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Facebook announced its intentions to provide an online dating service through its mobile app. MANJU SHIVACHARAN/STATESMAN FILE

Don’t want to date with Facebook

Andrew Goldstein May 2, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook is planning to offer an online dating service. Please don’t.
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Anh Nguyens work, above, features two traditional southern Vietnamese garments made out of potato paper bags and flowers. The installment is part of the Wang Centers latest exhibit Potasia, on view through June 15. ARACELY JIMENEZ/THE STATESMAN

POTASIA celebrates the artwork of a household staple

Syreeta Yelverton March 20, 2018
The Charles B. Wang Center’s newest exhibit, “POTASIA: Potatoism in the East,” showcases potato art.
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Corey Flintoff (above, right) gives a talk at Stony Brook University. ANAMARIA SALOBO/THE STATESMAN

Former Moscow correspondent for NPR talks Russian politics

Antonia Brogna November 17, 2016
After spending four years as a foreign correspondent in Moscow, Russia, Corey Flintoff visited Stony Brook University to discuss Russian-American relations.
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The Olympics are a historic time, and thats what matters

The Olympics are a historic time, and that’s what matters

Nick Zararis August 25, 2016
The true greatness of the athletes has risen above the problems that are very real in Rio.
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The Stony Brook University hospital. Oregon was the first state to codify a right-to-death law in 1997. ARACELY JIMENEZ/STATESMAN FILE

School of Medicine course teaches compassion to students

Andrew Goldstein April 19, 2016
The Stony Brook Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics focuses on teaching literature, history, philosophy and the arts, in relation to patient care.
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SUNY recognizes Stony Brook GSO for female leadership

Craig Petraglia April 28, 2015
Stony Brook University’s Graduate Student Organization has been acknowledged by the State University of New York for its efforts to encourage female leadership.
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The Moscow City Ballet has had its greatest success in the United Kingdom. It has given over 800 performances there since 1991. 
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Moscow City Ballet performs “Don Quixote” at the Staller Center

Arielle Martinez March 16, 2015
A Stony Brook stage was transformed into 17th-century Spain when the Moscow City Ballet performed “Don Quixote” on the Staller Center Main Stage on March 14 at 8 p.m..
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SBU players Chris Joseph (above) and Sam Brewster represented Team USA at the World University Games last month. PHOTO CREDIT: USA HOCKEY

Joseph and Brewster represent SBU at World University Games

Cameron Boon March 11, 2015
When it comes to making sure a once-in-a-lifetime trip across the Atlantic Ocean is as memorable as possible, sometimes one is willing to go to extremes.
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Nemtsov’s death may have silenced him, but not his message

Zach Rowe March 5, 2015
On Feb. 27, an assassin gunned down Boris Nemtsov, a noted Russian opposition politician and outspoken critic.
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How sex affects athletic performance is still unresolved

David Vertsberger February 11, 2015

The athlete’s process of reaching to physical and psychological shape in anticipation of the big game or event is meticulous. Every meal, every nap, every routine has to be in accordance with what...

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Cowards in the Ukraine

Jeremy Kline February 27, 2014
If you have been paying any attention at all to local, national, or international news networks over the past couple of weeks, you might have noticed the escalating situation over in the Ukraine. Or maybe you have not, because you have been living under a rock. I’m not going to judge. So, for those of us who may not know so much about the conflict, let me give you a very brief overview of what is going on.
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This was the National Dance Company of Siberias first time at the Staller Center. (KENNETH HO / THE STATESMAN)

Krasnoyarsk National Dance Company of Siberia shakes at Staller

Kevin Urgiles February 24, 2014
The Staller Center for the Arts hosted an event on Saturday which featured the Krasnoyarsk National Dance Company of Siberia. After performing in more than 60 countries around the world, the group of professional dancers had its first performance on the Stony Brook University campus, which appeared to be a highly anticipated one as crowds of enthusiasts began filling up the main stage audience seating long before the actual performance began.
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