Deadline to submit nominations is January 22, 2025.

 

The Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry is now accepting nominations for the various achievement awards that will be presented at the ASCO Annual Business Meeting in June 2025.  

The Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO) announces Eye Opener Sessions, a complement to ASCO’s public awareness campaign, Optometry Gives Me Life.

ASCO’s Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Committee (IPRF) announces that ASCO’s IPECP Toolkit, A Guide to Effective Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Experiences in Optometric Education, has been updated and is available as an open-access document at https://optometriceducation.org/news-resources/ipe-toolkit/.

The Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry offers a Career Center resource, hosted by Boxwood.

Millions of Americans Experience Dry Eye Symptoms, Yet New National Survey Shows Sufferers Struggle to Find Relief

CooperVision Launches Fourth Consecutive Direct-to-Consumer Campaign to Increase Awareness and Engage Parents of Children with Myopia

Register for Free Webinar on Applications of Multimodal Imaging

Celebrating Over 53 Years

NIDEK Mirante SLO and SLO/OCT | The Ultimate Multimodal Imaging Platform

OCULUS Launches All-in-One Myopia Management & Ortho-K Fitting Solution

Join RevolutionEHR at Vision Expo West, September 19th-21st!

Compliance and Risk Management for Optometrists: Best Practices

Topcon Incorporates Advanced Digital Technology into the New IS-6500 Ophthalmic Instrument Stand

 

State-of-the-art instrument stand features a compact footprint, multi-functional touchscreen controls, and a sleek, modern design

VSP Vision, SOLN, and APME Announce 2024 Premier Student Business Challenge Winners

Dr. Fraser Horn, ASCO President and Dean of the Pacific University College of Optometry, will step down from his role as Dean in July 2025 and take a two-year leave from the university as he works to expand the profession globally.

The State University of New York Board of Trustees recently appointed Dr. David Troilo as president of SUNY College of Optometry. He is the 4th president to serve the state’s only college of optometry, following the retirement of Dr. David A. Heath after 17 years of dedicated service to the campus. Dr. Troilo’s appointment is effective immediately.

Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry (NSUCO) extends sincere congratulations to alumna, Dr. Shalonda McCallum, OD, MBA, who has been selected as the new president of the Broward County Optometric Association (BCOA).

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education has approved the merger of Salus University with Drexel University. As part of this approval effective June 30, 2024, Salus University’s non-academic, operational units became part of Drexel’s structure, pending additional approval by the United States Department of Education, specialized accreditors, and additional third parties. 

Dr. Melissa Zarn was recently named Chief of Vision Therapy and Rehabilitation Services at Southern College of Optometry.

The ceremonial red ribbon was cut in June just outside The Eye Institute, the clinical facility for the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Salus at Drexel University, for a brand-new Mobile Unit for Healthcare Resources vehicle.  

Safal Khanal, OD, PhD, FAAO, UAB School of Optometry assistant professor, was awarded the Irvin M. and Beatrice Borish Award from the American Academy of Optometry (AAO). This award recognizes an outstanding young scientist or clinician scientist who shows exceptional promise in conducting independent optometric research directly related to etiology, prevention, detection, diagnosis, or management of clinical eye disorders. 

Approximately 145 community members were able to receive free vision screenings and glasses, if needed at a daylong community outreach event at the Dr. Ala Stanford Center for Health Equity on the grounds of Deliverance Evangelistic Church in Philadelphia.  

The Chicago College of Optometry (CCO) held the sixth annual SEE (Summer Eye Experience) at Midwestern University on the Downers Grove Campus. The SEE event welcomed 52 attendees from Illinois and other states and U.S. territories including Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, and Guam.

The specialty lenses are used to slow the progression of myopia, or nearsightedness.

 

Practitioners across nearly every discipline are eager to see how AI might impact – or even help improve – their work. But one field that is following the emerging technology particularly closely is the world of health care.

The AOA is promoting the importance of comprehensive, in-person care from a Doctor of Optometry as an integral part of overall health and wellbeing with the latest iteration of the Eye Deserve More campaign – The Eye.

 

Prevent Blindness is excited to bring back the Art Therapy Program for a fall session this year, and we’d like to extend the invitation to Thyroid eye disease (TED) patients and their care partners to apply!  

The Vision Health Initiative (VHI) at the Division of Diabetes Translation announce its intention to recruit an ORISE fellow. Please share this information with interested individuals who may be suitable for this fellowship.