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Anne Green ’22 Takes Civic Engagement to a New Level

An invitation to take part in a panel discussion by global health advocate Chelsea Clinton is just one of the many distinctions that Anne Green ’22 enjoys. Community service is required of all Stony Brook University...

September 16, 2020

6 min read

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Volunteer Ambulance Corps Marks a Half-Century of Community Service

For the all-student Stony Brook Volunteer Ambulance Corps (SBVAC), it began with a Volkswagen bus and a Cadillac. In 1970, frustrated by long response times from local ambulance corps, Stony Brook University students...

September 14, 2020

10 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Featured Story Giving Back Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight University

Crowdfunding Campaign Launched to Keep Our Students Stony Brook Strong

Stony Brook University has launched a crowdfunding campaign to “Keep Our Students Stony Brook Strong” in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. This spring, our generous campus community answered the call for support...

September 14, 2020

3 min read

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New Stony Brook Union Has Heart of Campus Beating Again

Described at the time as a facility “designed to meet the cultural, recreational and social needs of students,” the then-new Stony Brook Union, which opened its doors in January 1970, would take over social functions...

September 9, 2020

5 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Featured Story Research Stony Brook Matters Wellness

Low-Carb Diet Could Boost Brain Health, Study Finds

The Stony Brook-led research showed that even in younger adults (under age 50) dietary ketosis increased overall brain activity and stabilized functional networks.

September 4, 2020

6 min read

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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

4 min read

COVID-19 Diversity Featured Story Medicine

Stony Brook Experts Take on Healthcare Disparities in Virtual Town Hall

With its strong focus on the health sciences as well as diversity and inclusion, Stony Brook University has long been committed to the importance of global health and health disparities. SBU’s expertise in the area was...

August 26, 2020

8 min read

Coming Back Safe and Strong Featured Story President

President McInnis Welcomes Stony Brook Community to Fall Semester

With a message of hope and inspiration, the President greeted students, faculty and staff at the outset of a challenging and promising semester.

August 24, 2020

5 min read

Alumni Careers Alumni Spotlight Story Featured Story Recent Grads Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Targeting Business Careers for Students During Hard Times

Stony Brook University’s Career Center is helping students build their brand so they can conduct virtual job interviews with self-confidence. Last month it teamed up with retail giant Target to offer a webinar...

August 13, 2020

4 min read

Featured Story Long Island News Highlights Student Spotlight Sustainability

For Sascha Rosin ’21, the World is Her Oyster

Sascha Rosin ’21, a marine sciences major and sustainability studies minor, was left with few employment options this summer after COVID-19 shut down many New York businesses. So when her plans for a traditional summer...

July 30, 2020

3 min read

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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

4 min read

Athletics College of Arts & Sciences Featured Story Social Sciences Student Spotlight

Diver-Scholar Immerses Herself in History of Minorities and Mental Health

When she was five years old, Ximena Lopez-Carrillo dreamed of becoming an Olympic athlete, especially after her mother enrolled her and one of her sisters in diving lessons. What the athletically gifted youngster, who...

July 27, 2020

7 min read

Arts & Entertainment Faculty/Staff Featured Story Humanities

Music Department Makes “Lemonade out of Lemons” During Pandemic

As the coronavirus pandemic sent higher education into scramble mode, it was hard for Stony Brook University’s Department of Music to keep the beat. That’s because in music, as in comedy, timing is everything. “Music as...

July 24, 2020

8 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Featured Story Humanities Stony Brook Matters

Stony Brook’s Elyse Graham Probes the Language of New Yorkers

“Everybody in New York has a story,” said Elyse Graham, associate professor in Stony Brook’s English Department, adding wryly that “every story has an element that contradicts someone else’s story.” Thus Graham’s new...

July 21, 2020

6 min read

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

Alumni Hottest Stories Community Faculty/Student Spotlights Featured Story Long Island Recent Grads Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight Sustainability

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

7 min read

Academics Alumni Spotlight Story Featured Story Research STEM Stony Brook Matters

Scientists Confirm Age of Universe is 13.8 Billion Years

The universe is about 13.8 billion years old, according to new research published in a series of papers by an international team of astrophysicists, including Stony Brook’s Neelima Sehgal. Using observations from the...

July 15, 2020

4 min read

Alumni Chapters & Groups Alumni Spotlight Story Black/Latino Group Diversity Events Featured Story Recent Grads Stony Brook Matters

Taking on Social Justice in the Wake of the George Floyd Killing

“The names we’ve all heard, but we need to say them — Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Mike Brown, Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, Walter Scott, Philando Castile, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd — and understand...

July 9, 2020

8 min read

Athletics Featured Story Student Spotlight

Russia-Born Athlete Finds a Home at Stony Brook

From the first time Kira Accettella ’23 held a lacrosse stick at the age of 5, she knew that athletics was her calling. Only one year earlier, she had been living in a Russian orphanage, placed there by her birth...

July 1, 2020

5 min read

Category: Featured Story

Anne Green ’22 Takes Civic Engagement to a New Level

Volunteer Ambulance Corps Marks a Half-Century of Community Service

Crowdfunding Campaign Launched to Keep Our Students Stony Brook Strong

Low-Carb Diet Could Boost Brain Health, Study Finds

Virtual Stony Brook Film Festival Opens September 10

Stony Brook Experts Take on Healthcare Disparities in Virtual Town Hall

President McInnis Welcomes Stony Brook Community to Fall Semester

Targeting Business Careers for Students During Hard Times

For Sascha Rosin ’21, the World is Her Oyster

2020 Stony Brook Film Festival Goes Virtual

Music Department Makes “Lemonade out of Lemons” During Pandemic

Stony Brook’s Elyse Graham Probes the Language of New Yorkers

Grad Student Promotes Water Advocacy Through Experiential Course

Scientists Confirm Age of Universe is 13.8 Billion Years

Taking on Social Justice in the Wake of the George Floyd Killing

Russia-Born Athlete Finds a Home at Stony Brook

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