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Black students struggle to find community at universities

Amaya McDonaldCultureFebruary 27, 2022February 27, 2022

In the United States, universities and colleges are major hubs for cultural assimilation, as Black students have an experience that is unique to that of their white counterparts.

Without drastic climate action, California will continue to burn

Xenia GonikbergOp-eds OpinionsFebruary 23, 2021

#OPINION: Winters are getting colder, and summers are getting warmer. Extreme temperatures are becoming more common as the effects of climate change continue to ravage communities across the United States.

Growing up “divided,” I always saw segregation on Long Island

Maya BrownOpinionsDecember 1, 2019December 1, 2019

While the growing population of minorities on Long Island has increased more than 10% in the last two decades, the amount of inclusion and equity has not. A 2015 report by ERASE Racism found that Long Island continues to be one of the most racially segregated regions in the country.

Stony Brook student Cautney Nelson starts nonprofit STEM education club

Sherin SamuelNewsNovember 3, 2019November 3, 2019

When Cautney Nelson, 23, first created her nonprofit Millennial Science in December 2018, she wanted to put a fun twist on making research articles more digestible for readers. Nelson soon switched gears to bringing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs to children in low-income areas.

We need affirmative action to distribute equal opportunities to students

Sarah TantawyOpinionsOctober 27, 2019October 27, 2019

Affirmative action is a policy in which an individual’s color, race, sex, religion or national origin are taken into account to provide opportunities for underrepresented groups in society. We see this policy at play in many different facets of people’s lives

Stony Brook University appoints Sree Sreenivasan as first Marshall R. Loeb Visiting Professor

Alissa PabonNewsOctober 14, 2019October 16, 2019

On Sept. 1, Sree Sreenivasan joined Stony Brook’s School of Journalism faculty as the first Marshall R. Loeb Visiting Professor of Digital Innovation and Audience Engagement to teach the complexities of digital journalism.

Latina alumna discusses how segregated Long Island communities lead to gangs

Anna Correa & Alexandra Grace GasparArtsOctober 12, 2018October 12, 2018

“The segregation that exists here on Long Island has had horrendous implications on the communities that S.T.R.O.N.G. focuses on. Gangs on Long Island is not something that’s new either,” Zatar said.

Don’t just show up for rallies, support small events too

Andrew GoldsteinFeatured OpinionsSeptember 10, 2017September 10, 2017

We are taught to be active players in the world of careers, rising up the ranks to achieve our vision of success. Our approach to activism should be the same.

Sanders revisits the failed War on Drugs

Nick ZararisFeatured OpinionsApril 19, 2016April 19, 2016

It should be the accepted view that the War on Drugs was both a failure and founded on false pretenses.

Male minority students frustrated by alleged lack of academic support

Christopher CameronNews Top StoryApril 1, 2016April 3, 2016

“Everybody keeps saying about ‘diversity’ and ‘diversity is good,’” Ricky Simanjuntak said. “And I’m not saying it’s bad. But what I have to point out is … it’s hard.”