Sacha Kopp Archives – The Statesman

The humanities should continue to be appreciated more at Stony Brook

Maya BrownOpinionsFebruary 2, 2019February 3, 2019

All majors should be treated with equal respect and be given the same opportunities.

Chemistry professor takes over CAS dean position

Brianne LeddaNewsAugust 26, 2018

Chemistry Professor Nicole Sampson took over as Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) on July 16.

College of Arts and Sciences cuts Speech Language Pathology courses

Rebecca LiebsonFeatured News Top StoryApril 16, 2018April 17, 2018

Starting next semester, Stony Brook University will no longer offer courses in speech and language pathology.

University announces Bachelor of Arts in biology program

Mike AdamsNewsMarch 18, 2018

Stony Brook University’s College of Arts and Sciences is expecting to add a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in biology program in time for the Fall 2018 semester.

USG denounces lack of cooperation from university administration

Aleeza KazmiFeatured News Top StoryMarch 12, 2018November 30, 2018

Stony Brook’s Undergraduate Student Government passed a resolution during their senate meeting on Monday March 1, outlining their discontent with the lack of transparency and collaboration between the campus administration and USG.

Sacha Kopp to resign as dean of College of Arts and Sciences

Mike Adams & Gary GhayratBreaking Featured News Top StoryFebruary 26, 2018February 26, 2018

College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean Sacha Kopp announced that he will leave his position on July 1 in an email sent out to faculty Monday morning.

College of Arts and Sciences cuts undergraduate pharmacology program

Rebecca LiebsonFeatured News Top StoryFebruary 25, 2018November 19, 2018

Acceptance into the undergraduate program in pharmacology has been suspended indefinitely, due to a programmatic decision from the College of Arts and Sciences, said Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacological Sciences Michael Frohman.

From engineering to English: The journey of professor Eugene Hammond

Gary GhayratFeatured News Top StoryDecember 3, 2017December 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.

Faculty and students protest to save non-renewed adjuncts

Griffin TokarskiFeatured News Top StoryNovember 20, 2017December 1, 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?”

Writing and Rhetoric professors face the realities of personnel cuts

Rebecca LiebsonFeatured News Top StoryNovember 7, 2017December 11, 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.