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Re: Stony Brook new President
By: Chairman of the Board Date: March 31, 2020, 9:19 pm
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HTML https://www.newsday.com/opinion/columnists/randi-f-marshall/stony-brook-university-president-coronavirus-covid-19-maurie-mcinnis-1.43567836
[quote]McInnis, an art historian, said she’s also concerned
about what COVID-19, and the extraordinary economic strains it
created, mean for Stony Brook University’s financial standing.
“I will admit I am very worried about the funding picture for
Stony Brook,” McInnis said. “I was worried before. I’m
considerably more worried now.”
McInnis noted that Stony Brook has been a centerpiece of the
state’s efforts to fight the coronavirus, from the work its
hospital and researchers are doing, to its role in hosting
quarantined study-abroad students, to the fact that its campus
will be used for an additional field hospital facility. The
entire State University of New York system, and the state, must
understand the “disproportionate” economic impact on Stony
Brook, she said. It will take money from the state, federal
government, and philanthropists to help Stony Brook gain
stronger financial footing, she added.[/quote]
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Re: Stony Brook new President
By: Chairman of the Board Date: July 1, 2020, 8:38 am
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HTML https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/pres/from_president/message_070120.php
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Re: Stony Brook new President
By: iBOsbu Date: July 1, 2020, 9:45 am
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Shirley did a great job! I really admired her. Stanley was
competent, but didn’t wow me. Hope new President outperforms
both of them. Wish her the best.
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Re: Stony Brook new President
By: Chairman of the Board Date: May 15, 2024, 8:16 pm
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Stony Brook University faculty narrowly defeats resolution
censuring school president over protest arrests
HTML https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/stony-brook-protests-phones-jau0q107
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The Stony Brook University Faculty Senate on Monday narrowly
defeated a motion to censure the school's president, Maurie
McInnis, for her handling of the arrests of 29 pro-Palestinian
protesters earlier this month.
The senate defeated the resolution by a 55-51 vote, with three
abstentions, said Richard Larson, a professor and president of
the senate.
The senate originally was to vote on a “no confidence”
resolution, but switched it to a lower-level censure vote with
somewhat less critical language, he said.
McInnis said she appreciated the backing.
“I am deeply grateful for the support of the Stony Brook faculty
at this challenging time for so many universities,” McInnis said
in a statement.
“I realize there remains passionate disagreement among members
of our community on the issues we are facing, and I pledge to do
whatever I can to help our campus heal and move forward,” she
added.
Larson said the vote underscored that “the campus is divided
right down the middle. It’s certainly not an endorsement of the
president’s handling of the May 1 and 2 arrests and the actions
taken in the wake of those arrests.”
The vote was largely symbolic — the senate does not have any
administrative power at the university.
McInnis had come under fire for the arrests of the protesters
and the seizing, by campus police, of the cellphones belonging
to 17 of them. Two professors who had their phones taken were
among the 29 people arrested.
University officials on Monday returned 16 of the phones, though
the protesters and some legal experts said the seizure put a
chilling effect on the protesters' right to free speech.
Last Monday, in a heated two-hour Faculty Senate meeting, the
organization tabled for a week a vote on a resolution expressing
“no confidence in President McInnis’s capacity to perform the
ongoing duties of her office in a wise and humane manner.”
The new censure resolution stated that “President McInnis and
senior administration have responded to peaceful protests on our
campus with a disproportionate degree of force, failing to
negotiate with students in good faith and deploying Suffolk
County Police and New York State Troopers to arrest members of
the Stony Brook community.”
Some faculty members have been circulating a petition supporting
McInnis, said Gallya Lahav, a political science professor.
“I think she handled it with grace. I think she handled it in
the best way she can,” Lahav said. McInnis forcefully spoke out
against antisemitism on campus, she added.
A spokesperson for the university said the returned phones were
given to a lawyer representing the students on Monday morning.
Stony Brook professor Josh Dubnau, who was arrested and had his
phone taken, said Monday that police still have one student's
phone. The university declined to comment on that.
“All legal processes were followed and adhered to while we had
the phones in our custody,” the Stony Brook spokesperson said.
The spokesperson referred further questions to the Suffolk
County District Attorney’s Office, which has declined to
comment.
Fred Klein, a professor at the Hofstra University School of Law
and a former chief of the Major Offense Bureau in the Nassau
County District Attorney’s Office, said he believes the seizure
of the phones was illegal.
“The phones never should have been taken in the first place,” he
said. “It seems like a pretty blatant violation of their
constitutional rights.”
Police will typically confiscate a wallet, keys and other items
while a person is being processed for an arrest, but generally
must return the property after the person has been released from
custody, legal experts have told Newsday. The exception is if it
might serve as evidence in a criminal case. The protesters were
charged with disorderly conduct, which is a non-criminal
offense.
School officials warned students protesting on May 1 that they
had to move from the grassy hill where they had camped out,
saying it was needed for other events. But the demonstrators
refused, triggering the arrests.
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Re: Stony Brook new President
By: ecasadoSBU Date: May 16, 2024, 3:13 pm
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Very challenging environment across U.S Universities the past
few months.
In difficult times like these I'm glad I don't have that job
(University President)
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Re: Stony Brook new President
By: Chairman of the Board Date: May 23, 2024, 8:44 am
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Stony Brook University students, faculty members face charges
from pro-Palestinian campus protest
HTML https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/stony-brook-university-protests-charges-arraign-eafz3v14
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Two Stony Brook University professors and eight students were
arraigned Tuesday on disorderly conduct charges stemming from a
May 1 pro-Palestinian protest on the campus.
That followed the arraignment of 19 other protesters on Monday,
and as the head of Stony Brook’s Faculty Senate said efforts to
investigate and gain oversight of campus police were being
stalled by the university’s administration.
Professors Josh Dubnau, a neurobiologist, and Abena Asare, a
member of the Africana Studies department, took turns along with
students before Judge Bernard Cheng in Suffolk County District
Court in Central Islip to hear the charges. The professors and
some students had the black and white Palestinian scarf called a
kaffiyeh draped around their shoulders.
Peter Brill, a lawyer representing the protesters, called on the
university to urge the Suffolk County district attorney to drop
the charges, which are noncriminal offenses.
“We hope that between now and June, given the interests among
all of the parties at Stony Brook to move past this incident,
that there will be a strong recommendation to the district
attorney to move to dismiss these charges and let everyone open
a new chapter,” Brill said after the arraignments.
Stony Brook President Maurie McInnis, through a spokesperson,
declined to comment.
The protesters were arrested May 1 after university officials
ordered them to move to another location, and they refused.
During their detention for up to 7 1/2 hours, campus police
seized 17 of their cellphones and kept them for more than a
week.
McInnis came under fire and narrowly won a censure vote by the
Faculty Senate on May 13.
A week earlier, the Senate approved a resolution calling for an
independent investigation of Enterprise Risk Management, the
Stony Brook group that oversees campus police, and its handling
of the protests and “intelligence gathering” of staff, faculty
and students. Some professors called the seizure of the phones
more typical of an authoritarian police state.
The resolution also called for the formation of a Senate
subcommittee to exercise continuing oversight of ERM.
Richard Larson, president of the Faculty Senate, said the
proposal has stalled because of a lack of cooperation by the
university administration.
“There is no indication from administration that they are
disposed to act on either of the two resolutions that were
passed at the last public Senate meeting,” Larson said,
referring also to a resolution calling for the disorderly
conduct charges to be dropped. “Their stance is not openly
collaborative.”
McInnis’s office declined to comment.
Asare said McInnis needs to take action to restore trust at the
university.
“We have a lot of questions about why phones were seized for
almost two weeks, and we have lots of questions about whether
they were accessed or used,” she said. “The Senate has passed
some clear-cut efforts to ask for oversight over this because
there’s been a huge loss of trust among faculty, students and
staff. We need to have that trust built back, and the only way
to do that is through transparency and real openness about how
all these choices are being made, about how to watch people, to
surveil, and to act.”
Legal experts have told Newsday that seizing and keeping
someone’s property after they are released from custody
generally is illegal unless authorities have a warrant or the
property is considered evidence in a crime. Dubnau has said the
protesters were shown no warrant.
“Without a warrant or probable cause to believe that there was
any evidence of a crime, that’s deeply concerning in itself and
it’s a clear violation of my clients’ Fourth Amendment rights,”
Brill said.
Stony Brook has denied it searched the phones. It has not said
whether it had a warrant or why it seized the devices. According
to Dubnau, the protesters have seen indications that there were
attempts to access their phones while campus police held them.
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Re: Stony Brook new President
By: Chairman of the Board Date: May 29, 2024, 9:22 am
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thanks EastCoast for posting- to discuss whether this can be a
good thing for us sports fans- or just TBD?
[quote]
Dear Stony Brook University Community,
I am writing to share that I will be stepping down at the end of
June to become president of Yale University.
This opportunity arose unexpectedly. To a great extent, it is a
direct result of the work that we have been doing at Stony Brook
and the high regard nationally in which our university is held.
Academically, Stony Brook has never been stronger. Its stature,
visibility and impact have grown, from our designation as a SUNY
flagship campus to our selection as the anchor of the New York
Climate Exchange. Alumni and donor confidence is high, buoyed by
the $500 million donation for endowment support from the Simons
Foundation. Thanks to support from the governor and the New York
legislature, state support is at its highest level in more than
a decade. And Stony Brook Medicine and Stony Brook University
Hospital are leaders in research and medical education and the
provider of choice in Suffolk County.
We have achieved all this while demonstrating that excellence
and a commitment to diversity and inclusion can – and must – go
together. We have one of the highest proportions of
Pell-eligible students of all major research institutions, and
achieved the highest ranking of all AAU institutions in the
recent New York Times College Access Index. Our first and second
cohorts of the Simons STEM Scholars represent the highest levels
of academic excellence nationally. Over the past three years,
our sponsored research has grown by 18 percent, from $205
million to $241 million.
These achievements, and the momentum we have built together, are
being noticed in higher education and beyond, enabling Stony
Brook to continue its upward trajectory while attracting
high-achieving students, stellar faculty and an outstanding
staff. I am proud of what we have achieved together, and
confident in Stony Brook’s future.
I want to express my deep appreciation not only for the support
you have given to me, but for the passion and commitment you
show for our mission and for your work. You have been an
inspiration to me, and I have every confidence that you will
continue to propel Stony Brook to even greater heights.
An interim president will be named shortly to ensure a
thoughtful and seamless leadership transition consistent with
SUNY processes and protocols. A national search for Stony
Brook's next president will begin immediately to deliver New
York State the truly great flagship it deserves. With your
commitment and collaboration, I am certain Stony Brook is well
positioned for continued excellence.
Maurie McInnis
President [/quote]
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Re: Stony Brook new President
By: guest152 Date: May 29, 2024, 11:12 am
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There is likely more to this move that will never be spoken
about publicly. But, consider the passing of Simons (probably
her strongest advocate and member of committee that hired her),
and the recent protests on campus where the president received
an absurd amount of criticism (in my opinion) for her handling a
small group of attention seeking fools which included
professors. I personally don’t think it’s all just a
coincidence. But, She left for an academically superior
institution and was probably more than eager to do so. I also
hope that the $500 mil Simon’s foundation endowment isn’t
pulled because of this. That would be devastating for the
university.
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Re: Stony Brook new President
By: OldSeawolf Date: May 29, 2024, 11:24 am
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[quote author=Triple Lindy link=topic=840.msg43865#msg43865
date=1716999139]
There is likely more to this move that will never be spoken
about publicly. But, consider the passing of Simons (probably
her strongest advocate and member of committee that hired her),
and the recent protests on campus where the president received
an absurd amount of criticism (in my opinion) for her handling a
small group of attention seeking fools which included
professors. I personally don’t think it’s all just a
coincidence. But, She left for an academically superior
institution and was probably more than eager to do so. I also
hope that the $500 mil Simon’s foundation endowment isn’t
pulled because of this. That would be devastating for the
university.
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Simons had a long and storied history with SBU, and I doubt that
any of the $ donated was directly tied to McInnis being the
President. Why on earth would they pull the $ because McInnis
left for a better job? As far as future donations from his
foundation is concerned, that is anyone's guess. Personally, I
wouldn't be surprised if his will leaves SBU a nice additional
sum. Let's hope the next President continues with an academics
focus, but also has interest in our athletics programs (which
McInnis seemed to not care much about).
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Re: Stony Brook new President
By: Chairman of the Board Date: May 29, 2024, 12:24 pm
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good post- i do agree there was a lot of criticism for what
appeared to be the proper handling of a small crisis.
also have to wonder if she'll get any worse/better treatment at
yale! rich kids tend to have more free time, less risk of
engaging in social movements/careers, and complain more. ::)
yale has a MASSIVE endowment ($42b). not sure how it may be
used. but it also has gigantic resources otherwise. in short-
she's getting a raise. the former pres got something like $2m
all in.
yale of course most would argue is a superior institution that
predates us by about 200 years, it's her alma mater, carries a
lot of weight, even lower living costs. and, it looks like a
castle; SB looks like a prison. maybe the one downside is the
higher pressure, and also the recent mishaps with ivy
presidents.
the simons gift was "unrestricted", as they love to advertise,
but who knows what the terms are as far as rescinding, etc.
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