Campus / Campus News / Review
Photo: WGSS OW Rainbow kicked off the semester with the first of many meetings on Monday, February 5. The club provides a safe space, spreading awareness, and letting for LGBTQ+ voices be heard without suppression. Sapphire is the new president of OW Rainbow. Sapphire is a non-binary criminology major now […]
Campus / feature3 / Review
SUNY Old Westbury’s Politics Economics and Law Club brought pizza and politics together on Tuesday, February 6. The discussion focused on political polarization and media bias with Andrew Mattson, a faculty member from American Studies, and more than thirty hungry students. Is the world more divided than ever? Is social […]
Campus / feature3 / profile
DJ Sandra Dee in the OWWR Live Studio. Photo Credit: Host of St. James Infirmary, Michael J. Mand. Sandra Cerrone, commonly known as DJ Sandra Dee, is a community volunteer at SUNY Old Westbury’s radio station, OWWR. In addition to hosting and DJing her show, SweetBeatz, Cerrone plays an integral […]
International / Media
This Week on New Media Beat: South Korea: K-pop Idols Luring Teens to Luxury. Ireland: Did MMA Star Conor McGregor’s Tweets Fuel Violence? China: Chinese Games for Chinese Gamers? Australia: No TikTok on Government Devices. Cuba: Press Freedom Today? New Media Beat covers media news from around the world. NMB is a production of […]
Campus / Campus News / feature2
On November 30, SUNY Old Westbury announced the fellows for the new STEAM initiative. “The STEAM initiative was created because we realized how important science and technology-oriented programs are to our students,” said Mike Kavic, Assistant Provost for Research and Strategic Academic Initiatives. Kavic says that he pushed for an interactive […]
Campus / feature1
Recently, SUNY Old Westbury has been expanding its opportunities for students by adding a new performing arts class. Teresa Fellion taught the “The Culturally Diverse Language of Dance’’ course offered this semester. This new class teaches the history and meanings behind the dances that have made an impact on numerous […]
International / Media / News
This Week on New Media Beat: Gaza: How many journalists have been killed? Canada: Why Is the Government Worried About TikTok? Australia: Can the Government Stop Cybercrime? Iran: Any Chance of a Free Press? Ukraine: Can Reporters Report Safely? South Africa: Are Journalists Under Attack? South Korea: Is President Yoon Taking Over the Korean […]
International / Media
This Week on New Media Beat: South Korea: Singing in English? Is that K-Pop? United Kingdom: Will the Online Safety Act Protect the People? Italy: How Big is Social? Türkiye: Any Chance of a Free Press? New Media Beat covers media news from around the world. NMB is a production of […]
Campus / Sports
In November, the SUNY Old Westbury Athletics Department appointed Max Finkelstein as the new athletics communications director. Finkelstein’s responsibilities will include overseeing and reporting on all 12 athletic teams at SUNY Old Westbury. According to the Old Westbury Panthers website, Finkelstein spent the last two years working in the Athletics […]
Campus / profile
On the top floor of the New Academic Building, Professor Kyle Anderson teaches classes on modern Middle Eastern history here on SUNY Old Westbury’s campus. He teaches courses focusing on Islamic civilization and has written a book about the role of British colonialism in the 1919 Egyptian revolution. This information […]