The Statesman

Dean of the School of Medicine and Senior Vice President of Health Sciences to retire from SBU after 11 years

Alek Lewis • January 14, 2021

After nearly 11 years as Dean of Stony Brook University’s Renaissance School of Medicine and Senior Vice President of Health Sciences, Dr. Kenneth Kaushansky will be retiring from the university at the end of the academic year.

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Students petition for improved accessibility at the School of Social Welfare

Samantha Robinson • December 8, 2019

Students from the School of Social Welfare organized a petition titled, “Help Make the School of Social Welfare More Inclusive & Accessible” last month. Nearly 700 students have signed the petition to add handicap accessibility buttons to the two entrance doors to the School of Social Welfare.

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Stony Brook School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences shut down

Joe McQueen • October 14, 2018

Stony Brook announced that it would be shutting down the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences effective immediately.

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Stony Brook Southampton Hospital’s new cardiac catheterization laboratory

Lisseth Aguilar • October 13, 2017

Donated by Audrey and Martin Gruss, a prominent philanthropic East End couple, this facility will provide critically ill heart patients with services that include angioplasty, stenting, intravascular ultrasound and Impella, a treatment designed to improve blood flow in heart failure patients who require care in the lab.

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Medical school Vice Dean appointed to the National Board of Medical Examiners

Michaela Kilgallen • May 7, 2017

The National Board of Medical Examiners has chosen Stony Brook Medicine’s Vice Dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs Dr. Latha Chandran to serve on the organization’s executive board.

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SUNY Board of Trustees approves new SBU Doctor of Pharmacy degree

Arielle Martinez • March 22, 2015

The State University of New York Board of Trustees approved the creation of a Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Stony Brook University on March 11.

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New report names Stony Brook as key collaborator to save LI economy

The Statesman • March 8, 2015

The Long Island economy is stagnating in many aspects and needs a multi-faceted rescue effort, according to a new report by HR&A Advisors Inc.

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SBU Hospital ready for Ebola possibilities

Mahreen Khan • November 18, 2014

Stony Brook University Hospital is one of two Long Island hospitals and one of eight New York State hospitals declared “Ebola-ready” by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

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SBU School of Pharmacy on the horizon

Sarah Kirkup • October 21, 2014

Stony Brook University is starting the approval process to open up the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences within the university.

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Southampton Hospital on the way

Elsie Boskamp • April 15, 2014

Stony Brook University Hospital is close to an agreement with Southampton Hospital that will join the two facilities and build a medical center on the university’s Southampton campus.

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Southampton campus looks to receive new medical center

Elsie Boskamp • April 10, 2014

Stony Brook University Hospital is close to an agreement with Southampton Hospital that will join the two facilities and build a medical center on the university’s Southampton campus. The Stony Brook Hospital rapidly expanded throughout recent years, including the current construction of a new Medical and Research Translation building. This agreement presents an opportunity for the university to expand its Southampton campus after budget cuts caused much of the campus to close in April 2010.

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Few health exchange plans accepted at SB Hospital

Ryan Wolf • February 25, 2014

Stony Brook University Hospital will currently accept only one plan on the New York state health insurance marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act after reaching agreeable terms with just one company.

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