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History Doctoral Candidate Heading to France with Chateaubriand Fellowship

Spencer Austin is the second Seawolf to be honored with this fellowship since 2015, and he will spend the Spring ’21 semester studying in France.

July 2, 2020

4 min read

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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

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Bernard Essuman ’21 Tackles COVID-19 Research

The study will help researchers understand how COVID-19 interacts with 3D-printed face shields, cotton, skin and hair, and could predict how long it sticks to surfaces.

June 30, 2020

3 min read

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Students Unite to Support Black Lives Matter Movement

In response to the deaths of George Floyd and countless other victims of violence and systemic racism, Stony Brook University cultural organizations have banded together to raise money for the Black Lives Matter (BLM)...

June 18, 2020

5 min read

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SBU Junior Wins Japan Center’s Virtual Essay Competition

The Japan Center held its 15th Annual Essay Competition Award Ceremony via Zoom this year, with Sailesh Srinivas winning the College Division Best Essay Award.

June 15, 2020

3 min read

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Student Groups Use Spring Break to Help Hospitals Get PPE

SBU's Alternative Spring Break Outreach partnered with fraternities Phi Delta Epsilon and Iota Nu Delta to raise money for hospitals in need of PPE.

June 12, 2020

4 min read

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Student Activist Works for Democracy and Dialogue

Tamara Smith ’21 chose Stony Brook for its “beauty and welcoming aura” and stayed for the opportunities it offered. “Stony Brook has exceeded my expectations in terms of the number of opportunities available and the...

June 10, 2020

6 min read

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A Campaign of Kindness, Stony Brook Style

While much has been made of coronavirus’ catastrophic physical effects, self-isolation can take an equally devastating mental toll on victims and their families. Mohamed Heiba ‘20, executive vice president of Stony...

June 8, 2020

3 min read

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Making Music in the Midst of a Pandemic

It’s hard for students to switch gears easily from real time in the classroom to virtual time in the middle of a semester. But for Taylor Ackley ’20, a postdoctoral student in the Department of Music, the coronavirus...

June 5, 2020

5 min read

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Online Outreach Helps Students Cope

At a time when face-to-face counseling is all but impossible, Stony Brook University students have been receiving crucial outreach services through virtual Center for Prevention and Outreach (CPO) programs. The...

June 2, 2020

9 min read

Ethan Doutney of Dune Fishery won first place at the State Finals in the Agriculture, Technology and Food category.

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Stony Brook Students Are Tops in Entrepreneur Challenge

The Stony Brook Entrepreneur Challenge provides students the chance to win a share of $50K to help cover start-up costs for their businesses and advance to the statewide competition.

June 1, 2020

4 min read

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Doctoral Student Yalile Suriel Wins AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship

The history PhD candidate's dissertation tells the story of how universities historically weighed their desire to be productive spaces for social justice against the nation’s growing impulse toward law and order.

June 1, 2020

5 min read

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Stony Brook Launches 7,100 Graduates in Virtual Ceremony

Stony Brook University graduated 7,100 Seawolves in a virtual degree conferral ceremony May 22, sharing spirit and hope in an event marked by the coronavirus crisis. The Class of 2020 joins the ranks of 200,000...

May 22, 2020

4 min read

Pano Sourlis (left) and Vincent DeStefano (right) with donations from local school districts they delivered to the Wang Center for Stony Brook University Hospital's frontline workers.

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Graduating Seawolves Rally to Help Frontline Fighters

If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything it is that our students are amazingly resilient. In defiance of all the difficulties they have faced, the Class of 2020 has chosen to rise up and continue to make a...

May 20, 2020

4 min read

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SUNY Honors 14 SBU Students for Academic Excellence and Leadership

The Chancellor’s Award for Excellence recognizes students who have best demonstrated the integration of academic excellence with accomplishments in other areas as well.

May 20, 2020

7 min read

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Two Doctoral Candidates Earn Prestigious Mellon/ACLS Fellowships

The fellowships support a year of research to help advanced graduate students in the humanities and social sciences in the last year of PhD dissertation writing.

May 18, 2020

6 min read

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Nine Stony Brook Students Receive Prestigious Fulbright Scholarships

Nine Stony Brook University students have been recognized by the Department of State’s prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program, a highly competitive scholarship opportunity that provides funding for American students...

May 15, 2020

8 min read

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Kiran Eiden ’20 Wins Prestigious DOE Fellowship

He was one of only 26 recipients chosen nationwide for the program, which trains top leaders in computational science.

May 14, 2020

2 min read

Category: Student Spotlight

Russia-Born Athlete Finds a Home at Stony Brook

Bernard Essuman ’21 Tackles COVID-19 Research

Students Unite to Support Black Lives Matter Movement

SBU Junior Wins Japan Center’s Virtual Essay Competition

Student Groups Use Spring Break to Help Hospitals Get PPE

Student Activist Works for Democracy and Dialogue

A Campaign of Kindness, Stony Brook Style

Making Music in the Midst of a Pandemic

Online Outreach Helps Students Cope

Stony Brook Students Are Tops in Entrepreneur Challenge

Doctoral Student Yalile Suriel Wins AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship

Stony Brook Launches 7,100 Graduates in Virtual Ceremony

Graduating Seawolves Rally to Help Frontline Fighters

SUNY Honors 14 SBU Students for Academic Excellence and Leadership

Nine Stony Brook Students Receive Prestigious Fulbright Scholarships

Kiran Eiden ’20 Wins Prestigious DOE Fellowship

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