Stony Brook Southampton

Stony Brook Southampton is a campus location of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, located in Southampton, New York between the Shinnecock Indian Reservation and Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on the eastern end of Long Island. The campus features an innovative curriculum devoted to issues of sustainability and the environment. As one of the nation's first, and New York's only, college solely dedicated to sustainability and a fully "green" campus, students also learned sustainability concepts in their daily lives on campus. The college's unique, cutting-edge programs attracted students from all over the nation and enrollment for Fall 2010 saw a 54% increase, with a total of 800 students registered. The college was on track to soon reach its full capacity of over 2,000 students and was thriving. Astonishingly, in April 2010, the new president of Stony Brook University abruptly announced his decision to shut down the branch, due to major budget cuts received from the New York state and the need for better targeting of funds. The academica programs and students were relocated to the main campus. Six undergraduate students and a non-profit community group filed a lawsuit in NY State Supreme Court to block the closure of the college. On August 30, 2010, the judge decided in the students' favor. The Court ruled that the university violated regulations and improperly closed the campus. The final verdict on the restoration of the college to full operations for the Spring 2011 semester is pending.

Stony Brook Southampton is Stony Brook University’s newest campus location, and opened with its first class of around 200 students in August 2007. Located on 82 acres (330,000 m2) seaside on the East End of Long Island, N.Y., Stony Brook Southampton’s interdisciplinary academic programs focus on issues of ecological sustainability, with undergraduate majors in Environmental Studies, Marine Sciences, Marine Vertebrate Biology, Ecosystems and Human Impact, Environmental Design, Policy and Planning and Sustainability Studies. A minor in Business Management with a focus on environmental sustainability is also offered through Stony Brook University's College of Business, and a five-year Fast Track BA/BS-MBA program is also offered in partnership with the College of Business. Students may apply for undergraduate programs online using either the SUNY Application or the Common Application.

The Stony Brook Southampton campus is also home to a nationally recognized graduate program in Creative Writing and Literature, Stony Brook’s Center for Wine, Food and Culture, the Pollock-Krasner Library and the nearby Pollock-Krasner House, the Avram Theater, and the three-decades-old Summer Writers Conference, which annually attracts many of the country’s literary stars. In 2008, the Writers Conference expanded to include a Children's Literature Conference and a Screenwriting Conference.