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Strawberry Fest and Diversity Day Celebration Is a Hit Again

Inclusion was on the plate for those who attended the Stony Brook University Strawberry Festival and Diversity Day Celebration on May 1. The two-hour event, full of music and dance performances, creative arts and...

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MLK Associate Clarence Jones Considers the Past and Future of Civil Rights

“What kind of nation are we going to be in the 21st century?” Civil rights luminary Clarence Jones posed this and other challenging questions as he delivered the Presidential Lecture Wednesday evening at...

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Stony Brook’s Sustainable Impact Rated High in Times Higher Education Ranking

Stony Brook University comes in at No. 78 in the world in the new 2019 Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking, a global university ranking that aims to measure an institution’s impact on society based on its...

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Chef Kwame Kicks Off Black History Month with His Personal Recipe for Success

Stony Brook’s Black History Month celebrations began in full-flavored fashion on February 6 with a presentation by Chef Kwame Onwuachi from BRAVO’s “Top Chef” program. He joined a ballroom full of fellow...

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Michelle Mbekeani ’11 Works Towards a Better World

Michelle Mbekeani ’11 is ready to turn 30. However, nine years into what she calls “the most uncertain decade,” Mbekeani has a lot to show for her twenties. As a Policy Advisor for Juvenile Justice at the Cook County...

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Jarvis Watson to Serve as Interim Chief Diversity Officer

Stony Brook University alumnus Jarvis M. Watson, who has served as Assistant Dean for Multicultural Affairs in the Division of Student Affairs, will now serve as Interim Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) and will serve on...

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Stony Brook is Celebrating Black History Month 2019

The Black History Month Opening Program at Stony Brook University takes place on Wednesday, February 6. Various campus organizations will be hosting a range of educational, social and cultural programs that focus on the...

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Building a Pathway for Diversity in STEM Education

Increasing diversity in engineering and technology is a key initiative at Stony Brook University. Fotis Sotiropoulos, Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, highlighted these efforts during his recent...

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Crystal Fleming Featured on C-SPAN

A provocative new book by Crystal Fleming, Stony Brook associate professor of sociology and Africana Studies, How to Be Less Stupid About Race, is being featured on C-SPAN’s Authors Week. The weeklong series...

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Happy Holidays from the Stanley Family

…and all of us at Stony Brook University, where our diversity is our greatest gift to one another.

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Stony Brook Holds Campuswide Seminar On Implicit Bias and Sexual Misconduct

Thousands of University faculty, staff and administrators gathered recently in the Island Federal Arena for more than two hours of communal training in recognizing and responding to implicit bias, bullying and sexual...

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Homecoming Court Adopts All-Gender Approach

Stony Brook University is ditching the gender binary titles of “king” and “queen” for this year’s homecoming celebrations and will elect three students, regardless of gender, as Stony Brook Royals. Since the crowning of...

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President Stanley Urges Continued Work for Gender Parity at HeForShe Summit

President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. took the University’s mission to create a safe, empowered and equitable campus culture for all to an international level on Wednesday, Sept. 26. Since 2015, President Stanley has served...

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President Stanley to Represent Stony Brook at UN HeForShe Event

President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., MD, will represent Stony Brook University at the United Nations 2018 HeForShe IMPACT Summit, taking place in New York City September 26. President Stanley will join other university...

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Stony Brook Receives 2018 HEED Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine

Stony Brook University received the 2018 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award — a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and...

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Stony Brook Jumps 12 Places in Wall Street Journal Ranking

The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education College Rankings 2019 rated Stony Brook University at No. 135 nationally, moving up from No. 147 last year. The University is ranked No. 30 nationwide among public...

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Crystal Fleming’s Book on Racism Earns Starred Kirkus Review

How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy and the Racial Divide, the latest book by Stony Brook University Associate Professor Crystal M. Fleming, has earned a starred Kirkus review, awarded to...

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University’s Center for Corporate Education Focuses on Empowering Women

Before she started her first corporate job, Anna Goldberg ’09, ’12 said she didn’t recall experiencing gender bias. All that changed when at age 24 she participated in a meeting with predominantly male co-workers and...

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Category - Diversity

Strawberry Fest and Diversity Day Celebration Is a Hit Again

MLK Associate Clarence Jones Considers the Past and Future of Civil Rights

Chef Kwame Kicks Off Black History Month with His Personal Recipe for Success

Michelle Mbekeani ’11 Works Towards a Better World

Jarvis Watson to Serve as Interim Chief Diversity Officer

Crystal Fleming Featured on C-SPAN

Happy Holidays from the Stanley Family

Stony Brook Holds Campuswide Seminar On Implicit Bias and Sexual Misconduct

Homecoming Court Adopts All-Gender Approach

President Stanley Urges Continued Work for Gender Parity at HeForShe Summit

President Stanley to Represent Stony Brook at UN HeForShe Event

Stony Brook Receives 2018 HEED Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine

Stony Brook Jumps 12 Places in Wall Street Journal Ranking

Crystal Fleming’s Book on Racism Earns Starred Kirkus Review

University’s Center for Corporate Education Focuses on Empowering Women

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