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Breaking News: Student from the School of Communication and Journalism passes away

Mariam Guirgis, Assistant News Editor • September 14, 2024

Jeffrey Coppola, a student from the School of Communication and Journalism (SOCJ), died on Sept. 7. The Dean of the SOCJ, Laura Lindenfeld, sent out an email on Sept. 12 announcing Coppola’s death. “Jeffrey...

Breaking: UPD investigating reported sexual assault on campus

Sky Crabtree and Viyang Hao • September 2, 2024

In an email sent to the Stony Brook University campus shortly before 9 pm today, Dawn Smallwood, Chief of Police of University Police Department (UPD) and the Assistant Vice President for Campus Security,...

Stony Brook hockey set to join ACCHL

Anthony DiCocco and Alex Streinger • August 9, 2024

Starting in the 2025-26 season, the Stony Brook hockey team will play in the Atlantic Coast Conference Hockey League (ACCHL). According to a press release from Stony Brook Ice Hockey on Thursday,...

Stony Brook University President Maurie McInnis leaving to lead Yale University

Sky Crabtree, News Editor • May 29, 2024

Stony Brook University President Maurie McInnis has announced she will be stepping down from her position to become the president of Yale University. In a campus-wide email announcement, McInnis...

Stony Brook University Senate demands dropping charges against arrested protestors, probe into police response

Sky Crabtree and Viyang Hao • May 9, 2024

Stony Brook University’s Senate voted on Monday to demand that Stony Brook University drop charges against the 29 individuals arrested during a pro-Palestine protest on campus on Thursday, May 2. The...

Breaking: 29 demonstrators arrested during encampment protest

Mariam Guirgis and Sky Crabtree • May 2, 2024

Earlier this morning, Stony Brook University police, state troopers, Suffolk police and a mobile field unit arrested 29 people including students, faculty members and community members participating in a Gaza Solidarity Encampment protest organized by Sb4Palestine.

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Breaking news: SBU administration responds to student-led encampment

Mariam Guirgis and Viola Flowers • May 1, 2024

Stony Brook University administration responded to Sb4Palestine’s ongoing Gaza solidarity encampment on the Staller Steps, with statements from Vice President for Student Affairs Rick Gatteau and...

Breaking news updates: Sb4Palestine organizes Gaza solidarity encampment on Staller Steps

Mariam Guirgis and Sky Crabtree • April 30, 2024

This is a breaking news story. The Statesman will provide updates as they become available. Stony Brook University students are gathering on the steps of Staller Center for Arts to establish the...

Joy McCorvey hired as Stony Brook women’s basketball’s next head coach

Alex Streinger • April 15, 2024

The Stony Brook women’s basketball team has found its next leader. On Monday, Joy McCorvey was named the 11th head coach in program history by Director of Athletics Shawn Heilbron and President...

Ashley Langford leaves Stony Brook, takes Tulane head coaching job

Alex Streinger • April 2, 2024

After three years at the helm of the Stony Brook women’s basketball team, head coach Ashley Langford has moved on.

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Arrested student speaks out following emergency protest

Mariam Guirgis, Assistant News Editor • March 30, 2024

Following the arrests of nine Stony Brook University students in a student-led pro-Palestine protest that took place on Tuesday, March 26, faculty members held an emergency protest the following...

Nine demonstrators arrested during pro-Palestine protest

Sky Crabtree, Assistant News Editor • March 27, 2024

What started as a relatively standard protest on Stony Brook University’s campus on Tuesday, March 26 ended with nine individuals arrested after a sit-in demonstration at the University’s Administration...