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Alum Appointed Minister of Culture in Iraq

Abdulamir Al-Dafar Hamdani ’15, PhD Anthropology and Archaeology, was recently approved by the Iraqi Parliament as Minister of Culture to the Iraqi Ministry of Culture. Hamdani, who was known as Abdulameer Al-Dafar...

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Steve Hansen ’90 Gets Things Rolling at Honda

Halfway through his interview at Honda, Steve Hansen ’90 felt certain he wasn’t going to get the job. It wasn’t until he pulled out a photo of the senior design project he had completed at Stony Brook that the interview...

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40 Under Forty Honoree Momina Mustehsan ’15 Dives Back into Music with Debut Single “Aaya Na Tu”

For Momina Mustehsan, there is such a thing as a second chance at a first impression. The Stony Brook 40 Under Forty honoree, who graduated with a dual major in biomedical engineering and applied mathematics, burst onto...

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Benvinda Santos ‘97 Integrates Business and Engineering

Benvinda Santos ‘97 is not your typical engineer. With degrees in both engineering and business, Benvinda has built her career on the integration of the two – and she understands better than anyone the importance...

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Basil John ’16 Braves the Storm

For reporter Basil John ‘16, Hurricane Florence was more than just national news. After covering the storm, John learned that his apartment and many of his possessions had been destroyed. But even through the...

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Yuliya Astapova ’17: Where Is She Now?

Bio: Yuliya Astapova is currently a Software Engineer at Netsmart, a tech company in the healthcare space that builds EHRs (Electronic Health Records), which are used by clinics and hospitals to keep track of their...

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Long Island Pulse Founder Nada Marjanovich ’03 Takes on a New Island

Thirteen years after founding Long Island Pulse Magazine, Nada Marjanovich ’03 says a new island is calling. Since the 2010 earthquake, Marjanovich has been working with Haiti Air Ambulance, an emergency medical...

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Alumna Collaborates as Lead Author in Groundbreaking Earthquake Study

Learn all you can because you never know when it might come in handy. Not an earth-shaking concept, but it worked for Meredith Kraner ’14, who landed a life-changing (and literally earth-shaking) assignment in Professor...

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Stony Brook Alumni Association Appoints Five New Board Members

The Stony Brook University Alumni Association Board of Directors has appointed five new board members at their June meeting, each of whom will serve three-year terms. The new board members include Alyssa Breres ’10...

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From Stony Brook to the Super Bowl: Greg Delimitros ’02 Gets the Eagles Looking Sharp for Opening Night

The 2018 NFL season begins tonight, when the Philadelphia Eagles, the defending Super Bowl Champions, host the Atlanta Falcons at Lincoln Financial Field. If you watch the game on NBC, you probably won’t see Greg...

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Ed Fabian ’08 | Where Is He Now?

Bio: Edward Fabian is the President of American Eagle Systems, an IT firm that provides data protection and audit compliance solutions for clients managing substantial amounts of data. Through successful completion of...

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Scott Abrams ’80 Changes His Tune

Past Alumni Association President Scott Abrams ’80 is calling for an encore. After over 30 years in engineering, this alumnus made a move that no one saw coming – he became a Broadway producer. For Scott, though...

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Submit Your Pitch for Stony Brook Live

Are you stage ready? The Stony Brook Alumni Association is looking for fascinating alumni, faculty, staff and students to feature in a twelve (12) minute (or less) live routine at the Stony Brook Live morning...

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Qi Sun ‘18 Develops Technology Expanding the Experience of Virtual Reality

Stony Brook alumnus Qi Sun ‘18 has been fascinated with augmented and virtual reality for years. For him the idea of fully melding our physical world with a computerized, virtual one holds incredible promise for...

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SBU Students and Alumni Sweep State Department Awards

First-ever Fulbrights to Norway and South Korea Record Number of Gilman Scholarships Stony Brook University is continuing its tradition of success in nationally competitive fellowship competitions sponsored by the U.S...

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Alum Joseph Moreno Shines Under the Bright Lights of CNN

Joseph Moreno ‘96 is ready for his closeup. An honoree at Stony Brook’s inaugural 40 Under Forty celebration in 2014, Moreno has been highly visible on CNN in recent weeks, providing legal analysis for the network’s...

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My Unlived Life with Philip Roth

From 1962 to 1966 I was an undergraduate English major at the brand new Stony Brook campus of the State University of New York. I had wanted to live on a college campus and this was the only “away” school my parents...

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Stony Brook Alum Thrives at Brookhaven National Laboratory

When Daniel Cacace ’15 first came to visit the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory during Summer Sundays as a young boy, he already felt there was something special about the Lab that...

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Category - Alumni Spotlight

Alum Appointed Minister of Culture in Iraq

Steve Hansen ’90 Gets Things Rolling at Honda

40 Under Forty Honoree Momina Mustehsan ’15 Dives Back into Music with Debut Single “Aaya Na Tu”

Benvinda Santos ‘97 Integrates Business and Engineering

Basil John ’16 Braves the Storm

Yuliya Astapova ’17: Where Is She Now?

Long Island Pulse Founder Nada Marjanovich ’03 Takes on a New Island

Alumna Collaborates as Lead Author in Groundbreaking Earthquake Study

Stony Brook Alumni Association Appoints Five New Board Members

From Stony Brook to the Super Bowl: Greg Delimitros ’02 Gets the Eagles Looking Sharp for Opening Night

Ed Fabian ’08 | Where Is He Now?

Scott Abrams ’80 Changes His Tune

Submit Your Pitch for Stony Brook Live

Qi Sun ‘18 Develops Technology Expanding the Experience of Virtual Reality

SBU Students and Alumni Sweep State Department Awards

Alum Joseph Moreno Shines Under the Bright Lights of CNN

My Unlived Life with Philip Roth

Stony Brook Alum Thrives at Brookhaven National Laboratory

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