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Welcome to Stony Brook University, one of America's most dynamic public universities --a center of academic excellence and an internationally recognized research institution that is changing the world. As you take your tour, please use the arrows above tonavigate around our campus. Let's begin our tour at the fountain on the academic mall.
Wang Center Fountain
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We've arrived at the fountain across from the Wang Center. The fountain is a popular gathering spot where you'll see art students painting the surrounding scenery and hear music students practicing in the distance. The Charles B. Wang Center celebrates Asian and Asian-American culture and was presented to Stony Brook University by businessman and philanthropist Charles B. Wang in 2002. The Wang Center is a perfect place for studying and relaxing before a big test. Inside, you'll be able to enjoy Jasmine, a unique food court specializing in delicious Asian cuisine.
Staller Center for the Arts
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In the Staller Center for the Arts, you'll take music, art and theatre classes. The Staller Center's main stage and recital hall feature performances by artists from around the world. Through our "First On Us" program, you'll receive a free ticket to attend your first performance. You can also view student and faculty art in the Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery. The Fine Arts eMedia SINC Site hosts classes in the digital arts through state-of-the-art classroom technology.
Staller Steps
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The Staller Steps offer a great spot to relax and soak up some rays on sunny days. It's a popular place to meet up with friends or catch up on reading. When the weather gets warm, you'll come here to enjoy outdoor performances and events like our Stony Brook Idol singing competition.
Stony Brook Union
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The new Stony Brook Union opened to students in Fall 2020. Home to Academic Advising, honors programs, and student services including Financial Aid, Financial Services and Registrar, the Union is a one-stop hub with plenty of common space for students. Hang out in the E-sportsfacility, attend events at the Interfaith Center, or schedule a chapter meeting for your sorority, fraternity or club here at the Union.
Melville Library
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In the Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library, you'll find our recently renovated North and CentralReading Rooms, more than two million books, and thousands of videos. There are comfortable study areas, a new full-service Starbucks, computer labs, and printers. You'll also find the Career Center, the School of Communications and Journalism featuring a state-of-the-art newsroom, the Creative Writing Program, and the Study Abroad and Exchange Office. The William and Jane Knapp Alumni Center is located on the first floor of the Library. The Stony Brook Alumni Association offers students scholarships and internships, and hosts social and career networking events throughout the year.
Academic Mall
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We've now arrived at the Academic Mall, and directly in front of us is the Student Activities Center, known as the SAC. The SAC features a great food court housed in a beautiful two-story glass atrium. Many events are held here, including lectures, conferences, movies, concerts, and club meetings.
Frey Hall
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Completed in 2013, Frey Hall is a classroom building that incorporates the latest learning technology. Its Active Learning Center is a large classroom space that encourages cooperative learning, problem-based learning and team problem-solving exercises.
Chemistry Building
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The Chemistry building is home to the Chemistry Department and Chemistry Library. On display in the lobby is a dedication to Nobel Prize-winning professor Paul Lauterbur, whose groundbreaking work at Stony Brook led to the creation of the first MRI machine. If you're interested in studying the sciences, this is where your labs for general and organic chemistry will meet.
Campus Recreation
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Stony Brook University celebrated the opening of the Walter J. Hawrys Campus Recreation & Wellness Center in 2012, an expansive 85,000 square-foot facility. The Center features a three-court gymnasium, a multi-purpose activity court, free weights, cardio machines, and a dance aerobics studio, giving you all you need to stay fit or just enjoy a workout with friends
Sports Complex
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In our Sports Complex, our student athletes train in the new Dubin Family Athletic Performance Center and study in the Goldstein Family Student-Athlete Development Center, which features a computer lab, a study hall and a private tutor room. Behind the Sports Complex you'll find tennis courts, Joe Nathan Field, soccer and lacrosse fields, a track, handball/paddleball courts, and intramural fields. The past decade has been highlighted by 28 Regular Season Conference Championships and 31 Conference Tournament Championships across Stony Brook's growing athletics program. Seawolves have reached the highest level of several sports, and have been Olympians.
Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
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Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium is home to our football, lacrosse, and soccer teams. All Stony Brook athletic teams are NCAA Division I. You'll get to experience the energy of Seawolves home games, wear red to show your school pride and enjoy the music when the Stony Brook Athletic Bands play at halftime.
Island Federal Credit Union Arena
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Island Federal Credit Union Arena is the newly renovated home to our Seawolves Men's & Women's Basketball teams. With seating for 4,000 fans, the Arena is quickly becoming one of Long Island's most popular athletic and entertainment destinations. The Seawolves men's basketball team has won four regular season titles and has reached the 20–win mark seven times as a Division I program.The women's team has made two appearances in the Women's Basketball Invitationaltournament.
Physics Building
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In our Physics Building, you'll find the Department of Physics & Astronomy and our comprehensive Math/Physics/Astronomy Library. Many of our Physics faculty also do research at the internationally recognized Brookhaven National Laboratory, located just a few miles from campus. The lab affords valuable research programs for undergraduates interested in the sciences.
Simons Center for Geometry and Physics
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At the Simons Center, researchers from around the world are exploring synergies between theoretical physics and math to deepen our understanding of the physical universe. The building itself is an architectural work-of-art, designed to provide a dynamic environment for interaction, academic study, and collaboration.It was founded in 2007, by a gift from the James and Marilyn Simons Foundation.
Earth and Space Sciences
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In our Earth and Space Sciences Building, you'll find our Department of Geosciences, a High Pressure Lab, Isotope Geology Lab, Microprobe Lab, and the Mineral Physics Institute. Here you'll be able to take part in research that ranges from unlocking the mysteries of the dinosaurs to contemplating the possibility of life on Mars. TheMount Stony Brook Observatoryis located on the roof of the Earth and Space Sciences Building.There you'll be able to access the observatory's powerful telescope and participate in weekly Science Open Nights.
Harriman Hall
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In Harriman Hall, you'll find our College of Business, which offers an outstanding major and MBA programs. The College of Business at Stony Brook prepares students for leadership roles, fosters entrepreneurial growth, and conducts cutting-edge research that informs business practice.You'll also find iCREATE, a special area within the Division of Information Technologydesigned to facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship.
Student Activities Center
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The Student Activities Center, or SAC, boasts four levels of Seawolf centered space, to meet, lounge, study and learn.
The SAC's many events are held across two ballrooms, an auditorium, meeting rooms, tabling spaces, lounges, and outdoor patios. After working up an appetite, grab a bite at either the Market or the Food Court and enjoy the 180-degree view of the academic mall.
Engineering Quad
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In Stony Brook's Engineering Quad, you'll find most of ourengineeringlaboratories, classrooms, and lecture halls. Here students in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences receive expert academic advising and valuable preparation to be part of the AI-driven economy of the near-future. Our innovative approaches are centered on new curricula and vertically integrated projects that bring students together from engineering, medicine, the arts, humanities and other disciplines.
New Computer Science Building
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Our new 70,000-square-foot Computer Science Building offers state-of-the art facilities, including research and teaching laboratories, a large wireless teaching lab and shared conference spaces. You'll also find career-boosting resources and partnership opportunities among students and faculty.
Roth Pond
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Roth Quad features suite-style residences and is home to the famous Roth Pond Regatta, a unique Stony Brook tradition. Each spring, teams representing clubs, organizations and residence halls race across Roth Pond in homemade "boats" constructed only of cardboard, duct tape and paint, usually to humorous results. The Regatta is one of the most popular social events on campus and always draws a huge crowd to join in the fun.
Psychology Buildings
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We've reached the Psychology Buildings. Psychology A is where many classes are held, and Psychology B is where the Department of Psychology's faculty and undergraduate advisors can be found. Stony Brook'sclinical program has been ranked first in the country in training clinical faculty for the past 10 years. The Social and Health program at Stony Brook was one of the first in the country to merge Social Psychology and Health Psychology, and is considered to be one of the flagship training programs in the country.
Humanities Building
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Here is our recently remodeled Humanities Building, where you'll find classrooms, lecture halls, and bright, airy spaces like the atrium for studying. The Humanities Building is home to the Departments of English, Asian and Asian American Studies, a host of language and literature programs, and the Writing and Rhetoric Program.The Humanities Institute at Stony Brookwas established in 1987 to promote interdisciplinary research and collaboration across the university.
Bioengineering Building
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Our Bioengineering Building houses the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and consists of lab space, clean rooms, and tissue culture and microscopy areas. Our program provides students with a tremendous range of bioengineering challenges, from the design of molecular-based biosensors to high-resolution functional imaging of the brain, and offers the opportunity to work in world-class labs.
Life Sciences
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We've arrived at the Life Sciences Building, where you'll find classrooms, labs, and academic departments like Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Various clubs are dedicated to specific areas of Life Science, and our journal offers future researchers and physicians a way to hone their science writing skills and spread the word of their experiences to inspire incoming students. Across the road is Stony Brook Medicine, which houses our Health Sciences programs and a teaching hospital.
Heartbeat Underpass
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This is the Heartbeat Underpass, which leads to Stony Brook Medicine, making it easy for students in the health sciences to walk to their classes and to do their clinical rotations. Many students going into the health fields also do volunteer work at the hospital. Stony Brook University Hospital is a nationally ranked research and academic medical center that provides tertiary care for the entire Long Island region.
Health Science Tower
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On our East Campus, we have the Health Science Tower, where the Schools of Health Technology and Management, Nursing, and Social Welfare are located. Our world-class Health Science Library maintains a print collection of 170,000volumes,almost 100,000 books, and more than 10,000 electronic journals.The Health Sciences tower is connected to the Renaissance School of Medicine as well as Stony Brook University Hospital.
Molecular Medicine and Biology
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Our Centers for Molecular Medicine and Biology Learning Laboratories are home to Stony Brook's Undergraduate Biology program. Students in these majors will experience a rigorous, engaging curriculum that's designed to develop an interdisciplinary understanding of the living world, with a focus on linking learning to the magic of discovery. The facility houses fifteen advanced instructional laboratories, fully equipped support facilities, and advising and administrative offices.
SBS Building
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We've arrived at the Social and Behavioral Sciences Building. Here you'll find classrooms, labs, and offices for many of our faculty in the social sciences. Featuring seven floors, SBS is home to a wide variety of academic programs ranging from Political Science to Economics. The building's first level features an informal open floor with couches, providing a space that's conducive to group studying. Floors two through seven offer quiet and comfortable study areas for individual students and small groups.
South Campus
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On our South Campus you'll find the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS). From our fleet of well-equipped research vessels to the most up-to-date facilities for weather analysis, forecasting,and research, SoMAS has unparalleled infrastructure to support both field and laboratory work. In 2007, four faculty members were recognized for their contributions to theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, receiving the Nobel Peace Prize along with former Vice President Al Gore "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change" and the efforts needed to counteract it.
Hilton Garden Inn
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The 135-room Hilton Garden Inn Stony Brook is conveniently located right on campus and offers all the amenities you'll need to make sure your visit is a comfortable one. The hotel offers visitors easy access to the entire Stony Brook campus.
Administration Building
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The Administration Building is home to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Our admissions counselors are here to help you with your college application and selection process. Contact us at 631-632-6868 or enroll@stonybrook.edu.
