Students and staff evacuated the Union Building earlier tonight, February 1, around 5 p.m. after a burning ventilation motor activated a fire alarm. All occupants were evacuated from the building for approximately 45 min while the building was cleared by…
As a reputable research university, Stony Brook has made some truly baller splashes in the science world. We’ve proven the re-evolution of frogs’ teeth after 200 million years of alleged toothlessness, forcing biologists to reevaluate Dollo’s Law. We’ve helped discover…
Ken Adams, president and CEO of the Empire State Development Corporation, outlined Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive budget proposal and reform plans today for a small audience in the Stony Brook University Wang Center. The governor’s plans for economic development include…
Stony Brook University has reversed its controversial decision to charge its new $37.50 Academic Excellence and Success fee for the Fall semester. A message sent to Stony Brook students through SOLAR on Thursday said that the fee, which would be…
Students eager to check their grades on SOLAR yesterday discovered a message informing them about a new $37.50 per semester fee, called the Academic Excellence and Success fee, which was approved by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo the day before.…
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.…
Thomas Kirnbauer checks into the Undergraduate Student Government office, his rugby player frame clad in sweatpants while colleagues like President Mark Maloof don a suit in the office. You couldn’t tell from his unassuming appearance, but Kirnbauer has been one…
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 University Senate’s decision early this week to pass two separate resolutions effectively halting all implementation of shared support service centers is an exemplary display of determination and courage from faculty in the face of administrative might and insistence that…