Anuva Wardah, a junior at Stony Brook University (SBU), submitted her resume, transcript and three references to the U.S. Department of State Foreign Service Internship program. She was offered the two-year position in October and was set to spend her summer in Washington, D.C. In accordance with President Trump’s hiring freeze, the offer was rescinded in March.
The Office of the Provost confirmed Monday that 11 international students’ immigration statuses were reinstated after the federal government terminated them.
The Provost told faculty organizers they had to reschedule a planned screening of the Palestinian documentary “No Other Land” in Wang Theatre because it fell on the same day as Yom HaShoah, they said.
SBU students took to the fountain on Wednesday to protest the Trump administration’s revocation of 11 international students’ visas. Their demands to the University include financial support for international students, filing a restraining order against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and more.
The Office of the Provost confirmed that the federal government terminated 11 international students’ visas at Stony Brook University in an email sent on Thursday. SBU did not specify why their visas were revoked, but the announcement comes amid a wave of F-1 visa revocations nationwide.
In the texts, administrators discussed plans to build a Panopticon on the Staller Steps, move Lot 40 to Coram, build submarines for dorms, deforest the Ashley Schiff preserve to build a Walmart supercenter and more.
In October, curiosity led SBU alum David Arkay into Washington Square Park, where he was met with a crowd of about 2,000 eager fangirls and fanboys, dozens of Chalamet doppelgangers and one golden opportunity. Today, he’s still chasing his curiosity — and encourages the rest of us to do so too.
Inteefada Shirts, a clothing brand that sells T-shirts with pro-Palestine phrases and images, designed and printed by a former SBU student, has raised over $20,000 in aid for Gaza relief. The founder said she created the brand out of “pure love.”
At SBU, students and faculty accused the administration of blocking pro-Palestine speech through police force and organizational restrictions. School officials denied this.