62-607: The Department of Computer Science at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York , United States, was established in 1969. The department completed the NSF-funded Reality Deck project, a 1.5 billion pixel immersive display which is the largest resolution immersive display ever built. Stony Brook University Stony Brook University ( SBU ), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook ,
124-536: A $ 25 million donation to the Stony Brook Foundation in 2006, a $ 60 million donation for the development of the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics in 2008, and a landmark $ 150 million donation to the university in 2011. Other major donations were provided by alumni Joe Nathan , Stuart Goldstein , and Glenn Dubin for major renovation of athletic facilities. In 2010, Stanley announced Project 50 Forward,
186-651: A Health Sciences Center and academic hospital at the campus to serve the need of the fastest-growing counties (Nassau and Suffolk) in New York at the time. In 1965, the State University appointed John S. Toll , a physicist from the University of Maryland as the second president of Stony Brook. In 1966, the university set forth initial timetables for the development of the Health Sciences Center, which would house
248-450: A comprehensive plan for the development of the university in the next 50 years with a focus on "operational excellence, academic greatness, and building for the future." In 2012, the $ 40 million Walter J. Hawrys Campus Recreation Center opened, soon followed by the on-campus Hilton Garden Inn in May 2013. Frey Hall, named after alumnus Robert Frey, opened in 2013 after undergoing renovations as
310-508: A daughter of Isabella Lyall and Charles Emerson Bigelow. In 1924, the Melvilles purchased a property in Old Field on Long Island. They expanded the home, a Cape Cod style cottage built by Alexander Hamilton Jr. , a grandson of the first Treasury Secretary , and his wife, Elizabeth Nicoll Hamilton, into a 22-room mansion which they called Wide Water. The living room at Wide Water is believed to be
372-602: A four-story, $ 73 million expansion to the Stony Brook Children's Hospital. Also in the east side of campus are the Chapin apartments, which provide housing for graduate students. The Long Island High Technology Incubator, one of the four business incubators of the university, is a short walk north of the hospital. The Long Island State Veterans Home serving the Long Island veteran community is in this part of campus. In 2002,
434-679: A mile from the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at the west end to the Administration Building at the east end. The Academic Mall includes the Student Activities Center , Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library , Staller Center for the Arts , Humanities building, Psychology A & B, Harriman Hall, Frey Hall (previously known as Old Chemistry), the Earth and Space Sciences building, Math Tower, and Physics building. The Engineering Quad
496-518: A new $ 700 million, 172-acre climate change research and education hub on Governors Island in New York City, set to open in 2028. Two months later, the university received a $ 500 million unrestricted gift from the Simons Foundation , the second-largest gift to a public university in U.S. history. The main campus is in the area of the historic North Shore hamlet of Stony Brook near
558-612: A new way. Construction for the Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center, designed by Flad Architects , commenced in the summer of 2008 and opened in the spring of 2010. The East Campus is separated from the main campus by Nicolls Road (County Road 97). It is home to the Stony Brook University Hospital and the Health Sciences Center. Stony Brook University Hospital, completed in 1980, is Suffolk County's only tertiary hospital and Level 1 Trauma Center, and
620-617: A philanthropist and businessman from the Three Village area in western Suffolk County donated over 400 acres (160 hectares) of land to the state for the development of a state university and in 1962 the institution relocated to Stony Brook and officially renamed as the State University of New York at Stony Brook. However, the longer name has fallen out of favor; since 2005, it has usually been called simply Stony Brook University (SBU). The campus had 782 students enrolled in 1962, but enrollment had increased more than tenfold by 1969, surpassing
682-400: A tuition-free basis. 1961 was a year of firsts as 30 students were conferred degrees in the first commencement and the university was appointed its first president, John Francis Lee . Lee left later that year due to political and bureaucratic matters regarding the future of the university and the central administration at Albany. Nevertheless, he had fulfilled his primary task of reshaping
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#1732855748690744-568: Is a public research university in the Stony Brook, New York area, United States, on Long Island . Along with the University at Buffalo , it is one of the State University of New York system's two flagship institutions . Its campus consists of 213 buildings on over 1,454 acres (588 hectares) of land in Suffolk County and it is the largest public university (by area) in the state of New York. Opened 67 years ago in 1957 in Oyster Bay as
806-744: Is located near the Academic Mall, and contains the Engineering, Light Engineering, Heavy Engineering, and Computing Center facilities. The Javits Lecture Center, Social and Behavioral Sciences building, Computer Science building, New Computer Science building and Student Union facilities are also on the West Campus. The Life Sciences complex, also on the West Campus, consists of the Life Sciences building, Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology, Centers for Molecular Medicine, Bioengineering building, and
868-591: The COVID-19 pandemic , the United States Army constructed $ 50 million temporary field hospitals on the campus of Stony Brook University. However, the beds were dismantled in 2021 without ever being used. A $ 63.4 million renovation of the Stony Brook Union was completed during the pandemic and opened in 2020. On January 5, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul officially designated Stony Brook University and
930-731: The NCAA since 1999 as the Seawolves . Stony Brook joined the Colonial Athletic Association on July 1, 2022, after competing as a member of the America East Conference since 2001. The State University of New York at Stony Brook was established in Oyster Bay in 1957, as the State University College on Long Island ( SUCOLI ). Established almost a decade after the creation of New York's public higher education system,
992-546: The State University College on Long Island , the institution moved to Stony Brook in 1962. Stony Brook is part of the Association of American Universities and the Universities Research Association . It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". Stony Brook University, in partnership with Battelle , manages Brookhaven National Laboratory , a national laboratory of
1054-569: The United States Department of Energy . The university acquired land for a Research & Development Park adjacent to its main campus in 2004, and has four business incubators across the region. Stony Brook is the largest single-site employer on Long Island; over 25,500 students are enrolled at the university, which has over 15,000 employees and over 2,850 faculty. Stony Brook's intercollegiate athletic teams have competed in Division I of
1116-548: The "Three Villages" in western Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. He donated 400 acres of land and money to establish Stony Brook University in 1957, which has developed as a major public research institution. He played a major role in the development of Melville Corporation , known today as CVS Health . Mellville was born in Brooklyn to businessman and philanthropist Frank Melville Jr. (1860–1935) and his wife, Jennie Florence ( née MacConnell) Melville (1857–1939). His father
1178-402: The 2022 Abel Prize , the top honor in mathematics. In the 2022–23 edition of the U.S. News & World Report national college rankings, Stony Brook was ranked 77th, its highest-ever placement, as well as the first time that Stony Brook held sole possession of the highest-ranked public university in New York. In April 2023, Stony Brook University was selected as the anchor institution for
1240-620: The 8,000 mark, fueled by the large funding of public higher education in the Sputnik era. In 1963, only three years after the release of the Heald Report, the Governor commissioned the "Education of Health Professions" (Muir Report) report. The report outlined the need for expansion of the university system to prepare medical professionals for the future needs of the state. The report was particularly important for Stony Brook as it recommended creation of
1302-710: The Ambulatory Surgery Center and the Center for Outpatient Services. Construction on the Medical and Research Translation (MART) building began in November 2013, and the 240,000 square foot building opened on November 1, 2018, with its $ 194 million cost funded by state grants and donations from Jim Simons. The MART building is the home to the Stony Brook Cancer Center. In November 2019, Stony Brook Medicine opened
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#17328557486901364-597: The Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, and the University Police headquarters. The Research and Development Park is on Stony Brook Road, a mile from the center of campus. On November 3, 2005, the university announced it had formally acquired 246 acres (100 hectares) of the adjacent Flowerfield property, originally owned by the St. James Gyrodyne Company of America , through eminent domain , three years after
1426-684: The Incheon Global Campus (IGC). The other schools involved include George Mason University , the University of Utah , Ghent University and the Fashion Institute of Technology . In July 2011, Stanley announced that the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in South Korea approved the establishment of SUNY Korea as part of Songdo International Business District in Incheon . The campus
1488-667: The Institute for Advanced Computational Science. Among the latest additions to the campus are the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, the new Walter J. Hawrys Campus Recreation Center, the Hilton Garden Inn hotel, Frey Hall, and a new Computer Science building. The Staller Center , which contains the largest movie screen in Long Island 's Suffolk County , holds the annual Stony Brook Film Festival . The athletic facilities are in
1550-531: The State of New York . Melville was very active in philanthropic works around the "Three Village" area ( Stony Brook , Setauket , and Old Field ) and the surrounding towns. He supported the restoration and preservation of historic buildings in the area to encourage his vision of a New England village. Under his leadership, Stony Brook was organized around a town green and the Stony Brook Village Center
1612-588: The Stony Brook Arena and the expansion of the Indoor Sports Complex. The 1990s affirmed Stony Brook's success at building a research university with a strong undergraduate education. Under the leadership of its fourth president, Shirley Strum Kenny , the administration sought out to showcase the value of the institution. Kenny was responsible for campus wide improvement projects, which included large-scale landscaping, renovations of every residence hall,
1674-618: The United States' entrance into World War I , Melville became a soldier of the U.S. Army and the firm mass produced shoes for the Army's soldiers. After the war, Melville continued to work in his father's company, eventually taking control of it in 1922. At the time, he created the Thom McAn shoe line, which became popular. The brand, was named after the golfer Thomas McCann, focused on fine shoes and reached hundreds of stores before it declined. He
1736-568: The University at Buffalo as the two flagship universities of the State University of New York system. The announcement came with the dedication of a new $ 100 million multidisciplinary engineering building. About three weeks later, Stony Brook announced its departure from the America East Conference after 21 years to the Colonial Athletic Association , effective July 1, 2022. Later that year, distinguished professor Dennis Sullivan earned
1798-578: The board of trustees of the State University of New York approved a long-awaited partnership agreement between Southampton and Stony Brook University hospitals. Enrollment increased to over 400, after being around 175, three years following the addition of new funding. As of 2019, Stony Brook University operates the Stony Brook Southampton Hospital with plans to take ownership of more eastern Long Island hospitals. Stony Brook University has operations in Incheon , South Korea as part of
1860-523: The community with the Stony Brook station situated along the northern edge of the campus. The Stony Brook University campus area is a census-designated place (CDP), with a population of 10,409 at the 2020 census . As of the 2020 census, the U.S. Census Bureau defines the Stony Brook University CDP as a census-designated place separate from the CDP of Stony Brook. The municipality containing
1922-454: The continued growth of the athletics programs, the improvement of student life, ever-increasing research expenditures, a branding/marketing campaign, and the university's increasing ties with private philanthropy. In the mid-1990s, the school began to distance itself from the SUNY system, as Kenny believed that the SUNY name was hurting the school's reputation. In 1998, the university became one of
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1984-400: The development of magnetic resonance imaging . But the university lagged significantly in undergraduate education, prioritizing graduate education and research over undergraduate studies and student life. By 1975, enrollment had reached 16,000 and expansion crossed over Nicolls Road with the construction of the Health Sciences Center, which would be completed in 1980. In 1981, John Marburger
2046-406: The development of a Research and Development Park. Plans for a law school were in the talks but scrapped shortly after. In 2009, president Shirley Strum Kenny stepped down, and in May, Samuel L. Stanley was announced as Stony Brook's fifth president. The late 2000s saw the university receive historic philanthropic donations. Hedge funder Jim Simons made multiple multi-million donations, including
2108-446: The fall of 1968, tension climaxed as the administration and students decided on a three-day moratorium to bring together the entire university with the goal of improving communication between the students, faculty, and administration. The 1970s witnessed the growth of the university and its transformation as a major research institution within New York's public school system, with strong graduate programs and scientific breakthroughs like
2170-535: The former Old Chemistry building. The Stony Brook University Arena underwent a $ 21 million overhaul, re-opening as the Island Federal Arena in 2014. In July 2015, a new $ 40.8 million Computer Science building opened, spanning 70,000 square feet (6,500 m ). New dormitories, known as Chavez Hall and Tubman Hall, along with a new East Side Dining hall, opened in the fall of 2016. In January 2019, Stony Brook Medicine opened their $ 194 million cancer center to
2232-499: The geographic midpoint of Long Island , approximately 50 miles (80 km) east of Manhattan and 62 miles (100 km) west of Montauk . Bounded to the north by New York State Route 25A (North Country Road), the campus is subdivided into "West Campus" and "East Campus" by the thoroughfare County Road 97 (Nicolls Road). The Ashley Schiff Forest Preserve separates the South Campus from West Campus. The Long Island Rail Road serves
2294-512: The institution was envisioned as a college for the preparation of secondary school teachers. Leonard K. Olson was appointed as the first dean of the institution and was instrumental in the recruitment of faculty staff and planning of the later Stony Brook campus. SUCOLI opened with an inaugural class of 148 students, on the grounds of the William Robertson Coe Planting Fields estate. These first students were admitted on
2356-540: The intent to develop it as a full college campus focusing on academic programs related to the environment and sustainability. Stony Brook expanded its original program, started in Fall 2005, when it offered an undergraduate marine sciences program, with teaching and research facilities at the campus leased from Long Island University. An enrollment of about 2,000 students is expected within the next five years. Professor Martin Schoonen
2418-413: The invitation to the highly selective Association of American Universities , an organization of North American universities committed to a strong system of research and education. 2002 saw the opening of the $ 22 million Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium and the inauguration of the massive Charles B. Wang Center dedicated to Asian and American culture, funded by a $ 50 million donation from Charles B. Wang. At
2480-543: The main campus. As a result of the suspension of residential programs, all dining services and retail operations were suspended by the Faculty Student Association. The old LIU radio station and National Public Radio affiliate no longer operate on the campus. In September 2011, Stony Brook Southampton began offering an undergraduate program called Semester by the Sea, where students attend undergraduate classes to study
2542-640: The northwest quadrant of West Campus, which include the Stony Brook Sports Complex , Island Federal Credit Union Arena , Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium , Joe Nathan Field , University Track , and University Field. The South Campus is about half a mile south of the Academic Mall and separated from West Campus by the Ashley Schiff Forest Preserve. It is home to the School of Dental Medicine, the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS),
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2604-551: The ocean or the arts. Students studying the ocean are immersed in marine topics that are enhanced with close proximity to the water, a fleet of research vessels and graduate research projects that are ongoing. Students studying the arts are engaged in studies for filmmaking and creative writing. Both programs offer a Public Lecture Series. As of 2015, the Stony Brook Southampton campus has shown growth, despite almost being closed down in 2010. Programs had been added back, and
2666-642: The only academic medical center in Suffolk County—;larger also than any in Nassau County. The hospital is the largest in Suffolk County, and the attached Health Sciences Center (HSC) and Basic Science Tower (BST) houses numerous laboratories, the School of Medicine (1972), the School of Nursing (1970), the School of Health Professions (1970) and the School of Social Welfare (1971). The area also includes
2728-483: The public. President Stanley left Stony Brook effective August 1, 2019, to become the president of Michigan State University following the Larry Nassar scandal . Provost Michael A. Bernstein was named interim president in his place. On March 26, 2020, Maurie McInnis , the executive vice president and provost of the University of Texas , was named the sixth president of Stony Brook, effective July 1, 2020. During
2790-399: The summer and winter sessions. Conferences and special events take place throughout the year. In February 2017 however, the lease for this campus was terminated, and there are no classes offered at this location. On March 24, 2006, the university completed the purchase of the 81-acre (33-hectare) Southampton College (on the east end of Long Island) property from Long Island University with
2852-528: The time, it was the largest private donation to a SUNY institution. In 2003, chemistry professor Paul Lauterbur received a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research and discovery of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, which was instrumental in the development of NMR Imaging (MRI) while at Stony Brook. In 2005, the university bought the Flowerfield property adjacent to campus through eminent domain as land for
2914-569: The top 100 American research universities in the U.S. News & World Report . That same year, the university and Battelle Memorial Institute were chosen by the Department of Energy as joint operators of the Brookhaven National Laboratory, joining a selective group of universities that operate national laboratories across the nation. Enrollment reached the 20,000 mark in 2001, and the administration's improvement efforts climaxed with
2976-464: The university developed into a leading public research institution in medicine and science and was named as one of New York's two flagship universities by Governor Kathy Hochul in 2022. Governor W. Averell Harriman appointed Melville as chairman of the Council of the university, where he served for some years. After joining his father in his company in 1909, Melville married Dorothy Bigelow (1894–1989),
3038-723: The university established a presence in Manhattan with the opening of Stony Brook Manhattan . The original site was at 401 Park Avenue South; a newer operation opened in late 2008 in the adjacent building on the third floor of 387 Park Avenue South. The university consolidated operations in 2011 to just the 3rd floor of 387 Park Avenue South, with a classroom entrance around the corner at 101 East 27th Street. The 18,000-square-foot (1,700 m ) site allows Stony Brook to offer professional and graduate courses targeted towards students in New York City ; undergraduate courses are held primarily during
3100-443: The university from a technical science and engineering college of limited degree options to a full-scale university featuring liberal arts programs. In 1960 the Heald Report, commissioned by Governor Nelson Rockefeller , recommended a major new public university be built on Long Island to "stand with the finest in the country," a report that would ultimately shape most of the university's growth for years to come. Ward Melville ,
3162-503: The university had expressed its desire to acquire the property. Stony Brook is using this property as a Research and Development Park, similar to other university-affiliated science parks around the country. The campus will ultimately house ten new buildings. The first building, the Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT), was completed in October 2008. CEWIT houses
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#17328557486903224-404: The university is Town of Brookhaven . The university is not located in a village . The West Campus is the center of the academic life of the university. It houses the majority of academic, athletic, and undergraduate student housing facilities while also being the original site of the university. The modern campus is centered around the Academic Mall, which stretches for more than a quarter of
3286-463: The university's health programs and hospital . Despite the budgetary concerns and challenges from Albany, the university released a formalized plan early in 1968 and funding for recruitment of faculty was provided. At the same time, residential housing was expanded to 3,000, the Stony Brook Union opened in 1970, and in 1971, the massive expansion project for the campus library (named in memory of Frank Melville Jr., father of philanthropist Ward Melville )
3348-476: The world's first (and currently the largest) immersive gigapixel facility in the world, called the Reality Deck. In 2019, Stony Brook University celebrated the opening of its new SMART Cluster in CEWIT, a dual-use GPU cluster for both machine learning and visualization. The SMART Cluster is also the first hardware-accelerated ray-tracing cluster for real-time cinematic quality rendering, allowing scientists, engineers and physicians to visualize huge amounts of data in
3410-403: Was CEO of the corporation. Melville was also part of Macy's Board of Directors and he retired in 1953. Melville settled in the Stony Brook area in western Suffolk County on Long Island, where he owned much land. He served as a member of the school board in Setauket , where he donated the land for the high school. From 1948 to 1949 he was the 66th President of the Saint Andrew's Society of
3472-464: Was a nephew of sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward . He attended Columbia University , where he was active in the Columbia Daily Spectator and the Philolexian Society . Melville married Dorothy Bigelow, who helped him continue the civic work of his parents such as the restoration of the Colonial village in Stony Brook. The couple had four children. Following graduation in 1909, Melville joined his father's shoe company, Melville Corporation . Upon
3534-464: Was appointed interim dean of Southampton campus on August 3, 2006, and conservationist Mary Pearl was appointed dean and vice president in March 2009. On April 7, 2010, the university had suspended residential programs and transferred sustainability programs to the main campus. The change was prompted by severe state budget cuts. Although the Marine Sciences and Graduate Writing programs are still in session at Southampton, undergraduates were relocated to
3596-533: Was completed in 1941. He also supported conservation of natural areas, including the West Meadow Beach . Another interest was education and he developed land for the high school in Setauket, which was named for him. His larger contribution was the donation of 400 acres of land and money to New York state to establish what is now the Stony Brook University , which was founded in 1957. First operating with classes in Oyster Bay, its current campus opened in 1962. Emphasizing teacher education in mathematics and sciences,
3658-414: Was completed. Despite the fast-paced growth, campus infrastructure often struggled to keep pace: overcrowding, expansion, landscaping, lighting, and safety were persistent problems at the university, which led to multiple protests and growing tension between the student body and the administration. In January 1968, the infamous "Operation Stony Brook" drug raid resulted in the arrest of 29 students, and in
3720-593: Was expected to begin academic programs in March 2012 with an enrollment of 200. As of 2021, the student body contained roughly 1,000 students from over 40 countries. Its president is Arthur H. Lee, who was appointed to the role effective January 1, 2022. Stony Brook University students are allowed to apply for an exchange program at SUNY Korea, while SUNY Korea students are required to take a year of classes at Stony Brook University. Beginning in 2017, FIT joined Stony Brook in offering degree programs at SUNY Korea. Stony Brook University has four gallery spaces on campus. As
3782-412: Was inaugurated as the third president, and continued the expansion. By the late 1980s, the administration affirmed the need to improve other areas of the institution, which included undergraduate education, student and residential life, and intercollegiate athletics. In 1994, the university approved a decision to transition athletics to the Division I of the NCAA by 1999 and followed with the construction of
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#17328557486903844-416: Was the desire of donor Paul W. Zuccaire, the Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, formerly known as the University Art Gallery, showcases professional exhibitions as well as annual graduate and undergraduate student works. The Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery is in the Staller Center for the Arts. Ward Melville John Ward Melville (January 5, 1887 – June 5, 1977) was an American philanthropist and businessman active in
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