The men’s hockey team took the ice and won its first-ever home games, defeating Assumption University 7-0 and Post University 6-1. Freshman Jordan Timmons led the Sharks with two goals in each game, while graduate student Jake Stevens totaled five assists in the contests.

The New York Times highlighted the extraordinary career of Byron Lewis ’53, a former member of the LIU Board of Trustees and the founder and chairman emeritus of UniWorld Group, the nation’s oldest Black-owned multicultural advertising agency. He is considered a pioneer in the advertising industry for convincing corporations to advertise to Black consumers.

Dina Simon ’01 was appointed by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to lead his new Pay Equity Cabinet aimed at fighting race- and gender-based wage disparities. Simon brings more than 20 years of senior leadership in city government offices including as an integral member of the Taskforce on Racial Equity and Inclusion.

The Roosevelt School and Global Service Institute at Long Island University brought together a robust lineup of distinguished scholars and leaders from October 20 to 22, including best-selling author and Fox & Friends Co-Host Brian Kilmeade ‘86, retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark, and former U.S. Congressman Steve Israel.

LIU Pharmacy joined top pharmacy schools around the country in the RAPID Alliance Medications 360 Study. Their goal is to transform how medications and vaccines are delivered in the U.S. Participating institutions will lead an effort to create strategies and a nationally prioritized research agenda from 2022 to 2031.

Men’s soccer sophomore Emil Jaaskelainen was named the Northeast Conference Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks after leading the Sharks to a six-game winning streak. Jaaskelainen’s 11 goals rank him first in the NEC and tied for the second-most goals in the nation.

Roy Anderson ’81 was named chief financial officer of Allied Esports Entertainment Inc., a global network of esports properties and content production facilities. He brings more than 30 years of accounting expertise to the role, most recently as a partner with the international firm Mazars.

Amanda Raquel Dorval, a student in the Palmer School of Library and Information Science, published her research paper “The Iraqui Ba’ath Archives: Collective Memory Loss and Authoritarian Nastalgia in the Post-Saddam Era” in the Penn State University Press. Dorval is a seven-year Air Force Veteran who served as a cryptologic Arabic language analyst.

Dr. Alexander More, associate professor and director of the Honors College, joined legendary intellectuals such as Charles Darwin as a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. The United Kingdom-based learned society has supported the world’s most relevant scientific expeditions since 1830. This honor will help Dr. More enhance his innovative research on climate change and environmental health.