In March 2009 Alex Mele, a 15-year-old high school baseball player from Longwood School District, was suffering from Acute Myelogenous Leukemia and needed a bone marrow transplant at Stony Brook University Hospital. Working with the national bone marrow transplant donor database organization, DKMS, Hospital social workers and Alex’s family called a press conference to raise awareness [...]
On Monday, June 25, 2012, Senator Charles Schumer made a trip to the Stony Brook University Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center at the University’s Research and Development Park to show his support for the merits of a joint application submitted dubbed the Center for Extended Lifetime Energy Storage Technologies (CELESTE) by Brookhaven National Laboratory [...]
Stony Brook’s School of Journalism has launched a fundraising campaign to establish a Center for International Reporting in memory of Marie Colvin, the acclaimed war correspondent and Long Island native who was killed last year while reporting in Syria. Known for her moving accounts of innocent civilians afflicted by war and for her courage, tenacity [...]
Co-organized by Pollock Krasner House and Study Center Director Helen A. Harrison and art historian Bobbi Coller, this exhibition features works that reflect Pollock’s powerful impact and attest to his continued presence as a reference for contemporary artists. “The Persistence of Pollock” features works in various media by 13 artists who have responded to Pollock [...]
Lucy Van Dalen from the Stony Brook track and field team has been named America East Woman of the Year. The honor recognizes the conference’s senior female student-athlete who has best distinguished herself throughout her collegiate career in the areas of academic achievement, athletic excellence, service and leadership. Van Dalen, a six-time All-American, was chosen [...]
Six-year-old Camden Sunstrom from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, only knew LSU Tiger baseball . . . until he attended the June 10 game when the Seawolves beat the Tigers 7-2 to advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. When he got home from the game, he asked his parents if he could wear a [...]
Summer Film Festival Where can you see the U.S. premiere of an Israeli/Palestinian/German-produced documentary about a woman seeking out the family of the suicide bomber who took the life of her husband? Or the world premiere of a stunning period drama surrounding the Sacco and Vanzetti trial starring David Strathairn? Or the East Coast premiere of a comedy set in [...]
There’s still time to register for Semester by the Sea at Stony Brook Southampton, which features two unique 15-credit undergraduate residential programs — the Ocean and the Arts. Immerse yourself in marine studies as your explore Long Island’s bays, estuaries, salt marshes, beaches and open ocean. Or free your muse in our college arts programs [...]
Construction is set to begin on a new state-of-the-art Marine Sciences Center for the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS), which will replace and expand the current waterfront marine sciences research and teaching facilities at Stony Brook’s Southampton campus. At a ceremony held in Southampton on June 8, Stony Brook President Samuel L. Stanley [...]
The greatest season in Stony Brook baseball history came to an end on June 17 as the Seawolves lost 12-2 to No. 3 national seed Florida State in a College World Series elimination game at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. Stony Brook caps its incredible run with a 52-15 record along with the America East [...]
