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Book cover of Disability Visibility edited by Alice Wong  PUBLIC DOMAIN

Alice Wong speaks on the urgency of disability activism at the Humanities Institute

Michelle Chen October 31, 2021
The Humanities Institute at Stony Brook hosted disability rights activist Alice Wong to speak about issues affecting disabled communities like the climate crisis, discrimination and media representation on Oct. 7.
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“Mexico 500+” enriches Hispanic Heritage Month on Stony Brook

Amaya McDonald October 16, 2019
Every year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, America celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, recognizing the influential contributions of Latino and Hispanic Americans in American politics, culture and community.
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President Samuel Stanley speaking at the Brookhaven National Lab back in 2013.BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY/FLICKR VIA CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

42 distinguished professors voice concerns about SBU administration

Rebecca Liebson December 3, 2017
On Sept. 27, 42 Stony Brook professors with “Distinguished Faculty Rank” — the highest honor one can achieve in the SUNY system — sent a letter to SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson voicing their “profound concern” with the state of their university, calling it “exceptionally alarming.”
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Stony Brook professor James Klurfeld of the School of Journalism, right, served as the moderator for the annual Great Debate on Dec. 3rd, 2015, with this years topic on the growing threat of the Islamic State. CHRISTOPHER CAMERON/THE STATESMAN

Great Debates tackles US strategy against Islamic State

Jessica Chin December 6, 2015
Two teams debated about how to defeat monsters Thursday afternoon at the Humanities Institute — the monsters to which they referred being ISIS and extremism.
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