SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher To Deliver Budget Testimony
February 5, 2016
Albany – State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher will deliver budget testimony Monday at a joint hearing of the State Senate Finance Committee and State Assembly Ways & Means Committee.
Testimony is OPEN PRESS and will be held as follows:
Date: Monday, Feb. 8
Time: 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: Legislative Office Building, Hearing Room B
198 State Street
Testifying alongside Chancellor Zimpher will be University at Albany President Robert J. Jones, Monroe Community College President Anne M. Kress, and SUNY Potsdam President Kristin Esterberg.
About the State University of New York
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 $1.16 billion in fiscal year 2024, 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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