The Statesman

Commuter student robbed near Schomburg

Emily McTavish • November 4, 2012

A female commuter student was robbed on Tuesday Oct. 30 in the parking area near Schomburg Apartments by an unknown male, according to a statement issued by the Office of Emergency Management. The...

From inside a Petridish to Lake Turkana, Kenya

Emily McTavish • October 15, 2012

Cravings for chocolate or ice cream are not uncommon, but Natasha Gownaris, a third-year doctoral candidate at Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, craves Africa and is...

Stanley: I’m proud to say Stony Brook is on the move

Emily McTavish • September 24, 2012

President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. said in his State of the University Address in the Staller Center for the Arts on Wednesday that “three years later, I’m proud to say Stony Brook is on the move”...

Suffolk county transit now takes Saturday shoppers

Emily McTavish • September 17, 2012

Like many Stony Brook University students, SBU Transit and Suffolk County Transit, or SCT, are in the early and challenging stages of a new relationship. The S60 and S69 routes from SCT started...

SoMAS gets money for projects

Emily McTavish • April 23, 2012

Stony Brook researchers at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and Department of Ecology and Evolution have swept five out of the nine projects to be funded with a part of the $2.4 million from the New York Sea Grant for the 2012-2013 fiscal year.

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Students are urged to “Think Again” before they judge

Emily McTavish • April 16, 2012

The Think Again campaign posters are hard to miss and are drawing attention, as well as confusion, from students around campus. The posters feature photographs of Stony Brook students with the slogan "Think Again" and a Quick Response Code, which students can scan with their smartphones, to open the campaign's website.

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Poetry reading taps donations for UNICEF

Emily McTavish • April 9, 2012

As a part of Islamic Awareness Week, the Poetry Slam on Tuesday, March 27, featured activist performers from Suffolk County, New York City and England in the Student Activities Center auditorium. Stony Brook’s United Nations Children’s Fund collaborated with the Muslim Students’ Association in order to raise awareness and money for UNICEF’s Tap Project.

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SBVAC funds finally approved

Emily McTavish • April 9, 2012

After the resolution of a series of paperwork problems – including an address error and late audit reports – the Stony Brook Volunteer Ambulance Corps will receive the first round of checks from its 2011-2012 budget from the Undergraduate Student Government.

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Students race to help the Earth

Emily McTavish • March 26, 2012

The campus is looking greener, but not just because the grass at the Staller Steps looks nicer. RecyleMania, the national recycling competition between university campuses, is approaching its final days in making Stony Brook University greener this spring.

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Students learn of disaster one year later

Emily McTavish • March 12, 2012

The audience of the "Fukushima: One Year Later" panel could not help but be quiet as they listened about the effects of the nuclear disaster after a significant earthquake and tsunami hit Japan this time last year.

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