Takeia Beard, Author at The Statesman

20/20 Eyesight for NYSUNY

Takeia BeardMay 11, 2011May 11, 2011

Stony Brook University has been dramatically cut in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed budget, but recently, Cuomo has proposed a NYSUNY 2020 Challenge Grant Program consisting of $35 million in funding…

Library Reads into E-Books

Takeia BeardNewsMay 5, 2011

The role of technology is becoming an increasingly important component in the classroom. Every student is exposed to technology in some way and uses the many resources available to improve…

Tsunami Washes Up Worry for Lecture Series

Takeia BeardNewsApril 3, 2011April 5, 2011

Malcolm Bowman, a professor of physical oceanography at the Stony Brook School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and president of the Stony Brook Environmental Conservancy, gave a presentation on Wednesday…

Quake in Japan: What Happened and Why? Provost’s Lecture Series looks to answer

Takeia BeardNewsMarch 29, 2011

In the first of a Provost’s Lecture series in response to the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that devastated Japan earlier this month, Stony Brook’s Department of Geosciences, Dan Davis, addressed a…

Ken Auletta Visits SBU: “Journalism is a kind of seduction”

Takeia BeardNewsMarch 20, 2011March 22, 2011

He is most well-known for his column in the New Yorker Magazine, “Annals of Communications.” He has worked as a political reporter for the New York post, written eleven books…

Stanley Addresses Proposed Budget Cuts at University Senate Meeting

Takeia BeardNewsMarch 13, 2011March 14, 2011

The overall message at the University Senate meeting on Tuesday, March 8 reflected on a need for action as President Samuel L. Stanley, Jr. spoke to the senate about the…