🌱 How Howard’s enrollment crisis could bring more students to SUNY Stony Brook
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In today's newsletter:
- How Howard’s enrollment crisis could bring more students to SUNY Stony Brook
- Stony Brook church founder takes on major new role at Syracuse
- Rare “Rabbit Fever” case tied to tick bite and Stony Brook doctors
Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an elephant with a rhinoceros? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 77 and low of 66 degrees.
- Thursday: Clearing and a few showers, temps: high: 76, low: 66.
- Friday: Partly sunny with a shower, with a high of 80 and low of 67 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• NY offers students unenrolled from Howard University the opportunity to enroll in SUNY schools (whec.com) — Students who were unexpectedly unenrolled from Howard University now have a fast-track option to enroll at SUNY Stony Brook and other New York public campuses this fall, with expedited admissions and an $800 credit toward lost deposits. For Stony Brook–area families, this creates a last-minute pathway for affected students to stay on track academically at a nearby major university. 
• SU appoints Rev. Corey MacPherson as Hendricks Chapel dean (dailyorange.com) — Stony Brook readers may recognize Rev. Corey MacPherson, who founded the North Shore Church of the Nazarene here, as he steps into a prominent new role as dean of Hendricks Chapel at Syracuse University on Aug. 9. His background spans chaplaincy, campus ministry, and leadership roles at Penn State, Colgate, and Eastern Nazarene College.
• Ridge man diagnosed with rare tick-borne illness 'Rabbit Fever' (news12.com) — A Ridge resident says Stony Brook Medicine specialists diagnosed him with tularemia, a rare tick-borne illness nicknamed “Rabbit Fever,” after weeks of severe symptoms. While state and county health officials say they haven’t confirmed any local cases yet, the story underscores the importance of tick awareness and prompt medical care for unusual summer illnesses on Long Island.
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Summer Family Pop-Ups: A World Before Cars
The Long Island Museum 1200 NY-25A, Stony Brook, NY 11790
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Summer Music Program Ends
Three Village Csd Stony Brook, NY 11790 -
Music for a Sunday Afternoon: McCarron Brothers (& Sister)
The Long Island Museum 1200 NY-25A, Stony Brook, NY 11790
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MORNINGS@LIM: Johnny Cuomo Acoustic Concert
The Long Island Museum 1200 NY-25A, Stony Brook, NY 11790
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Summer Family Pop-Ups: Old Fashioned Fun
The Long Island Museum 1200 NY-25A, Stony Brook, NY 11790
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Art in the Garden: Sculpture Tour & Clay Workshop
The Long Island Museum 1200 NY-25A, Stony Brook, NY 11790
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Plein Air Painting
The Long Island Museum 1200 NY-25A, Stony Brook, NY 11790
9:00 am
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Stony Brook Esports Summer Camp
Stony Brook University DeVries Center
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Parks for All: Frederick Law Olmsted
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County 423 N Griffing Ave # 100, Riverhead, NY 11901
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Vevox for Educators: Getting Started with Vevox
Stony Brook University Online
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Seawolves Social Hour: Huntington →
Stony Brook University 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794
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Sunset Concert - Cole Fortier →
Port Jefferson Village, NY Calendar, 101 East Broadway, Port Jefferson
6:30 pm
Wednesday July 29
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🗞 Nearby News
Stony Brook University
- About (stonybrook.edu)
- Stony Brook Students Build Journalism Careers Through SUNY Local News Internships (stonybrook.edu)
- Disenrolled Howard University students can apply to SUNY, CUNY schools, get $800 credit (newsday.com)
Lake Grove
- 7th Street Burger bringing first Suffolk County location to Lake Grove (greaterlongisland.com)
Smithtown
- Civil War Captain Who Fought At Gettysburg Honored In Nesconset (patch.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: ‘Ell if I know. (Thank you KYLE B. for sending it in!)
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