Long Island State Veterans Home Nursing Scholarships Keep Vacancy Rates Low
Ten employees of the Long Island State Veterans Home (LISVH) who are enrolled in nursing school have received Virgie Bowie Nursing Vision Awards and scholarships for $1,000 each in recognition of their educational pursuits, as part of an innovative approach that helps the Veterans Home maintain a nurse vacancy rate below one percent.
May 24, 2013 - 4:16:10 PM
Stony Brook University Celebrates 53rd Commencement Ceremony
At Stony Brook University’s 53rd annual commencement today at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, more than 5,600 students received their degree and the right to turn their tassels to the left becoming the University’s newest alumni. They joined more than 145,000 of their forerunners around the globe whose lives and work personify the mission of Stony Brook.
May 24, 2013 - 3:00:00 PM
Novel Endoscopy Technique Proves Critical to Quick and Complete Recovery of Patient With Bile Duct Stones
Diana Zorilla-Fetherston will never forget when she was taken by ambulance to the Stony Brook University Hospital Emergency Department one day in August 2012, experiencing severe pain in her upper abdomen and chest area. The diagnosis: Her bile duct was blocked with stones. The 55-year-old nurse expected to have surgery, a long hospital stay, and endure a long recovery. Instead, she was back at work two days later because Stony Brook Medicine gastroenterologist Juan Carlos Bucobo, MD, used a novel endoscopic technique called double balloon endoscopy to gain access to portions of her gastrointestinal (GI) tract previously excluded by surgery and remove the bile duct stones.
May 24, 2013 - 1:16:17 PM
NYSCHA Honors SBU Student Health Advisory Committee & Graduate Chair
Stony Brook University student Krishna Satish has been selected to receive the New York State College Health Association (NYSCHA) Outstanding Graduate Student Award (2012-2013) for her efforts leading the Stony Brook University Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) as Graduate Chair. She is recognized for the success of outreach efforts including the coordination of campus dental screenings and oral health information workshops for her peers. Additionally, Stony Brook University SHAC received the Outstanding Student Group Award for promoting health through various screenings and for their vast efforts promoting Tobacco Free SUNY 2014.
May 24, 2013 - 9:30:00 AM
From GED to Fulbright Scholar
Stony Brook University undergraduate student Samuel Katz (’13) has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to conduct biomedical research at the Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology (BIMSB) in Germany, announced the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Katz is one of approximately 1,800 chosen worldwide for this prestigious honor from all fields of study and the only one from Stony Brook University for 2013.
May 23, 2013 - 10:45:00 AM
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