Stony Brook 2015: A year in photos

Snow storm Juno arrived at Stony Brook at the end of January 2015. Juno became the first test ofStony Brook's new Emergency Operations Center. MANJU SHIVACHARAN / THE STATESMAN

Malalay Haider, a student at SBU, stands to light a candle at the end of the vigil held for the three victims of the Chapel Hill shooting on Feb. 18, 2015. Sister Sanaa Nadim, chaplain for the Stony Brook Muslim Students Association, organized the event. HEATHER KHALIFA / THE STATESMAN

Students Sofya Pugach, left, and Ahmad Fordous on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2014 at the third annual Bengalis Unite Mock Wedding. The ceremony aimed to give Stony Brook University students a taste of Bengali wedding culture. CHRISTOPHER CAMERON / THE STATESMAN

The Stony Brook Men's Basketball team lost to Albany in last season's America East Championship Game, 51-50, on March 4, 2015. This was the Seawolves' fourth America East Championship game loss in five seasons. HEATHER KHALIFA/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook's Taandava Indian Dance Team performed at the annual dance for a cause event on March 9, 2015. Stony Brook students Saroja Kolluru and Natalie Poonam Phagu founded the team in 2013. BASIL JOHN / THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook University alumna Sarah Tubbs in 2015. Tubbs' filed a lawsuit against Stony Brook University in 2015 over allegations that the university mishandled her Title IX case. HANAA TAMEEZ/STATESMAN FILE

Students came together in April 2015 for "Part of the Pack," a two-part suicide awareness and prevention program. MEGAN MILLER / THE STATESMAN

Students came out in force to celebrate Holi 2015 on April 19. BASIL JOHN / THE STATESMAN

Panic! at the Disco came to Stony Brook for Brookfest 2015. HEATHER KHALIFA / THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook students capsizing on launch during the spring 2015 Roth Regatta. A report released in August revealed that potentially toxic cyanobacteria was present in Roth Pond. HEATHER KHALIFA / THE STATESMAN

Graduating Stony Brook students decorated their caps for the 2015 commencement ceremony. BRIDGET DOWNES/STATESMAN FILE

Wolfie trades cheers for shirts at Stony Brook's first football game of the 2015 season versus the Central Connecticut Blue Devils on Sept. 12, 2015 at Kenneth P. LaValle stadium. CHRISTOPHER CAMERON/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook junior running back Stacey Bedell (No. 21, above) in the immediate aftermath of scoring a touchdown against the Central Connecticut Blue Devils in Stony Brook's first football game of the 2015 season. Bedell would end up out of play for the rest of the year due to a shoulder injury. CHRISTOPHER CAMERON/THE STATESMAN

Stubbed cigarettes littered the ground outside the Melville Library during the Fall 2015 semester. Stony Brook announced a ban on the use of tobacco products on campus in September, and the ban will go into effect on Jan. 1. TAYLOR HA/THE STATESMAN

Walk the Moon performed at Stony Brook for Back to the Brook 2015. KRYSTEN MASSA/THE STATESMAN

The super moon lunar eclipse on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015. Multiple viewing events were organized, and students crowded the baseball field for a chance to see the moon up close through a telescope. MANJU SHIVACHARAN/THE STATESMAN

Senior midfielder Tessa Devereaux (No. 5, above) drops down to the field at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium as then-head coach Sue Ryan consoles her following Stony Brook Women’s Soccer’s season-ending 0-1 loss on on Oct. 26 against UMBC.KRYSTEN MASSA/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook goalkeeper Jason Orban sits with his face covered after the men's soccer team's 3-2 loss against Binghamton on Nov. 7, 2015. The match went into double overtime as Binghamton managed to meet Stony Brook's 2-0 lead before scoring a goal in the 16th minute of overtime. CHRISTOPHER CAMERON/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook University hosted the third annual TedxSBU conference on Friday, Nov. 9. MICHAELA KILGALLEN / THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. participates in a demonstration with Stony Brook students on Nov. 12, 2015. CHRISTOPHER CAMERON/THE STATESMAN

The Undergraduate Student Government organized a candlelight vigil on Nov. 17, 2015 for those who suffered from attacks in Paris, Beirut and other places around the world. CHRISTOPHER CAMERON/THE STATESMAN

A fire broke out in an O'Neill College E wing dorm room (above, top left) on Nov. 21, 2015. The Setauket Fire Department responded and extinguished the fire before throwing the destroyed contents of the room out onto the lawn below. CHRISTOPHER CAMERON/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook professor James Klurfeld of the School of Journalism, right, served as the moderator for the annual Great Debate on Dec. 3rd, 2015, with this year's topic on the growing threat of the Islamic State. CHRISTOPHER CAMERON/THE STATESMAN