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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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Richard Leakey speaks about life off the grid

Elsie Boskamp October 21, 2014
Richard Leakey, famed paleoanthropologist, Kenyan politician, environmentalist and professor of anthropology at Stony Brook University, spoke on Wednesday, Oct. 15 at the Wang Center Theater.
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Tragic death of former professor shocks SBU community

Ryan Wolf September 26, 2013
Stony Brook alumnus and former creative writing and African literature professor Dr. Kofi Awoonor, 78, was killed during the Westgate Mall shooting in Nairobi, Kenya by members of the Somali terrorist group Al Shabaab, which left at least 70 people dead.
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From inside a Petridish to Lake Turkana, Kenya

Emily McTavish October 15, 2012

Cravings for chocolate or ice cream are not uncommon, but Natasha Gownaris, a third-year doctoral candidate at Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, craves Africa and is...

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Kenyan activist gains political asylum in U.S.

Brittany Stapelfeld September 17, 2012

On the outside, Oliver Mashaka does not appear very different from his peers at Stony Brook University. He wears red SBU sweatpants to class, plays on the frisbee team and loves eating at Jasmine. But...

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