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Stony Brook University is accessible via public transportation through the Stony Brook station on the Long Island Rail Road and multiple bus stops on campus for the Suffolk County Transit's S60, S69 and 3D routes. [169] The university also provides campus-operated "SBU Transit" shuttle buses, which connects Stony Brook's West, East and South ...
In 1996, Wang announced a donation of $25 million for the construction of an Asian American center on the campus of Stony Brook University. [3] Wang, a graduate of Queens College, chose to donate to Stony Brook University because of its internationally renowned computer science program and its location near the Long Island headquarters of Computer Associates, Inc., his company. [3]
Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public research university in the Stony Brook, New York area, United States, on Long Island. Along with the University at Buffalo , it is one of the State University of New York system's two flagship institutions .
The Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium is the main stadium for Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York, United States. Construction began in 2000 at a cost of approximately $22 million. [ 6 ] With a capacity of 12,300 people (10,300 seating and 2,000 standing), [ 7 ] it is the largest outdoor facility in Suffolk County . [ 8 ]
Stony Brook is a station on the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located in Stony Brook, New York, adjacent to the campus of Stony Brook University, on the southeast side of New York State Route 25A, across the street from the intersection with Cedar Street. There is also a gated at-grade pedestrian crossing between the ...
The Staller Center for the Arts is the main arts building at Stony Brook University, in New York State, USA. It opened in 1978 as the Stony Brook University Fine Arts Center before being renamed in October 1988 after a $1.8 million donation from the Staller family. Located on the main campus of Stony Brook University, it consists of two main ...
The Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library is the main library at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York. It is named for the father of philanthropist Ward Melville, who donated 400 acres of land and money to establish Stony Brook University in 1957. It originally opened in July 1963 and has massively expanded since its original construction.
James H. Simons was the chair of the mathematics department at Stony Brook from 1968 to 1976. After deciding to leave academia, he then went on to make billions with his investment firm Renaissance Technologies. On February 27, 2008 he announced a donation totaling $60 million (including a $25 million gift two years prior) to the mathematics ...