Joie Tyrrell

Long Island

Education Reporter at Newsday

Education reporter @Newsday, and native Long Islander, covering schools on Long Island. Retweets r not endorsements. Tips, story ideas: [email protected]

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Hofstra University's Zucker medical school gets $3 million for endowed deanship

Oct 7, 2024 | newsday.com | Joie Tyrrell

Hofstra University's Zucker School of Medicine has received a $3 million gift from a local global technology firm to establish an endowed deanship to support medical student scholarships. The gift from the Lake Success-based Broadridge Financial Solutions was announced Monday by the firm along with Northwell Health and Hofstra University. This latest gift to the medical school will establish scholarships for incoming medical students, beginning with the new class entering in 2025.
Stony Brook U to reopen dorm that had been damaged by storm

Sep 30, 2024 | newsday.com | Joie Tyrrell

One of the two Stony Brook University residence halls knocked out of service during a late August storm will reopen and welcome students Oct. 11, according to an email sent to campus residents Monday. The move means that some students who had been forced to live a triple may soon be able to have more space.
Stony Brook U sets enrollment record as 4,042 students join incoming class

Sep 23, 2024 | newsday.com | Joie Tyrrell

Stony Brook University welcomed the largest incoming class of first-year undergraduates in the school’s history with more than 4,000 students having enrolled, university officials announced Monday. That enrollment figure represents a 13% increase from last year when 4,042 students enrolled for this fall. Stony Brook received the most undergraduate applications of any State University of New York school, officials there said in a release. Transfer students also increased by 4%.
Stony Brook, Merchant Marine Academy rank highly on best colleges list

Sep 23, 2024 | newsday.com | Joie Tyrrell

Stony Brook University and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy continued to rank highly in the revamped 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best College rankings released early Tuesday while Farmingdale State College jumped into the Top 10 list of regional schools. Stony Brook University tied its ranking in the list of national schools from last year at 58 — the highest rank that the university had ever achieved.
Many LI colleges offer on-campus child care to aid student-parents

Sep 22, 2024 | newsday.com | Joie Tyrrell

As costs of child care and tuition continue to climb, on-campus day care sites offered at some Long Island colleges and universities can provide a lifeline for student-parents, according to participants and educators.
LI colleges create new dorms, but demand outstrips supply at some schools

Sep 13, 2024 | newsday.com | Joie Tyrrell

From a converted hotel in Jericho that houses more than 70 students to an academic village with gender-inclusive housing, Long Island colleges and universities have started the fall term with several new initiatives for on-campus living. But challenges remain. A handful of schools have wait lists for students who want to live on campus, including Stony Brook University, where the impact from a late August storm knocked out two dormitories.
Nassau Community College fall classes to start Tuesday under new department consolidation plan

Aug 31, 2024 | newsday.com | Joie Tyrrell

Classes for more than 11,000 Nassau Community College students start Tuesday under a consolidated leadership plan that has been legally challenged by the school’s faculty. This past year, college officials merged 21 departments during a reorganization, eliminating 15 academic chairs during the process. The school starts the fall term with six areas of study that each have a chair. College officials say the structure provides for a better management system and efficiencies.
Four things to know as thousands of students return to Long Island college campuses

Aug 24, 2024 | newsday.com | Joie Tyrrell

Thousands of college students are returning to local campuses this fall where a number of new initiatives, leaders and facilities have become part of the higher-education landscape. There are two new leaders at local schools, as well as new residence halls and programs. An astronomy dome with Nassau County's most precise telescope will make its debut at Hofstra University. Students at New York Institute of Technology will live in a newly renovated residence hall.
NCCC to have food vendor in place when classes start for the fall

Aug 20, 2024 | newsday.com | Joie Tyrrell

After having to scramble to use food trucks to serve students and staff in the spring when an on-campus dining provider abruptly left, Nassau County Community College will have a food vendor that will be in place when classes open Sept. 3. The prior food vendor on campus had pulled out of its contract in April, leading to the closure of food and dining services on the campus as well as a Starbucks.
Storm floods dorms, prompts move-in day delay at Stony Brook University

Aug 19, 2024 | newsday.com | Bart Jones |Joie Tyrrell

The overnight thunderstorm that saved its worst for Suffolk County also forced Stony Brook University to evacuate scores of students from dorms and postpone the move-in day of others. University officials also were offering students up to $5,000 if they canceled their housing assignment for the academic year. It was unclear if the upheaval would cause a delay to the start of classes, scheduled for Aug. 26.