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SUNY Old Westbury is a dynamic and diverse public liberal arts college that fosters academic excellence through close interaction among students, faculty and staff. Old Westbury weaves the values of integrity, community engagement, and global citizenship into the fabric of its academic programs and campus life. In an environment that cultivates critical thinking, empathy, creativity and intercultural understanding, we endeavor to stimulate a passion for learning and a commitment to building a more just and sustainable world. The College is a community of students, teachers, staff, and alumni bound together in mutual support, respect, and dedication to the Mission.
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The Effects of Developmental Lead Poisoning on the Adult Rat's Freezing and Exploration Behaviors in a Hole Board Test
(SURC-2019 Farmingdale, 2019-04-26)Lead poisoning is a well-established neurotoxicant that produces developmental neuropathologies that persist across the lifespan. However, how these early neurodeveloprnental insults impair sensorimotor, emotional, and ... -
The Effects of Developmental Lead Exposure in the Rat on Brain Excitability Through in-vivo Seizure Susceptibility
(SURC-2019 Farmingdale, 2019-04-26)Developmental lead poisoning in the rat model has been shown to alter the influence that the GABAergic inhibitory system has in balancing brain excitability across the lifespan. The results of disrupted inhibitory systems ... -
Flanker Task Visual Eye Tracking Performance Measures: Assessment of Individual Disability Classifications Sensitivity Detection in Cumulative Response Learning and RT
(SURC-2019 Farmingdale, 2019-04-26)Individuals with disabilities often require accommodative technologies in order to help facilitate their leaning during their undergraduate college years. However, dependent upon the type of disability that an individual ... -
SUNY College at Old Westbury Promotional Video
(SUNY College at Old Westbury: Office of Communication; Office pf Publications & Audiovisual Media Center, 1990)We believe this video was recorded in the early part of the 1990's as a promotional video. People identified are: Alireza Ebrahimi, Thomas DelGiudice, Virgilija Remeza, Virgilija Remeza, Michael Leung, George Stefano, ... -
Developmental lead exposure alters rodent maternal pup retrieval disrupting adolescent social play
(2018-04)Developmental lead (Pb) exposure remains a valuable neurotoxicant rodent model of human environmentally induced cognitive disability, yet less is known about Pb-exposure on maternal pup care and its relationship to adolescent ... -
Characterizing visual eye tracking differences in students with and without disabilities: An assessment for predicting prescriptive visual accommodative technologies
(2018-04)The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 2011-2012, reported that 11% of undergraduate students are identified as having a disability. Nearly, 38% of students with disabilities are enrolled in 2-year institutions ... -
The effects of team win:loss ratio on individual motivation and performance
(2018-04)Athletes experience performance pressures to win competitions regardless of their team's Win:Loss ratio (W:L). However, little is known regarding how such pressures influence athlete's motivation. Prior studies have attempted ... -
A Guide to teaching Statistics and Research Methods II: Helping students with perceptual and physical disabilities
(2018-04)The purpose of this handbook is to give faculty, students and staff some insight on how to best help a student with a physical and/or perceptual disability. It is informed by my experiences learning to overcome just those ... -
Progress Report to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education
(SUNY Old Westbury, 2018-04-01)At its session on November 17, 2016, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education acted: To accept the Periodic Review Report, reaffirm accreditation and commend the institution for the quality of the periodic Review ... -
An Assessment of Low Level Lead Exposure on Encephalization and Cortical Quotients and its Relationships with Cortical Thinning & Neurodegeneration.
(2017)Lead (Pb) is a neurotoxin that causes lifelong cognitive dysfunction. Depending upon 1) gender, 2) the developmental time-period, and 3) the duration of Pb exposure, different patterns of brain damage may emerge during ... -
Parental Influence: Potential long-term effects of strict parenting
(2017)Although parental involvement in childhood can increase a child's academic success (Landers, Friedrick, Jawad & Miller, 2016), an authoritarian parenting style — characterized by strict enforcement of rules, a high degree ... -
Validating Visual Eye Tracking Technology to Assess Accommodative Technology for Students with Disabilities in Undergraduate Education
(2017)The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 2011-2012, reported that 11% of undergraduate students are identified as having a disability (i.e., 38% are enrolled in 2year vs 9.8% at 4-year institutions). Students ... -
Metastatic Cancer: The Migration of Cancerous Cells
(2016)Migration is a movement from one place to another and it occurs in every aspect of life. Migration is not bound by size. In a biological sense, it can be macroscopic with the seasonal movements of an animal species, or ... -
Low Level Lead Exposure Impairs Attentional Set Shifting Task Performance Depending Upon Sex and Developmental Periods of Exposure
(2016)Lead (Pb) is a well-known neurotoxin, that when exposed in early development causes lifelong cognitive dysfunction. Pb toxicity research focuses more on memory and motor disturbances and less on executive processes. Further, ... -
Verification of Compliance with Accreditation-Relevant Federal Regulations - 2016
(Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 2016-06-14)The following report provides a review of institutional materials submitted by SUNY Old Westbury to document compliance with accreditation-relevant federal regulations. This report provides verification to the Commission ... -
Reviewers Report of PRR - 2016
(Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 2016-08-01)Report to Faculty, Administrators, Trustees, Students of SUNY Old Westbury of analysis of the institution’s Periodic Review Report. -
SUNY Old Westbury Finance Associate’s Report - 2016
(, 2016-08)Finance Associate’s Report on the financial conditions of SUNY Old Westbury. -
Compliance Report - 2016
(Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 2016-07-08)Verification of Compliance with Accreditation - Relevant Federal Regulations. Reviewers report documenting eight categories of compliance. Final comments by the reviewer states: SUNY Old Westbury has done a good job of ... -
Combined Institutional Response - 2016
(2016-08-29)Letter to President of Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Elizabeth H. Sibolski from SUNY Old Westbury President, Calvin O. Butts, III. -
Reaffirmation Letter from Middle States Commission on Higher Education - 2016
(Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 2016-11-18)Letter of acceptance of SUNY Old Westbury's Periodic Review Report. This letter is from the chair of MSCHE, George A Pruitt, Phd to President of SUNY Old Westbury, Calvin O Butts III reaffirming accreditation. Enclosed in ...
