Join Us for Stony Brook University's Investiture Ceremony October 24
October 2, 2025
Dear Stony Brook Community:
On Friday, October 24, as part of Homecoming Weekend, Stony Brook University will host its annual Investiture Ceremony to recognize our endowed faculty who represent academic and research excellence. This program also pays tribute to our extraordinary donors whose generosity supports these eminent scholars and enables Stony Brook to continually advance its rich, groundbreaking intellectual community. The event will include a keynote address by Ellen K. Pikitch, PhD, Endowed Professor of Ocean Conservation Science.
I hope you will join us in this interdisciplinary celebration of our faculty in recognition of their outstanding research and scholarship, including:
GÁBOR BALÁZSI, PHD
Henry Laufer Endowed Professor of Physical and Quantitative Biology
RABIH CHAER, MD
Dr. John J. Ricotta Endowed Professor in Vascular Surgery
JUAN CARLOS CONESA, PHD
Endowed Chair for Applied Economics and Public Policy
SUSAN HEDAYATI, MD, MS
Lina Obeid Chair in Biomedical Research
PETER IGARASHI, MD
Knapp Endowed Dean of the Renaissance School of Medicine
MIHAI MANEA, PHD
Endowed Professor for the Department of Economics
SHARON NACHMAN, MD
Knapp Endowed Chair in Pediatrics
LAV VARSHNEY, PHD
Della Pietra Infinity Chair
JOE VERGHESE, MD, MS, FRCPI
Endowed Chair of Neurology
SIMOS ZENIOS, PHD
Peter V. Tsantes Professor in Greek Literature and Language
Please click here to RSVP by October 17.
We look forward to celebrating these outstanding faculty with you at this signature university-wide event honoring academic and research innovation.
Andrea Goldsmith
President