Stony Brook was ranked 77th, its highest-ever placement, as well as the first time that Stony Brook held sole possession of the highest-ranked public university in New York. It advanced to 58th the following year.
In April 2023, Stony Brook University was selected as the anchor institution for a new $700 million, 172-acre climate change research and education hub on Governors Island in New York City, set to open in 2028. Two months later, the university received a $500 million unrestricted gift from the Simons Foundation, the second-largest gift to a public university in U.S. history. McInnis stepped down in May 2024 to become the president at Yale University, and former Rutgers president Richard L. McCormick was named interim president. In February 2025, Princeton dean of engineering and applied science Andrea Goldsmith was named SBU's seventh president.
== Campuses ==
=== Main campus ===
The main campus is in the area of the historic North Shore hamlet of Stony Brook near the geographic midpoint of Long …
