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Stony Brook University students attend the March for Unity at the SAC Plaza on Feb. 1. ANNA CORREA/THE STATESMAN

University Senate passes resolution aimed at protecting immigrants on campus

Desiree D'Iorio February 12, 2017
The University Senate passed a resolution on Feb. 6 calling on Stony Brook University’s administration to adopt several policies aimed at protecting university community members who are undocumented immigrants.
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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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Letter to the Editor: Tobacco plan is disrespectful and unnecessary

Letter to the Editor: Tobacco plan is disrespectful and unnecessary

Letter to the Editor November 10, 2015
It certainly would be nice to know why the Administration finds this particular bit of unreasonable prohibitionism so incredibly necessary.
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo submitted 184 vetoes on the 2015-2016 State Budget. Two of these applied to Stony Brook University, rejecting funding to Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium and a proposed indoor practice facility and exam center.  PHOTO CREDIT: GOVERNORS PRESS OFFICE

Developing: Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoes budget for stadium project

Cameron Boon April 13, 2015
Of the 184 vetoes Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued pertaining to facets of the 2015-2016 Enacted Budget, two items in relation to Stony Brook University were vetoed.
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Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, N.Y. REBECCA ANZEL/STATESMAN FILE

Speeding tickets issued by UPD almost quadruple in one year

Joseph Konig March 22, 2015
Speeding tickets issued by UPD in 2014 increased by 290 percent compared to 2013, according to Chief of Police Robert J. Lenahan and the Office of the VP of Administration.
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Norman Goodman sees change over 50 years

Chelsea Katz November 27, 2014
Norm Goodman, Ph.D., has been teaching sociology at Stony Brook since 1964 and has served on the University Senate, a coalition of faculty committees that advise campus administration.
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Campus Briefing: USG cracks down on professors and course syllabi

Arielle Martinez May 15, 2014
The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) senate unanimously voted to pass a resolution stating that the senate will pressure Stony Brook University faculty and staff to conform to university policies regarding course syllabi and textbook requisitions at its final meeting of the semester Thursday evening.
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#gradschoolproblems: Graduate student housing is too costly for students

Atulya Prasad May 12, 2014
This is an exciting time for research at Stony Brook with the “transformative” Simons Gift. Ambitious plans have been made to expand the faculty at Stony Brook.
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Stony Brook designated a Groundwater Green Site

Sandhiya Kannan April 29, 2014
Stony Brook University was recently designated by the Groundwater Foundation as a Groundwater Guardian Green Site for its clean groundwater and environmental stewardship.
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