Campus of Stony Brook University

Businessman and philanthropist Ward Melville donated 482 acres of land to the Three Village area for a college campus that he envisioned as "Old World" and "pastoral".

[13] It is located toward the eastern end of the Academic Mall and houses over two million volumes, ranging from government documents to music and film collections.

[17] It used to be the home of Stony Brook's college radio station WUSB as well as University Café, the last-standing bar on campus.

[16][19] The new Union building is three stories tall, takes up 170,000 square feet and bears modernist and neoclassical architectural styles, with brick, stone, metal and glass finishes.

It opened in 2010 following a $60 million donation by multi-billionaire Jim Simons, the former chairman of the math department at Stony Brook University and the founder of hedge fund Renaissance Technologies.

[27] The university said that the mission of the Simons Center was “to bring together mathematicians, in particular geometers, and theoretical physicists, to inform and learn from each other, and to work on problems of common interest in order to transform each discipline.”[28] The building stands six stories tall, occupies 39,000 square feet and cost $30 million to construct.

The center is 120,000 square feet and houses a theater, teleconferencing and lecture halls, galleries, a chapel, multi-use space and pools, gardens, atriums and courtyards for casual gatherings.

[40] The building is made of brick and white translucent glass panels designed to symbolize rice paper, which were used for windows in ancient Asian architecture.

[50] It opened in 2013 and was named after Robert J. Frey, a professor at Stony Brook and a former managing director at Renaissance Technologies, in recognition of his family foundation's gifts to the university.

"[53] Harriman Hall houses the Innovation Lab, which is partnered with iCREATE (formerly the Research and Technologies Department) and allows students to use machines for laser cutting, 3D printing, digital design, fabrication and sewing.

Designed by sculpture Helaman Ferguson and commissioned by Jim Simons, the Umbilic Torus is a mathematically inspired three-dimensional ring with only one edge that wraps around three times.

According to former Stony Brook University president Samuel L. Stanley, "the Umbilic Torus provides an elegant gateway to the nearby Simons Center for Geometry and Physics on one side, and from the other direction frames an entrance to the academic mall.

[70] 27,000 square feet of the building is dedicated to research lab space, which are specialized for Digital Media, Light Dome, Sound Booth, Virtual Reality, and Wireless Sensor, among others.

"[72] The building's brick and cedar cladding is said to be in harmony with Stony Brook's "woodland setting", and the atrium spans three floors with common spaces, walkways and bridges.

It opened in 2011 and is named after Stony Brook alumnus Joe Nathan, a six-time MLB All-Star and Minnesota Twins Hall of Famer who donated $500,000 for extensive renovations of the old facility.

[86] It hosted the 2011 and 2012 America East Conference baseball tournament, which Stony Brook won in 2012 to set up their Cinderella run to the 2012 College World Series.

Pritchard Gymnasium was the site of many historical concerts at Stony Brook University, with musicians and bands such as Jimi Hendrix, The Clash, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Notorious B.I.G.

The University Pool re-opened in 2017 following years of renovations that began in 2015, and it is the home venue for Stony Brook's swimming and diving team.

It has a computer lab, a study hall, a career resource/library area and several private tutor rooms for student-athletes, as well as administrative offices for the academic advising staff.

[99] It was dedicated to Walter J. Hawrys in 2014, whose South Shore Brick Masons company built numerous buildings on the Stony Brook campus.

[100] Its design was praised for its "cohesive theme of horizontally and vertically stacked red, gray, gray-black and black panels appearing in everything from day lockers to glazing.

"[101] Stony Brook University is the largest residential public school in the state of New York, with nearly 10,000 students choosing to live on campus.

Along with Kelly Community, it was the result of a $7.5 million allotment from then-New York governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1967 for a residential college complex to be completed within the next two years.

Stage XII was renamed to Eleanor Roosevelt Quad in 1987 due to "the relationship of her United Nations work to the current development of an international studies minor in Keller Residential College.

The halls provide 604 beds, split into 104 suite-style apartments featuring a living room, bathroom and three double bedrooms.

[145] Construction on the hospital began in 1976, designed by Chicago architect Bertrand Goldberg, which stands 334 feet tall and is enveloped by multi-level glass buildings.

[149] The Medical and Research Translation (MART) building, located on Lauterbur Drive, is the home of the Stony Brook University Cancer Center.

[158][159] Stony Brook University acquired the Research and Development Park in 2005 from the Gyrodyne Company of America through eminent domain.

[160] Prominent Long Island leaders plan on filling the Research and Development Park with eleven buildings to "spark the region’s economy and fortify the eastern end of a 65-mile 'high-tech highway.

[169] The university also provides campus-operated "SBU Transit" shuttle buses, which connects Stony Brook's West, East and South campuses.