<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/downstate-update/2025/october/10-15-hispanic-heritage-month.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>10/15/2025 12:49:19 PM</pubDate><title>Hispanic Heritage Month Panel</title><sub-title/><description>Hispanic Heritage Month at SUNY Downstate closes with a candid, solutions-driven panel on Latino and underserved community leadership in public service, health equity, and access. Opening remarks convey greetings from President Wayne J. Riley and frame why health outcomes are shaped far beyond hospital walls—by factors such as housing, transportation, environmental justice, education, and trust. </description><author>Office of Communications &amp; Marketing</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/news-events/downstate-update/2025/october/_images/hispanic_heritage_month_discussion_2025_flyer_v6.jpg" alt="HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH Panel"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/news-events/downstate-update/2025/october/10-15-hispanic-heritage-month.xml</loc><tags><tag>Commemorative Months</tag></tags><categories/></item>