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Stony Brook storm chasers work with NASA

Featured News STEMFebruary 9, 2020February 12, 2020

Stony Brook University and NASA are teaming up to research snowstorms for the first time in 32 years. Stony Brook University received $1.4 million last January from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to aid in ground research that would help to improve East Coast snowstorm forecasting

Toni Blackman Hosts Hip-Hop Meditation for Black History Month

Arts Dance FeaturedFebruary 9, 2020February 15, 2020

Toni Blackman, entrepreneur and the first elected Hip-Hop Cultural Ambassador to the US Department of State, taught Stony Brook students the art of hip-hop mediation at the Charles B. Wang Center on Tuesday, Feb. 4.

“Sex Education” second season continues to serve irresistible awkwardness

Arts Featured TVJanuary 26, 2020January 26, 2020

The second season of “Sex Education” shines in a way that only teenage angst and awkwardness can with some of its most heartwarming, gut-wrenching and shocking moments yet.

NYS invests $20M into offshore wind training institute at SBU

Featured Long Island NewsJanuary 14, 2020January 26, 2020

New York State will invest $20 million into a new offshore wind training institute to be hosted by Stony Brook University and SUNY Farmingdale, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced in his 2020 agenda on Wednesday, Jan. 8.

Student media briefing got questions answered, but we are still being limited

Featured OpinionsDecember 8, 2019January 3, 2020

I had the opportunity to attend a student media briefing with Interim President, Dr. Michael Bernstein on Wednesday, Dec. 4 with Editor in Chief of The Statesman, Gary Ghayrat and Assistant News Editor, Maya Brown. The briefing consisted of other campus media outlets along with The Statesman, and other members of Bernstein’s team, such as University Media Relations Officer, Lauren Sheprow.

“Brian Banks” tells the true story of a wrongfully convicted black man

Arts FeaturedDecember 1, 2019December 1, 2019

Director Tom Shadyac brings the film “Brian Banks,” the true story of a wrongfully convicted man, to the big screen. In the film, Brian Banks, played by Aldis Hodge, is a former high school football star whose college career was ruined because of a rape allegation.

The Disney Plus app is getting in the way of the Disney Plus hype

Arts FeaturedNovember 24, 2019November 25, 2019

Disney Plus is showing promise in its competition with Netflix, but the app still has a few bugs to work out.

Elect Her event teaches Stony Brook women how to run for office

Featured NewsNovember 23, 2019November 23, 2019

Maame-Esi Otoo is the only female on the Undergraduate Student Government’s seven-member Executive Council.
Otoo, a senior business major, is the vice president of Clubs and Organizations, and she “know[s] how to do the job.”

SBU holds annual Postdoc event for Stony Brook researchers

Featured NewsNovember 21, 2019November 23, 2019

The SBU Postdoc Spotlight presented a snapshot of the research and discovery conducted by Stony Brook’s postdoctoral scholars.

USG proposes restructured constitution in referendum

Featured NewsNovember 13, 2019November 13, 2019

A campus-wide email announcing the referendum and elections included a link to a Google Drive folder with an annotated draft with the proposed changes, a final draft of the new constitution and a document describing major changes, in addition to the current constitution.

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