Direct costs awarded from July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024 for research at ASCO member institutions declined approximately 12%, from about $40 million in 2022-23 to about $35.3 million in 2023-24, according to ASCO’s latest Research Survey Report. $18.8 million came from the National Eye Institute (down from $21.3 million), $9.8 million from industry (down from $12 million), and $2.3 million from private foundations (down from $2.7 million.)

Deadline to submit essays is February 18, 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.

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

Seeing Clearly: A Baby’s First Glimpse of the World

Allergan is now AbbVie — Your Vision. Our Mission.

Changing a Young Life Through the Gift of Clear Vision

Register for Free Webinar on Maximizing SPECTRALIS in the Detection and Interpretation of Ocular Biomarkers

Johnson & Johnson Appoints Shawn Millerick President, Vision Care, Americas

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

One Step Closer to a Career in Private Practice

UDM takes a bold step forward to help train the next generation of optometry professionals

and fill the regional need for optometrists throughout the country

Did you know Dr. Nicole C. Ross, OD, MSc, FAAO, Dipl. AAO (LV) is not only an Associate Professor at NECO, an Optometrist at Perkins School for the Blind and The Carroll Center for the Blind, but also a PhD student at Northeastern University?

As president of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO), Salus at Drexel University chapter of the Student Optometric Service to Humanity (SOSH), Nicole Trifilio ‘26OD, alongside Vice President Mariam Majid ‘26OD, found the group’s recent service trip to Jamaica particularly meaningful.  

 

Dr. Elise Harb from the Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science co-authored a guest editorial in the Optometry and Vision Science (OVS) journal.

NECO recently participated in a Congressional briefing to support the Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act.

NECO student named the top 3 student authors and is awarded a $1500 travel grant to the Global Specialty Lens Symposium and present her winning poster on "Debilitating Ocular Surface Diseases Managed With Scleral Lenses."

The new year brings new leadership changes to SCO’s Clinical Programs. Effective January 1, Dr. Scott Ensor has been promoted to Vice President for Clinical Programs, overseeing clinical operations in partnership with our clinical directors.

Just before he graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Kurt Moody, OD ‘83, FAAO, received a phone call from Joseph Pugliese, MD, an ophthalmologist from his hometown.   

 

WestGroupe, a leading optical company that has provided unique and superior quality eyewear for over 60 years, has generously donated $30,000 toward a new satellite campus in Emeryville, CA, that is currently being built by UC Berkeley’s Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science.

Submissions Accepted February 1 - May 15, 2025

 

Third- and fourth-year students who are involved in patient care are invited to submit a written patient case study to the American Board of Optometry (ABO). The case study should be based on a clinical case where the student has been involved in the diagnosis and/or management of the patient.