Kick off Homecoming on Wednesday, September 21, at a pep rally on the SAC Plaza from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm, and a 7:00 pm contest for Homecoming King and Queen in the SAC Auditorium, where your vote helps decide the winners. On Thursday, September 22, students can enjoy the Collaboration, a Caribbean-themed party in [...]

Stony Brook University has been selected as one of 30 statewide locations to host the New York Remembers exhibition commemorating the tenth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. The exhibit, which contains important historical September 11th artifacts, will be on display throughout September in the Skylight Lobby of the Charles B. Wang [...]

Experience Stony Brook 2011 kicked off on Friday, August 26, for all new students on move-in day. Events continued throughout the weekend, including the New Student Convocation, Undergraduate College programming, commuter student party, transfer student lunch, building tours, movies, and more. Opening activities continue throughout September, with an exciting schedule of social, athletic, and academic [...]

When Michael Cronin, a junior history major from Stony Brook University, traveled to the school’s study abroad program in Tanzania on May 28, he was in for a cultural awakening. Traveling from a land of plenty like the United States, to a land where creature comforts are often few and far between, Cronin received an [...]

The Craft Center, located on the lower level of the Stony Brook Union, offers various arts and leisure programs that are open to the public for ages 16 and up. This fall, a number of classes are offered to bring out the artist in you. Stick figures will be a thing of the past once [...]

Three weeks, three different cities in Ireland, and a new sightseeing location every 45 minutes—that was the mobile classroom in which Anna Caselli learned during her 25-day participation in the Ireland study abroad program. Although Caselli’s favorite destination in Ireland was Connemara, the bucolic gem, it was her time in Kilkenny that served as her [...]

On Wednesday, August 10, the Long Island Regional Council for Economic Development, one of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s ten councils representing every region of the state, held its inaugural meeting at the Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology at Stony Brook University. The goal of the Long Island Regional Council for Economic Development—and [...]

The Center for Dance, Movement & Somatic Learning will begin its outreach classes for faculty, employees, students, and the general public the week of September 12. Classes include Beginning Latin Dance (salsa, merengue, etc.); Flamenco: New Beginner and Intermediate; Brazilian Samba; and Contemporary Dance and Early Dance Education for Children. For the complete schedule and [...]

“What could be a better way to celebrate our Jewish heritage than with food?” said Evelyn Bromet, President of the Stony Brook Hillel Board of Directors. “We are inviting the entire community to join us on Sunday, September 4, at Stony Brook University to meet Gil Marks, hear Ted Merwin, and taste delicious samples from [...]

Stony Brook University’s commitment to sustainability has earned it a place in The Princeton Review’s 2011 Guide to 311 Green Colleges. “The State University of New York­—Stony Brook University has a long history of green awareness: The Environmental Defense Fund, which advocates using science, economics, and law to tackle environmental problems, was co-founded by a [...]