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New York Sea Grant’s Rapid Response to COVID-19

New York Sea Grant (NYSG) is rolling out some COVID-19 rapid response projects to assist New York’s coastal users. Beach Safely is a new summer-long social media campaign that helps to remind beachgoers to stay safe and...

July 10, 2020

4 min read

Coming Back Safe and Strong Community COVID-19 News Highlights

Governor Issues COVID-19 Travel Advisory

In an effort to help contain the coronavirus, Governor Cuomo is currently requiring a 14-day self-quarantine upon entering New York State from certain states.

July 4, 2020

2 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Community COVID-19 Faculty/Staff Long Island News Highlights Stony Brook Matters

Stony Brook Medicine Experts Share Pool Safety Advice During COVID-19

Pool safety requires a different mindset this year. Dr. Sharon Nachman shares why children and families should be able to enjoy swimming this summer.

July 2, 2020

4 min read

Photos Courtesy Staller Center for the Arts and Wider Film Projects

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Stony Brook Film Festival Offers Free Screening and Live Q&A

The screening of "God Knows Where I Am" will be held on July 25 at 8 pm and features a Q&A with actress Lori Singer and directors Jedd and Todd Wider.

July 2, 2020

2 min read

Community Long Island News Highlights

Explore This Summer’s Camp Options at SBU

Looking for educational and fun summer camp experiences for your children? Check out the recently updated Neighbor’s Guide Camp information page.

June 22, 2020

1 min read

This photo, taken by Professor Nagasawa on June 12 in Soho, reflects the incident in Central Park when police were called on black birdwatcher Christian Cooper.

Arts & Entertainment Community Diversity Events Faculty/Staff

Get Ready to Paint for Change in Soho with Art 2♥️

This Saturday you are invited to join Professor Nobuho Nagasawa and SBU students in lower Manhattan to paint storefronts as part of a group of artists welcoming change.

June 18, 2020

3 min read

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Student Groups Use Spring Break to Help Hospitals Get PPE

SBU's Alternative Spring Break Outreach partnered with fraternities Phi Delta Epsilon and Iota Nu Delta to raise money for hospitals in need of PPE.

June 12, 2020

4 min read

Dr. Richard Rugen, Gloria Rocchio, and Michael Colucci from the Ward Melville Heritage Organization met with Stony Brook University Hospital’s CEO Carol Gomes to present a donation of eyeglass defogger packets from Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Skidmore, Senior Vice President at Marchon Eyewear.

Community COVID-19 Long Island Medicine

Clearer Glasses Are in View

For people who wear glasses, wearing a mask can mean fogged lenses and limited visibility. Thanks to a donation of eyeglass defogger from Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Skidmore, hospital employees can now see better. Mr...

June 9, 2020

1 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Community Diversity President Stony Brook Matters University

University Issues Statement on Death of George Floyd

We want to reiterate and reinforce Stony Brook’s commitment to inclusion and acceptance of all who seek to work and study on our campus.

June 2, 2020

2 min read

Arts & Entertainment Community COVID-19 Events News Highlights

Stony Brook Film Festival Postponed

With continued concerns surrounding the novel coronavirus, Staller Center is looking to the fall for a new date for the Festival, which was scheduled for July 16-25, 2020.

May 29, 2020

2 min read

Community COVID-19 Faculty/Staff Long Island On Campus

Stony Brook Child Care Receives Flower Donation for Service to Hospital Workers

In late April, Stony Brook Child Care Center received a flower donation from local grower John Cannarelli, owner of Bay Gardens in East Moriches, as a show of appreciation for their valuable contribution during this...

May 29, 2020

2 min read

Community COVID-19 Featured Story Long Island Service

Caring Through the Crisis

Stony Brook Child Care Services Steps Up to Assist Frontline Workers When New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the New York State on PAUSE executive order, providing guidelines on which businesses could remain open...

May 29, 2020

10 min read

Pano Sourlis (left) and Vincent DeStefano (right) with donations from local school districts they delivered to the Wang Center for Stony Brook University Hospital's frontline workers.

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Graduating Seawolves Rally to Help Frontline Fighters

If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything it is that our students are amazingly resilient. In defiance of all the difficulties they have faced, the Class of 2020 has chosen to rise up and continue to make a...

May 20, 2020

4 min read

Community COVID-19 University

Interim President Shares Guidance on Return-to-Workplace Issues

Interim President Michael A. Bernstein has has issued a communication providing preliminary information and guidance on issues surrounding an eventual return to the workplace. The message reads as follows: It has been...

May 14, 2020

2 min read

Awards and Honors Community News Highlights Student Spotlight Sustainability

SBU is First Place Winner in E-Waste Category of RecycleMania Competition

Stony Brook University collected over 112,506 lbs. of e-waste throughout RecycleMania, earning its place as the winner of the competition in that category, for total amount recycled. The e-waste collected is the trash...

May 13, 2020

4 min read

Sibling doctors Karen and Kevin Tsai following Kevin’s graduation from the Renaissance School of Medicine.

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Sibling Alumni Go the Extra Mile to Fight COVID-19

Karen Tsai, MD ’17 and Kevin Tsai, MD ‘19 volunteer for DonatePPE.org, which has donated more than 1.2 million PPE to hospitals in COVID hotspots.

May 13, 2020

5 min read

Community Wellness

Let’s Get Virtual: Stony Brook University Moves Fitness Classes Online

Recreation and Wellness (RAW) has moved to virtual classes so students can work out without having to go out. Classes range from stretching and conditioning to strenuous workouts like cardio kickboxing. Students also...

May 8, 2020

2 min read

Stony Brook's Diversity Professional Leadership program and YAI staff

Community Diversity Long Island Student Spotlight

Students Take Steps into Professional World Through Partnership with YAI

Students from the Career Center’s Diversity Professional Leadership Network (DPLN) program toured YAI‘s Brentwood Multi-Service Center in Long Island on March 6. YAI is a non-for-profit organization that...

May 6, 2020

3 min read

Category: Community

New York Sea Grant’s Rapid Response to COVID-19

Governor Issues COVID-19 Travel Advisory

Stony Brook Medicine Experts Share Pool Safety Advice During COVID-19

Stony Brook Film Festival Offers Free Screening and Live Q&A

Explore This Summer’s Camp Options at SBU

Get Ready to Paint for Change in Soho with Art 2♥️

Student Groups Use Spring Break to Help Hospitals Get PPE

Clearer Glasses Are in View

University Issues Statement on Death of George Floyd

Stony Brook Film Festival Postponed

Stony Brook Child Care Receives Flower Donation for Service to Hospital Workers

Caring Through the Crisis

Graduating Seawolves Rally to Help Frontline Fighters

Interim President Shares Guidance on Return-to-Workplace Issues

SBU is First Place Winner in E-Waste Category of RecycleMania Competition

Sibling Alumni Go the Extra Mile to Fight COVID-19

Let’s Get Virtual: Stony Brook University Moves Fitness Classes Online

Students Take Steps into Professional World Through Partnership with YAI

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