Category - Alumni Spotlight

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Tom Manuel Keeps the Music Playing at SBU and The Jazz Loft

Tom Manuel got his first jazz infusion at a family event when he was growing up. “I clearly remember lying on the grass and hearing a deejay play Glenn Miller’s ‘In the Mood,’” recalled the Lake Ronkonkoma, NY...

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Promoted Interim Head Coach Mark Anderson

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Seawolves Alum Mark Anderson ’13 Promoted to Interim Swim and Dive Head Coach

Since he stepped onto campus, Mark Anderson ’13 has made an impact on the Stony Brook swimming and diving program. Thirteen years later, he is leading it. The Seawolves alum has been promoted to interim head coach...

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Fulbright Scholar Ayse Ulgen, MS ’96, PhD ’01 Looks to Revolutionize Public Health Systems Around the World

Ayse Ulgen’s work knows no borders. Born in Cyprus, Ulgen’s career in higher education and academic research has taken her all over the globe. And it all started with her pursuit of an MS and PhD in Applied Mathematics...

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Karen Keogh ‘88 Appointed New York State Secretary to the Governor

The School of Social Welfare alumna and former member of the Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees was appointed by New York's new Governor Kathy Hochul.

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Alumnus Kevin Kwan Loucks Named CEO of Chamber Music America

He earned his DMA from Stony Brook in 2013, served as a TA for the Emerson String Quartet and was named one of SBU’s distinguished 40 Under 40 Alumni in 2018.

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Stony Brook, LI High Technology Incubator Help Biocogent Go Platinum

Biocogent, a company headquartered at the Long Island High Technology Incubator (LIHTI) at Stony Brook University, was recently awarded Platinum status by EcoVadis, the world’s largest provider of business...

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Norm Prusslin Champions the Spirit of College Radio

Since he was a child in the late 1950s, Norm Prusslin has been tuned in to the joys and possibilities of radio. It was a passion that stayed with him when he entered Stony Brook University as an English major in 1969...

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Forbes Spotlights Cancer Drug Research of Stony Brook Grads

Ann Lin '18 and Chris Giuliano '18 co-authored a paper that was published in the influential interdisciplinary medical journal Science Translational Medicine.

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SBDC: Birthplace of Million-Dollar Dreams

Stony Brook University fared well in the annual New York State Business Plan Competition this past spring, earning first and second place awards. Joshua Zhu ’24, enrolled in the Stony Brook Medicine track, and...

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Two-Time Alum Gives Back as a Volunteer After Long Legal Career

At age 65, when many people are thinking of retiring, career lawyer Doug McNally ’74, ’18 decided to get his master’s in social work at Stony Brook University to focus on the “counseling” aspect of being a...

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Cernadas-Martín Is a Champion for Marine and Human Diversity

Sara Cernadas-Martín is a self-described interdisciplinary scientist with knowledge spanning the fields of marine biology, molecular genetics, and conservation ecology, with an MS and a PhD from Stony Brook University...

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Stony Brook Magazine | President with a Purpose

Read the original story in the Stony Brook University Magazine. Congratulations to alumna Milagros “Milly” Peña ’86, PhD ’90 on becoming the sixth president of Purchase College this past fall. She is the first Hispanic...

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Stony Brook Magazine | Advocating for Others

Read the original story in the Stony Brook University Magazine. Since 2011, Diana Acosta ’06,’ 07 has advocated for marginalized populations around the world to ensure they have access to quality and equitable social...

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Journalism Grad Assists with NASA Moon Mission

When American astronauts return to the moon in 2024, Stony Brook journalism graduate Erika Peters ‘20 will have played a small but significant role in the journey.

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Alumni Spotlight Giving Back Stony Brook Matters

Stony Brook a ‘Second Home’ for Barbara Lipman-Wulf

Alumna Reflects on University’s Impact on Her Life, From Pursuing her Passion to Life-Saving Surgery To say the early years of Barbara Lipman-Wulf, MA ’72, PhD ’79, were challenging is an understatement. Growing...

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Ann Nasti Honored with Prestigious Award for Teaching Excellence in Dentistry

The Dental School's associate dean for clinical education has long been a trailblazer, with a pioneering spirit that has propelled her clinical and teaching trajectory for decades.

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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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Music Alum and PhD Student Featured in Washington Post

Stony Brook alum Flannery Cunningham ’18 and PhD student Niloufar Nourbakhsh are highlighted in a Washington Post article, “21 for ’21: Composers and performers who sound like tomorrow.” Both studied with...

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Category - Alumni Spotlight

Tom Manuel Keeps the Music Playing at SBU and The Jazz Loft

Seawolves Alum Mark Anderson ’13 Promoted to Interim Swim and Dive Head Coach

Fulbright Scholar Ayse Ulgen, MS ’96, PhD ’01 Looks to Revolutionize Public Health Systems Around the World

Stony Brook, LI High Technology Incubator Help Biocogent Go Platinum

Norm Prusslin Champions the Spirit of College Radio

Forbes Spotlights Cancer Drug Research of Stony Brook Grads

SBDC: Birthplace of Million-Dollar Dreams

Cernadas-Martín Is a Champion for Marine and Human Diversity

Stony Brook Magazine | President with a Purpose

Stony Brook Magazine | Advocating for Others

Journalism Grad Assists with NASA Moon Mission

Stony Brook a ‘Second Home’ for Barbara Lipman-Wulf

Ann Nasti Honored with Prestigious Award for Teaching Excellence in Dentistry

Celebrating Love Found at Stony Brook University

Music Alum and PhD Student Featured in Washington Post

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