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Graduating Seawolf Sean Deery Has Advice for New Students: Get Involved

College campuses can seem large and intimidating to some new arrivals, but “there’s a lot of opportunity if you go make it yourself.” That’s the advice Sean Deery ‘19 wants to share with new students, and he speaks from...

June 4, 2019

3 min read

On Campus Student Spotlight

Ultimate Frisbee Team Uses Campus as a ‘Frolf’ Course

If you see a frisbee disc flying around campus late at night, it’s probably Panic Ultimate, Stony Brook University’s official Ultimate Frisbee team, playing a version of disc golf, or “frolf” as they call it...

June 3, 2019

4 min read

Athletics News Highlights Student Spotlight

Two-Time Player of the Year Sets 2020 Vision on Softball Championship

Only one player in any league gets to make the claim that they are the best in any season. And the list of players who can make that claim in consecutive seasons is a small one. To give you some idea of how small, only...

June 3, 2019

5 min read

Research Student Spotlight

Jesse Pace ’20 Learns By Doing

“Research has really taught me how to learn,” says Jesse Pace, a senior Biochemistry major in the Honors College who is spending his fourth summer intensively doing research in the laboratory of Dr. Sandeep Mallipattu...

June 3, 2019

2 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story News Highlights Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight Sustainability

Chris Crosby ‘19 Aims to Leave the Planet Healthier Than He Found It

Maybe it was going hunting and fishing with his grandmother. Or being glued to the Discovery Channel as a kid. Either way, Chris Crosby’s love of nature was too strong to ignore, and led him to enroll at Stony Brook...

June 3, 2019

4 min read

Andrew Rimby, a PhD candidate in English, was named the inaugural recipient of the Guiliano Global Fellowship in Fall 2018.

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Humanities Student Spotlight

Six College of Arts and Sciences Students Awarded Fellowships for Research Projects

Two graduate and four undergraduate students have been named recipients of Edward Guiliano ’78 Global Fellowships, a new program that provides merit-based grants to creative and curious undergraduate and graduate...

May 30, 2019

2 min read

Diversity News Highlights Student Spotlight Sustainability

WISE Student Is an Activist for Local Water Quality

If you ever want to start a conversation with Lucy DiBenedetto ’19, just ask her about her backpack. It’s festooned with lanyards, pins and hand-stitched patches that carry messages of diversity — like the...

May 29, 2019

5 min read

Athletics Student Spotlight

Baseball Analytics Whiz Amal Lukose ‘19 Heads for Cooperstown

Giving an induction speech at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown at the end of a storied career is the dream of every professional player who has ever donned a pair of cleats. But Amal Lukose ‘19, a senior...

May 22, 2019

5 min read

News Highlights Student Spotlight University

Top Five Gifts for Grads

Congratulations to the class of 2019! Celebrate the achievements of the graduating Seawolves in your life with our top gifts for grads. Find the perfect presents for any Seawolf as they head into the next chapter of...

May 22, 2019

2 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Events Global Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Stony Brook Celebrates Cherry Blossom Festival

Colorful aspects of Japanese culture were on full display in early May during the Sakura Matsuri Festival at the Charles B. Wang Center. Sakura Matsuri — the Cherry Blossom Festival — is a day-long...

May 22, 2019

2 min read

Academics Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors News Highlights Recent Grads Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Ten Students Receive Fulbright Scholarships, Setting Stony Brook Record

Ten 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 20, 2019

7 min read

News Highlights On Campus Student Spotlight Sustainability

Students’ Environmental Design Project Reimagines Shop Red West Plaza

During the spring 2019 semester, students in the EDP 404: Environmental Design Project class worked with the Faculty Student Association (FSA) as their client to reimagine the plaza outside Shop Red West. With the...

May 17, 2019

2 min read

Awards and Honors Student Spotlight

Dedication Rewarded at Student Employee and Supervisor of the Year Awards

Each year, the Student Employee and Supervisor of the Year Awards, hosted by Stony Brook’s Career Center with support from the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarship Services, recognizes stellar student employees and...

May 16, 2019

3 min read

Academics Awards and Honors News Highlights School of Journalism Student Spotlight

SBU Journalism Major Awarded Dow Jones News Fund Internship

For the second year in a row, a Stony Brook University student has been awarded a Dow Jones News Fund internship. Brianne Ledda, a rising junior, is one of 79 undergraduate and graduate students placed in paid...

May 16, 2019

1 min read

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For Stony Brook Computer Science Students, Robert A. Schwartz Scholarship is About More Than Dollars

It would be easy to discuss the impact of the Robert A. Schwartz Computer Science Scholarship in financial terms. After all, the difference that Bob Schwartz ’75 and his wife, Ellen Brown, make for scholarship...

May 15, 2019

5 min read

James Vassallo was recently named Graduate Student Government President of the Year.

Academics Awards and Honors Graduate School Student Spotlight

Graduate Student Government President Wins Award, Plans Big Changes

James Vassallo was recently named Graduate Student Government President of the Year by the State University of New York Student Assembly. “We’ve done a lot of work this year at Stony Brook Graduate Student Organization...

May 15, 2019

3 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories News Highlights Service Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Students Leaders to Cycle Across the Country for a Cause

Two Stony Brook student leaders are devoting their whole summer to cycling more than 4,000 miles across the country to raise awareness and funds for their respective charities. Justas Klimavicius ’19, President of...

May 14, 2019

3 min read

Arts & Entertainment Student Spotlight

Kelly Quad Entertains While Giving Back with Year-End Music Fest

As the academic year draws to a close, events hosted throughout Stony Brook’s campus give students the opportunity to kick back, decompress and celebrate all they’ve achieved. This year at Kelly Quad, home of the...

May 13, 2019

3 min read

Category: Student Spotlight

Graduating Seawolf Sean Deery Has Advice for New Students: Get Involved

Ultimate Frisbee Team Uses Campus as a ‘Frolf’ Course

Two-Time Player of the Year Sets 2020 Vision on Softball Championship

Jesse Pace ’20 Learns By Doing

Chris Crosby ‘19 Aims to Leave the Planet Healthier Than He Found It

Six College of Arts and Sciences Students Awarded Fellowships for Research Projects

WISE Student Is an Activist for Local Water Quality

Baseball Analytics Whiz Amal Lukose ‘19 Heads for Cooperstown

Top Five Gifts for Grads

Stony Brook Celebrates Cherry Blossom Festival

Ten Students Receive Fulbright Scholarships, Setting Stony Brook Record

Students’ Environmental Design Project Reimagines Shop Red West Plaza

Dedication Rewarded at Student Employee and Supervisor of the Year Awards

SBU Journalism Major Awarded Dow Jones News Fund Internship

For Stony Brook Computer Science Students, Robert A. Schwartz Scholarship is About More Than Dollars

Graduate Student Government President Wins Award, Plans Big Changes

Students Leaders to Cycle Across the Country for a Cause

Kelly Quad Entertains While Giving Back with Year-End Music Fest

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