An acidic ocean that won’t support marine life. Plants and animals that can’t adapt to that acidification.

Armed with facts and research data, Stony Brook students are on the frontline to combat these threats to Earth’s land, sea and air, and its inhabitants. 

Alyson Hall ’20 and Amanda Thomas ‘21 are just two of the University’s marine “warriors” directing attention to the planet’s plight in an era when science is often pitted against hearsay, and profits can take precedence over public health and natural resources.

Read the full story: Stony Brook Students Join the Frontlines of Climate Change Research

Some 50 students gathered at the Student Activities Center, Ballroom B, for Stony Brook University’s annual Spoken Word Open Mic night on February 24. The event acts as a celebratory conclusion to Black History Month.

Josiah Forbes Hart was one of the winners of the Spoken Word Open Mic Contest.

The lights dimmed and attendees took a seat, one by one, on the mini stage. About 10 young poets went up and dictated what the theme of the event, “Owning Your Own Narrative,” means to them.

Reflecting on past and current structures of oppression against them, poets used their voices to speak of the similar struggles they face as individuals of marginalized groups. The audience snapped in appreciation and acceptance as contestants voiced their poems.

Read the full story: Students Voiced Their Stories at Black History Month’s Annual Spoken Word Open Mic 

Stony Brook University’s College of Business is launching a new workshop series for small business owners across Long Island to assist them in coping with pandemic-related change. Bank of America has stepped in to allow these workshops to be offered at no cost, allowing participants to leave their financial worries at the door.

Local entrepreneurs benefit from online advice.

Dubbed “Pandemic Shift,” the workshops were developed by the College of Business and the Shift Group, an educational business with roots in Suffolk County. Pandemic Shift is designed to help small businesses facing coronavirus-related disruptions learn to adapt to new challenges.

Built with a valuable peer-to-peer learning component, which proved effective in helping small businesses recover after the financial crisis in 2008, Pandemic Shift creates small solution teams for each participant during the workshop’s four 90-minute virtual sessions, all of which take place on Zoom.

Highlights of this program will include a workshop focused on partnerships and co-promotional opportunities to help businesses collaborate and assist Chambers to shift their own practices; and a workshop that will spotlight diversity in the business community. Other topics will include attention-grabbing and expansive promotional ideas and business development.

“We were impressed with the outcome of the Pandemic Shift pilot in June, which created solutions, introduced participants to our faculty, who advised in their areas of expertise, and connected participants with students in both business and engineering to help with technology and other topics,” said Dean Manuel London of the College of Business. “This is another example of how Stony Brook University collaborates with and provides assistance to the business community.”

Read the full story: https://news.stonybrook.edu/homespotlight/college-of-business-launches-free-workshops-for-local-business-owners-impacted-by-covid-19/