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Two students by the Earth Space and Science building on West Campus.TIM GIORLANDO/THE STATESMAN

Increased SUNY funding allows for a diversified campus

Sonya Gugliara September 15, 2022
Stony Brook University will use newly expanded SUNY funding to diversify the student body and school faculty. Governor Kathy Hochul announced the approval of a $113 million increase in state funding for SUNY schools on July 28.
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Stony Brook University campus in the fall of 2019.  SARA RUBERG/STATESMAN FILE

CARES Act mandates SBU to give $9.8 million to students in need

Maya Brown and Sara Ruberg June 10, 2020
About 1,100 students have completed applications related to COVID-19 financial needs, Rick Gatteau, vice president for student affairs and dean of students said in a June 2 webcast.
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Far Beyond signage in the Academic Mall.  EMMA HARRIS/THE STATESMAN

How the CARES Act affects students and higher education

Alek Lewis April 3, 2020
A student who lost their job because of the coronavirus epidemic, however, may qualify for unemployment under the CARES Act.
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New ‘public charge’ rule could affect status of student immigrants

New ‘public charge’ rule could affect status of student immigrants

Fanni Frankl September 29, 2019
On Aug. 14, the Department of Homeland Security published the “Final Rule on Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility,” which can deny permanent residency status to immigrants if the government deems they are likely to become dependent on the United States’s public benefits.
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SBU President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., above, is a supporter of the limits on tuition increases by SUNY 2020. STATESMAN STOCK PHOTO

Proposed freeze on Pell Grants elicits cold reactions from LI leaders

Mahreen Khan August 19, 2015
The non-binding budget resolution set forth by the U.S. House of Representatives suggests a 10-year freeze on the maximum grant award at $5,775.
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President Bill Clinton speaks at university in support of Tim Bishop

Kelly Zegers October 23, 2014
President Bill Clinton encouraged Stony Brook University students to vote and spoke on behalf of the Tim Bishop congressional re-election campaign on Wednesday, Oct. 22.
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University Doesn’t Have Enough SMART Grants

Sara Sonnack April 3, 2011

Stony Brook University students may have a harder time affording their education in the 2011-2012 school year. In addition to reducing the maximum amount of a Pell Grant, the federal government will not...

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