BE CONNECTED UPDATE: January 28, 2026
As always, we welcome your input and feedback at
BeConnected@stonybrook.edu

WELCOME TO SPRING SEMESTER 2026!

Yes, it started with a bit of a false start due to severe winter weather. But we're now officially into spring semester 2026 and excited to remind everyone about the university's vision moving forward — including how you can help us build the brightest future by following SBU's ABCs. We follow up President Goldsmith's vision with a snapshot of 2025 story highlights. And, as always, see the ways you can be involved in all that's happening and share recent pride points we've achieved, thanks to our exceptional campus community.

See President Goldsmith's
'Welcome to Spring 2026 at Stony Brook University' message

Spotlight Story

President Andrea Goldsmith on stage clapping

The ABCs of SBU

If you haven't yet, read all about President Andrea Goldsmith's vision for the university in the Stony Brook University Magazine

Stony Brook University’s Top 10 Stories of 2025

From the arrival of Stony Brook’s seventh president, Andrea Goldsmith, to landmark research news, another conference title for our women’s lacrosse team and the most applications in school history, 2025 was memorable and exciting.

SBU News took its annual look back at the year that was with its Top 10 Stories of 2025.

Be In The Know

Meet MARCOM Fellows

See How We're Conserving Coral Reefs

MARCOM Fellows Internship Program Connects Students to Real-World Career Experiences

SBU Researchers Seek Global Solutions to Conserve Coral Reefs

Stony Brook's Mixed-Use Residential Development Initiative

SBU Researchers Redefine Capacitor Behavior at the Nanoscale

Research Confirms Collective Nature of Quark Soup’s Radial Expansion

Programming Morality: Automotive AI Engineers Navigate Crossroads of Technology and Ethics

Finance & Administration Alliance for Culture, Diversity & Inclusion Builds Bridges with Allyship Series

Be Excited About Being Our Best

Stony Brook University Robotics Club

Robotics Club Makes Waves with First-Ever Underwater Competition Win

Allison McLarty Honored with Health Care Heroes Lifetime Achievement Award

Aetna Forwarding Succeeds Through Strategic Collaboration with LIMEP, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Named a SUNY Regional Nursing Simulation Center

Lawson Awarded American Mathematical Society’s Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement

Orlov Selected to Lead Environmental and Sustainability Efforts at Two Scientific Societies

Be Involved and 'Healthy Up'

Eat well, be well! Join the 2026 Stony Brook CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). If one of your New Year's resolutions is to 'healthy up' this year, it's not to soon to put that plan into action. Coordinated by the Nutrition Division, the Stony Brook CSA is a weekly fresh, organic produce farm share in collaboration with Natural Earth Organic Farms, located in Calverton.

The program starts in June and runs for 20 weeks. The cost to join is $710 (~$35 per week). CSA members can pick up their produce at The Stony Brook Heights Rooftop Farm located on Level 3 of the Health Sciences Tower. The farm also offers other CSA sites across Long Island.

Consider splitting the share with a co-worker or friend — it’s a great way to participate together and enjoy farm-fresh food this summer!

Additional Fruit Share! Natural Earth Farms is collaborating with Briermere Farms to offer an optional fruit share for 15 weeks! Participants will receive approximately four pounds of fruit per week starting in July. The cost of the fruit share is $165.

To learn more about the CSA or to join, visit the Natural Earth Organic Farms website, or email the Stony Brook Medicine CSA Coordinator Annemarie Ng, MS, RD, CDCES, CDN (annemarie.ng@stonybrookmedicine.edu).

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