The history PhD candidate's dissertation tells the story of how universities historically weighed their desire to be productive spaces for social justice against the nation’s growing impulse toward law and order.
Stony Brook University graduated 7,100 Seawolves in a virtual degree conferral ceremony May 22, sharing spirit and hope in an event marked by the coronavirus crisis. The Class of 2020 joins the ranks of 200,000...
If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything it is that our students are amazingly resilient. In defiance of all the difficulties they have faced, the Class of 2020 has chosen to rise up and continue to make a...
The fellowships support a year of research to help advanced graduate students in the humanities and social sciences in the last year of PhD dissertation writing.
Ruchi Shah was 15 years old when she noticed a long line of people outside of a tiny clinic waiting to get treatment for mosquito-transmitted diseases during a family trip to India. “I’ll never forget seeing that...
It’s “A Whole New World” as the Disney-themed 31st annual Roth Pond Regatta takes place online this year. Get ready to build your boats and vote for your favorites on Friday, May 8. On May 8, teams...
Johnny Lee, a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry, has been named a 2020 Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Future Leader by the American Chemical Society (ACS). A division of ACS for more than 110 years, CAS...
“It’s amazing to know that you’re supporting other people’s research with your work,” says geology researcher Kevin Hatton ’20. Hatton has been doing undergraduate research under the mentorship of Professor Troy Rasbury...
As New York began to feel the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, Katie Maroldi, a second-year MSW student in Stony Brook’s Social Welfare Program, took one of her professor’s lessons on the negative effects of...
The first-generation college student says earning scholarships is her way of thanking her parents for their support and taking ownership of her future.
After pursuing a Dietetics Technician degree at Suffolk Community College, Alexa Detore ’23 thought her career in nutrition was on its way. But soon after getting her first job, she began to have second thoughts. “I’ve...
Stony Brook freshman Clare Dana has been named the winner of a National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) scholarship. Since 2003 the NOSB, a program of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership, has recognized and rewarded student...
“Research can be stressful, frustrating, demanding, and even overwhelming in the beginning,” cautions undergraduate researcher Marcia-Ruth Ndege ’21. “Even then, you should definitely stick around because, after the...
Honoring more than 1700 talented graduates and sending them on their way to a world of opportunity, Stony Brook University held its 22nd annual December Commencement ceremony in the Island Federal Credit Union Arena on...
Leveraging CT scans of fossilized crocodiles, Arthur Erb ’20 and Olivia Taubenfeld ’20 are probing the mysteries of ancient life under the mentorship of paleontologist Alan Turner, whose focus is...
Irvin Huang, a PhD candidate in the Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, has been chosen as a fellow in the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program, which matches highly qualified...