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36% OF SBU UNDERGRADS ARE FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS, HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS OF ANY MAJOR PUBLIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITY IN NORTHEASTERN U.S., HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS THAN 80% OF ALL AAU PEER INSTITUTIONS, 65%-70% OF SBU UNDERGRADS APPLY FOR FINANCIAL AID IN A GIVEN YEAR

Advancement Stony Brook Matters

Boosting Opportunity for First-Generation Students

Nearly a third of Stony Brook undergraduate students in 2020 were the first in their families to attend college. However, with that remarkable achievement also come persistent challenges. As a first-generation American...

February 11, 2022

3 min read

Advancement Advancement Annual Report Stony Brook Matters

Investing Eminent Scholars as Endowed Faculty

With so many notable scholars on our campus, Stony Brook is at the vanguard of new knowledge in a multitude of fields. Endowed chairs and professorships are key to recruiting and retaining these great minds across...

January 27, 2022

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Professor Fang Luo, PhD, and Spellman CEO Loren Skeist, MD, inspect a 3D integrated high-voltage GaN power module that Luo fabricated for electric vehicles.

Advancement Advancement Annual Report On Campus Research Stony Brook Matters

Supercharging the Future

Talk to anyone connected to the new power electronics program in Stony Brook’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and it’s clear they’re amped. And it’s all thanks to a five-year pledge from Long Island-based...

January 14, 2022

2 min read

Advancement Advancement Annual Report Alumni News Community News Highlights Stony Brook Matters

Elevating Opportunity for Students to Follow

Founded in 1911 on the principle of achievement, the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity’s mission is at the core of the organization: to elevate young Black men and inspire them to reach higher and dream bigger. Alumni of Stony...

January 3, 2022

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Advancement Alumni Annual Report Alumni News Medicine News Highlights Stony Brook Matters

Creating Excellence in Care

When Long Island pathologist David Elkowitz, DO, was referred to Stony Brook’s Henry Tannous, MD, for a cancerous mass surrounding many vessels and organs in his chest, Elkowitz had little reason to be hopeful. The...

December 20, 2021

2 min read

“Stony Brook is still a young research institution with unlimited potential. With the proper investments of time and resources, we can seize that potential, grow our research enterprise and drive the future of Stony Brook.”

Advancement Advancement Annual Report Stony Brook Matters

Accelerating our Highest Ambitions

President Maurie McInnis helped navigate Stony Brook through a worldwide pandemic, with extraordinary challenges at every turn. Yet despite the tremendous obstacles the University faced, she also saw opportunities to...

December 10, 2021

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Jeffrey and Maureen Fox meeting with EOP/AIM students Anthony Machuca ‘22, Sara Villaman ’22 and Erica Ayisi-Boahene ‘23.

Advancement Advancement Annual Report Alumni News Stony Brook Matters

Helping Close the Opportunity Gap

For more than 50 years, Stony Brook has provided New York’s high-potential but underserved students the opportunity to attend the state’s top public university through the Educational Opportunity Program/Advancement on...

November 17, 2021

4 min read

Assistant Dean of Students & Director of Student Support Student Affairs Nominator Ellen Driscoll with Assistant VP for Advancement Edward Testa ‘87.

Advancement Alumni News Faculty/Staff Stony Brook Matters University

Advancement Services AVP Edward Testa ‘87 Receives Campus Life Partnership Award

At the 26th Annual Frederick Preston Partnership Awards ceremony, hosted by the Office of the Dean of Students on August 9, 2021, Advancement Services Associate Vice President Ed Testa was recognized for his leadership...

September 16, 2021

2 min read

Advancement Leadership Main University Stony Brook Matters University

Justin Fincher Named VP for Advancement and Executive Director of Stony Brook Foundation

“In Justin Fincher, we have found someone with incredible experience and who shares our University’s values,” said President McInnis.

June 8, 2021

3 min read

Advancement Alumni News Main University Stony Brook Matters

Giving Day 2021: Record Number of Donors Come Together to Support More Than 90 Programs Across Campus

The community came together on April 21, with 2,620 donors contributing to 3,030 gifts, totaling more than $370,000 to participating programs.

April 23, 2021

2 min read

Giving day 2021 - April 21 #SBUGivingDay

Advancement Community Events Main University Stony Brook Matters University

The University’s Third Annual ‘Giving Day’ Is April 21

The 24-hour fundraising drive will generate support for students, faculty and research, and to help advance Stony Brook Medicine’s mission to provide the highest quality healthcare.

March 29, 2021

2 min read

Advancement Alumni Chapters & Groups Community Events Stony Brook Matters University

Show Your Pride on #SBUGivingDay, Oct. 8

Give what you can to the areas that matter most to you — your school or college, your team or sport, your favorite professor or the students following in your footsteps.

October 2, 2020

1 min read

Advancement Alumni News Main University Stony Brook Matters

Stony Brook University Honored by CASE for Fundraising Excellence

Award Highlights Stony Brook Advancement Department’s Sustained Growth and Innovation The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has recognized Stony Brook University’s “exemplary development program”...

July 13, 2020

2 min read

Advancement Alumni Chapters & Groups Main University Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight University

‘Seawolves Helping Seawolves’ Bumped Giving to $200,000 Plus in One Week

Overall fundraising for COVID-19 Student Emergency Support is nearing $1 million, but applications keep coming in from students in crisis.

May 12, 2020

3 min read

Advancement COVID-19 News Highlights Student Spotlight

Seawolves Helping Seawolves Week is Under Way

The University is raising funds for the Emergency Student Support fund, which will go to help students in crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic.

April 29, 2020

1 min read

Advancement Alumni Chapters & Groups COVID-19 Featured Story Main University Medicine Medicine Today Stony Brook Matters

Coronavirus Crisis Challenge Crowdfunding Project Raises More than $1.2 Million in 10 Days

During this unprecedented healthcare crisis, the Stony Brook community is responding in an unprecedented way.

April 1, 2020

3 min read

Advancement Events University

Stars of Stony Brook Gala Postponed

Due to health and safety concerns in response to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, and in consultation with the University and Stony Brook Medicine, the March 11 Stony Brook Gala in New York City has been postponed. A new...

March 10, 2020

1 min read

Advancement News Highlights Research Sustainability

Extraordinary Collection of Marine Specimens and Data Donated to University

An extraordinary scientific collection of fish specimens, as well archived fish and water quality data taken from the Hudson River over more than five decades, has been donated to Stony Brook’s School of Marine...

December 6, 2019

3 min read

Category: Advancement

Boosting Opportunity for First-Generation Students

Investing Eminent Scholars as Endowed Faculty

Supercharging the Future

Elevating Opportunity for Students to Follow

Creating Excellence in Care

Accelerating our Highest Ambitions

Helping Close the Opportunity Gap

Advancement Services AVP Edward Testa ‘87 Receives Campus Life Partnership Award

Justin Fincher Named VP for Advancement and Executive Director of Stony Brook Foundation

Giving Day 2021: Record Number of Donors Come Together to Support More Than 90 Programs Across Campus

The University’s Third Annual ‘Giving Day’ Is April 21

Show Your Pride on #SBUGivingDay, Oct. 8

Stony Brook University Honored by CASE for Fundraising Excellence

‘Seawolves Helping Seawolves’ Bumped Giving to $200,000 Plus in One Week

Seawolves Helping Seawolves Week is Under Way

Coronavirus Crisis Challenge Crowdfunding Project Raises More than $1.2 Million in 10 Days

Stars of Stony Brook Gala Postponed

Extraordinary Collection of Marine Specimens and Data Donated to University

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