Start Date End Date Tag (Please CAS Departments Title Subheading Event Details (Year) (Year) choose from the dropdown menu) African Studies 1968 Departments in Africana Studies Africana Studies Assasination of Rev. Martin Luther King in 1968 Campus Administrators focus attention on the tragic assassination of Launched the College of Departrment Launched contributes to launch of Africana Studies MLK and increasing frustration of black students about their exclusion Arts and and lack of investment in a diverse curriculum. This time and events Sciences Department. marked the establishment of the Africana Studies Department. African Studies 2000 Higher Education Africana Studies African Studies In 2000, Harvard University President questions Black Intellectuals express frustration with the question of the validity Questioned Questioned as a the legitimacy of black stidies and looses top of black studies. Faculty at Stony Brook in the African Studies department question the administrations commitment (faculty lines, Legitimate Discipline scholars such as Cornel R. West. resources, visibility, validity). African Studies 2017 Departments in Africana Studies Department Closures The number of Black Studies departments in the Faculty in the AFS department at Stonybrook have concerns at the Shrinks the College of SUNY system and across the nation are declining. administrative closing "smaller units" and those considered "area Arts and studies." Administrations insistence on joint hires compromises the Sciences department's authority and exherts to build and strengthen the program. However, revising our curriculum and implementing new tracks leaves us optomistic. ID Scholarship 2012 2014 Departments in Africana Studies Increase in Department faculty begin working more closely The Department is not as isolated and forged strong partnerships with the College of Interdisciplinary with colleagues across campus. English, History, Political Science and Sociology Departments as well Arts and as the Center for Study of Social Justice. The fact that Barak Obama Sciences Scholarship in African is US President contributes to the support for collaboration. Studies Art Chair 2015 Departments in Art Art Department has an In 2015, Kathy Siegel hired as Art Department's Siegel, a high level art curator and historian has brought increased the College of Endowed Chair first endowed chair. connections with New York City Galleries to SBU. Arts and Sciences Art Department 2010 2018 Departments in Art Art Department Receives From 2010 to 2018, the Art Department received Institutions providing funding includes National Endowment of the Grants the College of Major Grants major national grants and fellowships. Humanities, Fullbright, Warhol Foundation, Getty Foundation, ACLS Arts and and Soros Foundations. Art faculty has received grants from $9,000 Sciences to $1M. Art Grad Programs 2000 Departments in Art First PhD granted in Art In 2000, the Art Department conferred the first PhD Graduate programs (MA & MFA) in Art started in the 1980's under the the College of History in the field of Art History. leadership of Melvin H. Pekarsky and Donald Kuspit (and others). Arts and PhD program started in 1996. The Art Department remains one of the Sciences only departments that includes art criticism. Current numbers include 150 MA, 120 MFA, and 42 PhDs with a growing alumni. Art Partnership 1987 Departments in Art Art Department Partner In 1987 the property was deeded to the Stony The Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center was created under the the College of with Pollock-Krasner Brook Foundation, a private, non-profit affiliate of terms of Lee Krasner Pollock’s will. She instructed her executors to Arts and deed the property to a charitable institution. She envisioned it as “a Sciences House Stony Brook University. The Study Center is now public museum and library,” to show the setting in which she and open to students, researchers, and the general Jackson created many of their works, and as a place for the study of public by appointment. modern American art, especially the eastern Long Island art community. In 1987 the property was deeded to the Stony Brook Foundation, a private, non-profit affiliate of Stony Brook University. In preparation for interpreting the house and studio as the artists’ living and working environment, it was learned that a new surface had been applied to the studio floor in 1953, during a major renovation in which the building was winterized.The museum was opened to the public in June 1988. Novel Art Form 1966 Departments in Art "Happening" Recognized In 1988, Professor Allan Kaprow of the Art the College of Nationally Department was recognized nationally for his Arts and Sciences creation of the "Happening" which was a distinctive 1960s performance art form. Start Date End Date Tag (Please CAS Departments Title Subheading Event Details (Year) (Year) choose from the dropdown menu) Stony Brook Film 1996 Stony Brook Art Stony Brook Film Festival The Stony Brook Film Festival, produced by Staller Festival University (SBU) Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University, presents a program of new, independent films every summer since 1996. Features and short films from the U.S. and around the world are screened over ten days at Staller Center, which has been the venue since the Festival’s beginning. AAAS Created 2002 Departments in Asian and Asian American Creation of Asian and In 2002, the AAAS was created as a new multi- The new AAAS multi-disciplinary department both the College of Studies Asian American Studies disciplinary department. enriches and redefines language and cultural studies in Arts and Sciences Department CAS. Asia Studies Grow 2012 2018 Departments in Asian and Asian American Growth Spurt in Asian and From 2012 to present the department ranks 96th External funding roughly $2M from both US and international sources. the College of Studies American Studies percentile out of 154 units (SRI-AA). New Masters of Arts, new B.A. in Asian Language as well as teacher Arts and education. Cross departmental and interdisciplinary engagement . Sciences Asian Area Studies 2001 Departments in Asian and Asian American Asian Area Studies Before the formal launch of the Asian and Asian Established in 2002, the Department of Asian & Asian American the College of Studies American Studies Department, there were a range Studies is one of the few departments in the U.S. that integrates the Arts and study and teaching of both Asian and Asian American studies. It Sciences of area studies on China, Japan, Korea and India offers an interdisciplinary curriculum that highlights the history of New in different department programs. York as the home of Asian immigrants since the 19th century and recognizes the importance of the Asia-Pacific in this present century. Using textual studies and discourse analysis as the primary analytic tools, they focus on the study of Asian and Asian American languages, cultures, and intellectual histories over time and in contact with other global cultures. Among the faculty are internationally- recognized scholars in linguistics, cultural studies, philosophy, and religious studies. Wang Center 1996 Stony Brook Asian and Asian American Asian American Studies In 1996, Charles Wang of Computer Associates University (SBU) Studies Center donates $25 million to Stony Brook for construction of an Asian American Studies Center. Governor George Pataki and Senator Alfonse D’Amato attend ceremonies celebrating the event (Newsday). Biochemistry Chair 1988 Departments in Biochemistry and Cell Recruitment of Bill In 1988, the recruitment of Dr. William Lennarz led Bill's Chair role led to the recruitment of 9 new junior faculty, the the College of Biology Lennarz as Chair of to three major changes in Biochemistry expansion of the biochemistry department to "Biochemistry and Cell Arts and Biology" department and the end of tghe Biochemistry PhD program Sciences Biochemistry Department. and founding of the interdepartmental Molecular and Cell Biology PhD program. Bill is now Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Biochemistry Gap 2001 2011 Departments in Biochemistry and Cell 10-year Faculty From 2001-2011 there was a major gap in the The recruotment gap came at the same time as a 300% increase in the College of Biology Recruitment Gap in recruitment of new faculty for Biochemistry and biology/biochemistry majors (2001-2015). Arts and Sciences Biochemistry and Cell Cell Biology Department. Biology Microbiology 1983 Departments in Biochemistry and Cell Discovery of Antisense In 1983, Professor Masayori Inouye in discover the College of Biology RNA Biochemistry discovered antisense RNA which Arts and Sciences greatly influences how to target the effectiveness of drug treatments for many diseases. This represents a huge breathrough as dosages of drugs can be lowered for increased effectiveness. Start Date End Date Tag (Please CAS Departments Title Subheading Event Details (Year) (Year) choose from the dropdown menu) Chemistry 1993 1995 Departments in Chemistry New Faculty In, Prime The best faculty are bought out when the program Three top junior faculty hired in 1993 on one comitted likeness. Changes the College of Faculty out becomes sucessful. Sampson, Raleigh, and Grey developed Biological chemistry as a Arts and new strength to the chemistry department. In 1995, five top faculty left Sciences for other universities because of the lack of retention incentives. Joint Hires 2000 2011 Departments