Stony Brook University rang in 2024 with a New York Times article on Sunday, December 31, showcasing our successes as a flagship university, highlighting our steady climb in college rankings, and acknowledging our steadfast commitment to providing equitable opportunities for quality education across New York State.
Here's the article:
Can an Ambitious Public University Be a Place for All?
"Shortly after she became governor of New York, Kathy Hochul made an announcement that caught the higher-education world off guard: The state, which has generally regarded all its public universities as equals, would start treating two universities as 'flagships.'
"More surprising still, her choices for the elite label didn’t include Binghamton University, which has often been regarded as New York’s top academic public university. Instead, the governor said the distinction would go to Stony Brook University, on Long Island, and the University at Buffalo, in her hometown.
"For leaders at Stony Brook, the promotion wasn’t at all a surprise. It was the next step in a years long campaign to transform the institution from a well-regarded regional school, where nearly half the students are from Long Island, to a globally renowned research institution, or as administrators like to say, the 'Berkeley of the East' ..."
