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2025-26 Enacted State Budget Analysis

Dear Colleagues, Attached is UUP’s analysis of the 2025-26 Enacted State Budget. In summary, once again, our advocacy was successful in getting a significant increase in funding for SUNY.  Hopefully this will cushion the blow that almost certainly will be...

Impact of Federal Threats Analysis

From: Fred KowalDate: May 8, 2025 at 3:28:14 PM EDT Subject: Impact of Federal Threats Analysis Dear Chapter Presidents, Attached is a document that outlines the impacts of Federal cuts and related attacks on New York.  Thank you to UUP’s...

Stand Up For SUNY; Kowal to King

April 24, 2025 As you know, the attacks on our work and our values from the Trump Regime has been unrelenting. A statement has been crafted by James Davis, President of PSC/CUNY, Roberta Elins President of UCE of FIT, and …

Department Spotlight

Kayla Ortiz Burgos, is a senior, majoring in Social Work at Stony Brook. She is working on a Social Work internship in the Mechanical Engineering department under the supervision of SBU social work alum and MEC Graduate Program Coordinator, Graceanne …

Member Spotlight

Neisha Terry Young, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of English Education at Stony Brook University and the Director of the VocalizED Identity Crafting and Exploration (VOICE) Research Lab, where she focuses on amplifying the authentic narratives of immigrants utilizing...

A Message from the Chapters Diversity Officer

“Black History Month originated as “Negro History Week” in 1926, created by historian Carter G. Woodson to highlight the achievements of Black Americans, and was officially designated as a full month in February by President Gerald Ford in 1976; the...

Trump Administration Actions/UUP Response

From: Fred Kowal <fkowal@uupmail.org>Date: Fri, Feb 7, 2025 at 10:59 AMSubject: Trump Administration Actions/UUP ResponseTo: Fred Kowal <fkowal@uupmail.org> Dear Colleagues: The message below was sent to Chapter Presidents yesterday.  Over...