• Desiree Reese of Cutchogue has graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Stony Brook University, where she also made the spring dean’s list and received a Socratic Legacy Honor. She will continue her studies at SBU toward a master’s in social welfare.
• Caitlin Polistena, daughter of Deborah and Frank Polistena of Mattituck, was recently awarded an M.D. degree from New York Medical College in Valhalla. A 2007 graduate of Bowdoin College, she will move on to a residency in general surgery at Albert Einsten College of Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.
• Cara Slotkin of Laurel recently graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio.
• Christina Stankewicz of Peconic has graduated cum laude from St. Bonaventure (N.Y.) University with a bachelor’s degree in history. She will continue her studies toward a master’s degree at St. John’s University in Queens.
• The following local students were named to the spring dean’s list at Fairfield (Conn.) University: Christopher Burger of Cutchogue; Catherine Brabazon of Greenport; Laura Stakey of Laurel; Christine Angell, Abigail Gatz and Nicole Murphy of Mattituck; and Abigail Abrams and Sara Abrams of Southold.
• Dylan Hahn, son of Donna and David Hahn of Mattituck, was named to the spring semester dean’s list at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., where he is a freshman civil engineering major.
• John Dunne of Southold has graduated with distinction from SUNY/Maritime College with a bachelor’s degree in marine transportation and a U.S. Coast Guard third mate’s license-unlimited tonnage. He has been commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy and will report for naval aviator training in Pensacola, Fla., in October.
• Jonathan Borowy of Mattituck has been named to the spring semester dean’s list at SUNY/Brockport.