<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/02-03/06-suny-investment-nursing-education.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>02/03/2026 03:00:00 AM</pubDate><title>$1M SUNY Investment Expands Nursing Education Pathways Statewide</title><sub-title/><description>Downstate and Old Westbury continue to strengthen their long-standing collaboration to expand access to high-demand healthcare careers, advancing academic pathways that help address critical workforce needs. Earlier agreements between the two institutions established direct academic pathways for eligible Old Westbury students into Downstate’s accelerated and graduate programs in nursing, physician assistant studies, and physical therapy.</description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/02-03/_images/oldwestbury.jpg" alt="logos"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/02-03/06-suny-investment-nursing-education.xml</loc><categories/></item>