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May 6, 2025 President's Bulletin

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Dr Riley

A Message from President Riley

by Office of the President - May 6 , 2025

As the academic year ends, I extend my heartfelt congratulations to the graduating Class of 2025. Your resilience, discipline, and hard work have brought you to this defining milestone of the walk across the stage and the beginning of your professional...

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Transforming Occupational Therapy Training

by Office of the President - May 6 , 2025

At Downstate, the Occupational Therapy Program deepens its decade-long partnership with Adapt Community Network—formerly United Cerebral Palsy of New York—by giving students direct access to individuals living with disabilities. Through this...

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Tags: Occupational Therapy Program

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Say “Yes” to Organ Donation

by Office of the President - May 6 , 2025

In March, Governor Kathy Hochul signed a new law, supported by LiveOnNY, to expand public education about organ donation across New York State. According to the New York State Donor Registry, nearly 10,000 New Yorkers are waiting for a transplant....

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Tags: Division of Transplantation, Kidney

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Conversations about Purpose, Empowerment, and Psychiatry

by Office of the President - May 6 , 2025

We are excited to share the news that Ramaswamy Viswanathan, M.D., Dr.Med.Sc., as President of the American Psychiatric Association, will take the national stage at the APA 2025 Annual Meeting for two extraordinary conversations about health, leadership,...

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Tags: Psychiatry

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Changing What We Know About Alcoholism

by Office of the President - May 6 , 2025

More than 35 years ago, Downstate’s Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Lab launched a groundbreaking study on alcohol use disorders. The result, the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA), continues to shape our understanding of addiction,...

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Tags: Psychiatry, Research

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Earth Day Groove in the Grove

by Office of the President - May 6 , 2025

What began as a single Earth Day table in the Atrium is now an annual campus-wide event. This year, more than 800 students, faculty, and staff gathered in the Grove to mark the occasion with activities focused on environmental awareness and sustainab...

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Tags: Campus Events, Events

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Lifting Every Voice for Downstate

by Office of the President - May 6 , 2025

Congratulations to Meliah McPhie, a student in Downstate’s School of Public Health student and a Brooklyn resident, who was recently recognized for her powerful op-ed supporting Downstate, published in the BK Reader.

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Tags: School of Public Health

Shout Outs

Shout Outs

by Office of the President - May 6 , 2025

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In Case You Missed it

In Case You Missed It

by Office of the President - May 6 , 2025

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