Category: Service

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Stony Brook Experts Tackle Issues Raised by “Aging in Place”

In 2020, the last wave of Baby Boomers turns 55 years old. That generation is fortunate to have aged in the era of the greatest medical advances mankind has ever seen. The result is longer and better health, and with...

January 10, 2020

7 min read

Community Long Island On Campus Service Student Spotlight

First “Seawolves for Service” Event Highlights Campus Service Organizations

On November 21, 2019, the campus community came together to participate in the first Seawolves for Service. Supported by the Center for Civic Justice, Student Engagement and Activities, Fraternity and Sorority Life, and...

December 4, 2019

2 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Featured Story Recent Grads Service Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Elif Onay ’21 Gets Out the Vote

The simple act of registering voters pushed Elif Onay ’21 out of her comfort zone, and she’s grateful for that. Now the team leader for Stony Brook’s Center for Civic Justice, the 20-year-old from Staten...

October 24, 2019

3 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty/Student Spotlights Giving Back Recent Grads Service Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Hayley Rein ’19 Channelled Personal Loss Into Service

Imagine being a sophomore in college and losing your father — just a year after your mother died. That was Hayley Rein’s reality. The Stony Brook University psychology and sociology double major, who will graduate in...

July 16, 2019

4 min read

Community On Campus Service Student Spotlight

University Fundraising for Pedals for Progress Triples in Third Year

Throughout the 2018-19 academic year, Stony Brook University students and staff collected 125 bicycles and $1,250 for transportation costs and donated them to the charity organization Pedals for Progress (P4P). In three...

June 7, 2019

2 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories News Highlights Service Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Students Leaders to Cycle Across the Country for a Cause

Two Stony Brook student leaders are devoting their whole summer to cycling more than 4,000 miles across the country to raise awareness and funds for their respective charities. Justas Klimavicius ’19, President of...

May 14, 2019

3 min read

News Highlights Service Student Spotlight

“SUNY’s Got Your Back” an Overwhelming Success at Stony Brook

Stony Brook University, in collaboration with State University of New York (SUNY), hosted the SUNY’s Got Your Back at SBU event on Monday, March 11. SUNY’s Got Your Back initiative provides SUNY campuses across the...

April 23, 2019

3 min read

Academics Alumni Chapters & Groups Alumni Hottest Stories Community Dental alumni Medicine School of Dental Medicine Service Stony Brook Matters

Dental School Team Staffs Pop-up Clinic in Rural Tennessee

Outside of a temporary pop-up clinic at a Cookeville, Tennessee high school, patients had been sleeping in cars and waiting upwards of 24-hours for medical, dental, and vision care. This level of need is pervasive in...

April 10, 2019

3 min read

Community Diversity Service Student Spotlight

Operation Prom Brings Formal Wear to Low-Income Teens

Members of Stony Brook University’s Student African American Sisterhood (SAAS) rolled up their sleeves to help low-income teens at the Operation Prom Wear Giveaway in Brooklyn on Saturday, March 30. From morning until...

April 8, 2019

3 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Entrepreneurialism Service Student Spotlight Sustainability

Stony Brook’s Student Entrepreneurs are Growing and Glowing

For most students, going to college is a stepping stone to greater things, a means of reaching their professional goals and aspirations. But a growing number of Stony Brook students are getting a head start on...

March 22, 2019

8 min read

Community Service Student Spotlight

SBU Catholic Ministry Students Volunteer for Little Sisters of the Poor

A group of nine students and Felicia Viscusi, the Catholic Campus Minister, visited Little Sisters of the Poor Queen of Peace Residence on February 23, 2019 to engage with the elderly and assist with their daily...

March 21, 2019

1 min read

Faculty/Student Spotlights News Highlights Service Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

It’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ for Service-Minded Student

Few freshmen arrive at Stony Brook with the life experience that Allison Shaw has accrued. The Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey native, who is pursuing a Bachelor of Engineering degree in chemical and molecular...

December 17, 2018

3 min read

Academics Alumni Spotlight Story Featured Story Medicine Medicine Alumni News Medicine and Research School of Medicine Service Stony Brook Matters

Program Offers Spinal Cord Injury Survivors New Opportunities

Five years ago, life looked very different to Casey Ellin. At 26, he was assistant director of Stony Brook University’s intramurals and sport clubs. It was the perfect position for Ellin, who always loved sports and...

August 30, 2018

4 min read

Service

Stony Brook Joins New York State Initiative to Aid Puerto Rico

Stony Brook occupational therapy graduate student Nicole Carrasquillo was busy trying to figure out ways to help hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico when a golden opportunity landed in her lap: Governor Andrew E. Cuomo’s NY...

July 13, 2018

3 min read

Global Main University Medicine News Highlights Research Service Stony Brook Matters Wellness

International Scientific Team Brings Portable DNA Sequencing to Madagascar

Scientists in Madagascar have for the first time performed DNA sequencing in-country using novel, portable technology to rapidly identify the bacteria responsible for tuberculosis (TB) and its drug resistance profile...

June 1, 2018

4 min read

Community News Highlights On Campus Service

Stony Brook Celebrates a Year of Giving and Service with ’31 Days of Giving Back’

Each year, Stony Brook University students, faculty, staff and alumni share their time and talent through thousands of community service hours, and each year that effort is celebrated with ‘31 Days of Giving Back...

December 13, 2017

1 min read

Giving Back Medicine Medicine and Research Medicine Today Service Stony Brook Matters Wellness

Puerto Rico Relief Team Returns Home

There were hugs and happy tears all around, when 23 Stony Brook Medicine staff members returned home on November 8 after more than two weeks of treating patients in Puerto Rico. Family and friends were waiting in the...

November 10, 2017

5 min read

Giving Back Main University Medicine Medicine and Research Medicine Today Service Stony Brook Matters

Stony Brook Medical Staff Brings Healthcare and Supplies to Devastated Puerto Rico

As the sun was rising over Long Island, a Stony Brook Medicine task force left for Puerto Rico on October 24 to help people still struggling to recover from Hurricane Maria. Twenty-three Stony Brook staff members...

October 26, 2017

3 min read

Category: Service

First “Seawolves for Service” Event Highlights Campus Service Organizations

Elif Onay ’21 Gets Out the Vote

Hayley Rein ’19 Channelled Personal Loss Into Service

University Fundraising for Pedals for Progress Triples in Third Year

Students Leaders to Cycle Across the Country for a Cause

“SUNY’s Got Your Back” an Overwhelming Success at Stony Brook

Dental School Team Staffs Pop-up Clinic in Rural Tennessee

Stony Brook’s Student Entrepreneurs are Growing and Glowing

SBU Catholic Ministry Students Volunteer for Little Sisters of the Poor

It’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ for Service-Minded Student

Program Offers Spinal Cord Injury Survivors New Opportunities

Stony Brook Joins New York State Initiative to Aid Puerto Rico

International Scientific Team Brings Portable DNA Sequencing to Madagascar

Stony Brook Celebrates a Year of Giving and Service with ’31 Days of Giving Back’

Puerto Rico Relief Team Returns Home

Stony Brook Medical Staff Brings Healthcare and Supplies to Devastated Puerto Rico

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