The SUNY senior system administration is working on a deal with the state government that will ensure money generated from special revenue funds – which will be frozen under a recent state-mandated expenditure cap – will not be tapped by the state at the end of 2008-09 fiscal year, a Stony Brook University official said today.
The following is an interview conducted by email with one of the professors who is working to mobilize other faculty members to sign the petition entitled “Concerned Faculty of Stony Brook.” The petition expresses a loss of confidence in the leadership of President Shirley Strum Kenny, and has been signed by more than 100 faculty members.
President Shirley Strum Kenny has not been directly addressed by those who signed the Stony Brook University faculty petition declaring a loss of confidence in her leadership, a university official wrote in an e-mail. Kenny also does not foresee any direct resource conflicts between the College of Arts and Sciences and the new university programs.
Stony Brook University’s academic programs could face an unprecedented $20 million state budget cut, according to university officials at yesterday’s town hall meeting. The cut would come from both taxes and—for the first time—a state spending cap on special university revenues.
An online petition criticizing the leadership of Stony Brook President Shirley Strum Kenny has received 90 electronic signatures of tenured and tenure-track faculty at the university.
The petition, at least a week old, reads as follows:
Stony Brook University will be receiving $45 million from the state for the construction of a building to house a law school at Stony Brook. This information came out of an interview with President Shirley Strum Kenny last week, who said that the university has received the funds in its capital budget from the state budget.
This weekend, I-CON, Stony Brook University's staple science fiction convention, will take place for the last consecutive time on Stony Brook's campus.
“Looks like the five dollar cover charge kept the liberals away,” joked Ann Coulter at the College Republican-sponsored event in the SAC Auditorium Monday night, to a crowd of students and members of the community. The audience laughed as she began her jarring string of comedic political witticisms on liberals, the ’08 campaign, terrorism and 9/11.
“You won’t believe how much I just spent on books,” one student will say, only to have their friend shoot back at them, “Ha! You think that’s bad? I spent almost double that!” But, do some students have a more legitimate complaint?
Imagine if, in your Facebook news feed, you saw new assignments posted from your professors or an announcement that your class is canceled.
Coursefeed has done exactly that, integrating your academic stuff from Blackboard into your Facebook social activity.
On March 15, 2008, a hacktivism group known only as Anonymous descended on Churches of Scientology nationwide in protest to commemorate the birthday of its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, in its own special way.
Stony Brook University likes to call itself “Seawolves Country” in honor of its mascot, an over-sized wolf adorned in a red uniform. But most students have a story to tell about a different animal that calls the campus home: the Canada geese.
She puts down her Newsday crossword puzzle and swings her feet off the black milk crate that prevents her arthritic knees from aching too much. After grabbing a package of grapes, she ambles over to a little girl watching her mother work at Sandella’s, an Italian eatery in the Benedict College dining facility.
Imagine a research university where classes are small and intimate. A place where researchers' time in front of the classroom is as valuable as their time in the lab, and undergraduate education is based on active inquiry rather than passive note-taking. Imagine a university where quality undergraduates - rather than faculty-published papers - are the school's main commodity.
Matt McAllester's job never really ends, and it's by no means safe. He travels to faraway places and plants himself in the middle of danger - not as a soldier, but as a wartime journalist.
There certainly is no intelligence allowed in Ben Stein's recent documentary, Expelled. In the film, Stein is searching through academia not for Ferris Bueller, but for the so-called "fascist" dictations that mainstream science, which supports evolution, has cast upon intelligent design.
Governor David Patterson’s budget directive to freeze special revenue generated by state agencies, including Stony Brook, is unjustified and damaging. But at the same time it illuminates the limits Stony Brook has reached as a state-run institution and forces us to think outside the box when plotting its future.
College students and activists have made a mistake in Barack Obama—he’s not the candidate he first appeared to be.
Young primary voters gravitated to Obama unlike other Democrat nominees in the past....But we haven’t really received a new candidate and Obama is starting to look like the same old politicians that have alienated young voters for generations.
Want to find out what's awaiting you when you graduate Stony Brook? Read this new series of columns from students that are living through their post-Stony Brook Lives.
"I had heard many stories about medical school being arduous, with medical students spending their days studying and having no real free time. I regret to inform you, my dear reader, that this is more or less the case..."
The Men's Lacrosse team suffered a heartbreaking 14-13 loss to the Hofstra Pride, their local rivals, on Apr. 22. 5,723 people were in attendance, a new record for the Stony Brook men's lacrosse team, and in the top 10 all-time for attendance at LaValle Stadium.
A goal by Kevin Crowley 15 seconds into overtime sent Stony Brook to the America East Conference tournament with a 7-6 win over the Binghamton Bearcats. With Albany's win against Vermont on Sunday, it has been assured that the Seawolves will face the Albany Great Danes in the conference semifinal. UMBC's win against Hartford on Saturday secured them the #1 seed, and the right to host the tournament.
This NBA season has been of the best in recent memory. The West is loaded, and the East has two legitimate title contenders in Detroit and Boston. With that said, let’s get into the playoff picks.
Stony Brook University will be receiving $45 million from the state for the construction of a building to house a law school at Stony Brook. This information came out of an interview with President Shirley Strum Kenny last week, who said that the university has received the funds in its capital budget from the state budget.
