Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives (DI3)

Stony Brook is a dynamic community that respects and values the broad range of backgrounds, viewpoints and experiences of our students, faculty, staff and clinicians. Stony Brook’s leadership as a top university for social mobility is rooted in its full commitment to the core values of community, excellence, collaboration, equal opportunity and innovation.

Vision: To provide every Seawolf, regardless of their background, the resources they need to innovate and achieve excellence in education, research, health care, economic and cultural development, and social mobility.

Values: Leadership and Teamwork, Respect and Civility, Resource Stewardship, Access and Opportunity, and Collaboration and Partnerships

Mission: The University has a five-part mission:

• to provide comprehensive undergraduate, graduate, and professional education of the highest quality;
• to carry out research and intellectual endeavors of the highest international standards that advance knowledge and have immediate or long-range practical significance;
• to provide leadership for economic growth, technology, and culture for neighboring communities and the wider geographic region;
• to provide state-of-the-art innovative health care, while serving as a resource to a regional healthcare network and to the traditionally underserved;
• to fulfill these objectives while celebrating diversity and positioning the University in the global community.
  
  

The Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives (DI3) has the responsibility for developing and sustaining programs, policies and initiatives that serve to create a welcoming environment for all students, staff, faculty, clinicians and administrators. DI3 sponsors initiatives and provides resources for addressing issues of equal opportunity and fairness both within the Stony Brook University and Stony Brook University Hospital community and in relationship with the Long Island community and beyond.  

This includes:

• Expanding educational, research, healthcare and other efforts to ensure that everyone has the ability to thrive as members of the campus community and as global citizens;
• Supporting the development of a campus climate that promotes civil discourse and collaboration so that members of the community can achieve their individual and collective goals; and
• Establishing a culture of accountability and assessment around initiatives and policies.