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A map of Stony Brook University marked with the locations of crimes that occurred on campus from Friday, Oct. 20 to Sunday Oct. 29. ILLUSTRATED BY BRITTNEY DIETZ/THE STATESMAN

SBU Crime Watch: Nov. 13 – Nov. 18

Mariam Guirgis, Assistant News Editor November 21, 2023
All reports are taken directly from the University Police Department and cannot be independently verified by The Statesman. 
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A banner hung around all of Stony Brook campus stating the University is driving the New York Climate Change. BRITTNEY DIETZ/THE STATESMAN

Research conducted at Brookhaven National Laboratory plays key role in predicting climate change

Beth Gatto November 19, 2023
For the past 20 years, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) has been developing new tools for understanding and predicting the impacts of climate change. Stony Brook University manages BNL and has been listed as the single largest user of the laboratory’s facilities.
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Stony Brook University campus at night right next to Melville library. ANGELINA LIVIGNI

‘Tis the season of seasonal depression

Sarah Chaudhry November 19, 2023
Seasonal depression, formally known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD), is one type of psychological mood disorder that is linked to depression. According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, SAD is a mood disorder that mimics symptoms of depression, with triggers being shorter days and less daylight in the fall and winter.
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The inaugural class of the Chancellors Summer Research Excellence Fund which facilitated the Universitys Summer Opportunity for Academic Research (SOAR). PHOTO COURTESY OF STONY BROOK NEWS

Stony Brook introduces SOAR, a new research pilot program

Mariam Ismail November 19, 2023
Stony Brook University’s new pilot research program for underprivileged students, Summer Opportunity for Academic Research (SOAR), made its debut on May 30 and concluded on August 4. 
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One of the posters shown during the Oct. 22 protest. There have been multiple protests all over campus.  CHRISTINE MARIE MARIANI/THE STATESMAN

How the Israel-Palestine conflict is playing out at SBU: a deeper look

Sonya Gugliara and Mariam Guirgis November 16, 2023
Major U.S. cities and college campuses are speaking out about the conflict taking place in Gaza and Israel, and Stony Brook University is no different.
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A map of Stony Brook University marked with the locations of crimes that occurred on campus from Friday, Oct. 20 to Sunday Oct. 29. ILLUSTRATED BY BRITTNEY DIETZ/THE STATESMAN

SBU Crime Watch: Nov. 6 – Nov. 10

Mariam Guirgis, Assistant News Editor November 14, 2023
All reports are taken directly from the University Police Department (UPD) and cannot be independently verified by The Statesman. 
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A map of Stony Brook University marked with the locations of crimes that occurred on campus from Friday, Oct. 20 to Sunday Oct. 29. ILLUSTRATED BY BRITTNEY DIETZ/THE STATESMAN

SBU Crime Watch: Oct. 31 – Nov. 4

Mariam Guirgis, Assistant News Editor November 7, 2023
All reports are taken directly from the University Police Department and cannot be independently verified by The Statesman. 
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A map of Stony Brook University marked with the locations of crimes that occurred on campus from Friday, Oct. 20 to Sunday Oct. 29. ILLUSTRATED BY BRITTNEY DIETZ/THE STATESMAN

SBU Crime Watch: Oct. 20 – Oct. 29

Mariam Guirgis October 31, 2023
All reports are taken directly from the University Police Department and cannot be independently verified by The Statesman.
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Students on Stony Brook campus walking through Mendelsohn community. IRENE YIMMONGKOL/ THE STATESMAN

COVID-19 cases rise once again, students react

Mariam Guirgis September 24, 2023
Suffolk County is monitoring an increase of COVID cases affecting Stony Brook faculty and students. 
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First-year international student found unresponsive in dorm room, later pronounced dead

Mariam Guirgis September 21, 2023
Chinmay Vashi, an international student from India, was found unresponsive in his dorm room in Mendelsohn community on Monday, Sept. 18, according to an email sent to The Statesman by Stony Brook University officials.
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Interview room used for Oral History Project to talk to those who were affected by 9/11. It is located in World Trade Center in Commack, New York and is made to seem like a living room to create a comfortable space. MARIAM GUIRGIS/THE STATESMAN

Oral History Project gives voice to those affected by 9/11

Mariam Guirgis September 11, 2023
Benjamin Luft, M.D., interviews patients that were physically and mentally affected by the attacks that took place on 9/11. 
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SBU alum killed at 22 after being struck by a car

Mariam Guirgis September 10, 2023

Ilona Kaydanov, a talented dancer, dedicated swim and dance instructor and third-degree black belt holder in Taekwondo, died at the age of 22 after being hit by a car on her morning jog on Thursday,...

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