Center for Prevention and Outreach

Title IX: holding SBU accountable

Viola Flowers • April 26, 2023

“Demand to hold SBU accountable. Title IX discrimination has become the norm on campus. Students are often left in the dark and silenced.”

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Stony Brook students protest against sexual violence in “Take Back the Night”

Nicole Morett • May 8, 2022

More than a dozen students assembled outside the Student Activities Center for the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance’s (FMLA) annual Take Back the Night demonstration — a protest against sexual violence — on April 28.

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Center for Civic Justice’s addresses access to healthcare in underserved communities

Jennifer Ojilere • March 6, 2022

The idea of driving innovative healthcare solutions has been prominent in many policymakers’ minds; however, healthcare reigns both controversial and troublesome in underserved communities.

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SBU students still concerned about COVID-19 on campus

Anthony Johnson • February 13, 2022

Although cases have declined since the break, according to the Stony Brook COVID-19 dashboard, students continue to voice their fears about their physical and mental health as the semester progresses.

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CPO offers free, informal services for mental health support

Viola Flowers • October 17, 2021

The Center for Prevention and Outreach launched two programs named "Let’s Talk" and "Resilience, Empowerment, Access, Care and Healing Groups" for SBU students to connect with counselors and peers concerning their mental health and emotional needs.

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As COVID-19 negatively impacts mental health, CAPS offers students telehealth counseling

Maya Brown and James Bowen • October 4, 2020

When a majority of the student body evacuated campus and classes shifted to an online format, Stony Brook University’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) transitioned quickly to a remote format for the rest of the year.

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Center for Prevention and Outreach Throws Self-Care Themed First Night Out

Lajiere Blake • January 26, 2020

On Jan. 25, the Center for Prevention and Outreach (CPO) hosted a First Night Out Event that focused on self-care and resilience at the Campus Recreation Center.

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“Take a Stand: Walk with Me” march preaches message of awareness for domestic violence

Alek Lewis • October 27, 2019

Students, faculty and domestic violence prevention organizations marched together in “Take a Stand: Walk With Me” on Oct. 23 to raise awareness about domestic and relationship violence.

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Reported campus crime up in 2018

Rabia Gursoy • October 14, 2019

Stony Brook University saw an increase in the total number of reported crimes in 2018.

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Art Therapy: The Intriguing, Transformative, Therapeutic Technique

Isabelle Panza • October 8, 2019

People throughout the ages have expressed their deepest emotions through art. Today, art therapy is used to help people struggling with mental illnesses.

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Stony Brook marches for suicide prevention

Samantha Robinson • September 22, 2019

The Center for Prevention and Outreach (CPO) asked senior English major and jazz minor, Salvatore Fratto, to play a song at a rally in the Student Activities Center before the second annual “Walk of Hope.”

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Students lend a hand to sexual assault survivors at SUNY’s Got Your Back

Maya Brown • March 14, 2019

As students looped around in assembly lines, they placed pamphlets providing guidance, a cloth towel, toiletries, cosmetic kits, deodorant, tissues, writing utensils and a blue bouncy ball into bright blue bags.

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