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    Staying Connected: Join Us for a Virtual Program This Winter

    STALLER CENTER SPRING FILM SERIES See All 13 Films With One Pass February 11 – May 2 The Staller Center for the Arts is proud to offer the annual Spring Films at home! Purchase your pass today to see 13 films over...

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    Celebrating Love Found at Stony Brook University

    Tara Maloney ’16 and Andrew Wyman ’16 “Andrew and I met at Ladies Night at The Bench in February of 2014 and have been together ever since. I studied biomedical engineering/applied math and statistics (AMS)...

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    Geosciences Professor Joel Hurowitz Studies the Climate on Mars

    In a study of the ancient Gale Crater on Mars, Hurowitz and scientists from Rice University determined that Iceland’s climate is the closest to ancient Mars.

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    Staller Center’s Spring 2021 Film Series Goes Virtual Feb. 11

    This year's Series features 13 independent films you won't see anywhere else and presents award-winning and record-breaking films from around the world.

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    Staller Center Continues Virtual Programming This Spring

    Enjoy a Film Series, winter exhibition at the Zuccaire Gallery, pre-recorded performances of artists who have graced Staller's stage, virtual workshops and more.   

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    Top 10 Holiday Gifts for Your Favorite Seawolves

    Start shopping for your holiday gifts at Shop Red West in the Melville Library — all the Seawolves gear you need for yourself, family, friends and pets.

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    Alumni Association Shares 2019-2020 Annual Report

    This year has been one of great transformation. Although alumni have not been able to connect in person for much of the year, alumni and friends like you have continued to go far beyond to stay connected. With now over...

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    Fall 2020 Stony Brook Magazine Appears Online

    The latest issue is now available in digital format, featuring content built around Stony Brook’s driven, imaginative community and reflecting the new realities of COVID-19.

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    Show Your Pride on #SBUGivingDay, Oct. 8

    Give what you can to the areas that matter most to you — your school or college, your team or sport, your favorite professor or the students following in your footsteps.

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    STAY HOMEcoming: A Virtual Celebration, October 1 – 10

    Even a pandemic can’t stop the Seawolves spirit. While our traditional Homecoming can’t be held in person this year, Stony Brook University will present STAY HOMEcoming, ten days of (mostly) virtual events created to...

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    SBU Again Ranked in Top 100 by U.S. News

    Improving to No. 88 nationwide, SBU ranks as No. 34 among public universities — a jump of five places — according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Best Colleges.

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    Keep Students on Track

    The Fall 2020 semester at Stony Brook is an experience unlike any other, because this is a time unlike any other. It’s a defining moment in campus history when we’re reimagining and reengineering how we study and work...

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    New Stony Brook Union Has Heart of Campus Beating Again

    Described at the time as a facility “designed to meet the cultural, recreational and social needs of students,” the then-new Stony Brook Union, which opened its doors in January 1970, would take over social functions...

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    Stony Brook Alum Navigates Profession and Disability

    Fulbright scholar Allyssa Schoenemann ’16 expects to cope well with the difficulties posed by coronavirus, in part because she’s accustomed to dealing with challenges. She was born with diastrophic dwarfism...

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    Stony Brook Alumni Association Appoints Six New Board Members

    The Stony Brook University Alumni Association Board of Directors has appointed six new board members at their June meeting, each of whom will serve three-year terms. The new board members include Frank C. Barile...

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    Stony Brook Foundation Boosts Access to College for More Underserved Students

    Thanks to a new infusion to the Black and Latino Alumni Network Scholarship Fund, the University can offer more underserved students access to a Stony Brook degree.

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    Machine Learning Can Identify Areas Most at Risk from Pandemic

    Areas most at risk from the COVID-19 pandemic can be identified by a new machine learning tool developed by researchers at startup company Akai Kaeru LLC, which is affiliated with Stony Brook University’s Department of...

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    Leading Through Change: A Conversation with Stony Brook University President Maurie McInnis

    Dr. Maurie McInnis is the sixth President of Stony Brook University, one of America’s leading public universities. As chief executive for Stony Brook, Dr. McInnis also oversees Stony Brook Medicine, Long Island’s...

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