Chancellor Malatras Statement on SUNY’s Mass Vaccination Sites Beginning Today at Binghamton University, University at Buffalo, and SUNY Poly in Utica
January 19, 2021
"In 2021, progress is being seen on SUNY campuses as more and more of our colleges and universities are opening up space for state and local officials to administer vaccinations across our state. Today, Binghamton University, University at Buffalo, and the SUNY Polytechnic Institute campus in Utica are open for eligible New Yorkers to get their vaccine. These sites, as well as four other state-run campuses and 25 community-run institutions make up the SUNY network of vaccination centers to date, as well as our three SUNY hospitals that have used 100 percent of their allotment to vaccinate health care personnel. We are proud to be able to provide this resource for the people of New York State, and we will continue to do so with each vaccine delivery to our state. My thanks today to the presidents and their teams at Binghamton, UB and SUNY Poly for their ongoing partnership with their local communities to help protect New Yorkers from this virus."
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The State University of New York is the largest comprehensive system of higher education in the United States, and more than 95 percent of all New Yorkers live within 30 miles of any one of SUNY’s 64 colleges and universities. Across the system, SUNY has four academic health centers, five hospitals, four medical schools, two dental schools, a law school, the country’s oldest school of maritime, the state’s only college of optometry, and manages one US Department of Energy National Laboratory. In total, SUNY serves about 1.4 million students amongst its entire portfolio of credit- and non-credit-bearing courses and programs, continuing education, and community outreach programs. SUNY oversees nearly a quarter of academic research in New York. Research expenditures system-wide are nearly $1.1 billion in fiscal year 2023, including significant contributions from students and faculty. There are more than three million SUNY alumni worldwide, and one in three New Yorkers with a college degree is a SUNY alum. To learn more about how SUNY creates opportunities, visit suny.edu.
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