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Iona College, NewYork-Presbyterian Team For New Health School At Former Concordia Campus Iona College, NewYork-Presbyterian Team For New Health School At Former Concordia Campus
Iona College, NewYork-Presbyterian Team For New Health School At Former Concordia Campus Iona College is making good use of its new campus at the former site of Concordia College in Westchester, teaming with NewYork-Presbyterian to establish a new school of health sciences. Officials announced the new union on Thursday, July 22, with the NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences to be located on Iona’s campus on White Plains Road in Bronxville. Earlier story - Concordia College To Cease Operation, Iona College To Take Over Campus, Provide Education The new school was made largely possible with a $20 million gift from NewYork-Presbyterian. It is expected to begin clas…
COVID-19: Iona College Goes Remote After Outbreak Of 60 New Cases COVID-19: Iona College Goes Remote After Outbreak Of 60 New Cases
Covid-19: Iona College Goes Remote After Outbreak Of 60 New Cases There has been an outbreak of COVID-19 at Iona College that has been to a single event. New Rochelle officials warned that there have been more than 60 confirmed COVID-19 cases, confined to the student body, with no indication of a spread to the community. In response, Iona has been working with Westchester County and the state to contact trace and quarantine the affected students.  The college is also transitioning to remote learning for at least two weeks amid the outbreak. “Late last week, Iona’s surveillance testing identified an uptick in positive COVID-19 cases among certain at…
Rick Pitino Coming Home To New York As Iona College Basketball Coach Rick Pitino Coming Home To New York As Iona College Basketball Coach
Rick Pitino Coming Home To New York As Iona College Basketball Coach Rick Pitino's college basketball coaching comeback will be made in his native New York. Pitino, the only coach to lead three different schools to the Final Four, was fired as University of Louisville head coach in September 2017 after he was implicated in a federal investigation involving bribes to recruits. On Saturday, March 14, a day after announcing 10-year coach Tim Clueless had resigned due to health reasons, Iona College in New Rochelle has named Pitino as its new head coach. Pitino, a New York City native who attended high school on Long Island at St. Dominic in Oyster Ba…