On Wednesday September 3rd, the Staller Center was filled with various patrons. Some were students and others, citizens of Stony Brook. These patrons shared curiosity, perhaps even concern, over an epidemic they’ve seen or read about in the news. The…
Milton Glaser, designer of such iconic emblems as the ubiquitous “I love NY,” the green label for Brooklyn Brewery and Bob Dylan’s multicolored hair on a 1975 poster for Columbia Records, was also responsible for the compilation of circle, stars…
By Arielle Dollinger and Trevor Christian Stony Brook University has received a $150 million donation from “one of the world’s most accomplished investors,” Dr. James Simons and his wife, Dr. Marilyn Simons, along with the Simons Foundation, President Samuel L.…
The University Senate resolved on Monday, December 5 to halt the formation of shared service centers—the university’s method of increasing administrative efficiency and cutting costs by reorganizing existing staff resources rather than hiring when staff leave or retire. The Senate…
The five SUNY campuses on Long Island made an appeal to the governor’s office for funding on Wednesday when a panel led by SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher and the campus presidents hosted the SUNY Showcase in the Wang Center. Long…
Friends, family and colleagues of the late John H. Marburger III, known to most as Jack, gathered September 24 in the Staller Center for a memorial service in remembrance of Stony Brook’s third president, a man described as truly selfless with…
In a discussion with Stony Brook University students on Monday, New York State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle recounted the moment a bill that raised tuition at SUNY by $300 per year was born on a whiteboard in his office. According…
At his annual State of the University Address, President Samuel Stanley welcomed 66 new faculty to Stony Brook University. After years of operating under a hiring freeze, this was a big deal for the excited faculty in attendance. “The 2020…
As the hands of lecture hall’s clock struck 7:30 a.m., 448 students were expected to take their seats in the hall’s floor or on its balcony and click in. This Wednesday Classical Physics lecture had almost full attendance. As students walked in, some murmured about clicking in and then falling asleep.