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A headshot photo of Dr. Farzana Ali.  PHOTO COURTESY OF FARZANA ALI

Intersectional identities in medicine and research: Dr. Farzana Ali’s journey

Lori Saxena February 14, 2023
For Ali, an international student a woman of color who uses a wheelchair, the path to finishing her doctorate was neither linear nor traditional.
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drawing of two dogs made by junior biochemistry major Raeqa Mahmud. PHOTO COURTESY OF RAEQA MAHMUD

Doodles4change: penning art for the rich and giving to the poor

Thomas James October 5, 2017
After years of selling her sketches and artwork to friends, Raeqa Mahmud decided to use the profits to make a perceptible change when she founded doodles4change in March 2017.
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Stony Brook professor James Klurfeld of the School of Journalism, right, served as the moderator for the annual Great Debate on Dec. 3rd, 2015, with this years topic on the growing threat of the Islamic State. CHRISTOPHER CAMERON/THE STATESMAN

Great Debates tackles US strategy against Islamic State

Jessica Chin December 6, 2015
Two teams debated about how to defeat monsters Thursday afternoon at the Humanities Institute — the monsters to which they referred being ISIS and extremism.
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Commuter Student Services offers legal housing options for off campus living. BASIL JOHN / THE STATESMAN

Students seeking off-campus housing face discrimination from some landlords

Kelly Zegers March 30, 2015
Mahdin Mahboob, an electrical engineering Ph.D. candidate at SBU, found a lead on an off-campus room but said he was denied the rental because he is not East Asian.
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Students Sofya Pugach, left, and Ahmad Fordous on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2014 at the third annual Bengalis Unite Mock Wedding. The ceremony aimed to give Stony Brook University students a taste of Bengali wedding culture. CHRISTOPHER CAMERON / THE STATESMAN

Bengalis Unite hosts third “Mock Wedding”

Rena Thomas March 2, 2015
Bengalis Unite cordially invited everyone to the beautiful traditional “wedding” of Ahmad Fordous and Sofya Pugach on Saturday night.
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President of Bengalis Unite, Syed Abrar Hossain, rises from adversity

President of Bengalis Unite, Syed Abrar Hossain, rises from adversity

Rachel Siford November 13, 2014
Syed Hossain is an international student from Dhaka, Bangladesh, who came to the United States after both his parents died.
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Nadia Habib seeks to renew stay of removal

Nelson Oliveira October 1, 2012

Nadia Habib, an undocumented Stony Brook University student who faced deportation to Bangladesh a year ago, has an appointment at the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement this Monday, Oct. 1, to find out...

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