Division of Information Technology

SOLAR is Stony Brook University’s enterprise-wide, self-service system which provides faculty, staff, and students with online access to manage personal information. Using SOLAR, you can access class rosters, set your NetID password, maintain your SB Alert information and more. Your SOLAR ID is a 9-digit number that will be provided to you during the orientation process. Your initial SOLAR ID password is your birthday in MMDDYY format.

Use your NetID/NetID password to sign into most every other computer system/resource (e.g., Google, Brightspace). Every active employee, student, and faculty member is assigned a NetID, and you can get started by setting up your NetID password using the Password Reset Tool.

Duo Two-Step Login protects your account, even if your password is stolen. Two-step login means that after you enter your password to log in, you are then prompted to approve this login from a device, like your smartphone.

You can use your Faculty Profile to update and review contact and personal information, courses taught, research proposals submitted, grants received, scholarly work, University and professional service, student mentorship, positions held at the University and honors and awards received.

Zoom is a video and audio conferencing tool with easy collaboration, chat, screen sharing, recording and more across mobile devices, desktops, and telephones. Log in with your NetID and NetID password.

IRBNet is a web-based system for the administration and management of human subjects, animal use, stem cell and biosafety study protocols.

Stony Brook University subscribes to hundreds of publications, journals, and online databases, such as Academic Search Complete, JSTOR, Web of Science, Ebscohost, IEEE Xplore, Project MUSE, ScienceDirect, and more.

To get started, visit the Stony Brook Libraries website.

Stony Brook University has subscribed to the Qualtrics hosted survey and research tool in order to help students, faculty and staff conduct quality surveys. It is available to all students, faculty and staff who have an active NetID. Sign in with your NetID at stonybrook.edu/qualtrics. Your account will be created in Qualtrics the first time you sign in.

IITG is a competitive grants program available each spring to SUNY faculty and support staff across all disciplines. IITG encourages the development of educational innovations that meet the Power of SUNY’s transformative vision. Grant recipients will openly share project outcomes in the SUNY Learning Commons, enabling SUNY colleagues to replicate and build on their work. There are three award tiers. Themes include assessment, digital literacy, e-portfolios, e-textbooks, faculty support, gaming and simulation, mobile apps and devices, online and global learning, open education resources, STEM and student support.

Stony Brook University is committed to upholding U.S. copyright law. As an Online Service Provider under the meaning of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), it is the responsibility of all users of Stony Brook’s information technology resources to know and understand relevant laws and policies that govern usage. Stony Brook has a helpful website that acts as a reference guide to educate students, faculty, and staff about the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted digital material, including unauthorized peer-to-peer file sharing, as well as other intellectual property issues.

• Use Google Drive to collaborate with students.
• Require electronic submission of assignments.
• Discourage your students from downloading and printing PowerPoint slides.

• Choose multi-function printers that can be shared between several employees within a department or office, rather than individual printers.
• Challenge outdated, paper-based business procedures by moving them into electronic formats.
• Store and share documents in Google Drive rather than printing them. 
• Before printing a document, ask yourself whether it’s essential to have a hard copy.