Registration is now open for International Vision Expo East, which will take place March 19-22, 2015, in New York City. Attendees are invited to register for and experience the following events: • Optometry students: Optometry students can receive free registration, attend targeted programs and enter to win a travel grant to attend International Vision Expo […]
Southern College of Optometry (SCO) has acquired a mobile eye exam unit from S.A.V.E. (School Advocates for Vision and Education), a nonprofit organization founded in 2008 to increase access to services for children failing to receive needed follow-up care after an in-school vision screening. Prior to the acquisition, the unit was funded by support from […]
Marshall B. Ketchum University (MBKU) opened its 10th Annual Shared Visions Art Exhibit, which features the work of blind and visually impaired artists. This year’s juried art exhibit includes 93 pieces of artwork from 32 artists from the United States, Canada and Sweden. The pieces were selected from 142 entries. The opening of the exhibit, […]
This past fall, the first class of 10 students began the new Scholars Program at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University (PCO). The program is the first in the nation designed to enable students to complete the Doctor of Optometry degree program in 36 months. The unique curriculum emphasizes lecture and laboratory instruction, […]
Construction of the Alfred and Sarah Rosenbloom Center on Vision and Aging at the Illinois College of Optometry (ICO) Illinois Eye Institute is nearly complete. The center was established in 2012 by former ICO president Dr. Alfred Rosenbloom and his wife, Sarah, to provide unparalleled care to the aging population and patients with visual impairment. […]
We are all extremely busy during our academic year, which in modern optometric education is the exact same number of months as the calendar year (plus a few more if you are tenure-track!). In the midst of our normal activities, we are often invited to participate in outside meetings, which require doing our homework (preparation), […]
During a reception in November, VSP Global announced the 44 recipients of the 2014 Practice Excellence Scholarships. The scholarship program awarded a total of $166,000 to 44 top-performing fourth-year optometry students attending schools and colleges in the continental United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. Criteria for receiving one of the scholarships included the student’s commitment […]
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. launched 1-Day Acuvue Define Brand Contact Lenses with Lacreon Technology, a new category of eye-enhancement contact lenses that accentuate natural beauty while helping to support a healthy eye. The lenses, already the number-one beauty contact lens in Asia, are now available at a limited number of independent eye doctors’ […]
Bausch + Lomb has created and filled two new positions. As Directors of Professional Strategy, Todd Love and Dr. Jill Saxon will coordinate the company’s eyecare professional outreach efforts across the Vision Care business through a wide range of initiatives, including strengthening support of the schools and colleges of optometry across the nation. They join […]
Topcon has unveiled its new, fully automatic TRC-NW400 Non-Mydriatic Retinal Camera. Using the TRC-NW400, operators do not need to spend time aligning, centering, focusing or capturing color retinal images because the unit automatically performs these steps once the camera is positioned in front of the eye. It also automatically travels from one eye to the […]
