Academic News

A state judge has ruled in favor of six Stony Brook Southampton students, as well as their non-profit organization to save the campus, and called the process of the campus closure illegal. The Southampton campus was closed last semester due to budget cuts.

The proposed sugar tax for New York State by Governor Patterson is receiving mixed reactions. The proposed tax on beverages containing mostly high fructose corn syrup is being used as a way to cut obesity rates in the United States.

Long hours of research and gathering information finally paid off for environmental students as they showcased their work at the Environmental Exhibition of Student Research. The exhibition, which served as part of the week-long, campus-wide event Earthstock, gave students who were selected the chance to show off their completed work in front of Stony Brook professors, friends and family in a gallery in the Wang Center Lobby.

"To mourn the passing of our beloved SUNY system, will you please join us in a funeral procession to the Administration Building?" said Kevin Young, a Stony Brook graduate student. With that, he and a group of 30 students staged their mock ceremony and marched onto the office of President Samuel L. Stanley.

State Sen. Ken LeValle (R-Port Jefferson) has demanded an investigation into Stony Brook University’s controversial closing of most of its Southampton campus.

A recent survey of Stony Brook faculty found strong support for the Public Higher Education Empowerment and Innovation Act (PHEEIA), which faculty members predict will result in increased tuition and hundreds of faculty jobs. The survey found 75 percent in support PHEEIA, with seven out of 10 supporters saying they strongly support it.

SUNY appears set to move ahead with the Public Higher Education Empowerment and Innovation Act, but what will it mean for the wallets of Stony Brook students and families? The Independent takes a look.

Stony Brook’s Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Eric Kaler has earned one of the most prestigious honors in the engineering field, an election to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).

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.