Because light pollution — house lights, streetlights, car headlights, holiday lights — will all impede a viewer’s ability to see those meteors and meteorites streaking across the night skies, said Stony Brook University...
Do You Know What Your Non-HDL Cholesterol Is?
When you hear people talking about cholesterol, you likely hear them refer to two types: LDL (the “bad” type of cholesterol) and HDL (the “good” type). Knowing these numbers may give you some insight into your heart...
With flu cases on the rise and combined with surge in COVID and RSV, doctors say no time better than now to get vaccinated
“We have really excellent data that clearly indicate that moms who don’t get vaccinated have a much higher chance of getting sicker or possibly miscarrying from influenza,” said Dr. Mary Koslap...
Amateur soccer players show changes in brain structure, study finds
Stony Brook Medicine vascular neurologist Dr. Lauren DeNiro said longer studies following more athletes could be valuable. “The question is, are these effects permanent, or is it something that’s reversible?” she said...
Stony Brook freshman brings fire safety tips to family in Bangladesh
A Stony Brook University student is taking fire safety lessons she learned on campus to make a difference in her home country. Samiha Khan, a freshman at the college, says fire safety is not seriously taught in...
Stony Brook University student scores $100G in football tosses for tuition
An 18-year-old Stony Brook University student won $100,000 to spend on his education after tossing the most footballs into a bin during a halftime competition at Friday’s Pac-12 Championship game. Mohamed Adam, a...
Building boom on LI campuses focusing on health care, STEM programs
The building represents the latest in a string of multimillion dollar capital projects at Long Island’s universities and colleges, ranging from a more than $21 million facility at Suffolk County Community College with a...
No. 839: All Bark And Plenty Of Bite, With Interscholastic PhDs, Fake Movies And Real Offshore-Wind Progress
Baby, it’s hot outside: Don’t be fooled by this week’s frigid winter preview – the globe is warming, extreme heat events are increasing and Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences is on the...
Governors Island ferry soon to be electrified with help of $7.5 million federal grant
The zero-emission ferry service is just the latest effort to use Governors Island as a hub for fighting climate change. In April, Adams announced plans for a $700 million campus, which will take over 400,000 square feet...
Drivetime: World AIDS Day & HIV prevention
Dr. Sharon Nachman, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, joined Drive Time with Michael Wallace to talk about HIV prevention.
Creating charitable giving strategies that make an impact (Dr. Stephen Post featured @ 33:06 – 43:54)
Then, Jean speaks with Dr. Stephen Post, professor of family, population and preventive medicine and founding director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics at Stony Brook University...
How To Prevent Holiday Heart Syndrome (Yes, It’s A Thing)
You know sleep is important, but it can be harder to come by than usual during the holidays. Increased stress, a disrupted routine due to travel or social events, overstimulation, and financial worries can all keep you...
On World AIDS Day, calls for more people to take anti-HIV drug PrEP
When Dr. Sharon Nachman treats teenagers or young adults, she often asks about their sexual health and whether they would consider a medication that can vastly improve the chances of avoiding an HIV infection. It’s a...
Using Latest Simulation Technologies to Predict Extreme Heat Events
A team of researchers from Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) has been awarded a three-year $500,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to use...
PhDs Without Borders In New Engineering Consortium
A new multi-college agreement will see New York Institute of Technology and Stony Brook University engineering students attending classes at top Northeast schools including Princeton, Columbia and New York University.
Carl Safina Author – Alfie & Me: What owls know, What humans believe.
Returning for the third time to “Digging in the Dirt” is my guest Dr. Carl Safina the endowed chair for Nature and Humanity at Stony Brook University and a MacArthur “genius fellowship” award winning ecologist and...
Stony Brook Medicine hosts Black Men in White Coats youth summit
Stony Brook University’s Renaissance School of Medicine, along with the university’s Black Men in White Coats chapter, recently hosted its first youth summit, officials said Wednesday. The Nov. 16 event drew more than...
Stony Brook University’s creative writing program hosts open house at Southampton campus next week
Next week, Stony Brook University’s Southampton campus will host a creative writing open house and student/faculty reading, happening in person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. Slated for Wednesday...
Liz Popwell, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at Stony Brook Medicine
Liz Popwell, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at Stony Brook Medicine joins the podcast to discuss her background, top priorities right now, how her organization will evolve over the next couple years, and one...
Women, more than men, suffer from long COVID, according to survey
At the Stony Brook Medicine Post-COVID Clinic in Lake Grove, more than twice as many of the roughly 1,400 patients are female as are male, said Dr. Sritha Rajupet, the center’s medical director.
