The Illinois College of Optometry is one of the world’s leading urban optometric institutions. Located in Chicago, ICO resides in the educational and healthcare corridor along with the University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois Institute of Technology, and Mercy Medical Centers.
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Being an active member of the AOSA enhances your experience as a student and ensures a better future not only for your personal success, but also for the optometry profession as a whole. Watch below as the AOSA Executive Council and Trustees talk about the perspective of the profession that the AOSA provides students, along […]
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We’ve already written plenty of articles about why and how students benefit from attending trade shows and conferences, now we’d like to present to you video we shot on the exhibit hall floor at Vision Expo West, with optometrists, industry execs and company reps telling you how your experience at these conferences will benefit you
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DID YOU KNOW? The United States has incarcerated more people than any other country in the world. Currently, there are approximately 2 million inmates in state, federal and private prisons across the country. To put this into perspective, the United States holds 25 percent of the world’s prison population, but only 5 percent of the
The Unconventional Optometrist: Eye Care Behind Bars Read More »
Here’s the next article in our School in Focus series, which has given you a unique inside look at student life at optometry schools across the country! This article was written by Illinois College of Optometry students Jamie Blavat and Maggie Alcesto, both members of the Class of 2017 and on the ICO AOSA Council.
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The CooperVision Adopt-a-Patient™ program is a fantastic way for you the improve your patients’ vision and change their lives in the process. It’s easy: if you have a patient in need of contact lenses, but otherwise can’t afford them, submit an email with the patient info to CooperVision and your patient receives a free year’s worth
CooperVision Adopt-a-Patient Program Winner! YOU Should be Next! Read More »
Vision Expo West (VEW) is here! Look for our OS.com team, we’ll be roaming the exhibit hall, shooting video and looking for students to give away our adorable plush eyeballs (pic below) and an iPad (and you’ll definitely see us at the parties at night!)! Entering to win the iPad is easy. Film any short
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Here’s a fantastic collection of low vision articles full of insightful tips, clinical pearls and very useful info all-around from our Senior Low Vision Journalist and new grad Tyler Phan. Tyler (pictured bottom-right at AAO), a student from Western University College of Optometry, is now a Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation resident at SUNY. We’d like to thank
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Remember how it felt to be a 1st year optometry student? The excitement, the nerves…the massive amounts of anatomy! The Illinois College of Optometry’s communications team put together this very entertaining video capturing all these moments, but with the children of ICO staff and faculty as the wide-eyed 1st years! Take a look at the
Remember How it Felt As a 1st Year Optometry Student? Ahh, Memories… Read More »
I’m sure many of you have read the recent article in the Onion titled, “LensCrafters, Pearle Vision Agree To Prisoner Exchange.” You know what you’re going to get with Onion articles, so I took it for what it was and thought the article was hilarious. At the same time though, it got me thinking (as
Onion Article Paints Scary Future for Optometry, How Will You Overcome? Read More »
We had another amazing trip to Optometry’s Meeting this summer in Philly! Thanks so much to everyone who stopped by our kiosk, hung out and played some Nintendo Wii. We’d also like to thank all those who submitted videos and photos illustrating the OM experience in Philly for our Instagram Social Media Contest. Congrats to
Optometry’s Meeting 2014 Instagram Contest Winner! Read More »
