President McInnis Makes LIBN List of Most Influential Long Islanders

Stony Brook University President Maurie McInnis was named by Long Island Business News as one of the “60 Most Influential Long Islanders.”

The publication listed a number of the university’s accomplishments during McInnis’ tenure as SBU’s sixth president, including:

• Stony Brook being designated as a flagship university by Governor Hochul in 2022
• Stony Brook ranked the number one public university in the stateand its highest-ever ranking, at #58, in U.S. News & World Report 2024 America’s Best Colleges
• The City of New York and The Trust for Governors Island selecting Stony Brook as the anchor institution to develop the New York Climate Exchange on Governors Island
• The Simons Foundation’s $500 million gift to Stony Brook University, the largest unrestricted endowment gift to a higher education institution in U.S. history
• The 2021 launch of the $75 million-dollar President’s Innovation and Excellence Fund, fully supported by philanthropic gifts, to enhance externally funded research on campus
• The Stony Brook Simons STEM Scholars Program, which will improve pathways to STEM careers and doctoral degrees for underrepresented students

Read the complete list of influential Long Islanders at LIBN.