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Simone Pero Is Redefining the Meaning of ‘Impact’

Simone Pero could not possibly have chosen a more appropriate name for her strategic marketing and production firm specializing in the confluence of content and social action: For Impact Productions. Continuing to serve...

March 28, 2019

10 min read

Diversity Events On Campus

March 14 Provost’s Lecture: A Dialogue on Diversity

Patricia Matthew—Diversity, Faculty Retention, and Institutional Practices: A Dialogue Patricia A. Matthew, Associate Professor of English at Montclair State University, is the editor of Written/Unwritten: Diversity...

March 4, 2019

2 min read

Events On Campus

November 7 Provost’s Lecture: Sexual Harassment and the Construction of Knowledge

Sexual Harassment and the Construction of Knowledge: The Case of Ethnography Patricia Richards, Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies, holds the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorship at the...

October 25, 2018

2 min read

Diversity Entrepreneurship Main University Medicine and Research Stony Brook Matters

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...

August 9, 2018

5 min read

Academics Community Featured Story Giving Back Stony Brook Matters

Stony Brook’s Alda Center focuses on women in STEM with new gift from Andrew and Ann Tisch

The physicist who struggles to navigate the politics of her lab because her competence is perceived as making her less “likable.” The medical researcher who misses out on career guidance as would-be mentors gravitate...

July 31, 2018

4 min read

Arts & Entertainment Faculty Faculty/Student Spotlights Humanities SB Southampton Stony Brook Matters

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...

July 12, 2018

6 min read

Community Diversity Research

BNL-Stony Brook Joint Outreach Exposes Young Women to Nanoscience

Opportunities to experience what scientists do were few and far between for Shruti Sharma while growing up in India. This lack of early exposure to hands-on science activities contributed to Sharma—now a fifth-year PhD...

July 2, 2018

5 min read

Athletics Community News Highlights On Campus Wellness

Walk to Raise Awareness for Domestic Abuse Far Exceeds Goals

Stony Brook University, in conjunction with other SUNY schools and the One Love Foundation, spent the month of April partaking in a virtual walk-a-thon dedicated to raising awareness about the issue of relationship...

May 24, 2018

3 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Commencement Student Spotlight

“It Was Only A Matter of Time”: Mother-Daughter Duo Graduate with Class of 2018

In everything that Anastasia Roura pursued, her mother Helena was always there with words of encouragement. “She has been with me every step of the way,” said Anastasia, 24, of her mom, 44. This week, the two of them ...

May 17, 2018

3 min read

Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty/Student Spotlights Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

WISE Student Alexa Rockwell ’18 Understands Technology’s Potential in a World that Needs It

Alexa Rockwell wanted to learn how to code in high school, but her district didn’t offer any computer science courses. She wanted to compete in the Long Island High School Robotics competition, but her school didn’t...

May 9, 2018

4 min read

Diversity Events

Diversity Defined and New University Training Programs Previewed at Town Hall

Attendees of the West Campus Town Hall Meeting held in Frey Hall on April 25 were briefed by Chief Diversity Officer Lee Bitsóí on the implementation of Stony Brook University’s Plan for Equity, Inclusion and...

April 27, 2018

5 min read

Academics Events School of Journalism

#MeToo Movement Motivator Gretchen Carlson Says the Time Is Now

Speak up. Challenge social norms. Take risks. These were just a few of the recommendations made by veteran news anchor Gretchen Carlson during her April 17 talk at Stony Brook University. “I want women to know that...

April 23, 2018

2 min read

Medicine Medicine and Research News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters Wellness

At Stony Brook Medicine, Accomplished Women are Reinventing Science and Clinical Care

Stony Brook Medicine’s researchers and clinicians are leaders in their fields. They also are leading the way for students and junior faculty, by example and through teaching and mentorship. We asked six accomplished...

April 10, 2018

4 min read

Alumni News Alumni Spotlight Humanities Stony Brook Matters

40 Under Forty Alum Mustehsan Continues to Make Headlines

In January, Momina Mustehsan ’15 was honored as one of Stony Brook University’s 40 Under Forty. Now, she’s one of 30 Under 30, too. Mustehsan, who earned her bachelor’s degree from Stony Brook with a dual major in...

April 6, 2018

3 min read

Events Main University News Highlights On Campus Stony Brook Matters

Sexual Assault Awareness Month at Stony Brook

One in five women and one in 71 men will be the victims of sexual assault at some point in their lives. The Center for Prevention and Outreach (CPO), in collaboration with other campus organizations, will be holding...

April 3, 2018

2 min read

Diversity Entrepreneurship Events Main University Stony Brook Matters

Symposium Explores Women’s Leadership and Empowerment

Florence DiStefano Hudson knows what it’s like to be in the minority. For decades, she’s worked her way to the top in a variety of STEM positions traditionally held by men. Hudson, an entrepreneur, aerospace engineer...

March 28, 2018

4 min read

Faculty Faculty/Student Spotlights Research Stony Brook Matters

Business Professor Cites False Assumptions as Key to Gender Pay Gap

False assumptions made by employers about gender roles, and women’s inclination to avoid conflict in negotiations, are key factors contributing to the longstanding pay gap between men and women, according to a business...

March 23, 2018

4 min read

Awards and Honors Diversity Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Stony Brook Matters

Michael Kimmel Honored by UN Women as Champion of Change

As International Women’s Day is celebrated at UN headquarters in New York City today, leading expert on men and masculinities Michael Kimmel, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at Stony Brook...

March 8, 2018

2 min read

Tag: #MeToo

Simone Pero Is Redefining the Meaning of ‘Impact’

March 14 Provost’s Lecture: A Dialogue on Diversity

November 7 Provost’s Lecture: Sexual Harassment and the Construction of Knowledge

University’s Center for Corporate Education Focuses on Empowering Women

Stony Brook’s Alda Center focuses on women in STEM with new gift from Andrew and Ann Tisch

Empowerment and Feminism Resonate in Meg Wolitzer’s Latest Novel

BNL-Stony Brook Joint Outreach Exposes Young Women to Nanoscience

Walk to Raise Awareness for Domestic Abuse Far Exceeds Goals

“It Was Only A Matter of Time”: Mother-Daughter Duo Graduate with Class of 2018

WISE Student Alexa Rockwell ’18 Understands Technology’s Potential in a World that Needs It

Diversity Defined and New University Training Programs Previewed at Town Hall

#MeToo Movement Motivator Gretchen Carlson Says the Time Is Now

At Stony Brook Medicine, Accomplished Women are Reinventing Science and Clinical Care

40 Under Forty Alum Mustehsan Continues to Make Headlines

Sexual Assault Awareness Month at Stony Brook

Symposium Explores Women’s Leadership and Empowerment

Business Professor Cites False Assumptions as Key to Gender Pay Gap

Michael Kimmel Honored by UN Women as Champion of Change

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