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Dan Slepian ’92 Goes Far Beyond for Criminal Justice Reform

“Dateline NBC” Producer Dan Slepian ’92 is not afraid to get close to a story. So, when the opportunity arose to spend two nights in the nation’s largest maximum security prison, he took it — and he brought “NBC...

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For Alumni Association President deBrauwere, Concert Experience Lit the Way to Entertainment Law Career

The sights and sounds of Homecoming may have been just a little bit sweeter than usual for Rob deBrauwere ’87. After many years as an actively engaged alumnus — including work on the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s...

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Laura Klahre ’97 Defends Long Island’s Native Pollinators

Laura Klahre ’97 speaks for the bees. As a bee rancher and the co-owner of Blossom Meadow Farm and Coffee Pot Cellar on the North Fork of Long Island, no one understands the importance of pollinators more than Klahre...

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For Phil Dustan ’75, Stony Brook Was the Gateway to the World

On Sunday, September 22, the television industry celebrated its greatest achievers at the Emmy Awards. One year ago, Phil Dustan ’75 was among them. Dustan, a professor of biology at the College of Charleston, was a...

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Doug Toledo ’19 Discovers the Ingredients to Success

When life handed Doug Toledo lemons, he made lemonade…Doug’s Lemonade that is. After an injury sidelined him from playing division one soccer at Stony Brook, Doug parlayed advice from Stony Brook’s Small Business...

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Perseverance Pays Off for International Engineering Alum

Haitian-born Jean Clifford Brutus was thrilled to discover that he was the cover story of Minority Engineer’s spring 2019 issue, but it might not have ever happened had he let a rejection letter from Stony Brook...

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Meghna Rao’s Journey: From New York to India and Back

When Meghna Rao ’13 graduated from Stony Brook with a degree in English, she went “Far Beyond” — literally. A lifelong New Yorker who grew up in Queens, Rao left home for India the summer after she graduated, spending...

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Christopher Hayes ’19 Researches Solar Energy at Brookhaven National Lab

Chemistry was the subject in school that Christopher Hayes enjoyed the most. However, the Long Island native entered Stony Brook University unsure of his course of study. This past spring, he graduated with degrees in...

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What Makes Rich Gelfond Run?

If you want to know what lit the fire that burns hot within Rich Gelfond, the enormously successful 63 year-old CEO of the big-screen entertainment technology giant IMAX and a proud Stony Brook alum, you might want to...

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Linda Hobson Heath MSW ‘08 Defies the Odds with FEMA Mitigation Grant

When Linda Hobson Heath MSW ‘08 secured a $2.8 million FEMA mitigation grant for her community, she didn’t realize the magnitude of what she had done. It wasn’t until journalists began to call her that she came to the...

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Engineering Student James Haggerty ’19 Builds Carbon-Neutral Motorbike

James Haggerty ’19 is saving the planet one vehicle at a time. The engineering major, who credits a building manager for helping him decide to enroll at Stony Brook University, is part of a design team that converted a...

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Greg Marshall Honorary Degree at 2019 Commencement

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For Greg Marshall ’88, an Emmy-Winning Career Started at SoMAS

Imagine being underwater and seeing a shark swimming nearby. What would go through your mind? Fear? Wonder? When Greg Marshall ’88 saw a shark in the water near him off the coast of Belize in 1986 — while doing research...

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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...

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Entrepreneur Jon Oringer Inducted into CEAS Hall of Fame

Jon Oringer, Founder, CEO and Chairman of Shutterstock Inc., was inducted into the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame in a special ceremony at Stony Brook’s annual Engineering...

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For Carolyn Hall ’09, Mixing Science and the Arts is a Thrilling Dance

Early on in her training as a dancer, Carolyn Hall ’09 had to learn to be able to pivot quickly. Who knew it would have such valuable application as a life skill? Hall, who holds an MS in Marine Science from Stony Brook...

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Gala Honoring Dr. Marilyn Hawrys Simons Raises Record $28.2 Million

More than 800 guests gathered last evening at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York City to honor alumna and Simons Foundation President Marilyn Hawrys Simons ’74, PhD ’84, at the 20th Stars of Stony Brook Gala...

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Neil and Arlene Butterklee Pass on Valuable Lessons Through Graduate Assistantship

While graduate students at Stony Brook University’s Harriman School – which would eventually grow to become the College of Business – Neil Butterklee ’80, ’82 and Arlene Butterklee ’82, ’84 learned how to be...

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Lockhorns Cartoonist John Reiner ‘78 Draws Inspiration From Long Island

For cartoonist John Reiner ‘78, joining The Statesman changed his life. In his freshman year, Reiner’s contributions to the student newspaper gained the attention of a wide audience, including Joe Simon, co-creator of...

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Category - Alumni Spotlight

Dan Slepian ’92 Goes Far Beyond for Criminal Justice Reform

Laura Klahre ’97 Defends Long Island’s Native Pollinators

For Phil Dustan ’75, Stony Brook Was the Gateway to the World

Doug Toledo ’19 Discovers the Ingredients to Success

Perseverance Pays Off for International Engineering Alum

Meghna Rao’s Journey: From New York to India and Back

Christopher Hayes ’19 Researches Solar Energy at Brookhaven National Lab

What Makes Rich Gelfond Run?

Engineering Student James Haggerty ’19 Builds Carbon-Neutral Motorbike

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

Entrepreneur Jon Oringer Inducted into CEAS Hall of Fame

For Carolyn Hall ’09, Mixing Science and the Arts is a Thrilling Dance

Neil and Arlene Butterklee Pass on Valuable Lessons Through Graduate Assistantship

Lockhorns Cartoonist John Reiner ‘78 Draws Inspiration From Long Island

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