"Adversity abounds, but the capacity to overcome the adversity that we face abounds in even greater measure."
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CONCLUSION
Although some of our focus in the coming months will involve looking at how we will address many of our challenges, I hope that we all will take the time to enjoy and take note of the many exciting and positive things that are happening around us. For example, we have just recently launched a new Children’s Hospital, which is designed to address the growing need for specialty children’s health care in the region; Nobel Halls, the University’s first LEED-certified residence halls, named for Stony Brook Nobel laureates Paul Lauterbur and C.N. Yang, has opened to a very positive reception; the Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center, which is located in the Stony Brook R&D Park and will house material science labs, engineering labs, and specialized facilities for a consortium of University researchers, institutions, public and private utilities, and federal laboratories, is scheduled to open this fall; and the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics is substantially complete with a scheduled opening for later this semester.
These and so many other recent additions to our campus serve as a wonderful reminder that Stony Brook is an extraordinary university; it is an exciting place to learn, live, and work. What has been achieved here in a little more than 50 years is truly remarkable, but we can, and we will, accomplish even more. There is no question that we face challenges, but I am absolutely convinced that we have the creativity and the resourcefulness on this campus to rise above the hard times.
The poet Horace is credited as saying, “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” Now more than ever, we need to draw upon your strengths and your talents. Adversity abounds, but the capacity to overcome the adversity that we face abounds in even greater measure. Please get involved, and share your thoughts and ideas with us as we strive to make this our most productive year ever. 