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To commemorate World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, Stony Brook hosted its own memorial in the SAC's Ballroom A. Portions of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, a product of The Names Project Foundation, was showcased on Nov. 29.

Stony Brook University officials credited the trend that has seen the school’s percentage of international undergraduates increase since 2003 to a multitude of reasons. Strong showings in world university rankings, an internationally well-known graduate program, and an effort to reach a school goal to have 30% of the student body be made up of international and out-of-state students by 2011, were the reasons given for the surge in international students, who now constitute 7% of the undergraduate student body. In 2003, international students made up 4% of the student body.

President Shirley Strum Kenny confirmed late Wednesday night that she plans to retire in June 2009.

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.

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.

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.

Stephen Stakey, 19, a freshman, collapsed at Stony Brook's annual Roth Regatta on May 2 and was later pronounced dead.

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:

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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.

Bob Greene, our teacher, died on April 10. Below, writers from the School of Journalism volunteered their memories.

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.

News of the Graduate Student Organization's outrage over increased stipends for incoming teaching assistants shocked Stony Brook officials and left current graduate assistants feeling under appreciated and underpaid.

“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.

Despite Stony Brook University at Southampton’s immediate success, the school is experiencing a trend -- students transferring to other schools because of a lack of majors.