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Chris Tanaka has been elected to the board for the Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals.

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Chris Tanaka Elected to Board of National LGBTQ* Higher Education Organization

Chris Tanaka ’07, ’10, Assistant Director of LGBTQ* Services, has been elected to the board for the Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals, a national organization that aims to advance LGBTQ*...

July 15, 2019

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Camara Guèye (b. 1968, Bignona), Village Promenade (detail), 2012, Acrylic, india ink and pen on paper, mounted on canvas, 200 cm x 150 cm

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Upcoming Art Exhibit Reflects on Contemporary Life in Senegal

The View from Here: Contemporary Perspectives from Senegal will be on view at the Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery during the Stony Brook Film Festival, which runs from July 18 through July 27 at Staller Center. A reception...

July 2, 2019

1 min read

Diversity On Campus

Students Share Ideas and Concerns About Diversity on Campus

Chief Diversity Officer Jarvis Watson, Dean of Students/Vice President for Student Affairs Rick Gatteau and Undergraduate Student Government President Justas Klimavicius held a breakfast meeting and listening session...

June 28, 2019

2 min read

Community Diversity Events

Freedom School Marks End of Successful Six-Year Run

More than 30 eighth-grade scholars from the Longwood and Wyandanch School Districts were honored in early June when the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom School six-week summer enrichment program officially ended...

June 17, 2019

4 min read

Diversity Events

Second Annual Stony Brook Pride Mixer on June 19

Stony Brook University invites LGBTQ* communities, friends, allies and supporters to celebrate Pride Month at the second annual Pride Mixer on Wednesday, June 19, at the Velvet Lounge in East Setauket. The mixer will be...

June 11, 2019

1 min read

Community Diversity Student Spotlight

ACE Program Provides Safety Net for New Students with Disabilities

Coping with the academic and social demands of college can be daunting for any incoming freshman, but the challenges faced by those struggling with disabilities can be even tougher. Stony Brook’s Academic...

June 11, 2019

4 min read

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Doctoral Student Explores History of Lesbian Feminism – and Cats

Despite its eye-catching title, Rachel Corbman’s upcoming exhibit, “The Wide World of Lesbian Cats, 1970-Today” has nothing to do with the sexual preferences of cats. “My project is actually focused on the circulation...

June 7, 2019

5 min read

Diversity News Highlights Student Spotlight Sustainability

WISE Student Is an Activist for Local Water Quality

If you ever want to start a conversation with Lucy DiBenedetto ’19, just ask her about her backpack. It’s festooned with lanyards, pins and hand-stitched patches that carry messages of diversity — like the...

May 29, 2019

5 min read

Jasmine Market in the Charles B. Wang Center retails more than 100 international grocery items.

Awards and Honors Diversity On Campus

FSA Receives National Award for Best Convenience Retail Concept at Jasmine

Each year, Food Management, a national and widely respected publication that features trends and best practices in the foodservice industry, honors the most innovative operations in the country. This year, the Faculty...

May 20, 2019

2 min read

Community Diversity Events On Campus

Students Helping Honduras Hosts Inaugural Benefit Concert

Students Helping Honduras at Stony Brook University held its first ever Benefit Concert on April 29 in the Student Activities Center, Sidney Gelber Auditorium. The night was full of limitless entertainment, all for a...

May 9, 2019

3 min read

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Strawberry Fest and Diversity Day Celebration Is a Hit Again

Inclusion was on the plate for those who attended the Stony Brook University Strawberry Festival and Diversity Day Celebration on May 1. The two-hour event, full of music and dance performances, creative arts and...

May 9, 2019

2 min read

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MLK Associate Clarence Jones Considers the Past and Future of Civil Rights

“What kind of nation are we going to be in the 21st century?” Civil rights luminary Clarence Jones posed this and other challenging questions as he delivered the Presidential Lecture Wednesday evening at...

May 2, 2019

4 min read

international family and friends program

Community Diversity

2019-2020 SBU International Friends and Family Program

For the upcoming 2019 to 2020 academic year, newly admitted international students will be able to participate in the International Friends and Family Program (IFFP), formerly called the Host Family Program. This free...

May 1, 2019

2 min read

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Freshman Seminars Ignite Imagination

The courses may be provocative, even quirky, but they’re academically sound and perfect for the purpose they serve — to acclimate first-year students to engagement with faculty in a smaller classroom setting while...

April 30, 2019

6 min read

Diversity Events Student Spotlight Sustainability

A Beloved Tradition, Strawberry Fest Turns 26 This Year

Since its inception in 1993, Strawberry Fest has been a favorite campus tradition. Every first Wednesday of May, the campus community gathers on the Academic Mall to enjoy a mouthwatering strawberry-themed menu and a...

April 26, 2019

2 min read

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Jinyoung Jin’s Creative Energy Transforms the Wang Center

Jinyoung Jin is sitting in a place that, not long ago, did not exist. The space was there, at the theatre lobby entrance at the Charles B. Wang Center, but it hadn’t been used for anything until Jin, the center’s...

April 18, 2019

5 min read

Diversity Events On Campus

Clarence Jones to Deliver May 1 Presidential Lecture

Clarence Jones: The 21st Century Challenge of the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Wednesday, May 1, 6:30 pm, Student Activities Center, Sidney Gelber Auditorium Martin Luther King Jr. was the 20th century’s pre...

April 16, 2019

4 min read

Community Diversity Service Student Spotlight

Operation Prom Brings Formal Wear to Low-Income Teens

Members of Stony Brook University’s Student African American Sisterhood (SAAS) rolled up their sleeves to help low-income teens at the Operation Prom Wear Giveaway in Brooklyn on Saturday, March 30. From morning until...

April 8, 2019

3 min read

Category: Diversity

Chris Tanaka Elected to Board of National LGBTQ* Higher Education Organization

Upcoming Art Exhibit Reflects on Contemporary Life in Senegal

Students Share Ideas and Concerns About Diversity on Campus

Freedom School Marks End of Successful Six-Year Run

Second Annual Stony Brook Pride Mixer on June 19

ACE Program Provides Safety Net for New Students with Disabilities

Doctoral Student Explores History of Lesbian Feminism – and Cats

WISE Student Is an Activist for Local Water Quality

FSA Receives National Award for Best Convenience Retail Concept at Jasmine

Students Helping Honduras Hosts Inaugural Benefit Concert

Strawberry Fest and Diversity Day Celebration Is a Hit Again

MLK Associate Clarence Jones Considers the Past and Future of Civil Rights

2019-2020 SBU International Friends and Family Program

Freshman Seminars Ignite Imagination

A Beloved Tradition, Strawberry Fest Turns 26 This Year

Jinyoung Jin’s Creative Energy Transforms the Wang Center

Clarence Jones to Deliver May 1 Presidential Lecture

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