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Coalition for Union Reform & Democracy seeks to overhaul UUP leadership

Gary Ghayrat April 11, 2019
For years, UUP elections on the Stony Brook campus have been fairly uncompetitive. But this time around, a group of candidates called the Coalition for Union Reform & Democracy emerged to shake things up.
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SUNY professor’s union approves new contract

Gary Ghayrat September 16, 2018
United University Professions (UUP), the union that represents academic and professional faculty across the SUNY campuses, ratified a new six-year contract, according to a press release from Sept. 5.
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Part of Stony Brook Universitys main campus. DIANNA ROMAN/STATESMAN FILE

Stony Brook enacts hiring freeze to help balance budget

Rebecca Liebson March 1, 2018
Stony Brook University is implementing a hiring freeze to help mitigate an $18 million budget shortfall, President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. announced on Thursday.
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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

Union fears the repeal of Obamacare will create chaos in hospitals

Michaela Kilgallen January 29, 2017
According to the press release, 153,000 people in Suffolk County are at risk of losing health insurance.
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Stony Brook University graduate students in a meeting.ANUSHA MOOKHERJEE/THE STATESMAN

#gradschoolproblems: Graduate students in need of a more competitive salary

The Statesman May 15, 2014
It is an exciting time at Stony Brook University. With the SUNY 2020 and Project 50 Forward initiatives coupled with the transformative Simons gift, Stony Brook is poised to grow by leaps and bounds.
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Parking violations run rampant at Stony Brook

Alex Kramer December 2, 2013
Parking enforcement is out in full force during the first week of classes. Parking tickets were given most frequently during the first two weeks of last semester, including 398 on the first day of classes last fall. This was over five times the number of tickets given on an average day during the year, according to the university parking records.
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