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Feature
Building on
Our Strengths
SBU's Sixth President Maurie McInnis shares her vision for higher education.
Feature
Dispatches From
the Front Line
A look at what life was really like inside Stony Brook University Hospital during the peak of the pandemic.
Feature
Faculty Look Ahead
Academic predictions about what the next five years might look like locally, nationally and globally.
Momentum How&Why
Securing an
Online Future
How SBU computer scientists are striving to make the virtual world safe.
Momentum Who
Poised
and Ready
An epidemiologist, infectious disease expert and sensei looks out for what’s coming next.
Community Campus
The Importance
of Being Zen
Stony Brook Medicine’s new respite lounge gives employees a peaceful place to relax and recharge.
Community Campus
The Gift of Community Support
Alumni, friends and surrounding community join together to keep #StonyBrookStrong.
Focus
Q & A
Rachelle Germana, Associate Provost for Academic Success
Thank You
A Video Salute
Gallery
In This Issue
Building on Our Strengths to Transform the Future
Dispatches From the Front Line
![Respiratory therapist Dawn Teer with some of the lifesaving tools of her trade. “We celebrated each of our patients who recovered [from COVID] with cheers and music,” she said. “Each patient has their own story, and I am proud to be part of it.” Photo courtesy of Dawn Teer](https://news.stonybrook.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/3-inset-dispatchesfrontline-teer.jpg)
Dispatches From the Front Line
Respiratory therapist Dawn Teer with some of the lifesaving tools of her trade. “We celebrated each of our patients who recovered [from COVID] with cheers and music,” she said. “Each patient has their own story, and I am proud to be part of it.” Photo courtesy of Dawn Teer Read Story
Dispatches From the Front Line
Respiratory therapists supported each other as they played a crucial role in saving lives during SBUH’s COVID-19 response. Read Story
A Faculty Perspective on How 2020 Will Change Us
Securing an Online Future
Securing an Online Future
One of Associate Professor Michalis Polychronakis’ areas of focus is on enhancing system defenses against malicious software, an issue that has become more pressing given the increase in people working and learning from home. Read Story
Securing an Online Future
Nick Nikiforakis, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, with students in his lab last year, in a time before COVID-19. Read Story
Poised and Ready
The Importance of Being Zen
The Gift of Community Support
The Gift of Community Support
Stephen Della Pietra and wife Pamela Hurst-Della Pietra, Photo courtesy the Della Pietra Family Read Story
The Gift of Community Support
Vincent Della Pietra and wife Barbara Amonson, Photo courtesy the Della Pietra Family Read Story
Q & A
Class Notes Fall Highlights
