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Kevin Tsai ‘19 carries donations of PPE.

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Medicine Alums Present Emmy Award on National Telecast

Chosen for their involvement in the organization DonatePPE.org, siblings Karen Tsai and Kevin Tsai presented the Best Supporting Actor award at the 72nd annual Emmys on September 20.

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Venice Film Festival Is Memorable for Christine Vachon

The artistic director of SBU's MFA in Film program shares her feelings about the festival, where her latest film "The World to Come" premiered to rave reviews.

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Nobuho Nagasawa, Transformation and Resilience (detail), 2020, 506 Broadway, NYC. Photo: Teri Henry.

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Reckoning: Faculty Exhibition 2020 Opens Online October 1

The Zuccaire Gallery presents an online Faculty Exhibition that opens on October 1 and features the work of Stony Brook University’s world-renowned faculty artists. Reckoning presents artwork created in 2020 that...

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Social Impact Filmmaking Program Teaches “Passion to Make a Difference”

“The impact of the events of 2020 on filmmaking will be monumental,” said Karen Offitzer, director of the undergraduate minor in filmmaking at Stony Brook and one of three co-directors of the Social Impact Filmmaking...

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Feature Film by MFA Grad James Sharpe Debuts on August 1

You can view the comedy-drama, "Tom of Your Life," now on iTunes and then on most streaming platforms as of September 1.

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2020 Stony Brook Film Festival Goes Virtual

Annual event partners with IndieFlix to show 24 films over 12 weeks The show must go on. The Stony Brook Film Festival, presented by Island Federal — which annually features top independent films from across the globe —...

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Photos Courtesy Staller Center for the Arts and Wider Film Projects

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Stony Brook Film Festival Offers Free Screening and Live Q&A

The screening of "God Knows Where I Am" will be held on July 25 at 8 pm and features a Q&A with actress Lori Singer and directors Jedd and Todd Wider.

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Go “Beyond the Expected” with Our New Podcast Series

Stony Brook has launched its first-ever official podcast, “Beyond the Expected,” highlighting the expertise, discoveries and service of outstanding members of the Stony Brook University community. Brought to you by the...

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Making Music in the Midst of a Pandemic

It’s hard for students to switch gears easily from real time in the classroom to virtual time in the middle of a semester. But for Taylor Ackley ’20, a postdoctoral student in the Department of Music, the coronavirus...

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Vachon Named Among 50 Most Powerful LGBTQ Players in Hollywood

The award-winning film producer and co-founder of Killer Films has been honored in The Hollywood Reporter's Pride Issue.

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Virtual Options Keep Staller Center, Zuccaire Gallery Fans Engaged

The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing shutdown of large gatherings put a temporary end to the way we traditionally experience performance and visual art. But creative people beget creative solutions, and there...

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SBU Cultural Leaders View Post-Pandemic Performing Arts

“Think about how much film, literature, music and visual arts people are consuming during their sheltering in place,” said Ken Weitzman, Associate Professor, Dramatic Writing, Stony Brook University Department of...

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Staller Center 2020 Season Highlights

Staller Center kicks off its 2020 Season with world-class contemporary dance company BODYTRAFFIC on February 8 at 8 pm. Tickets are on sale now for all performances.

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Student Creates Mural Celebrating Women Engineers

A striking new mural on the second floor of the Light Engineering building, designed by computer engineering student Sejal Mehra, pays tribute to women in engineering. Entitled Luna the Future, the mural uses a stylized...

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Aspiring Singer Follows Dream Through Stony Brook

The road to any dream can be long and winding, and the dreamer rarely knows how long the road will be. Analise Buker ’21, however, knows exactly how far away she is from her dream: 55 miles, the distance between Stony...

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Indian Film Chuskit Wins Grand Prize at 24th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival

Chuskit, directed by Priya Ramasubban, won the Grand Prize at the 24th annual Stony Brook Film Festival presented by Island Federal at the Staller Center for the Arts, “This festival was one of the most competitive...

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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

It was one small step for man and one giant leap for mankind when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, and Stony Brook University is playing a big part in the 50th anniversary celebration...

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A World of Cinema Comes to the 24th Stony Brook Film Festival

When filmgoers attend the Stony Brook Film Festival presented by Island Federal, they’re likely to see something they wouldn’t normally get a chance to see. “Probably two-thirds of the feature films we’ve shown, you...

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Category - Arts & Entertainment

Medicine Alums Present Emmy Award on National Telecast

Reckoning: Faculty Exhibition 2020 Opens Online October 1

Social Impact Filmmaking Program Teaches “Passion to Make a Difference”

2020 Stony Brook Film Festival Goes Virtual

Stony Brook Film Festival Offers Free Screening and Live Q&A

Making Music in the Midst of a Pandemic

Vachon Named Among 50 Most Powerful LGBTQ Players in Hollywood

Virtual Options Keep Staller Center, Zuccaire Gallery Fans Engaged

SBU Cultural Leaders View Post-Pandemic Performing Arts

Staller Center 2020 Season Highlights

Student Creates Mural Celebrating Women Engineers

Aspiring Singer Follows Dream Through Stony Brook

Indian Film Chuskit Wins Grand Prize at 24th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

A World of Cinema Comes to the 24th Stony Brook Film Festival

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