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Offshore oil and gas production contributes to America’s Energy Future.
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SoMAS professors condemn offshore drilling at NYS Assembly hearing

Rebecca Liebson February 18, 2018
United by their fear of seeing Long Island’s South Shore devastated, a host of environmentalists and public officials gathered in Hauppauge to speak out against a Trump administration plan that would allow for oil exploration and drilling in the region.
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Like other workplace environments, academia is rampant with cases of sexual harassment. ARACELY JIMENEZ/THE STATESMAN

In light of #MeToo, female faculty at SBU grapple with a history of harassment in higher education

Rebecca Liebson February 12, 2018
Because pursuing a criminal case requires an extensive amount of evidence, Complainant Navigator for the Center for Prevention and Outreach Samantha Winter said that many people choose not to go to the police.
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Fire extinguished in Douglass College

Rebecca Liebson February 2, 2018
At 9:54 p.m., the SBU Emergency Management twitter account tweeted that the fire had been extinguished and that there were no injuries.
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#MeToo founder Tarana Burke speaks at Stony Brook

Rebecca Liebson January 28, 2018
Tarana Burke, the founder of the #MeToo movement, shared her experiences as an activist and survivor of sexual assault.
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The Stony Brook Track and Field team at a meet in 2016. Amanda Stead set a new school record in the 400m run. KRYSTEN MASSA/STATESMAN FILE

Women’s Track and Field shines at Penn 8-team Select meet

Rebecca Liebson January 21, 2018
Stony Brook Track and Field traveled to the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex on Staten Island on Saturday to compete in the Penn 8-team Select meet.
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Suspect found, no weapon recovered in search for “possible man with a gun”

Rebecca Liebson January 20, 2018
Students received an emergency text message alert regarding a “possible man with a gun” at Chapin Apartments.
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President Samuel Stanley speaking at the Brookhaven National Lab back in 2013.BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY/FLICKR VIA CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

42 distinguished professors voice concerns about SBU administration

Rebecca Liebson December 3, 2017
On Sept. 27, 42 Stony Brook professors with “Distinguished Faculty Rank” — the highest honor one can achieve in the SUNY system — sent a letter to SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson voicing their “profound concern” with the state of their university, calling it “exceptionally alarming.”
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Writing and Rhetoric professors face the realities of personnel cuts

Rebecca Liebson November 7, 2017
In order to fill the demand for courses like the Intermediate Writing Workshop (WRT 102), which most students must complete, the adjuncts were told that full-time lecturers from other disciplines, including pharmacology and geology, would take their places.
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President Samuel L. Stanley, Jr. gives his annual State of the University address on Wednesday, Sept. 27. GARY GHAYRAT/THE STATESMAN

President Stanley looks at Stony Brook’s past and future in 2017 State of the University Address

Rebecca Liebson October 1, 2017
At Stony Brook’s annual State of the University Address on Wednesday, Sept. 27, President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. celebrated 60 years of progress at Stony Brook.
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Dean of Stony Brooks College of Arts and Science, Sacha Kopp, announced he will resign on Jul. 1. Kopp has been the head of the universitys largest college since Aug. 2014.  PHOTO COURTESY OF STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY

College of Arts and Sciences faculty respond to personnel cuts

Rebecca Liebson September 20, 2017
Five tenure-track positions in the College of Arts and Sciences have been eliminated in response to university-wide budget cuts.
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President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. addresses the campus during last Wednesdays State of the University. EZRA MARGONO/STATESMAN FILE

President Stanley’s plan to address $35 million deficit draws ire of faculty

Rebecca Liebson September 13, 2017
President Samuel L. Stanley, Jr. and other top administrators met with the University Senate on Monday to discuss a plan to balance Stony Brook’s nearly $35 million deficit over the next two to three years.
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The Stony Brook Foundation,
 the Universitys main source of funding,
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Stony Brook ranks among the top schools for upward mobility with the help of an equal opportunity program

Rebecca Liebson August 26, 2017
The working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research identified Stony Brook as the country’s third-best school for helping students move from the bottom quintile of the U.S. income distribution to the top.
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