Campus Spotlight Archives

Student-owned streetwear line Critic Clothing gains popularity

Thomas JamesArtsMarch 27, 2017April 2, 2017

Alec Simione is a Stony Brook student whose company, Critic Clothing, is rising through the ranks of the streetwear industry.

Stony Brook Alumnus Spotlight: Momina Mustehsan

Thomas JamesArts FeaturedDecember 4, 2016December 4, 2016

Momina Mustehsan is a Stony Brook alumnus whose musical talent has been recognized from the United States to Pakistan.

Campus Spotlight: Mills, Mahmood and a boom box

Rena ThomasArts Featured Top StorySeptember 3, 2015February 16, 2016

A mundane walk through Roth is shaken by the sound of upbeat music radiating over the murky pond. Two boys surround a Brookstone “Big Blue Party Speaker.”

Campus spotlight: Jinyoung Jin gives the Wang Center an extra dose of Asian culture

Chelsea KatzArts Top StoryNovember 18, 2014November 17, 2014

“Canning Mao’s Mangoes.” “The Grace Lee Project.” It is no secret the Wang Center certainly stepped up its game this year when it comes to its events.

Campus spotlight: Susan Deaver advances orchestra

Basil JohnArts Top StoryNovember 10, 2014

The University Orchestra is made up of a variety of students, including those still in high school, undergraduates and graduate students and is open to string, woodwind, brass and percussion players.

Campus Spotlight: music producers unite

Chelsea KatzArts Featured Top StorySeptember 15, 2014

When Ardit Piroli walked onto Stony Brook campus for the first time last year, he almost immediately started looking for others who shared his passion for producing music.

Campus Spotlight: Dean Stein, the original Seawolf, says good-bye

Francesca CampioneArtsMay 15, 2014

Jerrold L. Stein, the associate vice president for Student Affairs and dean of students, is retiring at the conclusion of this summer after an incredible 38 years of service to Stony Brook University.

Campus Spotlight: Student turns trash into public art

Jessica DesameroArtsMarch 31, 2014April 1, 2014

Nicole Hixon, a second-year student in Stony Brook’s Master of Fine Arts program, turns useless, recycled trash into meaningful sculpture, installation and public art. Hixon, a native New Yorker, first started her higher education at Nassau Community College and continued her studies at California State, San Francisco. She moved back to Long Island and came to Stony Brook for graduate school.

Campus Spotlight: piano professors strike a chord with students

Robert CiminoArtsMarch 6, 2014April 1, 2014

If Stony Brook University were a Steinway concert grand piano, professors Gilbert Kalish and Christina Dahl would be among the most resonant strings within it. Both professors of piano have seen prosperous careers as solo and ensemble performers and, after transitioning to teaching, have shared their years of musical wisdom with Stony Brook students.

Campus Spotlight: Professor adds flare to studying abroad

Cassandra MaddoxArtsFebruary 26, 2014February 28, 2014

New to Stony Brook University’s campus and Long Island, New York, Assistant Professor Joseph Pierce drinks his mate (pronounced ma-tay), an Argentinian herbal tea, from a small gourd at his desk. He is well dressed in a tailored-to-fit houndstooth suit and his tame shoulder-length hair makes him the ideal subject of hair envy. But he is more than perfect hair.