Off-campus restaurants report health code violations

Written by Samantha Olson and Bahar Gholipour University students have plenty of off-campus dining options in the Stony Brook area- but they are not all alike when it comes to health and safety conditions. The J and R Steakhouse received a …

SBU comparing harassment protocol to other campuses

There are some vices that some college campuses may never be able to rid themselves of—underage drinking, the use of recreational drugs and rowdy parties fall under that category, just to name a few.

As of recently, however, sexual harassment is one that some college campuses across the country are struggling with the most.

Brookhaven laboratories up for grabs in management contract

The U.S. Department of Energy announced on April 18 that it would begin accepting bids for the management contract for the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), currently co-operated by the Research Foundation for The State University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University.

Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA), a limited liability corporation formed to operate the lab as a 50-50 partnership between the Research Foundation for SUNY and the non-profit research foundation Battelle Memorial Institute, has held the contract since 1998.

University home to giant Reality Deck

Stony Brook is home to a new reality: the Reality Deck, a room about half the size of a basketball court whose walls are plastered with 416 Samsung LCD monitors. When they’re all turned on and showing one image, the monitors surround the viewer in a near realistic experience.

Charilaos Papadopoulos is a PhD candidate who works with the Reality Deck and was one of the few who helped build it. Papadopoulos, along with Kal Petkov, is one of only two graduate students who work with Arie Kaufman, the head of the project and chair of the computer science department.

Examining campus dining locations for health violations

Take a walk into one of the 12 eateries on the Stony Brook Campus and you are met by a variety of culinary picks.

From steaming Indian curries and soft breads at Café Spice—the Jasmine Food Court in the Charles B. Wang Center—to the buffet-style service at the Student Activities Center, there is something for everyone.

Students showcase hard work in research

SAC Ballroom A was turned into a maze of posters and people this past Wednesday as students were brought together to celebrate their research for Stony Brook University’s annual URECA event. URECA’s, or Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities,’ Celebration of …

Doctor freezing nerves to ease pain

The pain resulting from neuralgia is often debilitating, but Dr. William Moore, a thoracic interventional radiologist at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, is implementing a new way to freeze parts of nerves to ease the pain. Chronic nerve pain, …