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Academy of Civic Life Hosts Inaugural Summer Program for High School Students in Underrepresented Communities

The goal of the program is to empower the students to go to college and to become engaged members of their communities.

August 15, 2022

5 min read

Diversity University

Governor Announces $113M in State Funding to Increase SUNY Enrollment, College Completion Rates

The funding is part of a commitment to higher education that will help secure SUNY's place as a global leader.

August 4, 2022

4 min read

Diversity Featured Story Medicine On Campus STEM University

Six SBU Students Selected to SUNY’s Second Class for Innovative Pre-Medical Opportunity Program

Six Stony Brook University students are among the 20 students in the State University of New York’s second class of its Pre-Medical Opportunity Program, established last year to help Educational Opportunity...

July 28, 2022

5 min read

Community Diversity University

July Is Disability Pride Month

Celebrated since 1990, the month is a time to recognize and celebrate how disability is a natural part of human diversity.

July 6, 2022

2 min read

Community Diversity News Highlights University

Stony Brook Band Leads SUNY in Return to the NYC Pride March

The Spirit of Stony Brook Marching Band once again led members of the Stony Brook University and State University of New York (SUNY) communities at the triumphant return of the NYC Pride March on Sunday, June 26...

June 28, 2022

2 min read

Awards and Honors College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Diversity Research

PhD Candidate Wins Association for Women in Science Scholarship

Laiba Bilal, a PhD candidate in electrical and computer engineering, won the 2022 AWIS Career Re-entry Scholarship.

June 8, 2022

2 min read

Arts & Entertainment Diversity On Campus University

Stony Brook Camerata Singers Commemorate Pride Month

The group performed a stirring rendition of Craig Hella Johnson’s achingly poignant "Meet Me Here," part of his larger work, "Considering Matthew Shepard."

June 7, 2022

1 min read

Diversity News Highlights Student Spotlight University

Stony Brook Students Are Helping SUNY Put “Pride in Action”

June is Pride Month, and four SBU students were among the 16 students from seven SUNY campuses who provided their definition of what pride means to them.

June 2, 2022

1 min read

Community Diversity Long Island Medicine School of Medicine

Physicians and Medical Students Head Back to School for a Day

Stony Brook Medicine physicians, residents and medical students spoke at LI high schools about careers in healthcare as part of the AMA's annual Doctors Back to School Day.

May 25, 2022

3 min read

Community Diversity Long Island Medicine

HOPE Graduates Share Their Goals for Careers in Healthcare

Eleven seniors from Brentwood, Longwood and Wyandanch schools graduated from Stony Brook Medicine’s Health Occupations Partnership for Excellence (HOPE) program on Tuesday, May 10. Five of the graduates will continue...

May 16, 2022

4 min read

Advancement Diversity Featured Story STEM Stony Brook Matters University

Simons Foundation, SBU Partner to Improve Diversity in STEM Fields

Stony Brook University has announced a major new initiative funded by the Simons Foundation and its sister foundation, Simons Foundation International, that will vastly bolster and improve the pathway to STEM careers...

May 11, 2022

5 min read

Community Diversity University

Office of Equity and Access Celebrating Global Accessibility in May

Take 10 minutes out of your day and join OEA in becoming more accessible by setting your mouse aside and doing the "No Mouse Challenge."

May 9, 2022

1 min read

Awards and Honors Diversity Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

SBU Senior Earns SUNY EOP Award for Student Excellence

Anthony Machuca is among an elite group of Educational Opportunity Program students to receive the Norman R. McConney Jr. Award.

April 18, 2022

3 min read

Diversity Events Main University News Highlights Stony Brook Matters

Career Center Hosts Annual SHEroes Event Empowering Women in the Workforce

Nearly 200 attendees learned about the challenges and issues that women face, as well as internship and job opportunities.

April 12, 2022

3 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Diversity Faculty/Staff Global University

Shobana Shankar Explores the Complicated History of Africans and Indians

Her book focuses on the dynamic between Africans and Indians, but the themes she explores are universal ones.

April 6, 2022

4 min read

Community Diversity Faculty/Staff News Highlights

SBU Student Affairs Recognized as Most Promising Places to Work

Stony Brook University’s Student Affairs has been honorably mentioned as one of 2022’s Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs according to Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, a publication focusing on news...

April 4, 2022

1 min read

Diversity Long Island Medicine News Highlights Stony Brook Matters University

Stony Brook University Hospitals Named National Leaders in LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality

Year after year, Stony Brook’s LGBTQ+ Committee is dedicated to providing high-quality, equitable care to the LGBTQ+ community.

March 28, 2022

6 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Diversity Featured Story Medicine STEM University

IMSD-MERGE Program Provides Path for Underrepresented Students in Biomedicine

The rates of degree completion and persistence in research careers for graduate students from underrepresented minority (URM) communities are disheartening. This underrepresentation has an additional negative impact on...

March 23, 2022

6 min read

Category: Diversity

Academy of Civic Life Hosts Inaugural Summer Program for High School Students in Underrepresented Communities

Governor Announces $113M in State Funding to Increase SUNY Enrollment, College Completion Rates

Six SBU Students Selected to SUNY’s Second Class for Innovative Pre-Medical Opportunity Program

July Is Disability Pride Month

Stony Brook Band Leads SUNY in Return to the NYC Pride March

PhD Candidate Wins Association for Women in Science Scholarship

Stony Brook Camerata Singers Commemorate Pride Month

Stony Brook Students Are Helping SUNY Put “Pride in Action”

Physicians and Medical Students Head Back to School for a Day

HOPE Graduates Share Their Goals for Careers in Healthcare

Simons Foundation, SBU Partner to Improve Diversity in STEM Fields

Office of Equity and Access Celebrating Global Accessibility in May

SBU Senior Earns SUNY EOP Award for Student Excellence

Career Center Hosts Annual SHEroes Event Empowering Women in the Workforce

Shobana Shankar Explores the Complicated History of Africans and Indians

SBU Student Affairs Recognized as Most Promising Places to Work

Stony Brook University Hospitals Named National Leaders in LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality

IMSD-MERGE Program Provides Path for Underrepresented Students in Biomedicine

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