Experiential learning, or learning from experience, is more than a buzz word — it’s a reality. Stony Brook University is proactive about helping students get that experience outside the classroom, whether it is through a career-related internship, co-op, volunteer opportunity posted on ZebraNet through the Career Center, a research opportunity with a professor, or through [...]

In March Stony Brook University competed for two grants through the Livestrong Community Impact Project to bring needed services to support families fighting cancer in our community. A call was put out for the entire campus to vote for Stony Brook to win these grants, and your voting made a difference — the University won a $10,000 [...]

On May 4 a group of AmeriCorp students from Stony Brook University, along with other SBU student volunteers, helped clean up Sunken Meadow Park as part of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s second annual I Love My Park Day, where New Yorkers are invited to volunteer at their favorite state park or historic site. Sponsored jointly by [...]

James Beauton’s idea to schedule “spontaneous” concerts (planned but not advertised) at various locations on Stony Brook University’s campus is the result of his desire to give percussion instruments a little more exposure. “I wanted to bring a different kind of music to the general public, specifically to Stony Brook University students,” said Beauton, a [...]

Derek Rammelkamp, a graduate student in Stony Brook University’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering, won the 40th annual Long Island Marathon for the men on May 5 with a time of 2:32:10. It was the first marathon that he had ever run. He was going to run the New York City Marathon in November [...]

Melisa Rose Kavanah, a Stony Brook senior majoring in English, won the Best Essay Award in the College Division of the Japan Center’s Eighth Annual Essay Competition, with her essay entitled “Understanding Impermanence.” Another  Stony Brook student, Ali Gilani Syed, won the Uchida Memorial Award for his essay, “ Wabi-Sabi: Nothing is Perfect, Even Gardens Have [...]

At the end of every academic year, students scramble to do something with their extra meal points if they have any left on their plan. This year they do something great with those extra meal points. The University Scholars Program is hosting a food drive from Wednesday, May 1 through Friday, May 10, where students [...]

A team of Stony Brook University commuter students joined Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn and the Greening of 25A Committee at the annual spring cleaning of the Stony Brook Long Island Rail Road station on Saturday, April 27. Approximately 45 volunteers turned out for the cleanup, including 30 SBU undergraduate students. The Office of Commuter [...]

The Earthstock Festival at Stony Brook University added a tradition in 2013 — honoring individuals who have made the greatest impact on protecting the environment — locally, regionally and nationally.  Two students and one faculty member were the recipients of the first-ever Environmentalists of the Year awards on Friday, April 19, at the Charles B. [...]

Stony Brook University’s team, made up of undergraduate students Thao T. Do, Dat Pham Nguyen and Kevin R. Sackel, placed fourth in the 73rd annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition administered by the Mathematical Association of America on December 1, 2012. The competition is considered by many to be the most prestigious university-level mathematics contest [...]