Academic News

President Stanley fielded questions about budget cuts and looming tuition increases at Stony Brook, but outside the press conference a small protest stirred.

Stony Brook has announced that all classes prior to 12:50 P.M. are cancelled. All other classes after 12:50 P.M. are currently scheduled to be held. The announcement was made via Stony Brook's SB Alert website at 9:45 P.M. The blizzard, still raging as of 11:30 P.M., has already dumped a foot of snow on some areas, according to a National Weather Service report.

Wouldn’t it be great if you did not have to buy those outrageously expensive textbooks at the start of every semester? The campus book store agrees, and recently started an experimental textbook rental program.

Students looking for employment and activities outside of the classroom crowded into room 102 in the Light Engineering building for an information session on how to join the Stony Brook Volunteer Ambulance Corps. (SBVAC)

The SUNY Board of Trustees approved a two percent tuition increase as part of the 2010-11 budget request upon the recommendation of Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher yesterday, according to a SUNY press release. If the hike becomes a reality, tuition would surpass $5,000 a year.

A cross section of the Stony Brook campus community filled the Student Activity Center ballroom Monday afternoon as professors, students and administrators absorbed former Stony Brook University President John Marburger's lecture on global warming.

Brookhaven Laboratories Joanna Fowler has been awarded the National Medal of Science for her research on different diseases effecting the brain, like addiction. She will recieve the award later this week at the White House.

During a meeting with student media, President Samuel Stanley distanced himself from the Five-Year Plan laid out by his predecessor, Shirley Strum Kenny. He said that while he would be likely to continue with some of her initiatives, he said that there are “particular things that interest me that I think I need to be incorporated into any plan” for the university’s future.

This afternoon Dr. Samuel L. Stanley was officially named the next president of Stony Brook University. The announcement came at a press conference after a unanimous vote by the SUNY Board of Trustees, which took place earlier today.

Earlier today Stony Brook University announced that Dr. Samuel L. Stanley Jr., currently the vice chancellor for research at Washington University in St. Louis, has been nominated to be the next president of the university. Members of the presidential search committee appear excited about the prospect of Stanley taking control of the school.

Dr. Samuel L. Stanley Jr. has officially been nominated to the SUNY Board of Trustees to become the next president of Stony Brook University. Stanley is currently the vice chancellor for research at Washington University in St. Louis.

At a time when the rest of Stony Brook University is being forced to reduce its services, the writing center is taking a slightly different approach by trying to boost the number of students that come their way.

The writing center sent mass e-mails to all campus professors that said representatives are availabe to discuss the center's services during classes, said Director Dennis Clarke.

Nancy Zimpher, the SUNY chancellor-designate, is set to have a compensation package of approximately $545,400 a year, roughly $200,000 more than her predecessor.

Stony Brook AD Jim Fiore comments on how his department has dealt with budget cuts, while also having to pay increased tuition this semester for its schoalrship athletes.

Albany Day was cancelled March 3 after a snowstorm dropped more than a foot of snow on some parts of Long Island. Janice Rohlf, head of governmental relations, said the poor weather conditions, which resulted in the cancellation of Monday classes, made it “impossible” to risk the trip.