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10 Trendy Items for Your Fall Semester’s “To-Do” List

While many students enjoyed a break from academia, University staff and faculty labored throughout the summer to build a better campus environment and culture, and foster Stony Brook’s place as a community and business...

September 19, 2018

5 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Student Spotlights Home Page Spotlight Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

SBU Postdoc Wins Prize as Finalist in 2018 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists

Priyanka Sharma, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Chemistry at Stony Brook University, has been named a regional finalist in the 2018 Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists. These awards...

September 18, 2018

2 min read

News Highlights Social Sciences Student Spotlight Wellness

University Focuses Suicide Prevention Grant on Dispelling Mental Health Stigma

In 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 10 million people had serious thoughts about suicide. The same study reported that suicide was the second leading cause of death for people 10 to 34...

September 14, 2018

5 min read

Diversity Student Spotlight Wellness

Center for Prevention and Outreach Awarded Grant to Expand Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention Initiatives

Stony Brook’s Center for Prevention and Outreach (CPO) from the Division of Student Affairs was one of 20 awardees nationally to receive the competitive 2018 Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant from the...

September 14, 2018

3 min read

Students learned about SBU clubs at the Involvement Fair

On Campus Student Spotlight

Getting Involved 101 – An Introduction to Life on Campus

Rabia Gursoy, a transfer student from Turkey, shares her experience as a new student at Stony Brook as she explores campus through the Involvement Fair. Rabia is a journalism major and a communications student assistant...

September 14, 2018

4 min read

Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Diversity Global Student Spotlight

Maverick Mo’s Childhood Dream Becoming a Reality at SBU

Tianchi Mo was a third grader in China when he read a child’s encyclopedia entry about Nobel Prize winner Yang Chen-Ning, who taught physics at Stony Brook University for 37 years. He was too young to comprehend Yang’s...

September 14, 2018

10 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Humanities Student Spotlight

The Sky is the Limit for Belinda Castiblanco ’19

For non-traditional student Belinda Castiblanco ’19, going to college had always been a dream. However, after she moved to the United States from El Salvador when she was 18 years old, she didn’t have the means or the...

September 12, 2018

4 min read

Student Spotlight University

Parkland Shooting Survivors Thrive In Stony Brook Journalism Program

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students Zoe Gordon and Taylor, survivors of a tragic school shooting in Parkland, Florida last February, attended Stony Brook University this summer as part of the School of...

September 7, 2018

1 min read

News Highlights Student Spotlight

Ryan Magill ’22 Overcomes Health Challenges

A little more than a year ago, Ryan Magill’s life was smooth sailing — literally. Then a horrific accident changed the youth sailing instructor’s life forever. But if you hear him talk about it, that accident might...

September 7, 2018

5 min read

Academics Alumni Hottest Stories College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine and Research News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Lydia Myers ’20 Digs Into the Past

“Just being where we’re finding bones, pottery, beads and other artifacts – right as it’s happening – is the coolest thing ever,” says Lydia Myers ’20, an undergraduate researcher who spent the summer...

September 6, 2018

4 min read

On Campus Student Spotlight

Top Five New Spots on Campus

The beginning of the school year is a very exciting time. You get to see old friends, meet new ones, and see what is new on campus for this year. Check out these new spots on campus that will certainly become student...

August 31, 2018

3 min read

Student Spotlight

Yark Beyan’s Seven Tips for Student Success

Yark Beyan, a senior political science major, knows a thing or two about getting involved. As a team leader for the Center for Civic Justice, a member of the President’s Council of Student Advisors, a student...

August 31, 2018

3 min read

Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty/Student Spotlights Global Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Grad Student Brent Freestone Tackles Engineering Challenges on Campus and Abroad

Mechanical engineering graduate student Brent Freestone is sowing seeds of hope abroad as part of Stony Brook University’s CentriSeed Innovations, a student-run nonprofit organization he co-founded in summer 2015...

August 23, 2018

4 min read

Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Interning with Stony Brook’s Office of Federal Relations in Washington, DC

Luigi Pesce Ibarra, a doctoral candidate in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences with a concentration in Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences, shares his experience as an intern. Before departing Long Island for my 2018...

August 6, 2018

2 min read

On Campus Student Spotlight

FSA Announces Price Freeze on Unlimited Meal Plans for ‘18-’19 Semesters

There will be no price increase on unlimited meal plans for the second academic year in a row. As part of an initiative by the Faculty Student Association (FSA) to keep dining plans affordable without sacrificing...

August 3, 2018

4 min read

Faculty/Student Spotlights Research Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Gregory Matousek ’20 Does Big Science, Hands-On

“This whole environment, which is one big learning tank to discover more about particle physics, has been one of the most thought–provoking experiences I’ve ever had in my education,” says URECA...

August 2, 2018

5 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Student Spotlight

Lover of Languages Turns to Crowdfunding for Help

In an era when the cost of higher education can stretch family budgets to the breaking point, some students are experimenting with a novel form of assistance: online crowdfunding, boosted by social media. When Pablo...

August 1, 2018

6 min read

Student Spotlight Sustainability University

Coca-Cola Partnership Brings New Beverages and More Scholarships to Campus

Stony Brook University has entered into a beverage partnership with Coca-Cola that will provide more student scholarship opportunities, multi-million dollar sponsorship funding, and a higher level of beverage service...

August 1, 2018

2 min read

Category: Student Spotlight

10 Trendy Items for Your Fall Semester’s “To-Do” List

SBU Postdoc Wins Prize as Finalist in 2018 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists

Center for Prevention and Outreach Awarded Grant to Expand Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention Initiatives

Getting Involved 101 – An Introduction to Life on Campus

Maverick Mo’s Childhood Dream Becoming a Reality at SBU

The Sky is the Limit for Belinda Castiblanco ’19

Parkland Shooting Survivors Thrive In Stony Brook Journalism Program

Ryan Magill ’22 Overcomes Health Challenges

Lydia Myers ’20 Digs Into the Past

Top Five New Spots on Campus

Yark Beyan’s Seven Tips for Student Success

Grad Student Brent Freestone Tackles Engineering Challenges on Campus and Abroad

Interning with Stony Brook’s Office of Federal Relations in Washington, DC

FSA Announces Price Freeze on Unlimited Meal Plans for ‘18-’19 Semesters

Gregory Matousek ’20 Does Big Science, Hands-On

Lover of Languages Turns to Crowdfunding for Help

Coca-Cola Partnership Brings New Beverages and More Scholarships to Campus

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