The first day of Fall and some trees in the Weiskotten Hall courtyard are aleady dressed in their autumn finest.

Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone, in town last week for a conference, poses for a photo on the Upstate campus. In a tweet that accompanied photo, Bellone remarked "we were so grateful when Upstate nurses arrived at Stony Brook to help when things were overwhelming with COVID."

DOG DAYS ARE BACK: Therapy dog HARLEY, makes a return visit to the Upstate Cancer Center, where he gets well wishes from Linda Naples and Lindsey Kuryla. The Animal Assisted Therapy Program was suspended due to COVID but return for a day to bring Harley to campus. The program is coordinated in partnership with PAWS of CNY.

New York State Mental Health Commissioner Anne M. Sullivan visited the Upstate campus Aug. 31 to meet Upstate’s mental health leaders and tour facilities. Above, Professor Robert Gregory, MD, left, who runs Upstate’s Psychiatry High Risk Program, and Upstate President Mantosh Dewan, MD, speak with Sullivan during her recent visit.

The poster session at the Biomedical Sciences Retreat, held at the Allyn Lodge in Skaneateles. The event, a key research activity, is sponsored by the College of Graduate Studies.

WHITE COAT: Incoming students in the College of Health Professions attend their White Coat Ceremony Aug. 21. Ceremonies were also held for the 2024 and 2025 classes in the College of Medicine. (The ceremony for the class of 2024 was postponed last year.)