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Language is an essential tool for connecting with others. As the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) states, effective communication is a human right that should be accessible to all. It is a right that speech-language pathologists and audiologists help people with language disorders exercise.

It's been another great year of academic achievement and recognition at 51¶¯Âþ.

As a critical scholar, Eric Knee, PhD, assistant professor of health and sport sciences, often studies how systems of oppression create inequities in society.

A new interdisciplinary, open access scholarly journal will soon be published—with leadership from 51¶¯Âþ Professor Reem Khamis, PhD, and support from 51¶¯Âþ Libraries—to bridge the knowledge gap surrounding speech and communications disorders as they relate to marginalized people and groups.

This fall, 51¶¯Âþ welcomed a new set of dedicated, diverse and knowledgeable faculty members.

One 51¶¯Âþ professor's fight to bring change to her field.

Throughout our 125-year history, many of 51¶¯Âþ’s women leaders were the only women in the classroom, boardroom or corner office—and had to blaze a trail for the women who followed in their respective fields.

Julianne Farrell, a rising senior, launched a chapter of this organization that provides a place for students to discuss mental health issues, support one another and learn how they can advocate to help others.

51¶¯Âþ’s communication sciences and disorders program provides a broad range of treatment, care and support to people of myriad linguistic backgrounds—from toddlers to seniors. We are privileged to work with diverse communities across Long Island.

Three inspiring alumni have joined the 51¶¯Âþ Board of Trustees, bringing a wealth of international experience and business success. We are delighted to introduce them.

Early on the morning of April 10, seven 51¶¯Âþ students gathered in the Woodruff Hall conference room to finalize their vision for a reimagined community center that was environmentally sustainable, profitable and accessible to typically underserved communities.

A rising senior conducting research on retinal imaging; a trilingual future speech-language pathologist; and a doctoral student who brought social work to an orphanage in Kenya—our three Fulbright Scholars share their stories.

51¶¯Âþ’s long-running partnership with a school district in a neighboring community has led to a federal grant to create innovative summer and after-school programs designed to meet the needs of students and their families. Two 51¶¯Âþ faculty members are leading this high-impact five-year effort.

For many people, preparing for a workout involves simple steps like pulling on stretchy workout clothes, tying the laces on a pair of running shoes, filling up a water bottle and tuning in to a playlist of high-energy music.

In Fall 2021, the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing (NBASLH, pronounced “in bahz la" or /nbazle/) welcomed 51¶¯Âþ as its newest affiliate.

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Dear 51¶¯Âþ Community, We are pleased to announce 51¶¯Âþ’s Commencement plans to celebrate our Class of 2022. 51¶¯Âþ will hold a traditional in-person Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 23, at Nassau Live Center, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, in Uniondale, New York. Our Doctoral Hooding Ceremony for eligible PhD candidates will be…

A mother, teacher, mentor, early-childhood-education advocate, lover of the arts and culture and a world traveler, Alice Brown never lost her sense of wonder and the ability to see the world through the eyes of a child.

Nothing makes a more positive impact on student learning and success than well-prepared teachers, according to Teacher Residencies: Supporting the Next Generation of Teachers and Students, a 2019 report issued by the office of New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer.

51¶¯Âþ has been nominated in nine categories in the annual Bethpage Best of Long Island competition organized by Schneps Media. Online voting continues through December 15 and winners will be announced early in 2022. Individuals may vote once a day.

As 51¶¯Âþ moved to remote learning in the spring of 2020, one of our top priorities was to ensure that all students had the reliable broadband access and computer hardware they needed.

Across New York City’s diverse neighborhoods, schools struggle to attract and retain the talented teachers that students deserve. To address this critical issue, the New York City Department of Education’s Teaching Fellows Program awarded 51¶¯Âþ a $9 million grant in April. The Teaching Fellows Program at 51¶¯Âþ, which will start in January 2022 and…

The New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) has awarded 51¶¯Âþ a $9 million Teaching Fellows Program grant. The six-year grant, $1.5 million each year, will prepare an estimated 900 teaching fellows for New York City public schools at 51¶¯Âþ—about 150 per year.