The annual Stony Brook Cares campaign kicked off on September 1, 2012. Charitable giving is a personal decision. This is why the Stony Brook Cares campaign is an excellent opportunity for you to exercise your choice. This campaign was established so that you have the ability to choose the recipient of your donation, and the process is easy and effective. [...]

Stony Brook University, UUP Community Services Committee and L.I. Cares are again joining together to help fight hunger this October. With increased demand at food banks and with the holidays fast approaching we need to help each other more than ever. Please bring non-perishable boxed and canned food items to L.I. Cares Food Collection boxes [...]

Stony Brook University hosted a groundbreaking dedication event for its new 70,000-square-foot Computer Science building on September 28, continuing the expansion of the University’s nationally ranked Department of Computer Science. State Senator Kenneth LaValle, who helped secure state funding through appropriation for the construction, was a special guest at the groundbreaking ceremony.
 
“This state-of-the art facility [...]

During Stony Brook University’s Homecoming game in 2002, LaValle Stadium was officially dedicated to the man who was instrumental in its creation, New York State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle. As the Stadium now celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2012, Stony Brook Athletics again had a special presentation to honor Senator LaValle. During halftime of this [...]

Senator Charles E. Schumer, Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand and Congressman Tim Bishop announced that Stony Brook University has been awarded a $270,000 grant from the Department of Justice: Office on Violence Against Women for campus programs focused on the reduction of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking. The grant will allow Stony Brook [...]

Earth Sounds — with acclaimed musicians Shinetsog Dorjnyam (Mongolia, throat-singer), Munkh-Erdene Chuluunbat (Mongolia, yatag), Stephen Kent (Australia, didgeridoo) and Grammy nominee R. Carlos Nakai (USA, flute) — creates and explores resonances between Native American, Mongolian and Australian musical cultures. The ancient traditions of these three cultures are intrinsically linked with the experience of nomadic life, seasonal migrations, the sounds of nature and ultimately [...]

True Champions Stand Up Ben Cohen, MBE, is among the world’s greatest athletes. An England Rugby World Cup champion, he is second in all-time scoring for his country and first among straight athletes to focus his philanthropic efforts for the benefit of LGBT people. In May 2011, Cohen retired at the top of his game [...]

The Stony Brook University Graduate School will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Dr. W. Burghardt Turner Fellowship program on Friday, October 5. Part conference, part reunion, the celebration will be comprised of several presentations by alumni and current fellows in a variety of formats including panel discussions, research symposia, reflection talks, a networking fair [...]

Frances Colón is the Deputy Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State at the U.S. Department of State. The Office of the Science and Technology Adviser (STAS) promotes global scientific engagement, innovation as an engine of economic growth and development, science diasporas as a diplomacy tool, evidenced-based policy-making and the advancement of women in [...]

Robyn Wiegman is a professor of literature and women’s studies at Duke University and former director of women’s studies at both Duke and University of California, Irvine. Wiegman’s research interests include feminist theory, queer theory, American studies, critical race theory, and film and media studies. Her latest book, Object Lessons: Readings in U.S. Identity Knowledges, [...]