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Bestselling author Alice Hoffman ’73, ’02 (Hon.), launches an event to celebrate storytelling and the power of the imagination.

Members of Â鶹¹ú²ú¾«Æ·â€™s Class of 2024 celebrated their accomplishments surrounded by family and friends at the University’s 128th Commencement ceremony on May 21 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.

A history major looks at how the Â鶹¹ú²ú¾«Æ· community—and everyone—can all honor Native American heritage, culture and history this month and year-round.

The new Journal of Critical Study of Communication and Disability is paving the way for open, global communication built on equity.

A new interdisciplinary, open access scholarly journal will soon be published—with leadership from Â鶹¹ú²ú¾«Æ· Professor Reem Khamis, PhD, and support from Â鶹¹ú²ú¾«Æ· Libraries—to bridge the knowledge gap surrounding speech and communications disorders as they relate to marginalized people and groups.

Open access is the concept of making scholarly, peer-reviewed literature available online without barriers such as access charges.

Taking Spanish at the Wantagh, New York, high school was “serendipity," said Laraine Fletcher '61, PhD, a longtime anthropology professor at Â鶹¹ú²ú¾«Æ·. It was the decision of a lifetime.

In Fall 2022 Â鶹¹ú²ú¾«Æ· opened the new Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Works to further our emphasis on and support of student research.

Â鶹¹ú²ú¾«Æ·â€™s communication sciences and disorders program provides a broad range of treatment, care and support to people of myriad linguistic backgrounds—from toddlers to seniors. We are privileged to work with diverse communities across Long Island.

There's something different about Swirbul Library: The wall at the entrance, outside the Innovation Center, has gone from blank to brilliant, displaying a stunning mural, courtesy of the Department of Art and Art History, specifically the Mural Arts Workshop class.

Unique to Â鶹¹ú²ú¾«Æ·, the Viret Family Faculty Leadership Fellows Program develops aspiring University administrators and leaders. Paris-based donor Lionel Viret ’95 established this innovative program with a $1 million donation. (This year's Fellows, above.)

Medicare. Civil rights. The Watergate hearings. The Camp David Accords. The Taiwan Relations Act.

Â鶹¹ú²ú¾«Æ· Libraries are happy to introduce you to our updated website. Over the last 10 months, we worked together with the Web Development and Digital Strategy team to design our new website with you, our users, in mind. We hope you find it easy to use.

Â鶹¹ú²ú¾«Æ· has been awarded the 2021 Digital Inclusion Grant from internet and software services provider Kajeet. The grant comes with the provision of free internet connectivity hardware and managed service on Kajeet's platform, Sentinel.

Eugene Neely, former dean of libraries and a full-time professor in University Archives and Special Collections, passed away earlier this year.

Â鶹¹ú²ú¾«Æ· Libraries has acquired 46 prints by the renowned photojournalist Peter Turnley, whose work has been featured in some of the world’s most prestigious publications, including Newsweek, National Geographic, LIFE and Harper’s Magazine. The collection, donated to the University art collection by three anonymous donors, will be available for individual viewing and instructional purposes.…

Â鶹¹ú²ú¾«Æ·'s University Center art gallery is back and better than ever.

Over the past 20 years, sources of knowledge have rapidly increased. In addition to traditional media and library collections, we can find information in blogs, social media, Wikipedia, big data, Zoom Rooms and Google Hangouts, among many other sources. With this expansion come questions on how we create, obtain and share knowledge and how we make knowledge accessible while respecting privacy.

Â鶹¹ú²ú¾«Æ· created a new, state-of-the-art Innovation Center designed to enable students of all disciplines to collaboratively solve problems with real-world projects.

Violeta Ilik made time to answer some questions about her past accomplishments and her thoughts about her new job, what Â鶹¹ú²ú¾«Æ· has to offer and how the University's library system can grow.

Â鶹¹ú²ú¾«Æ· Libraries is launching a new library services platform from vendor Ex Libris that will make organizing and accessing library resources easier.

Â鶹¹ú²ú¾«Æ· Libraries offers Kanopy, a streaming video platform that covers documentaries and educational and popular films for all students, staff and faculty.

Some of you may have noticed newly installed equipment in one of the first-floor accessible restrooms located in Swirbul Library. The Student Access Office (SAO) recently advocated for the installation of a device referred to as a Hoyer Lift system.