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Student Spotlight Sustainability

Kaylee Surace ’21 Says “No More” to Ocean Waste

Kaylee Surace ’21 is a student on a mission — she is committed to ocean conservation. Drawn to the ocean since she was a child, Kaylee finally decided to express her enthusiasm in a public speaking class last semester...

October 11, 2018

4 min read

Academics Alumni Hottest Stories Faculty/Student Spotlights Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Bingjie Zhang Wins Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship

Stony Brook University Student Bingjie Zhang is the recipient of the 14th annual Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship. The Asian Pacific American Association (APAA) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory...

October 10, 2018

2 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Student Spotlights Featured Story Research Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Undergrads at Turkana Basin Institute Use Ancient Dig Sites as Laboratory

Four years ago, Lucia Muzzarelli ’19 was drawn to Stony Brook University because of its reputation for world-class science programs and ample research opportunities. So when she heard a lecture about the Turkana Basin...

October 10, 2018

5 min read

Student Spotlight Wellness

Students Benefit from Mindfulness Meditation

Breathe in, breathe out. That’s the age-old advice that parents tell their children, and Sue Byrne, Senior Counselor at Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), expands on it with her Mindfulness Meditation...

October 8, 2018

3 min read

Issa Balde at the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Boston

Awards and Honors Student Spotlight

SBU Senior Issa Balde Chosen as Forbes Under 30 Scholar

Stony Brook University senior Issa Balde, a Business Management major, was selected as a Forbes Under 30 scholar and had the opportunity to attend the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Boston September 30 through October 3...

October 4, 2018

2 min read

News Highlights Research Student Spotlight

Alexander Kling ’20 Takes Research from Earth to Mars

Stony Brook has taken Alexander Kling ’20 from Earth to Mars as he pursues hands-on undergraduate research in the Geosciences Department of the College of Arts and Sciences. In summer 2017, Alex began working...

October 3, 2018

7 min read

Academics Diversity Graduate School Student Spotlight

Student Affairs Expands Efforts to Support Underrepresented Staff and Graduate Students

Graduate students from the Higher Education Administration program networked and mingled with Student Affairs professionals on September 12 as part of the Diversity Leadership Development Initiative (DLDI). Created by...

October 2, 2018

3 min read

Awards and Honors News Highlights Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Stony Brook University’s Red Watch Band Wins Prestigious Award

Stony Brook’s Red Watch Band CARE Team recently won the Caron Foundation’s Community Youth Leadership Award. The foundation cited the team’s robust training program, fun alternatives to drinking, and demonstration of...

September 28, 2018

3 min read

Anirudh Chandrashekar at Stony Brook Medicine's White Coat Ceremony

Academics Awards and Honors Research School of Medicine Student Spotlight

SBU Medicine Student Awarded Oxford’s Prestigious Clarendon Scholarship

Most students start out their journey thinking it must work out a certain way. The reality is, things rarely go as planned. When this happens, they might become devastated and discouraged, and forget that no one is...

September 21, 2018

6 min read

Events News Highlights Student Spotlight

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 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 Stony Brook Matters 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 Stony Brook Matters 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 Featured Story 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 News Highlights 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

Category: Student Spotlight

Kaylee Surace ’21 Says “No More” to Ocean Waste

Bingjie Zhang Wins Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship

Undergrads at Turkana Basin Institute Use Ancient Dig Sites as Laboratory

Students Benefit from Mindfulness Meditation

SBU Senior Issa Balde Chosen as Forbes Under 30 Scholar

Alexander Kling ’20 Takes Research from Earth to Mars

Student Affairs Expands Efforts to Support Underrepresented Staff and Graduate Students

Stony Brook University’s Red Watch Band Wins Prestigious Award

SBU Medicine Student Awarded Oxford’s Prestigious Clarendon Scholarship

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

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