Zuccaire Gallery presents solo exhibition by Isabel Manalo

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...

Litigation brought against SBU over dog used for research

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...

New women’s sport slated as part of “Together We Transform”

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...

Judge orders Stony Brook University to justify chimp captivity

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...