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Climate Change Proves Deadly for Northern Bay Scallops

Study Reveals Summer Heatwaves and Low Dissolved Oxygen Contributed to Fishery Collapse A new study by Stony Brook University researchers published in Global Change Biology demonstrates that warming waters and heat...

January 19, 2023

6 min read

Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research School of Medicine University

What We Eat Early in Life Influences Our Adult Food Preferences

A new study by Stony Brook University researchers shows that there is a strong relationship between what we eat early in life, as babies or young children, and food preferences in adults. The research, published in...

January 12, 2023

5 min read

College of Arts & Sciences News Highlights Research Sustainability University

Study Warns Mammalian Evolution in Madagascar Is Under Threat

A new study by a team of international scientists including Liliana M. Dávalos, professor of conservation biology from Stony Brook University’s Department of Ecology and Evolution, reveals that it would take 3 million...

January 11, 2023

4 min read

COVID-19 Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research School of Communication and Journalism University

Ruobing Li Receives Pfizer Grant for COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Research

SoCJ Assistant Professor Ruobing Li Ruobing Li, an assistant professor of mass communication at the School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ), recently received a $100,000 grant from Pfizer to research COVID-19...

January 11, 2023

3 min read

Events News Highlights Research University

Engaging Research at the 2022 SBU Postdoc Spotlight

A full house cheered 10 Stony Brook University postdoctoral scholars at the SBU Postdoc Spotlight, which was held in person — for the first time since before the pandemic — November 17 at the Charles B. Wang Center...

January 10, 2023

4 min read

College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Featured Story Research University

SBU Faculty Working to Make Data Centers Sustainable

Recent studies estimate that data centers — which house thousands of computing servers and equipment — are responsible for about 2 percent of total greenhouse emissions, equivalent to the emissions of the entire airline...

January 6, 2023

3 min read

College of Arts & Sciences Research Student Spotlight University

SBU Undergrad Gains Research Experience in Plant Biotechnology Field

Matthew Venezia ’23 — the URECA Researcher of the Month for January — is a senior majoring in biology with a minor in writing and rhetoric whose deep interest in plant biology and biotechnology was sparked early on as a...

January 3, 2023

2 min read

College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Featured Story Research Sustainability University

Using Biomass Waste to Create Low-Cost, Sustainable Fertilizer

Innovative Research Supported by NSF Could Lead to More Sustainable Agricultural Practices Imagine being able to develop a low-cost and sustainable fertilizer that improves the production of crops and plant growth by...

December 23, 2022

3 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research STEM University

Cano and Global Team of Physicists Demo Method for Designing Topological Metals

Jennifer Cano, an assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics and Astronomy, was part of a team of U.S. and European physicists that has demonstrated a new method for predicting whether...

December 6, 2022

3 min read

College of Arts & Sciences Research Student Spotlight University

SBU Senior Participates in Research Throughout Undergrad Education

Nadine Areikat ’23 — the URECA Researcher of the Month for December — is double majoring in biology and psychology and is completing her biology honors thesis on “Characterization of Apoptosis During Murine Fracture...

December 1, 2022

2 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research STEM University

Alan Alda and Irina Petrushina Honored by New York Academy of Sciences at Annual Gala

Alan Alda and Irina Petrushina were both honored by the New York Academy of Sciences at its 2022 Gala, held November 14 at Cipriani 25 Broadway in New York City. Alda was given the Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award...

November 30, 2022

2 min read

Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Research SoMAS STEM University

Reality Deck Helps Researchers Visualize and Predict Storm Surge Emergencies

The storm now known as Hurricane Sandy developed in the western Caribbean Sea on October 22, 2012, and quickly intensified. After wreaking havoc on Jamaica, Cuba, the Bahamas, Hispaniola and Bermuda, it moved north in...

November 30, 2022

6 min read

Long Island Research STEM University

SBU Awarded $6.5M Grant to Build a New Quantum Internet Test Bed

Governor Hochul Announced $46.5 Million in Grants from Long Island Investment Fund for Three Regional Projects Stony Brook University has been awarded a $6.5 million grant from the Long Island Investment Fund to...

November 29, 2022

4 min read

News Highlights Research School of Medicine University

Renaissance School of Medicine Joins Regional Medical School Consortium

The Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University will be part of a new medical school consortium in the New York metro region to train young scientists in kidney, urology and hematology research — crucial...

November 22, 2022

2 min read

College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty/Staff Research STEM University

Researchers’ App to Increase Quality of Life for ALS Patients

Patients suffering from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, more commonly known as ALS, experience limited mobility and communication, leading to less personal freedom and a lower quality of life. However, two Stony Brook...

November 21, 2022

5 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences COVID-19 Medicine Research School of Medicine University Wellness

Study Shows Pandemic Was Especially Stressful for Pregnant Women

A study that assessed stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms in pregnant women from seven Western countries during the first major wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (April 17 to May 31, 2020) shows that stress from fears...

November 16, 2022

4 min read

On Campus Research University

SBU’s Ookami Supercomputer Joins NSF ACCESS Program

Stony Brook’s Ookami supercomputer testbed, located in the Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS), recently became part of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) ACCESS (Advanced Cyberinfrastructure...

November 16, 2022

3 min read

Faculty/Staff Global News Highlights Research SoMAS Sustainability University

Marine Scientists Urge Preservation of Egypt’s Coral Reefs

Marine Scientists’ Letter in Science Journal Urges Preservation of One of the Last Coral Refuges An international group of marine scientists led by Karine Kleinhaus from Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and...

November 10, 2022

3 min read

Category: Research

Climate Change Proves Deadly for Northern Bay Scallops

What We Eat Early in Life Influences Our Adult Food Preferences

Study Warns Mammalian Evolution in Madagascar Is Under Threat

Ruobing Li Receives Pfizer Grant for COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Research

Engaging Research at the 2022 SBU Postdoc Spotlight

SBU Faculty Working to Make Data Centers Sustainable

SBU Undergrad Gains Research Experience in Plant Biotechnology Field

Using Biomass Waste to Create Low-Cost, Sustainable Fertilizer

Cano and Global Team of Physicists Demo Method for Designing Topological Metals

SBU Senior Participates in Research Throughout Undergrad Education

Alan Alda and Irina Petrushina Honored by New York Academy of Sciences at Annual Gala

Reality Deck Helps Researchers Visualize and Predict Storm Surge Emergencies

SBU Awarded $6.5M Grant to Build a New Quantum Internet Test Bed

Renaissance School of Medicine Joins Regional Medical School Consortium

Researchers’ App to Increase Quality of Life for ALS Patients

Study Shows Pandemic Was Especially Stressful for Pregnant Women

SBU’s Ookami Supercomputer Joins NSF ACCESS Program

Marine Scientists Urge Preservation of Egypt’s Coral Reefs

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