03/31/2026 01:00:00 AMDownstate welcomed more than 50 high school students in grades 9–12 from across New York City for the Black Men in White Coats (BMWC), a national initiative to increase diversity in medicine, in partnership with the Kings Against Violence Initiative (KAVI), a hospital-based violence prevention program. Office of the President/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/03-31/09-white-coat.xmlSchool of Health Professions