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College of Arts and Sciences cuts Speech Language Pathology courses

Rebecca LiebsonFeatured News Top StoryApril 16, 2018April 17, 2018

Starting next semester, Stony Brook University will no longer offer courses in speech and language pathology.

Pocket Theatre takes aim at SBU administration

Chris ParkinsonArtsMarch 10, 2018March 18, 2018

Stony Brook’s Pocket Theatre presented two original staged readings for audiences at the Staller Center for the Arts on March 3 and 4.

College of Arts and Sciences cuts undergraduate pharmacology program

Rebecca LiebsonFeatured News Top StoryFebruary 25, 2018November 19, 2018

Acceptance into the undergraduate program in pharmacology has been suspended indefinitely, due to a programmatic decision from the College of Arts and Sciences, said Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacological Sciences Michael Frohman.

Foreign language programs face personnel cuts in department merger

Gary GhayratFeatured News Top StoryJanuary 21, 2018January 22, 2018

Three language departments will be combined into one entity over the course of the 2017-18 academic year.

42 distinguished professors voice concerns about SBU administration

Rebecca LiebsonFeatured News Top StoryDecember 3, 2017May 29, 2019

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.”

The Stony Brook administration should take a timeout

Bryan CarrollFeatured OpinionsNovember 26, 2017

A day of metanoia might be in order. A day of reflection, learning, sharing and transformation focused around important issues confronting our Stony Brook community.

Faculty and students protest to save non-renewed adjuncts

Griffin TokarskiFeatured News Top StoryNovember 20, 2017December 1, 2017

“I have a question,” Stony Brook University adjunct professor in the program in Writing and Rhetoric, Steven Dube, shouted into a microphone. “Do you want a geologist to teach writing?”

Students and adjuncts rally to save writing

Gary Ghayrat, Aleeza Kazmi & Dorothy MaiFeatured Multimedia Top StoryNovember 17, 2017November 17, 2017

Stony Brook students and adjuncts rally to save adjunct jobs in the university’s Writing and Rhetoric program on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Due to a budget deficit of $35 million, nearly half of the program’s adjuncts have been let go and will not return for the Spring 2018 semester.

Budget cuts draw concern at diversity town hall

Gary GhayratFeatured News Top StoryNovember 12, 2017November 12, 2017

As Stony Brook University moves forward with its plan to promote diversity and representation on campus, some are questioning how budget cuts could impact this initiative.

Writing and Rhetoric professors face the realities of personnel cuts

Rebecca LiebsonFeatured News Top StoryNovember 7, 2017December 11, 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.