<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/05-19/05-downstate-expands-training-through-spnsor-program.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>05/19/2026 06:30:00 AM</pubDate><title>Downstate Expands National Mentorship and Research Training Through NIH-Funded SPNSOR Program</title><sub-title/><description>Downstate recently welcomed a new cohort of rising biomedical researchers from across the country through its NIH-funded Structured Professional Networks for Successful Outcomes in Research (SPNSOR) program.</description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="https://www.downstate.edu/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/05-19/_images/spnsr-gallery-1.jpg" alt="SPNSOR Group Photo"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/05-19/05-downstate-expands-training-through-spnsor-program.xml</loc><categories/></item>