Documenting COVID-19: Stony Brook University Experiences

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  Oral history interview with Dr. Rick Gatteau

  Dr. Rick Gatteau is the Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students at Stony Brook University. In this interview he describes the many decisions that needed to be made in student affairs and on campus as COVID broke, including the closing of the dorms and providing material and social support for students afterwards. He discusses his own experiences at home in lockdown and the subsequent atmosphere on campus as more students returned in fall 2020.
  Date: 2021-06-07
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  Oral history interview with Dr. Ken Kaushansky 2

  Dr. Ken Kaushansky was the senior vice president for the health sciences at Stony Brook University and dean of the School of Medicine. In this second of two interviews, he discusses how the University Hospital addressed its space and equipment needs during COVID, the changes in the number of patients, and the psychological stressors everyone experienced. He also comments on the construction of the field hospitals on the main campus and on the later days of the pandemic in Suffolk County.
  Date: 2021-04-21
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  Oral history interview with Dr. Ken Kaushansky 1

  Dr. Ken Kaushansky was the senior vice president for the health sciences at Stony Brook University and dean of the School of Medicine. In this first of two interviews, he discusses the University Hospital’s initial responses to COVID, including the early graduation of fourth-year medical students and the reassignment of surgical residents to intensive care. He also relates the challenges of acquiring supplies, the coordination and information sharing among regional hospitals and associations, and the importance of Stony Brook’s own research into treating patients with the disease. Note: this interview was ended by a broken online connection.
  Date: 2021-04-21
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  Oral history interview with Jan Lorey Jandayran

  Jan Lorey Jandayran is a senior history major who transferred to Stony Brook in fall 2019. In this interview he describes the days leading up to the closing of campus, including the challenges of communication among students, faculty, and administration. He describes the difficulties of coordinating online learning at home, the impact COVID had on his job, and navigating dating during the pandemic.
  Date: 2021-06-21
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  Oral history interview with Giulieta Stoianov

  Giulieta Stoianov is the Head of Access and User Services (AUS) at Stony Brook University Libraries and during the early months of the COVID pandemic, she oversaw many main AUS responsibilities while the director was on sabbatical. In this interview, Giulieta discusses the changes that COVID brought to circulation and other public services, and the ways that the staff interacted during home isolation and while the library kept locations open for those remaining students on campus. Giulieta also talks about her contact with family in Europe when the pandemic first broke and her experiences as a contact tracer for New York State.
  Date: 2021-04-28
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  Oral history interview with Alayna Radner

  Alayna Radner (‘24) finished her senior year of high school in Maryland during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this interview, she describes her final months of high school and how she decided to attend Stony Brook University in the fall of 2020. She also talks about moving to campus for her first year of college, the living conditions she experienced during quarantine, and how it all affected her academic and personal life.
  Date: 2021-02-17
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  Oral history interview with Xianghui Zou

  Xianghui Zou was a fourth-year medical student at the time of this interview. He describes the impact that COVID, and the School of Medicine’s reaction to it, had on his studies, including the residency interview process. A native of China, he also describes what he was learning of the virus from back home and how it was affecting his relatives and friends.
  Date: 2021-04-15
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  Oral history interview with Al Devries

  Al Devries is Director of Housing Administration within Campus Residences at Stony Brook University. In this interview he discusses the impact of COVID on his area, notably the housing of returning study abroad students at the Southampton campus, the decision to ask students to leave main campus, and the resulting logistics of maintaining a smaller population on campus as well as isolation and quarantine areas.
  Date: 2021-04-19
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  Oral History interview with Jamie Saragossi

  Jamie Saragosi is the head of the Health Sciences Library at Stony Brook University. In this interview she describes the effects of COVID on library faculty and operations. She also describes the interactions she had with medical students and clinicians during the pandemic, particularly with the transition to online teaching and consultations. In addition, she relates her experiences during home isolation and her thoughts on future library operations.
  Date: 2021-05-13
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  Link to press release for "Documenting COVID-19: Stony Brook University Experiences."

  Press release for "Documenting COVID-19: Stony Brook University Experiences."
  Date: 2021-09-09
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  Curriculum integration guide for "Documenting COVID-19: Stony Brook University Experiences."

  Curriculum integration guide for "Documenting COVID-19: Stony Brook University Experiences."
  Date: 2021-10-16
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  Link to "Documenting COVID-19: Stony Brook University Experiences."

  Link to "Documenting COVID-19: Stony Brook University Experiences," a special archive collecting initiative of Stony Brook University Libraries.
  Date: 2021-05-23
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  Link to the Coronavirus Information Center at the Long Island State Veterans Home at Stony Brook University.

  Link to the Coronavirus Information Center at the Long Island State Veterans Home at Stony Brook University.
  Date: 2021-04-15
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  Link to COVID-19 related videos on Stony Brook University's YouTube channel.

  Link to COVID-19 related videos on Stony Brook University's YouTube channel.
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  Link to COVID-19 related articles in Stony Brook University student newspaper The Stony Brook Press.

  Link to COVID-19 related articles in Stony Brook University student newspaper The Stony Brook Press.
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  Link to COVID-19 related articles in Stony Brook University student newspaper The Statesman.

  Link to COVID-19 related articles in Stony Brook University student newspaper The Statesman.
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  Keep Others Safe and Cover Your Face flyer.

  Keep Others Safe and Cover Your Face flyer. Includes instructions for "how to properly wear your mask." Text written in English and in Spanish.
  Date: 2021-01-07
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  Save our Masks coronavirus update.

  Save our Masks coronavirus update.
  Date: 2021-03-25
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  Virtual Commencement Ceremony signage.

  Virtual Commencement Ceremony signage for the December 2020 commencement ceremony.
  Date: 2020-01-11
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  COVID-19 Vaccine Information

  Stony Brook Medicine website for COVID-19 vaccine information.
  Date: 2021-06-01
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  Coming Back Safe and Strong

  In mid-March, many employees moved their work locations from various Stony Brook office settings to work remotely, in accordance with an Executive Order by the New York State Governor to foster social distancing. As we begin a phased-in approach to returning employees to their on-site workplace locations — gradually and incrementally, and with continued telework and staggered workweeks — we’ve set up this Coming Back Safe and Strong website to help guide you through the various changes as they occur. Whether you’re returning to the worksite or have been here with us all along, you’ll find critical current information, an evolving FAQ, the latest guidance on all return-to-workplace protocols, contact resources and more. Together, we will come back safe and strong.
  Date: 2021-06-01
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  Stony Brook University COVID-19 Dashboard

  Stony Brook University’s COVID-19 Dashboard provides information about the incidence of COVID in the local area and on campus as well as information about the University’s capacity to respond to potential outbreaks and the University’s adjustments to minimize the spread of the disease. For individuals navigating this dashboard with a screen reader, navigate to a chart and use the view data option (control, shift, enter) to export a data table.
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  100,000th Vaccine Delivered; "Vaccinate New York" signage.

  100,000th Vaccine Delivered; "Vaccinate New York" signage.
  Date: 2021-03-24
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  What is Contract Tracing? signage.

  What is Contract Tracing? signage. Graphic includes illustration explaining, "How does contract tracing work?"
  Date: 2020-10-22
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  Make Your Voice Count signage.

  Make Your Voice Count signage. Text states, "Take the LGBTQ + Health Needs Survey. Help shape the future of healthcare and support services for the LGBTQ+ population on Long Island." The two people featured on the sign are wearing medical masks.
  Date: 2021-03-30
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  Provost Virtual Lecture Series announcement.

  Provost Virtual Lecture Series announcement.
  Date: 2021-01-11
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  Oral history interview with Megan Cosgrove

  Megan Cosgrove is a medical student specializing in neurosurgery and set to graduate in 2021. In this interview, she relates how the pandemic affected her and her fellow medical students. She discusses her work as a Senator for the Class of 2020, liaising between students and administration, as well as a range of experiences including doing rotations and conducting virtual interviews for her residency.
  Date: 2021-03-05
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  Oral history interview with Marie Turchiano

  Marie Turchiano is Director of Recreation and Wellness at Stony Brook University. In this interview she discusses the activities of her department during the pandemic, their adaptation of activities to the online environment, and how they worked to engage students. She also relates how COVID affected communications within the office and how it affected her life outside of Stony Brook.
  Date: 2021-02-22
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  Oral history interview with Peter Tonge

  Dr. Peter Tonge is a distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry. In this interview, he relates the challenges that the department faced in continuing to teach chemistry, particularly regarding the use of labs. He also discusses his and colleagues’ efforts to create hand sanitizer for university hospital workers, as well as the impact of COVID-19 on students in chemistry.
  Date: 2021-03-04
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  Oral history interview with Ryan Kani

  Ryan Kani (‘21) is an English major who transferred to Stony Brook from Binghamton University in spring 2020. In this interview he relates his experiences with COVID, including the shift to online courses and his activities during home isolation. He also details working at Costco and interacting with the public during the early months of the pandemic.
  Date: 2021-04-06
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  My 2020 Pandemic Perspective

  Personal perspective of Lou DOnofio.
  Date: 2021-03-27
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  Dodged the Wrong Bullet

  Personal narrative of Kory Kaelin.
  Date: 2021-03-19
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  Diary Entry

  Personal narrative of Yuchen Zhang written during early morning of March 13, 2021. This is written by myself as a diary entry in commemoration of one year anniversary of my last day of high school on March 13, 2020.
  Date: 2021-03-13
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  Oral history interview with Jason Macagnone

  Jason Macagnone is a Service Desk Agent in the Department of Information Technology (DoIT) at Stony Brook. In this interview, he relates his experiences contracting COVID-19, including receiving the diagnosis and isolating himself at home. He discusses the impact it had on himself and his family as well.
  Date: 2020-10-19
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  Oral history interview with Joan Dickinson

  Joan Dickinson is the Director of Community Relations at Stony Brook University in the Office of Government and Community Relations. In this interview, she discusses the work she undertook through her office coordinating the donations of goods and supplies that came in through students, alumni, outside organizations and the public. She also describes how those donations were processed and distributed, particularly to hospital workers, during the pandemic.
  Date: 2020-12-08
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  Oral history interview with Judith Greiman

  Judith Greiman is the Chief Deputy to the President and the Senior Vice President for Government and Community Relations. In this interview, she details her activities as one of the leaders of Stony Brook’s response to the pandemic. She discusses the initial challenges of events like the Stony Brook Gala, the work of the hospital to increase patient capacity and find PPE, and the management of donations from the public and community. She also covers working with the governor’s office and other outside agencies on projects such as the creation of field hospitals and the drive-through testing site at Stony Brook.
  Date: 2020-12-02
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  Oral history interview with Lawrence Zacarese

  Lawrence “Larry” Zacarese is the Interim Chief of Police and Assistant Vice President for Campus Safety and the Senior Operations Director for Institutional Resiliency and Business Continuity. In this interview he discusses the steps taken to address COVID-19 at Stony Brook in early spring of 2020, including the isolation of SUNY study abroad students at the Southampton campus and working with local, state and federal agencies, particularly on the establishment of a field hospital on West Campus. He also describes his experience in the emergency management field and how that informed his reactions to the pandemic.
  Date: 2020-11-10
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  Oral history interview with Eduardo Diaz

  Eduardo Diaz is the Interim Director for Residential Education and Community Standards at Stony Brook University. In this interview, he discusses his role overseeing graduate and upperclass housing areas on the main campus as well as the challenges faced in implementing the campus shutdown in spring 2020. He also describes what living on campus was like during the shutdown and the challenges of operating housing in fall 2020.
  Date: 2020-11-23
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  Oral history interview with Dr. Silvia Spitzer

  Dr. Silvia Spitzer is the head of the Molecular Diagnostics Lab at Stony Brook University Hospital. In this interview, she describes the operations of the lab before and during the pandemic. She discusses the challenges involved with testing in the early stages of the disease as well as the issues the lab faced with staffing and supplies as well as working with outside agencies.
  Date: 2020-11-04
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  In Doubt of the Past

  My feeling during COVID-19 in remote learning, in contrast of the past year in which I met Tim Cook, and really enjoyed my life.
  Date: 2020-11-12
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  Changes for Academia During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Research paper on how and why colleges need to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizes results of a student poll and three interviews with Stony Brook professors (Brian Colle, Kathleen Fallon, Patricia Medved), November 2020, written by Alayna Radner for WRT 102.
  Date: 2020-11-19
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  Marvelous Adventures of a Gen-Zer During a Pandemic,The

  My journey as a student during quarantine and online classes.
  Date: 2020-05-22
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  Reflections of an anesthesiologist from the front lines.

  An article by Dr. Tazeen Beg written between runs around the hospital intubating COVID patients that describes feelings and perspective on the pandemic.
  Date: 2020-04-28
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  Oral history interview with David Ecker

  Dave Ecker is the Director of iCreate at Stony Brook University. In this interview, he discusses the activities of iCreate during the pandemic, particularly their effort to design and mass-produce face shields for the Stony Brook University Hospital. He describes his collaboration with local public libraries as well as the impact of the pandemic on the operations of iCreate, on the students he works with, and on his home life.
  Date: 2020-10-23
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  Oral history interview with Valentina Marzulli

  Valentina Marzulli is a psychology major and was a sophomore and on-campus resident at the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this interview, she describes her experiences in Langmuir Hall as students were ordered to leave. She also discusses her life at home in Queens during isolation, the transition to all-online classes, and how she kept in contact with her friends and the university.
  Date: 2020-11-06
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  Oral history interview with Dr. Shyam Sharma

  Dr. Shyam Sharma is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric. In this interview he describes his experiences in preparing for and moving to online teaching during the pandemic. He recounts his interactions with students and his collaborations within his department as well as with other Stony Brook faculty and with instructors in South Asia. He also discusses his routines during home isolation. Session 1 of 1.
  Date: 2020-10-25
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  Oral history interview with Tobias Bischof

  Tobias Bischof is the head coach of the Stony Brook University women’s soccer team. In this interview, he describes how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the team, including ways they were able to keep connected during self-quarantine and how the athletes kept up with their training. He also discusses his home life and isolation, including the birth of his daughter in April 2020. Session 1 of 1.
  Date: 2020-10-07
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  Travel and Home Life in the year of COVID

  A written narrative about travel and home life in the year of COVID.
  Date: 2020-09-10