The Long Island University’s eSports team capped off a successful season by reaching the Rocket League team finals. The Sharks competed against Syracuse for the Rocket League title. LIU players competed in the eSports arena on campus. The championship was broadcast on Twitch, the world’s leading live streaming platform for gamers, and a subsidiary of Amazon.

Chris Fevola, MBA, ’12, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at LIU, earned national recognition for his exemplary financial work at the University. CFO, the leading media brand in the U.S. catering to influential finance executives, featured Fevola in an article discussing the unprecedented challenges facing higher education. Fevola also co-authored an Op-Ed on the same subject for University Business.

Elizabeth Loda, MBA ’87, founder of Women’s Financial Network (WFN), received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who, the world’s premier publisher of biographical profiles. In addition to founding WFN, Loda has also served a member of the Advisory Board of Women in Philanthropy and as the chairperson of the Grants Committee in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Students in LIU’s Music Technology, Entrepreneurship and Production program are gaining media attention for their new music. Eagle News Online highlighted sophomore Faith Gara and junior Skylar Blaze Star. The duo goes by the name “Smokelines.” Sophomore Rosie Walters and graduate student Kamara Mohammed also released singles on iTunes.

Team BRKLYN INNOSEQ, led by LIU student Nini Fan, was accepted to ELabNYC, the largest life science accelerator on the East Coast. ELabNYC researchers collectively receive the second largest amount of funding from the National Institute of Health. The team’s groundbreaking MaMome app helps optimize the health of mothers and infants, during and after pregnancy, by providing tailored dietary advice.

The Sanford Institute of Philanthropy at Long Island University received Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) accreditation. CFRE is the hallmark of a rigorous, high-quality certificate program dedicated to setting premier standards in philanthropy for fundraising professionals.

Dr. Simone Martin-Howard, Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Healthcare Administration, received an Erasmus KA107 Higher Education grant from the European Union. Dr. Martin-Howard’s project, “Best Practices in Child Health Outcomes: Lessons from Policymakers and Migrants in Malta”, will document Malta’s child health agenda.`

Marjan Moghaddam, Associate Professor of Media Arts, was invited to Abbey Road Studios in London. The studio is known for pioneering music technologies and remains at the forefront of spatial, immersive sound and performative technologies.

The National Hockey League highlighted two players from the LIU women’s ice hockey team. The story, “Color of Hockey: Indigenous players making their mark,” profiled freshmen Saige McKay and and Carrigan Umpherville. Both players are from the Pimicikamak Cree Nation in northern Manitoba, Canada. Click here to read the article.

LIU’s Model UN team won the Distinguished Delegation Award at the National Model United Nations (NMUN) conference in Erfurt, Germany and met Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany.