Old Age and Care Work: How to Get Paid in 19th and Early 20th Century New Jersey Hendrik Hartog is the Class of 1921 Bicentennial Professor of the History of American Law and Liberty at Princeton University. He has spent his scholarly life working in the social history of American law, obsessed with the difficulties [...]

Enroll in the Techs and the City course at Stony Brook Manhattan and earn three credits in one week—five days in New York City, two days online. Take morning classes and afternoon field trips focusing on technology and society. Pay only $200 for an iPad with enrollment. For more information visit stonybrook.edu/technyc.

Stony Brook and WeCar by Enterprise Rent-A-Car have partnered to provide a cost-effective and convenient car-sharing solution to students, faculty, and staff. WeCar offers registered members access to three Nissan Altima hybrids on campus. The vehicles will be parked and available at West Apartments and the Campus Residents Offices at Mendelsohn Quad. WeCar is an [...]

World-renowned Academy Award winning actress Julie Andrews and her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton have won a Grammy Award for “Julie Andrews Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies” (Hachette Audio) in the category Best Spoken Word Album for Children. Andrews also received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy. Andrews and Walton Hamilton will be honored at this year’s Stars of Stony Brook Gala [...]

Celebrate our University, Medical Center, and Veterans Home by taking part in this year’s faculty and staff It’s About Us annual giving campaign. By donating to It’s About Us, faculty and staff show that they give much more than their time and talent to make Stony Brook a world-class institution. The campaign is specifically designed to support [...]

The Center for Dance, Movement, and Somatic Learning is offering dance and movement classes for the community starting the week of March 6. These classes, taught by university faculty, will meet once a week for nine weeks at a cost of $135 per course. The Center, with its state-of-the-art studios, is located in the Nassau [...]

Darwin, from Birth to Death Carl Zimmer is a lecturer at Yale University, where he teaches science writing, and he is a visiting scholar at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. The New York Times Book Review calls Zimmer “as fine a science essayist as we have.” He is the author of seven [...]

Marc Lamont Hill, Associate Professor of Education at Teachers College and an affiliated faculty member at the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University, is the keynote speaker for Stony Brook’s Black History Month Opening Program on Wednesday, February 2, from 12:40 pm to 2:10 pm in the Student Activities Center Auditorium. The ceremony also [...]

Valuing Education John Ewing is President of Math for America (MƒA), a nonprofit organization with a mission to improve mathematics education in U.S. public secondary schools by recruiting, training, and retaining outstanding mathematics teachers. MƒA offers fellowships for both new and experienced teachers, including the MƒA Fellowship, which aims to increase the number of mathematically [...]

Stony Brook University faculty, staff, or graduate students can now submit nominations for undergraduate excellence and outstanding achievement. A selection committee composed of members of the University community will review the nominations and select recipients. You may nominate more than one student for an award. Eligible students must be matriculated, have completed at least two [...]