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Class of 2022 Celebrates a Successful Journey at 62nd Annual Commencement

Stony Brook University’s Class of 2022 completed one journey and began another at the 62nd annual commencement ceremony on Friday, May 20, at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium. The university conferred a record number of...

May 20, 2022

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Commencement Featured Story On Campus University

Record Number of Bachelor’s Degrees to Be Conferred at SBU’s 62nd Commencement

More than 7,600 degrees will be conferred at Stony Brook University’s 62nd annual commencement ceremony on Friday, May 20, at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium. The ceremony begins at 11 am. The university will confer a...

May 13, 2022

3 min read

Advancement Alumni Spotlight Story Diversity Featured Story Giving Back 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

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Alumni Spotlight Story Athletics Athletics Awards and Honors Events Featured Story On Campus Recent Grads Stony Brook Matters University

Women’s Lacrosse Seeded 8th in NCAA Tourney, to Host First Two Rounds

The Stony Brook University women’s lacrosse team will open the 2022 NCAA tournament at home on Friday, May 13, having earned the eighth seed after another outstanding season. The Seawolves learned their fate at...

May 9, 2022

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Events Featured Story On Campus STEM University

Physicists Defend, Celebrate Science in Simons Center Panel

Science is one of the most powerful tools we have for meeting the challenges that face humanity. However, a worldwide increase in misinformation, denialism and anti-science movements has undermined efforts to address...

May 3, 2022

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Events Featured Story On Campus

Come Together for Campus Appreciation Day, May 4

Come celebrate everything that makes the Stony Brook University community unique and united at Campus Appreciation Day — featuring the annual Diversity Day and Strawberry Festival — on Wednesday, May 4. The Campus...

April 28, 2022

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Alumni Spotlight Story Events Featured Story Main University On Campus Recent Grads Stony Brook Matters University

The Return of Roth Pond Regatta, April 29

Get ready to “Sail Through the Sands of Time” as the annual Roth Pond Regatta returns to campus live for the first time since 2019! The Roth Regatta kicks off on Friday, April 29, at 12 pm, with the first race starting...

April 25, 2022

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Advancement Featured Story University

Help Make an Impact on Stony Brook’s Annual ‘Giving Day,’ April 27

The 24-hour fundraising drive will generate support for students, faculty and research, and help advance Stony Brook Medicine’s mission to provide world-class, compassionate care.

April 25, 2022

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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

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Featured Story STEM University

Dennis Parnell Sullivan Awarded the 2022 Abel Prize for Mathematics

Dennis Parnell Sullivan, distinguished professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Mathematics, and the Albert Einstein Chair in Science (Mathematics) at the CUNY Graduate Center, is the recipient of the...

March 23, 2022

6 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Featured Story Giving Back Global School of Communication and Journalism Stony Brook Matters University

War on Ukraine Hits Home for Many in the SBU Community

While the war is taking place almost 5,000 miles away, the fear hits close to home for many students, faculty and staff.

March 16, 2022

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Alumni Spotlight Story Arts & Entertainment Events Featured Story Main University Recent Grads Stony Brook Matters University

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma Receives Honorary Doctorate in Music from Stony Brook University

World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma received an honorary doctorate in music from Stony Brook University on Saturday, March 12, at the Staller Center for the Arts. The degree ceremony preceded the Staller Center Gala, an...

March 14, 2022

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Academics Alumni Hottest Stories Arts & Entertainment College of Arts & Sciences College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Events Faculty/Staff Featured Story Medicine and Research STEM Stony Brook Matters University

STEAM Exhibit Features Inspiring Collaboration Between Art and Science

“We’ve been brought up to think that art is on one side and science is on the other,” said Jon Longtin, interim dean of Stony Brook University’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. “But that...

March 1, 2022

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Alumni News Alumni Spotlight Story Diversity Events Featured Story Main University On Campus Stony Brook Matters University

Women’s History Month Opening Features Accomplished Alumni

This Year’s Theme is #BreakTheBias March is Women’s History Month, and Stony Brook University will kick off its monthlong celebration with an opening ceremony on Monday, March 7, at 1 pm. The event will be...

March 1, 2022

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Academics College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Featured Story Global News Highlights Research University

French Grant Will Help TBI Team Improve Paleosciences Training, Create Museum Exhibit

In 2015, Sonia Harmand and Jason Lewis, archeologists from Stony Brook University, uncovered a site in northern Kenya that contained the earliest known examples of human technology. The site on the western shore of Lake...

February 14, 2022

3 min read

Community Diversity Featured Story Leadership On Campus University

Dawn Smallwood Is First Woman Named Police Chief in SBU History.

Raised among strong female family role models who all worked in the field of healthcare, Dawn Smallwood grew up dreaming of going to medical school to become a pediatrician. “Until organic chemistry had its own ideas!”...

February 11, 2022

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Academics Alumni Spotlight Story College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Student Spotlights Featured Story Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters University

SBU Scientist Discovering How Much Climate Change Has Affected Penguins in Antarctica

Scientists from Stony Brook University on Greenpeace’s Antarctic expedition are discovering the significant effects that global climate change has had on penguin colonies in the Antarctic. Heather Lynch, professor...

February 2, 2022

3 min read

Academics Alumni Spotlight Story Arts & Entertainment College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Featured Story Stony Brook Matters University

Katy Siegel Champions the Legacy of a Barrier-Breaking Artist

Joan Mitchell made her entrance in the New York art world of the 1950s, and moved between the United States and France for the next four decades as one of few female painters to gain critical and public acclaim. Her...

January 31, 2022

6 min read

Category: Featured Story

Class of 2022 Celebrates a Successful Journey at 62nd Annual Commencement

Record Number of Bachelor’s Degrees to Be Conferred at SBU’s 62nd Commencement

Simons Foundation, SBU Partner to Improve Diversity in STEM Fields

Women’s Lacrosse Seeded 8th in NCAA Tourney, to Host First Two Rounds

Physicists Defend, Celebrate Science in Simons Center Panel

Come Together for Campus Appreciation Day, May 4

The Return of Roth Pond Regatta, April 29

Help Make an Impact on Stony Brook’s Annual ‘Giving Day,’ April 27

IMSD-MERGE Program Provides Path for Underrepresented Students in Biomedicine

Dennis Parnell Sullivan Awarded the 2022 Abel Prize for Mathematics

War on Ukraine Hits Home for Many in the SBU Community

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma Receives Honorary Doctorate in Music from Stony Brook University

STEAM Exhibit Features Inspiring Collaboration Between Art and Science

Women’s History Month Opening Features Accomplished Alumni

French Grant Will Help TBI Team Improve Paleosciences Training, Create Museum Exhibit

Dawn Smallwood Is First Woman Named Police Chief in SBU History.

SBU Scientist Discovering How Much Climate Change Has Affected Penguins in Antarctica

Katy Siegel Champions the Legacy of a Barrier-Breaking Artist

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