CNN Chief International Correspondent and ABC News Global Affairs Anchor Christiane Amanpour pledged a $50,000 gift to Stony Brook University’s School of Journalism in support of the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting, which will be matched by a special grant from Jim and Marilyn Simons and the Simons Foundation for a total impact of [...]

Deborah Willis, PhD, is chair of the Department of Photography and Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She was a 2005 Guggenheim Fellow and Fletcher Fellow, and a 2000 MacArthur Fellow. Exhibitions of her work include A Sense of Place, Frick, University of Pittsburgh, 2005; Regarding Beauty, University of Wisconsin, [...]

For the second straight year, Stony Brook University has been selected for the American Association of University Women‘s (AAUW) Elect Her: Campus Women Win initiative, which aims to close the long-standing political leadership gender gap by empowering and training women to run for office at all levels. The centerpiece of the initiative is Elect Her: Campus Women Win, [...]

Starbucks has officially opened on the lower level  of Roth Food Court and is open seven days a week: Monday through Friday from 8 am until midnight, and Saturday and Sunday from 11 am until midnight. Feedback from last spring’s Campus Dining Services’ Meal Plan Resolutions Committee showed that students were interested in bringing additional brands [...]

The Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library is asking all undergraduate and graduate students, staff, researchers and faculty to complete a short survey beginning Monday, February 18. The survey is designed to obtain feedback so the library can assess how to improve the resources and services it provides, both on site at any branch library and online. Please take a [...]

Blood donations are in great demand since all blood drives for the past few days have been cancelled due to the blizzard. Please help save a life! Come donate blood today, February 12, in the Student Activities Center, Ballroom A, from 11 am to 8 pm.

Kevin Sackel, an Honors College student double-majoring in mathematics and physics with a minor in music, has been selected as a Churchill Scholar by the Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States to study at the University of Cambridge where he will spend the 2013-2014 academic year pursuing a one-year Master of Advanced Study degree [...]

Recent developments in technology for digital education and the rampant emergence of massive open online courses (MOOCs) are creating the perception of a game-changing, disruptive educational approach that has the potential to transform both access to education as well as the methods used to teach Stony Brook students and the world. While many of the [...]

The University Scholars Program will be hosting a Sandy Hook Elementary Benefit Concert on Monday, March 4, 2013, at 8 pm in the Tabler Center Black Box Theatre to raise funds for those affected by the shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, this past December. The evening will consist of a series of [...]

Science plays can be an excellent vehicle for explaining complex scientific ideas to the general public, and Stony Brook has led the way in recognizing the importance of disseminating scientific knowledge in new and interesting ways. Last semester, students, faculty and staff from the University’s wide range of disciplines submitted 10-minute plays for the Stony Brook [...]