“Beyond the Expected” — Stony Brook University’s first podcast — premiered on Feb. 6. The first three episodes of the podcast are hosted by Interim President Michael Bernstein and Jan Diskin-Zimmerman is credited as the director and producer.
In 1980, Stony Brook University Hospital first opened its doors and became the region’s first academic medical center. The hospital, together with the Health Sciences schools, were founded in response to a report commissioned in 1963 by then New York State Governor Nelson Rockefeller.
Stony Brook University has again been nationally recognized for its commitment to student voter engagement and was ranked among 139 schools listed by Washington Monthly as top schools for student voting.
Robert Hough, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected to receive a 2020 Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Crystal Fleming's sociological research and writing explore racism and anti-racism in multiple national contexts. She is also broadly interested in critical race theory, social epistemology, intersectionality, spirituality and mindfulness. She is the author of two books: Resurrecting Slavery: Racial Legacies and White Supremacy in France and How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy and the Racial Divide.
