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A window in the Student Activities Center adorned sticky notes about how disabilities have effected their life. GARY GHAYRAT/THE STATESMAN

Don’t make it tougher for people with disabilities

Joshua Blake • October 21, 2019
I decided to look up “Disability Reporting Jobs” on Google, with hopes of receiving information regarding job openings for journalists with disabilities such as myself. The results that popped up were articles about employment issues involving people with disabilities and how Social Security can help if you have one. Although none of this was relevant to my situation, I did find one article intriguing.
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Stony Brook looks at parking improvements

Stony Brook looks at parking improvements

Brianne Ledda • September 13, 2019
Stony Brook University’s Department of Transportation and Parking plans to hire a parking consultant firm to “identify both current and future parking needs and improvements,” according to a campus-wide email sent today
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Part of Stony Brook Universitys main campus. DIANNA ROMAN/STATESMAN FILE

SBU budget update plans ‘modest investments’

Brianne Ledda and Gary Ghayrat • August 6, 2019
Stony Brook University will be making “modest investments” ahead of the 2019-2020 school year, Interim President Michael Bernstein said in a budget update linked to a campus-wide email sent on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Students, faculty, and staff protest Stony Brook Universitys ADA violations on Wed., April 10. EMMA HARRIS/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook is segregating its disabled students and needs to be held accountable

Mike Adams • April 28, 2019
Stony Brook University Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Richard Gatteau spoke at an Undergraduate Student Government Senate meeting on Thursday, April 18, to address concerns about accessibility issues on campus brought to light by student activists. Gatteau claimed that every handicap accessibility button on campus had been repaired in the weeks following the student-led campaign.
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Demonstrators march on campus in the Disability March Protest on April 10, 2019. EMMA HARRIS/THE STATESMAN

Students protest campus ADA violations

Mike Adams • April 11, 2019
Nizam, along with around 80 other students and campus activists, gathered on Wednesday afternoon for a march to demand better accommodations for students with disabilities.
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Stony Brook womens swimming & diving program reinstated

Stony Brook women’s swimming & diving program reinstated

Kunal Kohli • August 26, 2016
The Stony Brook women’s swimming and diving team will return for the 2017-18 competitive season after a five year hiatus, according to Stony Brook Athletics.
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Medical anthropologist studies perception of disabilities in India

Medical anthropologist studies perception of disabilities in India

Mahreen Khan • February 5, 2015
In her new book called Stony Brook University medical anthropologist Michele Friedner explores not only the ways in which deafness and disability are perceived.
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