BE CONNECTED UPDATE: April 23, 2025
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|  Stony Brook University welcomed more than 90 high school students to the Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT) on April 10 for the second annual CEWIT High School Hackathon. Read more.
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WOLFIE 'CHATS' WITH DR. WERTHEIM
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|  | Everyone’s favorite Seawolf, Wolfie, joined William Wertheim, MD, MBA, for a recent episode of Morning Grounds, Morning Rounds. Wolfie shared his thoughts on staying energized, preparing for and recovering from every game and event, and more.
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'GO GREEN' THIS EARTH MONTH
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Grow together at the 3rd Annual Sea to Soil Symposium The FoodLab at Stony Brook Southampton has an exciting lineup of activities on Friday, May 2, including a boat excursion into the bay, followed by a series of insightful talks from great speakers at the symposium, including keynote speaker Paul Greenberg - award-winning author and environmental journalist (Four Fish, The Climate Diet).
Annual Plant Sale Fundraiser for the Stony Brook Heights Rooftop Farm The plant sale to support Stony Brook’s rooftop farm will be held Wednesday, May 7, outside the SBUH cafeteria, Level 5. We are accepting and encouraging pre-order forms to be submitted before the event and by May 2. There are TWO pickup locations for all pre-orders. Directions for pickup will be sent about one week before the plant sale:
East Campus: 5/7/25 (9:30 am-1 pm) at the Stony Brook Heights Rooftop Farm (Health Sciences Center, Level 3-outside the Galleria)
West Campus: 5/7/25 (8:30-10:30 am) at the traffic circle in front of the Centers for Molecular Medicine (adjacent to Life Sciences Building)
What’s Your Big Idea for Governors Island? The New York Climate Exchange is looking to confront urgent climate impacts and issues of environmental injustice with solutions developed on Governors Island. Be part of the Sustainable Solutions Challenge before May 1 to propose scalable, adaptable solutions where you believe they can have the greatest impact.
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|  | Come to the Street Fair for vendors - and the iconic duck race (at 2 pm)! - in an unforgettable celebration of Earth, music and community! Click on the image above for more details.
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“As we celebrate the beautiful and dynamic world on Earth Day, SUNY is proud of the tremendous work our students, researchers, faculty and staff are doing to protect this planet.” - John B. King, Jr., Chancellor
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Senior Show & URECA Art Exhibition 2025
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| Senior Show & URECA Art Exhibition 2025 Stony Brook University presents its annual exhibition of works by senior art majors and minors and digital art minors. The Senior Show includes paintings, sculpture, ceramics, prints, photographs, digital media, mixed-media installations and works on paper by this year's graduating class. Reception for Senior Show and URECA Art Exhibition: Thursday, April 24, 4:30-6 pm.
Stony Brook Football Spring Showcase This Friday, April 25, Stony Brook Football will host the 2025 Spring Showcase at LaValle Stadium at 6 pm. The event will feature player skills challenges, a fan fest, giveaways and more! Admission is FREE for all fans! The Spring Showcase will be followed by the 7th Annual Stony Brook Varsity Band Spring Concert inside Stony Brook Arena. Click here to purchase tickets for the Spirit of Stony Brook Spring Concert.
Stony Brook 3MT Winner Advances to 2025 NAGS 3MT Regional Competition, Friday, April 25| 3 pm to 5 pm | The Graduate School is excited to share that the winner of the 2025 Stony Brook University Three Minute Thesis competition, Sai Abasolo, has advanced to the final round of the 2025 NAGS 3MT Regional Competition. Abasolo’s winning presentation - “Growing Bones: Body Not Included” - explained her research in tissue engineering, which she described as “an exciting and crucial field for the future of medicine.” Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend the virtual competition and support our representative. The audience will be voting to determine the People’s Choice Award winner. Register Now - Join us to vote for Sai Abasolo!
Sakura Matsuri: Cherry Blossom Festival The Wang Center will provide many exciting activities, including koto plays, Japanese traditional dances, martial arts demonstrations, bonsai workshops, calligraphy workshops, ikebana flower arrangements, tea workshops, manga drawing, origami paper folding, kimono dress-ups, and cosplay (costumed role-play of a Japanese manga character) for all ages. Please join us in your favorite manga character costume! Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 12-5 pm. (rain or shine) at the Charles B. Wang Center. Buy tickets here.
Stony Brook Southampton Presents The Jazz Loft @ Southampton Concert Series Stony Brook Southampton, in collaboration with The Jazz Loft, presents The Jazz Loft @ Southampton Concert Series, a spring-summer lineup of five concerts featuring world-class jazz musicians.
Disrupt the Brook Undergrad and Grad Students - What if you held the keys to reinventing entrepreneurship at Stony Brook University? Not tomorrow, not next semester, but RIGHT NOW. On Friday, May 9, from 10 am to 4 pm. in Student Activities Center 302, Stony Brook’s Office for Research and Innovation is launching a new era of student-powered innovation, and you're invited to be at the forefront. Join us for DISRUPT THE BROOK, a dynamic event where your ideas can shape the future of entrepreneurship at SBU!
Join Us for the St. James Challenge Join us Saturday, May 1, from 9 am to 1 pm at St. James Head of the Harbor for a 5 Mile Run 5K Fun Run/Walk and Block Party. All proceeds go directly toward the construction of our new Ronald McDonald House, a vital resource for families with critically ill children, slated to open in 2027! Register here.
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 | Particle study co-authors Dmitri Kharzeev, Charles Joseph Naim, Zhoumunding Tu, Jaydeep Datta, and Abhay Deshpande
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BE EXCITED ABOUT BEING OUR BEST
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 | Anissa Abi-Dargham, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Radiology and the Lourie Endowed Chair in Psychiatry
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