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Dr. Deborah Birx visits SBU to discuss university and hospital pandemic response

Dr. Deborah Birx visits SBU to discuss university and hospital pandemic response

Alek Lewis October 12, 2020
Dr. Deborah Birx, the United States Coronavirus Task Force Response Coordinator, visited Stony Brook University on Wednesday, Oct. 7 for roundtable discussions with students, faculty and hospital staff about the university’s response to COVID-19.
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Rosh Hashana is more than just a day off from school

Isabelle Panza October 6, 2019
Many students know Rosh Hashanah as “that fabulous day they get off from school.” Some spend the day by sleeping in until 12 and binge-watching their favorite Netflix shows; however, Jewish students spend it very differently.
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 pepole of Hindu riligion alighted candle and clay lamp in their house and temples at the festival time. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS CC BY-SA 4.0

Stony Brook should be more tolerant of religious holidays

Kraig Klein September 28, 2018
But Stony Brook isn’t as tolerant as it depicts itself to be.  How else can you explain the fact that we have no days off for important religious holidays?
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Forgive your friends and yourself

Forgive your friends and yourself

Andrew Goldstein October 1, 2017
Whatever time of year, focusing on correcting past mistakes and addressing – rather than hiding from – mistakes we have made with our friends can strengthen our relationships.
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Making resolutions: Don’t bite off more than you can chew

Andrew Goldstein October 9, 2016
They would always explain that if we take more difficult goals we tend to give up more easily. If we make things bite sized, we make it to our end goal step by step.
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Stony Brook students need a break, too

Emily Benson October 21, 2014
According to Stony Brook’s academic calendar, classes run from Sept. 2 to Nov. 27 with no breaks. This is just shy of three months, from just barely the third week of school until Thanksgiving break.
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Stony Brook professor creates safe space for Portuguese students through writing

Chelsea Katz October 9, 2013
A conflicted Marilyn Zucker stood in front of her "Autobiography" class at the University of Lisbon in Portugal. It was Yom Kippur and according to the Jewish tradition, the day was meant for her to be seeking repentance for her sins- not to be in class.
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New calendar upsets Jewish students

Neil Purohit September 24, 2012

Last semester, Stony Brook University decided to join the University of Florida, New York University and an increasing number of other universities in no longer observing major religious holidays. Among...

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