Recent News
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Arvind Chandna wins the William and Ruth Silverman Excellence in Community Partnerships Award
We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Arvind Chandna was awarded The Sliverman Award at the 24th Annual Lowenfeld-Akeson Early Years Symposium (2020) on... -
SKERI researcher awarded grant to study echolocation
Santani Teng, an Associate Scientist at Smith-Kettlewell , has been awarded a three-year grant from The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind and... -
Brandon Biggs brings his ideas for accessibility to SKERI
We’re excited to welcome Brandon Biggs to the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute. Brandon arrived in August to collaborate with Dr. Coughlan, Dr. Shen and... -
SKERI scientists release Tactile Graphics Helper app for free download
TGH (short for “Tactile Graphics Helper”) is a free iOS app from The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute that makes tactile graphics more accessible to... -
In Memoriam: William F. Crandall, Jr.
The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute mourns the loss of our colleague and friend, Dr. William F. Crandall, Jr. Bill, as he was known, passed away over... -
Smith-Kettlewell Hosts International Symposium at CLADE Meeting
On April 7, 1966, ophthalmologists, orthoptists, and ophthalmic technologists from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Venezuela met in the Province of... -
Jampolsky Fellows Reunion
On Thursday, July 27, 2017, the 43 rd annual reception for the opening of the Jampolsky Fellows Reunion was held at the Fairmont Hotel on Nob Hill, San... -
Relaunch of YouDescribe
On May 18, 2017, in honor of the sixth Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), Smith-Kettlewell relaunched the award- winning YouDescribe with new features... -
Dr. Preeti Verghese Awarded NEI Grant
Congratulations to Senior Scientist, Preeti Verghese, Ph.D., who was awarded a four-year grant from the National Eye Institute to study ways of assisting... -
DescribeAthon 17 'Marathon'
On January 26, 2017, in San Francisco, the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute’s Rehabilitation and Engineering Research Center (RERC) hosted DescribeAthon...