business Archives – The Statesman

SBU students’ startup Soulo set to land this August

Joy SzeNews Student LifeAugust 26, 2021August 29, 2021

Having witnessed their elder family members struggle with performing personal care, Stony Brook student Joshua Zhu and his partner Jialin Ke created Soulo, a long-handled motorized nail trimmer as a solution.

Long Island business owner creates a space for local craftsmen to be recognized

Caroline MorganArts Culture Long IslandApril 22, 2021

Owning a business was Lyn Cooperman’s longtime dream. She achieved that when she opened the North Fork Craft Gallery in Wading River four years ago, one of a group of small stores attached to The Inn and Spa at East Wind.

Stony Brook alumni Stephanie Hayman discusses career path and book “Surviving My First Decade in Corporate America”

Julia HemingAlumni Arts BooksOctober 6, 2020

Stephanie Hayman, Hauppauge native and Stony Brook graduate, returned to campus virtually on Sept. 22 to talk about her book, “Surviving My First Decade in Corporate America.”

SBU professors discuss business collaboration in panel

Fanni FranklFaculty NewsFebruary 9, 2020February 9, 2020

The Office of Technology Licensing and Industry Relations at Stony Brook welcomed a panel of professors and researchers to the Charles B. Wang Center on Feb. 5 to discuss collaboration with businesses.

Students petition after FSA negotiations with student-owned smoothie truck go sour

Alek LewisNews Student LifeJanuary 26, 2020January 26, 2020

More than 1,100 students have signed a petition showing support for a smoothie truck on campus after negotiations between its owner and the Faculty Student Association (FSA) went sour in early January.

TikTok is a leading marketing tool for businesses to creatively brand

Xenia GonikbergOpinionsNovember 17, 2019November 18, 2019

The video app, TikTok, is surprisingly becoming more and more popular among corporations. Although the app’s main audience consists of teenagers and young adults, more companies have started using TikTok as a platform to brand themselves.

Bloomberg Businessweek editor examines campfire stories and emotion in ‘My Life As’ lecture

Ross O'KeefeNewsOctober 27, 2019October 27, 2019

Joel Weber, journalist and editor of Bloomberg Businessweek, spoke as part of the “My Life As” speaker series on Monday, Oct. 23. Weber graduated from the University of Oregon in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism with an emphasis in magazine journalism

Stony Brook students bring food catering to Athletics

Kayla McKiski & Gregory ZarbSportsDecember 2, 2018December 7, 2018

X-Factor has over 1,000 customers and sells about 6,000 meals per week after starting only two years ago. To date, they have made over half a million of their “healthy versions of unhealthy meals.”

The gender gap in class participation

Samiha AhmedOpinionsOctober 21, 2018October 21, 2018

Stony Brook University’s undergraduate population is 53 percent male and 47 percent female. The split is not 50/50, but it is close enough to be even. Still, in terms of classroom participation, there seems to be an overwhelming presence of male voices.

Give Soylent a try

Jhonatan BonillaFeatured OpinionsFebruary 28, 2018February 28, 2018

Soylent, marketed as a “Ready-to-Drink Food”, is convenient, cheap and more appetizing to me than a cup of noodles.