by Arielle Martinez | Nov 11, 2015 | Writings
By Arielle Martinez and Kristy Gerlett The flesh-colored pieces of unstretched canvas hung on the plain white walls of the Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery — some of them flat, others coming off the walls like wrinkled, puckered skin. On them were painted intricate scripts...
by Arielle Martinez | Sep 5, 2015 | Writings
An animal rights advocacy organization has filed a lawsuit against Stony Brook University to force the university to release records on a dog being used in a research laboratory. The California-based Animal Rescue, Media & Education filed in the lawsuit on...
by Arielle Martinez | Jul 7, 2015 | Writings
In a five-year plan revealed on June 29, Stony Brook Athletic Director Shawn Heilbron and the athletics department outlined several initiatives related to Title IX, including a plan to add a new women’s sport to the department. Title IX is the federal clause that...
by Arielle Martinez | Apr 23, 2015 | Writings
A New York County Supreme Court judge has ordered a hearing at which Stony Brook University must justify its custody of two chimpanzees, but the order has raised the question of whether the chimpanzees can be granted human rights. Justice Barbara Jaffe gave the order...