Implementation Update: 2012-2013

NY SUNY 2020 has set in motion a historic transformation at Stony Brook University.

New Faculty Hires

• Increased tuition allowed under NY SUNY 2020 will enable SBU to: 
  • Hire 267 additional faculty members over five years, which will lower the faculty-to-student ratio to bring SBU in line with other AAU institutions;
    
  • Add course sections to help more students earn degrees in four years. Prior to NY SUNY 2020, many students had problems enrolling in required courses forcing them to pay for additional semesters or summer classes.
    
    
• SBU now has 95 more faculty members on the payroll, thanks to NY SUNY 2020 being passed. Many of these hires are in engineering, business, energy, life sciences and medicine.
  
  
• Through its first interdisciplinary faculty cluster hiring initiative, SBU will soon hire 25 new faculty in Photon Science at the Joint Photon Science Institute (JPSI) – a collaboration with Brookhaven National Laboratory; Coastal Zone Management and Engineering; Smart Energy Technology; Biomolecular Imaging; and Behavioral Political Economy. These hires are designed to boost research, attract federal and private foundation funding and spur economic development. Hurricane Sandy highlights the critical need for research in Coastal Zone Management and Smart Energy Technology to address Long Island's unique needs.
  
  
• The University is increasing the number of teaching assistants, and will be increasing graduate stipends and investing in increased undergraduate academic support. 

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