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ASBO Collaborates with FSA to Revive the Permaculture Gardens

This spring, the Faculty Student Association (FSA) and Alternative Spring Break Outreach (ASBO) offered a unique and memorable experience to student volunteers in lieu of their annual week-long service trip to another...

April 22, 2021

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Overcoming Challenges, Achieving Success — and Always Learning

Going back to school as a non-traditional student in your mid-50s doesn’t have to be traumatic, even if you’ve encountered a good deal of trauma up to that point. For Elizabeth Webb ’23, a Multidisciplinary Studies...

April 21, 2021

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Two SBU Students Receive SUNY Honors for Academic Excellence

Physics major Neomi Lewis and biology major Erika Nemeth are recipients of the 2021 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, and they were honored at a virtual ceremony on April 14.

April 15, 2021

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Commitment to Service Translates to a Bright Medical Future

Service to others — a requirement for all University Scholars — is at the heart of Anika Porwal’s ’23 philosophy as a student, and has also shaped her career path in medicine. Porwal was a student in Jeremy Marchese’s...

April 14, 2021

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SSK Student Arts Festival Is Virtual April 19-23

The 2021 Shirley Strum Kenny Student Arts Festival will be held virtually April 19-23. The Stony Brook University community is invited to enjoy a week’s worth of Zoom and video presentations, performances...

April 12, 2021

1 min read

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The Evolution of Education

A pioneering cross-disciplinary program accelerates student collaboration and growth By Rob Emproto | Photography by John Griffin Knowing how to collaborate effectively across diverse disciplines is essential for...

April 8, 2021

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Nontraditional Anthropology Undergrad Researches Human Evolution

Nicholas Post — the URECA researcher of the month for April 2021 — is a nontraditional, first-generation college student majoring in Anthropology, currently doing an honors thesis on Hominin Phylogenetics under the...

April 1, 2021

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Two Stony Brook Students Win Prestigious NSF-GRFP Fellowships

Two Stony Brook University students have been awarded prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships (NSF GRFP) by the National Science Foundation. Another six SBU students earned honorable mentions. This nationally...

March 30, 2021

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Student Helping Interpret Deaf Culture on Campus

Deaf history and culture have an advocate at Stony Brook University in Victoria “Tori” Vasta ’21. Diagnosed at any early age to be 95 percent without hearing in her left ear, Vasta is dedicated to raising awareness of...

March 30, 2021

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Doctoral Student Working to Restore Shellfish Population

Shellfish couldn’t have a better friend than Stephen Tomasetti, a doctoral student in marine science at Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS). Tomasetti has been studying the effects...

March 23, 2021

6 min read

The START Resource Center offers a range of practical transitional services for people leaving the county jail, including employment assistance, connections to housing, treatment and mental healthcare, clothing, food, pandemic advice, and much more.

Long Island News Highlights School of Social Welfare Student Spotlight

SSW Student Interns Are Helping Others Build Better Futures

On March 18, representatives from Stony Brook University and AT&T joined Suffolk County Sheriff Errol D. Toulon Jr. and County and Babylon Town officials to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Sheriff’s...

March 23, 2021

4 min read

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A Passion for Teaching Helps Students Stay Engaged During Pandemic

PhD student and instructor Omar Badessi has been tremendously successful in effectively communicating with his students despite some limitations posed by the COVID pandemic.

March 19, 2021

1 min read

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Eight SBU Students Receive New SUNY Graduate Award

The Graduate Research Empowering and Accelerating Talent (GREAT) award provides flexible funds for research expenses, professional development and supplemental stipend support.

March 17, 2021

3 min read

Left to right (details): Stuart Balius, Marta Baumiller, Yifei Cheng, Annemarie Waugh

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MFA Thesis Exhibition 2021 at Zuccaire Gallery

"Four: MFA Thesis Exhibition 2021" presents new work by Stony Brook's graduating Master of Fine Arts students Stuart Balius, Marta Baumiller, Yifei Cheng and Annemarie Waugh.

March 16, 2021

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Latest Discoveries Revealed at SBU’s Virtual Postdoc Spotlight

The annual event — designed like a TED talk — gave Stony Brook’s postdocs the opportunity to present their cutting-edge research to an audience in five minutes.

March 11, 2021

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Ballet Dancer ‘On Pointe’ for a Promising Business Career

Had it not been for a simple twist of fate and a change of heart, Diana Atoian ’23 might be starring in The Nutcracker in her native Russia rather than having aspirations to be an economist — or even the next Janet...

March 11, 2021

5 min read

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2021 Graduate School Award Winners

The winners of the 2021 Graduate School Awards for students, faculty and staff represent the very best of Stony Brook, and they will be recognized at the School's Annual Awards Virtual Celebration.

March 8, 2021

2 min read

Community Diversity Long Island School of Social Welfare Student Spotlight

SSW Alumni and Students Tackle Police Reform on Long Island

Alexandra Saint Laurent MSW ’20 has been the lead on the groundbreaking work of police reform, along with a criminal justice action committee that includes current SSW students.

March 4, 2021

4 min read

Category: Student Spotlight

ASBO Collaborates with FSA to Revive the Permaculture Gardens

Overcoming Challenges, Achieving Success — and Always Learning

Commitment to Service Translates to a Bright Medical Future

SSK Student Arts Festival Is Virtual April 19-23

The Evolution of Education

Nontraditional Anthropology Undergrad Researches Human Evolution

Two Stony Brook Students Win Prestigious NSF-GRFP Fellowships

Student Helping Interpret Deaf Culture on Campus

Doctoral Student Working to Restore Shellfish Population

A Passion for Teaching Helps Students Stay Engaged During Pandemic

Eight SBU Students Receive New SUNY Graduate Award

MFA Thesis Exhibition 2021 at Zuccaire Gallery

Latest Discoveries Revealed at SBU’s Virtual Postdoc Spotlight

Ballet Dancer ‘On Pointe’ for a Promising Business Career

2021 Graduate School Award Winners

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