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Joy McCorvey hired as Stony Brook women’s basketball’s next head coach

Alex Streinger • April 15, 2024

The Stony Brook women’s basketball team has found its next leader. On Monday, Joy McCorvey was named the 11th head coach in program history by Director of Athletics Shawn Heilbron and President...

Ashley Langford leaves Stony Brook, takes Tulane head coaching job

Alex Streinger • April 2, 2024

After three years at the helm of the Stony Brook women’s basketball team, head coach Ashley Langford has moved on.

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Arrested student speaks out following emergency protest

Mariam Guirgis, Assistant News Editor • March 30, 2024

Following the arrests of nine Stony Brook University students in a student-led pro-Palestine protest that took place on Tuesday, March 26, faculty members held an emergency protest the following...

Nine demonstrators arrested during pro-Palestine protest

Sky Crabtree, Assistant News Editor • March 27, 2024

What started as a relatively standard protest on Stony Brook University’s campus on Tuesday, March 26 ended with nine individuals arrested after a sit-in demonstration at the University’s Administration...

Stony Brook alum arrested for participating in Jan. 6 Capitol riot

Sky Crabtree, Assistant News Editor • March 20, 2024

Isabella DeLuca, a Stony Brook University alumna and conservative social media influencer, was arrested Friday for playing an alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. DeLuca was taken into...

Stony Brook women’s basketball gets free CAA win with forfeit by Northeastern

Cameron Takmil • February 24, 2024

After not having a game scheduled for Friday night, the Stony Brook women’s basketball team wound up earning a whole bye week and a free conference victory. On Saturday morning, the Northeastern...

Stony Brook lands Billy Cosh as new head football coach

Mike Anderson • December 12, 2023

A month after removing former head coach Chuck Priore from his position, the Stony Brook football team has found his replacement. On Tuesday evening, ESPN reporter Pete Thamel posted on X (formerly Twitter) that Stony Brook University will hire former Western Michigan University (WMU) offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Billy Cosh.

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Chuck Priore out as Stony Brook’s head coach

Mike Anderson • November 13, 2023

A press release sent out by Stony Brook Athletics has confirmed the firing of long-time head coach Chuck Priore. After the worst two seasons in Stony Brook football history, Director of Athletics Shawn Heilbron has made the decision to move on from Priore.

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AMS Professor Tom MacCarthy Passes Away

Sky Crabtree, Assistant News Editor • November 8, 2023

Tom MacCarthy, an associate professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics (AMS), passed away over the weekend. His death was announced in an email sent to students in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

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Stony Brook football’s next game at Morgan State canceled due to mass shooting

Mike Anderson • October 4, 2023

After five people were shot at a homecoming event at Morgan State University in Baltimore on Tuesday night, the institution announced the cancellation of its homecoming football game against Stony Brook on Wednesday evening.

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First-year international student found unresponsive in dorm room, later pronounced dead

Mariam Guirgis • September 21, 2023

Chinmay Vashi, an international student from India, was found unresponsive in his dorm room in Mendelsohn community on Monday, Sept. 18, according to an email sent to The Statesman by Stony Brook University officials.

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Stony Brook University receives record-breaking $500 million donation

Jeremy Portnoy and Sky Crabtree • June 1, 2023

Stony Brook University received a gift of $500 million on Thursday. It’s the second-largest donation to any public university in U.S. history and the largest unrestricted gift to a U.S. university’s endowment.

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