Category: Magazine Spring 2020

Upon arriving at Stony Brook University, I was immediately struck by its uniquely energetic ethos. In the great tradition of American public universities, Stony Brook thrives on the enterprising spirit of a diverse...

The notion that academic computing is confined to hard science and math is as outdated as the Commodore 64. Today, researchers in every discipline, including the social sciences and humanities, need the power of high...

“I don’t feel like I’m a technologist,” admitted Stephanie Dinkins, associate professor of art in Stony Brook’s College of Arts and Sciences. Yet the transdisciplinary artist is at the forefront of an effort to...

When Michael Bernstein sat down for his first interview in July 2019 after being named interim president of Stony Brook University, he trumpeted what he believed were some of the University’s greatest strengths — its...

Forty years ago, a new university hospital slowly arose among dense woodlands along the bucolic North Shore of Long Island. What began then as a fledgling hospital is now the vibrant hub of an innovative medical...

It was 1982 when David Acker ’81 confronted a tangle of wires and circuits in the back of a gigantic Stony Brook University computer. A graduate student in psychology, Acker was studying the electrical properties of...

Leo Tolstoy apparently had little use for those who study the past. “Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them,” he once wrote. The works of many Stony Brook University...

The idea of growing organs for transplantation may sound like futuristic sci-fi, but Sandeep Mallipattu, MD, and his colleagues in the Renaissance School of Medicine are already on the case. Mallipattu’s lab in the...

Stony Brook students have embraced the entrepreneurial spirit, starting and growing their businesses while still in school. Here are a few current students and recent grads whose businesses are continuing to flourish...

Ethan Doutney could be Indiana Jones’ doppelganger. On a chilly autumn day, the 6-foot-2-inch Doutney wears a wide-brimmed hat with a neck flap and neoprene waders. Climbing over the side of his mud-lined, no-frills 24...

Matthew Whelan, vice president for University enrollment strategy and relationship development, spoke to us about his commitment to student success and SBU’s mission to attract top students from around the world. WHAT...

Leveraging its location in the heart of Suffolk County, SBU’s School of Dental Medicine is on a mission to bring oral healthcare to underserved families in the region and across the globe. The School reaches out to...

Interim President Bernstein calls the University a major driver of economic development and vitality here on the Island. “All of our efforts contribute to our regional impact, which I’m excited to say now totals $7.23...

1960s DIANE SCILLIA, PHD ’67 retired from teaching at Kent State University after 33 years. CHARLES SOLOMON, ESQ ’68 retired from the Manhattan State Supreme Court after 32 years. ROBERT DECOSTANZO ’69, ’73 authored The...

Building a Twitter bot? Yes, please. How about drawing a Sierpinski triangle using the programming language Python? Intrigued by how humans and technology are guided by each other, Jackie Yeh, a first-year student...

When the Stony Brook Union opened on February 1, 1970, it was the first spot on campus students could truly call their own, the start of the “evolvement of a real community,” according to The Statesman. The Union...

CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER NAMED Judith Clarke brings impressive credentials and experience to the role Underscoring Stony Brook University’s ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion, Judith Brown Clarke, an award...