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Outside of the Stony Brook University Hospital. EMMA HARRIS/STATESMAN FILE

Dean of the School of Medicine and Senior Vice President of Health Sciences to retire from SBU after 11 years

Alek Lewis January 14, 2021
After nearly 11 years as Dean of Stony Brook University’s Renaissance School of Medicine and Senior Vice President of Health Sciences, Dr. Kenneth Kaushansky will be retiring from the university at the end of the academic year. 
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SUNY reaches renewal agreement with Elsevier

Maya Brown May 18, 2020
The State University of New York Libraries Consortium announced on April 7 that it will not renew its bundled journal subscription deal with the scientific and medical journal publisher, Elsevier, but it will instead reduce its subscription package. 
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SUNY prepared to cancel Elsevier subscription if contract negotiations go sour

Brianne Ledda November 22, 2019
SUNY is negotiating a contract renewal with Elsevier, a scientific and medical journal publisher, according to an email sent to Stony Brook University’s Faculty Senate on Thursday, Nov. 21.
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Sophomore designated hitter Michael Wilson, above, had two hits on Tuesday night. TIM OAKES/THE STATESMAN

Blown ninth-inning opportunity stifles Seawolves in defeat

Tim Oakes March 15, 2017
Pepperdine defeated Stony Brook 4-3 on Tuesday night after the Seawolves failed to capitalize on an opportunity to score in the ninth inning.
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Professor analyzes the impact of age in the presidential election

Professor analyzes the impact of age in the presidential election

Rawson Jahan October 22, 2016
A project published by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis changes how age is defined; as not by the years someone has lived, but by the years someone has left to live.
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Cuomo is looking too mandate experiential learning, like internships and research, in order for students to graduate. Over 60 SUNY institutions would be affected by this plan. 
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Cuomo pushes for extension of SUNY 2020

Will Welch January 26, 2016
Cuomo’s support is an important step toward passing an extension of SUNY 2020, which is set to expire this spring and has been essential to SBU’s growth over the five years.
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Medical anthropologist studies perception of disabilities in India

Medical anthropologist studies perception of disabilities in India

Mahreen Khan February 5, 2015
In her new book called Stony Brook University medical anthropologist Michele Friedner explores not only the ways in which deafness and disability are perceived.
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Fewer women graduating with college degrees in CS

Hanaa’ Tameez April 1, 2014
When Jennifer Wong first started teaching at Stony Brook in 2006, she caught a male student in her CSE 220 class aiming a laser pointer at her rear. Even though she dismissed the student from the class, she said she did not think it would have happened if she were a male teaching the course.
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