Category: Service

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

Faculty/Student Spotlights Featured Story Service Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Omar Naimi ’17 Takes a Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Education

Omar Naimi ’17 thinks of himself as “absurdly ambitious.” As a child, he wanted to become President of the United States. But as he grew older and learned about the complications inherent in politics, he traded that...

July 5, 2017

4 min read

Awards and Honors Service Student Spotlight

Students Honored for Activism on Cancer, Organ Donation

The American Lung Association and LiveOnNY representatives presented awards to members of the student groups Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) and CHILL on May 8, 2017, for promoting awareness of organ donation...

May 9, 2017

1 min read

Academics Advancement Athletics Service Student Spotlight

Growing Awareness: #BeardsForDanni

Stony Brook University student-athletes recently went to bat for one of their own. When Stony Brook softball player Danielle (“Danni”) Kemp learned that she had an inoperable brain tumor and needed treatments, her male...

December 13, 2016

5 min read

Community On Campus Service

31 Days of Giving Back Shares SBU’s Stories

Every year, Stony Brook students, faculty, staff and alumni share their time and talent through thousands of community service hours. Each day in December, we’ll showcase a new story of community service on the...

December 8, 2016

1 min read

Service Student Spotlight

Brandon Cuadrado ’17 Puts Data to Work

Computer Science major Brandon Cuadrado ’17 came to Stony Brook so that he could focus on a career path that emphasized product development rather than theoretical work. By all accounts, while still in school, he has...

November 28, 2016

3 min read

Diversity Faculty/Student Spotlights Global Service Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Student Fights for the Rights of the Undocumented

Imagine saying goodbye to the mother who raised you and not knowing when you might reunite, if ever. That was the pain of separation that Gabriela Quintanilla ’16 and her sisters felt when their mother left their native...

October 7, 2016

6 min read

Alumni Spotlight Diversity Global News Highlights Service Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

A Summer Internship Launched Haley Wodarczyk’s ’16 Journey to Social Commitment

Haley Wodarczyk ’16 always knew she wanted to help people, but she wasn’t sure how best to translate her inclinations into meaningful action.. Her mother had acted as her role model, volunteering for organizations...

July 11, 2016

4 min read

Featured Story Service Student Spotlight

Commuter Student James Vassallo ’17 Embraces Campus Life

As a freshman who lived just 30 minutes from campus, James Vassallo ’17 thought he would experience Stony Brook like a stereotypical commuter student, showing up for class and heading home afterwards. Instead...

May 31, 2016

4 min read

Arts & Entertainment Community News Highlights On Campus Service Student Spotlight

SBU’s Indian Classical Dance Team Performs for a Cause

SBU Taandava, the University’s Indian classical dance team, performed its annual charity event, Jana Seva, at the Charles B. Wang Center on April 29. Jana Seva translates to “helping the community,” and the event began...

May 20, 2016

2 min read

Community Medicine Medicine Alumni News Medicine and Research Service Stony Brook Matters

Hospital’s HOPE Program Inspires High School Students’ Future in Health Science, Medicine

The faculty-mentored educational program exposes students from underserved school districts to careers in healthcare May 18, 2016 – Thirteen high school seniors who completed Stony Brook University Hospital’s Health...

May 18, 2016

3 min read

Community Diversity Faculty/Student Spotlights Service Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

SBU Student Creates Volunteer Organization to Help His Homeland

Stony Brook graduate student Erwing Alouidor is responding to the devastating earthquake that hit his homeland Haiti in 2010 by starting A Helping Hand for Haiti. “My sister and I survived the earthquake, and we...

May 13, 2016

2 min read

On Campus Service Student Spotlight

New Student Group Raises Awareness About Mental Health Issues

On April 27 Reach Out and Reconnect (ROAR) student committee unveiled their poster campaign to raise awareness about mental health issues with the message: “You’re not alone.” The ROAR committee was created by a group...

May 6, 2016

2 min read

Category: Service

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

Omar Naimi ’17 Takes a Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Education

Students Honored for Activism on Cancer, Organ Donation

Growing Awareness: #BeardsForDanni

31 Days of Giving Back Shares SBU’s Stories

Brandon Cuadrado ’17 Puts Data to Work

Student Fights for the Rights of the Undocumented

A Summer Internship Launched Haley Wodarczyk’s ’16 Journey to Social Commitment

Commuter Student James Vassallo ’17 Embraces Campus Life

SBU’s Indian Classical Dance Team Performs for a Cause

Hospital’s HOPE Program Inspires High School Students’ Future in Health Science, Medicine

SBU Student Creates Volunteer Organization to Help His Homeland

New Student Group Raises Awareness About Mental Health Issues

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