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Campus demonstration raises awareness of unpaid prison labor

Aloki Pandya April 17, 2024
Students gathered in front of Stony Brook University’s Humanities building on March 25, 2024 to hear from professors and advocates about the University’s tumultuous history with Corcraft — a New York State entity that manufactures and sells products made by incarcerated people. 
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9/11 Memorial draws in students and staff, recognizes those who were lost 18 years ago

9/11 Memorial draws in students and staff, recognizes those who were lost 18 years ago

Alek Lewis September 12, 2019
18 years to the minute that the North Tower was struck on September 11, 2001, the Academic Mall fell hush to the tolling of campus bells, which rang 21 times to honor the 21 Stony Brook alumni and community members who were lost during the attack on U.S. soil
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Associate professor of Sociology Tiffany Joseph speaks at the TPS Rally. GARY GHAYRAT/THE STATESMAN

Long Island Immigrant Student Advocates hold TPS Teach-In

Gary Ghayrat February 25, 2018
In response to the Trump administration’s decision to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for beneficiaries from Haiti, Nicaragua and El Salvador, Long Island Immigrant Student Advocates hosted a TPS Teach-In session in the Humanities Building on Wednesday, Feb. 21.
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Professor Eugene Hammond is his office.
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From engineering to English: The journey of professor Eugene Hammond

Gary Ghayrat December 3, 2017
About a week into the semester, he changed his major to English. “I think it’s undoubtedly the most important decision of my life because that’s when I started thinking about being a teacher,” Hammond said.
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Students and adjuncts rallied in the Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library.  GARY GHAYRAT/THE STATESMAN

Faculty and students protest to save non-renewed adjuncts

Griffin Tokarski November 20, 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?”
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Writing and Rhetoric professors face the realities of personnel cuts

Rebecca Liebson November 7, 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.
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The new Toll Drive buildings and East Side Dining are the newest buildings on campus. These state of the art facilities represent a the new image of Stony Brook University and the school has come a long way since its founding. STEPHAN UNGER/STATESMAN FILE

Letter to the Editor: The Times They Have A-Changed

Jon Friedman August 27, 2017
“…Stony Brook, the Berkeley of the East, where the dorms are like brothels.”
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Stanleys possible tobacco ban still smokey

Stanley’s possible tobacco ban still smokey

Chelsea Katz September 23, 2014
University President Dr. Samuel L. Stanley Jr. and his Chief Deputy Edward Summers are at the helm of an initiative to potentially ban tobacco on all of Stony Brook’s campuses.
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The Humanities Institute brings feminist direction to the big screen

Huilin Sun September 21, 2014

Feminism is an ongoing debate in our society. This word has become a political, economic and cultural related issue. From Sept. 18-20, The Humanities Institute held a conference called “Humanities...

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Police blotter for the week of Monday, Feb. 17

Ashleigh Sherow February 27, 2014

Harassment: On Monday, Feb. 17, there was harassment at Sanger College. On Monday, Feb. 17, there was aggravated harassment at Humanities. On Wednesday, Feb. 19, there was harassment at the Long Island...

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