The Center for Public Health and Health Policy Research (CPHHPR) at Stony Brook and Literacy Suffolk Inc., in conjunction with the Suffolk County Minority Health Action Coalition (SMHAC), and community members/leaders, will gather on Saturday, November 21, at the Second Annual Suffolk County Minority Health Summit. The Summit will be held at Stony Brook Southampton [...]

Alonso Aguirre, Senior Vice President of the Conservation Medicine Program at Wildlife Trust, will present a lecture on ocean health at 7:30 pm on Friday, November 13, in Stony Brook Southampton‘s Duke Lecture Hall. Aguirre will discuss the new field of conservation medicine, which links wildlife medicine, public health, and biodiversity to ecosystem health. In [...]

Through the Marine Sciences Boat Donation Program, you can help build Stony Brook’s Marine Sciences programs while possibly receiving a tax deduction for your contribution. Yacht, boat, marine, and aquarium equipment donations are made through the Stony Brook Foundation Inc., which qualifies under section 501(c) (3) of the IRS code as an institution that may [...]

Stony Brook Southampton is home to the first LEED-certified library on Long Island and one of just a handful in the nation. The 30,000-square-foot building achieves LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification through the implementation of green materials, systems, and operational designs. “We are particularly proud of the fact that we received the hard-to-achieve [...]

Japan Classic Includes Nation’s First Lady and Former Environmental Minister In one of just a handful of U.S. appearances–the others for the UN and the Smithsonian–Japan Classic Live for the United Nations, the ecologically focused international troupe that includes Japan’s First Lady, Miyuki Hatoyama, and former Environmental Minister, Wakako Hironaka, as participants, will visit Stony [...]

Stony Brook Southampton’s Avram Gallery presents an interesting exhibit and discussion, “Southampton: Setting the Agenda for a Sustainable Future,” with a special reception at 7:30 pm on Friday, October 9. For more information, call 632-5161. In this exhibit, the Avram Gallery focuses on the Southampton community and current conditions, particularly specifics of the physical place, [...]

Due to global warming, is it “back to the future” for our oxygen-stressed seas? The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and Stony Brook Southampton will present an interesting and timely evolutionary talk as part of its popular Public Lecture Series. “Life Without Oxygen in Venezuela’s Cariaco Basin: A Modern Analog of Ancient Seas” with [...]

Provocative and entertaining “Writers Speak” talks will continue on Wednesday, September 30, at Stony Brook Southampton with fiction writer Scott Snyder. His debut collection of short stories is Voodoo Heart. Snyder, who has taught at Columbia, NYU, and Sarah Lawrence, has published in Zoetrope, Tin House, One-Story, Epoch, and Small Spiral Notebook. He is currently [...]

The Southampton Review (TSR), the literary magazine published by Stony Brook Southampton’s MFA Program in Writing and Literature, honored Frank McCourt, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and faculty member, who died on July 19, in its Volume III. The new issue was feted at a gala launch in July in the newly restored Avram Theater on campus, [...]

This summer Stony Brook Southampton’s iconic windmill reopened with a special celebration and dedication. The main room in the windmill was named the Glanz-Marmion Room in honor of the late Edward C. Glanz, founding provost of LIU-Southampton, 1963-1972; and the late Harry Marmion, former president of LIU-Southampton, 1972-1980. Both the Glanz and Marmion families were [...]