After two years at Warwick, McDuff resigned her tenured post there and accepted an untenured post at the State University of New York at Stony Brook so that she could be close to Milnor . McDuff wrote:
Pagkatapos ng dalawang taon sa Warwick, McDuff tutol ang kanyang mga tenured-post doon at tinanggap ng isang untenured-post sa State University of New York at Stony Brook kaya na siya ay maaaring malapit sa Milnor. McDuff wrote: