Health Equity News

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SBU Center for Inclusive Education Celebrates Academic Milestones
The Center for Inclusive Education (CIE) hosted its annual Graduation Celebration and Pinning Ceremony on May 21, celebrating the scholars who completed academic milestones this year
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Occupational Therapy Grad Students Help Community Members Keep Rolling
According to the New York State Department of Health, 23.1 percent of adults in Suffolk County have a disability, with many of them relying on mobility devices.
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App That Predicts Fall Risk Advances in a National Start-Up Competition
Falling can be an overlooked major health risk for millions of Americans, particularly for older adults, and one that can lead to or cause reduced mobility, lack of independence and death.
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HOPE Program Celebrates Local High School Students
Seventy-seven outstanding high school students were honored by Stony Brook Medicine at the 2025 Health Occupations Partnership for Excellence (HOPE) Program Moving-Up and Graduation Ceremony on May 6 in the Bauman Center.
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Engineering with Empathy: All-Women Senior Design Team Creates 3D-Printed Vest to Help Injured Sea Turtle
At the intersection of innovation and compassion, a senior design team of three women — Polina Bragina, Molly Rubin and Anna Koulakova —
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SOLAR Program Set to Graduate Inaugural Cohort
The Social Work Opportunities for Leadership in Addiction and Recovery (SOLAR) program will graduate its inaugural cohort when the Stony Brook School of Social Welfare (SSW) hosts its annual commencement ceremony on May 20.