JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | SUNY Stony Brook officials unveiled the school's 2020 plan Wednesday.

Stony Brook University officials unveiled a plan Wednesday to increase student enrollment, while also creating local jobs and enhancing health care services on Long Island within the next 20 years.

The plan, presented by university president Samuel Stanley, is in response to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s “NY SUNY 2020 Challenge Grant,” a $35 million capital construction grant challenge for SUNY schools.

Dr. Stanley’s proposal includes a plan to build a new translational medical research building, hire additional faculty and staff, and launch economic development partnerships with industry in the Long Island region, according to an SBU press release.

The proposed 25,000-square-foot translational medical research building, which would be located at the Stony Brook University Medical Center campus, would focus on cancer research, advanced medical imaging and cancer care. Construction of the facility would create 4,200 construction-related jobs, SBU officials said.

The plan would also give SBU the ability to implement a stable tuition program and increase financial assistance for eligible students from families with an income of $75,000 or less, SBU officials said.

Additional revenue generated from the plan will allow the university to reduce its student-to-faculty ratio from 28-to-1 to 22-to-1 through the hiring of 245 faculty and 80 medical professionals, officials said.

“This plan is not just about expanded research and economic development, although it accomplishes both of those goals,” Dr. Stanley said in a statement.  “Most importantly, it’s about increasing access to a quality education at Stony Brook. Students will be able to get the classes they need to graduate on time and we will be able to open our doors to 1,500 more students over the five-year period of the plan.”

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