Wang Center Controversy
On Feb. 12, Dr. Sunita Mukhi learned that her position as director of programs for the Charles B. Wang Center would be dissolved. Sixteen days later, on the last day[...]
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Protecting Our History
This campus is beautiful. I mean that – even with all of the ongoing construction. There are sections, like the Staller Steps, or the fountain near the Administration building that[...]
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Tyson: A Look into the Downfall of a Legend
Michael Gerard “Mike” Tyson, former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, said in his documentary Tyson shown on April 16 in the Wang Center that he “never backs down from a fight.”[...]
“Singgalot” Exhibit Comes to Stony Brook
Nineteen-year old Jordan Del Fierro was just wandering in the Charles B. Wang Center, waiting for his friends on a Tuesday afternoon. Suddenly, room 201 caught his eye. Curious, he[...]
“New York Remembers” Comes to SBU
Stony Brook University is one of thirty locations hosting the “New York Remembers” Exhibit, a project organized by the State Museum meant to give New Yorkers across the state a[...]
The Bernie Mac of Feudal Japan
Performing comedy is hard enough when you speak the same language as your audience. The Yamamoto family’s success with their Wang Center performance of kyogen plays—stories taken nearly seven thousand miles and seven hundred years from their origin—was an impressive feat.
And Who Said Iranians Couldn't Rock?
They say music and math are the universal languages. This was evident on February 25, when the Persian world music ensemble Niyaz played a sold out show at the Charles B. Wang Center.
City Wok
When Jacqueline Newman was engaged, she was given her very first Chinese cookbook as a gift. Fifty-four years later, Newman has compiled the World’s largest English-language Chinese cookbook collection, continuing over 3,000 books.
Wang Welcomes Wong's Womanly Wonder
Kristina Wong wants to make you uncomfortable. After all, it’s when we’re uncomfortable that we really start thinking. It was with this in mind that she brought her one-woman show, “Wong Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest,” to Stony Brook’s Wang Center on April 10.
Wang’s In Business
Ever since the Charles B. Wang Center was officially opened in 2002, many have anticipated the opening of the gift shop across from the popular Asian restaurant, Jasmine. Well, finally, on April 1, 2008, the Wang Center’s gift shop was opened. At first, it seemed like an elaborate April Fool’s joke played by the ol’ rascals in Administration.