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Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty/Staff Global Humanities Stony Brook Matters

Writing Professor Rita Nezami Shapes Global Citizens

In a dark concert hall, Veronica Sih ’22 sat in disbelief as she heard Emmanuel Jal, a former South Sudanese child-soldier turned human rights activist, recount his life story. “The thought of a seven-year old carrying...

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Digital Humanities Find a Home With Gladys Brooks Foundation Gift

As an associate professor of English in Stony Brook University’s College of Arts and Sciences, Andrew Newman specializes in American literature from the colonial period, but his current research has less to do with...

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Rowan Ricardo Phillips Honored for Best Literary Sports Writing

Rowan Ricardo Phillips, a professor in the English Department of the College of Arts and Sciences, was recently awarded the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing for his book, The Circuit: A Tennis Odyssey. This...

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Friend of Stony Brook Erwin P. Staller Dies at 97

Erwin P. Staller, 97, visionary philanthropist and tireless advocate for Stony Brook University, died yesterday after a lifetime of support for education, arts and culture. Staller, Hon. ’01, one of Long Island’s most...

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Stony Brook Announces New BFA Degree in Creative Writing

Stony Brook University announces a new undergraduate major in Creative Writing, earning a new degree, the Bachelor of Fine Arts. Modeled after its renowned MFA in Creative Writing program and sharing the same world...

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"Glass Menagerie" by Meg Schedel on display at the Library of Congress

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Humanities Stony Brook Matters

Professor Schedel Brings Virtual Reality to the Library of Congress

Composer and cellist Margaret Schedel, an associate professor in the Department of Music at Stony Brook University who specializes in ferociously interactive media, had two of her virtual reality (VR) pieces with...

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Political Science Professor Casts Her Vote On the Independent Voice This Election

As an associate professor of political science who has spent countless hours gaining insight into the minds and behaviors of voters, Yanna Krupnikov knows a lot about what goes into casting a ballot each Election Day...

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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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Stephanie Dinkins Awarded Soros Fellowship

A prestigious Soros fellowship has been awarded to Stephanie Dinkins, associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Art. Dinkins was recently named to the Open Society Foundation’s 2018 class of...

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Empowerment and Feminism Resonate in Meg Wolitzer’s Latest Novel

The Female Persuasion, the newest novel by New York Times-bestselling author Meg Wolitzer, was released this spring into a world very different from the one she imagined when she started writing it four years ago...

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From Pens to Podcasts: Southampton Campus Innovates the Language of Storytelling

This week aspiring novelist Emily Gilbert of Amagansett will be getting news she’s been striving toward for a year. “I’ll be meeting with an agent who will give me feedback about my literary novel,” said Gilbert, who...

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Alexandra Rivera ’19 Pursues Love of Dante and Japan

“It’s an amazing experience just to understand how the research process in academia works,” says English major Alexandra Rivera ’19. “[You] understand the process by looking into books that...

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Students Collaborate with Professor on Book of Translated Japanese Literature

Stony Brook University seniors Anne McNulty and Rose Goldberg, are celebrating the publication of their book, Japanese Short Stories for Language Learners: Bilingual Stories in Japanese and English Tuttle Publishing...

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Writer and Television Producer Derek Haas to Visit Stony Brook

The College of Arts and Sciences Program in Writing and Rhetoric welcomes writer and television producer Derek Haas to Stony Brook University April 17-26, 2018, as part of the Visiting Artist Grant program. While on...

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Kelsea Johnson ’17 Discusses Her Journey From Stony Brook to The Voice

Kelsea Johnson ’17 is ready for you to hear her Voice…live! And having the Stony Brook University community at her back, she says, is both comforting and inspiring. Just under a year after earning her bachelor’s...

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Gala Honoring Dorothy Lichtenstein Raises $7.1 Million to Support Creative Writing and Film Programs and Scholarships

Nearly 700 guests gathered on Wednesday evening at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers to honor one of America’s most dedicated and energetic art and education benefactors, Dorothy Lichtenstein, at the annual Stars of Stony...

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Kelsea Johnson ’17 Enters Live Playoffs on TV’s “The Voice”

Kelsea Johnson ‘17 arrived on NBC’s The Voice singing “Like I’m Gonna Lose You,” and “Don’t Let Go,” sending a message that she doesn’t plan on losing or letting go any time soon. Now the recent Stony Brook graduate is...

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Stony Brook Alumna Sings Her Way Past the Competition on “The Voice”

BY JOSEPH KONIG For Kelsea Johnson, the path to success has been all about timing. In 2014, the Delaware native auditioned for the NBC singing competition, “The Voice,” at an open call audition attended by thousands...

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Category - Humanities

Writing Professor Rita Nezami Shapes Global Citizens

Digital Humanities Find a Home With Gladys Brooks Foundation Gift

Rowan Ricardo Phillips Honored for Best Literary Sports Writing

Friend of Stony Brook Erwin P. Staller Dies at 97

Stony Brook Announces New BFA Degree in Creative Writing

Professor Schedel Brings Virtual Reality to the Library of Congress

Political Science Professor Casts Her Vote On the Independent Voice This Election

Crystal Fleming’s Book on Racism Earns Starred Kirkus Review

Stephanie Dinkins Awarded Soros Fellowship

Empowerment and Feminism Resonate in Meg Wolitzer’s Latest Novel

Alexandra Rivera ’19 Pursues Love of Dante and Japan

Students Collaborate with Professor on Book of Translated Japanese Literature

Writer and Television Producer Derek Haas to Visit Stony Brook

Kelsea Johnson ’17 Discusses Her Journey From Stony Brook to The Voice

Gala Honoring Dorothy Lichtenstein Raises $7.1 Million to Support Creative Writing and Film Programs and Scholarships

Kelsea Johnson ’17 Enters Live Playoffs on TV’s “The Voice”

Stony Brook Alumna Sings Her Way Past the Competition on “The Voice”

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