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STAY HOMEcoming: A Virtual Celebration, October 1 – 10

Even a pandemic can’t stop the Seawolves spirit. While our traditional Homecoming can’t be held in person this year, Stony Brook University will present STAY HOMEcoming, ten days of (mostly) virtual events created to...

September 28, 2020

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SBDC, Business Students Team Up to Help Local Firms Cope with Pandemic

By employing student research assistants from the College of Business and Center of Entrepreneurial Finance (CEF), the Stony Brook Small Business Development Center (SBDC) developed a small business recovery and...

September 28, 2020

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Community COVID-19 Long Island Student Spotlight

Stony Brook Student Leaders Participate in Statewide COVID-19 Virtual Town Hall

The virtual panel discussed ways that college students could support their campus and greater college town communities in managing the pandemic this semester.

September 24, 2020

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Virtual Stony Brook Film Festival Opens September 10

Annual event will show 24 films over 12 weeks; passes available now Independent film lovers can still get their fix of top features from around the world when the now-virtual Stony Brook Film Festival opens on September...

September 4, 2020

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Coming Back Safe and Strong Community

Surveillance Testing Update Released

The University has released a message to West Campus students, faculty and staff regarding proactive surveillance testing for COVID-19. The message reads as follows: As part of our program of proactive surveillance...

August 28, 2020

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SB Medicine Supports Healthcare Workers’ Mental Health

Stony Brook Medicine implemented a series of mental health support initiatives during the pandemic, ranging from creating a respite area to holding virtual mindfulness sessions.

August 20, 2020

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With face masks and other personal protective equipment ending up on sidewalks and other outdoor spaces, a seasonal campaign goes beyond encouraging citizens to break the single-use plastic habit by using reusable bags and bottles at the beach and local park. #DontTrashLISound reminds folks to discard #PPElitter in a secure trash can. Credit: Judy Benson / Connecticut Sea Grant

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#DontTrashLISound: Summer 2020 Social Media Campaign Focuses on PPEs

This year’s campaign centers on discarded face masks, disposable gloves and other PPE that are ending up on sidewalks, parks and other outdoor spaces instead of in the trash.

August 14, 2020

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ECE faculty and graduate students during the WISE virtual camp

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WISE Holds Virtual Summer Camp for Middle Schoolers

WISE teamed up with Electrical and Computer Engineering and iCREATE to provide kids with a virtual platform to express their inner engineer and STEM creativity.

August 7, 2020

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2020 Stony Brook Film Festival Goes Virtual

Annual event partners with IndieFlix to show 24 films over 12 weeks The show must go on. The Stony Brook Film Festival, presented by Island Federal — which annually features top independent films from across the globe —...

July 27, 2020

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Third Social Justice Virtual Town Hall is July 29

The next Social Justice Virtual Town Hall, "Health Care Disparities: The COVID-19 Pandemic," will be held on Wednesday, July 29, from 3 pm to 4:30 pm EDT.

July 27, 2020

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Davis at the English Department's Spring 2020 Text & Tea event.

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Grad Student Promotes Water Advocacy Through Experiential Course

Sarah Fisher Davis, a PhD candidate in the Department of English at Stony Brook University, is looking to train Long Island college and high school students to become local water activists and citizen science...

July 17, 2020

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Community Wellness

Join the Wellness Walking Challenge

Healthier U has partnered with WUSB radio to bring the 2020 "Ready, Set, Move!" Wellness Walking Challenge to the Seawolves community starting July 20.

July 13, 2020

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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 13, 2020

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Community COVID-19 Long Island Medicine

Cultivating Gratitude

Mary Jeanne Ramos and her husband, Peter Schweitzer, of West Sayville created more than 100 kitchen garden bags for frontline hospital workers across Long Island as a way of showing gratitude. Included in their donation...

July 10, 2020

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

NYSG provides important information that businesses, educators, landowners and other stakeholders can use during the pandemic.

July 10, 2020

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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

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