIU Student for Best Abstract
The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists awarded LIU student Vishal Rathod’s research a 2020 Best Abstract Award. Rathod’s study reviews the computational predictability of...
Professor Wins Prestigious National Science Foundation Award
The National Science Foundation awarded the prestigious Research in Undergraduate Institutions award to Dr. Cheng Zhang, Associate Professor of Chemistry. LIU students frequently work...
Theodore Roosevelt Braves The River of Doubt
Chairman of the Theodore Roosevelt Institute and LIU professor Tweed Roosevelt, great-grandson of America’s 26th President, will deliver the third lecture in the four-part...