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For Carolyn Hall ’09, Mixing Science and the Arts is a Thrilling Dance

Early on in her training as a dancer, Carolyn Hall ’09 had to learn to be able to pivot quickly. Who knew it would have such valuable application as a life skill? Hall, who holds an MS in Marine Science from Stony Brook...

April 15, 2019

12 min read

Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences News Highlights Student Spotlight

Computer Science Doctoral Student Shares Kickstarter Success

Ryan Courtney, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Computer Science at Stony Brook University, raised more than 500% of his funding goal on Kickstarter for his new board game, Pipeline, at the end of 2018. Not...

April 15, 2019

3 min read

Academics Advancement Entrepreneurship School of Journalism Stony Brook Matters

For Michael Loeb, New Professorship at Stony Brook University a Fitting Honor for Father’s Legacy

In the last years of his life, renowned financial journalist Marshall Loeb wasn’t shy about the future of the industry in which he built his career, especially with his son, serial entrepreneur Michael Loeb. “What he...

April 12, 2019

5 min read

College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Events On Campus Student Spotlight

Computer Science Students Hack Their Way through Two Big Events

The Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT) hosted its third annual Hack@CEWIT event — an on-campus hackathon bringing more than 150 students, various tech-talks and workshops, and thousands...

April 12, 2019

3 min read

Academics Advancement Alumni News Alumni Spotlight Story College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Events Faculty/Staff Medicine Medicine and Research Medicine Today Research School of Medicine Stony Brook Matters

Dr. Joel Saltz Formally Invested as Cherith Foundation Chair in Biomedical Informatics at Stony Brook University

Endowed chair forges connection between medicine and engineering The fight against cancer and other deadly diseases is constantly becoming more and more advanced. To make these advances possible, new tools based on...

April 11, 2019

5 min read

Linguist and philanthropist Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali

Academics College of Arts & Sciences On Campus University

New Postdoctoral Fellowship Will Support Endangered Iranian Languages

A generous grant of $210,000 from Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute to Stony Brook University has helped establish the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Postdoctoral Fellowship in Endangered Iranian Languages in the Department...

April 11, 2019

4 min read

Academics Alumni Chapters & Groups Alumni Hottest Stories Community Dental alumni Medicine School of Dental Medicine Service Stony Brook Matters

Dental School Team Staffs Pop-up Clinic in Rural Tennessee

Outside of a temporary pop-up clinic at a Cookeville, Tennessee high school, patients had been sleeping in cars and waiting upwards of 24-hours for medical, dental, and vision care. This level of need is pervasive in...

April 10, 2019

3 min read

Institute for AI Driven Discovery launches May 9

Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Events

Institute for AI-Driven Discovery and Innovation Officially Launches May 9

The new Institute for AI-Driven Discovery and Innovation at Stony Brook University will celebrate its official launch on Thursday, May 9, with an event at Bloomberg’s Global Headquarters in Manhattan. Hosted by...

April 3, 2019

2 min read

Academics Awards and Honors News Highlights School of Journalism Student Spotlight

Stony Brook Journalism Student Named 2019 New York Times Fellow

Rebecca Liebson, a graduating senior in the Stony Brook University School of Journalism, has been named a 2019 New York Times Fellow. More than 5,000 candidates from around the world applied for 22 positions in the...

April 3, 2019

1 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Research School of Medicine

2019 Discovery Prize Finalists Announced

Four young scholars are competing for the 2019 Discovery Prize, a $200,000 award given to a Stony Brook University faculty member in the STEM disciplines whose research project embraces risk and innovation and embodies...

April 2, 2019

4 min read

Academics Awards and Honors Featured Story School of Journalism Student Spotlight

Guneet Singh ’19 Masters Digital Storytelling

As a Sikh-American woman with an interest in digital media, Guneet Singh ’19 is determined to bring diversity to television viewers. “I hope to work in the television industry and want to create and write shows that...

April 1, 2019

4 min read

Academics Graduate School Student Spotlight

Stony Brook Grad Students Empowered to be Science Advocates at AAAS CASE Workshop

Stony Brook University graduate students Ilana Heckler and Matthew Cifone participated in the Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) program that took place on March 24 through March 27, 2019 in...

March 29, 2019

2 min read

Academics Alumni News Arts & Entertainment Faculty/Staff Featured Story SB Southampton

Simone Pero Is Redefining the Meaning of ‘Impact’

Simone Pero could not possibly have chosen a more appropriate name for her strategic marketing and production firm specializing in the confluence of content and social action: For Impact Productions. Continuing to serve...

March 28, 2019

10 min read

Academics Alumni News Faculty/Staff SB Southampton

Simone Pero: The Tale of ‘The Tale’

As a producer on the Jennifer Fox feature film, “The Tale,” Simone Pero, founder of For Impact Productions, has played a critical role in the film’s success in changing the global conversation around the issue of child...

March 28, 2019

5 min read

Academics SB Southampton University

Audio Podcast Fellows Program Accepting Applicants for Manhattan, Southampton

The opportunities for anyone interested in podcasting are seemingly limitless, but the openings at the Audio Podcast Fellows program are not. Ten fellows will be accepted at each of the program’s two Stony Brook...

March 22, 2019

3 min read

Academics Alumni Spotlight Story Humanities On Campus Stony Brook Matters

Digital Humanities Find a Home With Gladys Brooks Foundation Gift

As an associate professor of English in Stony Brook University’s College of Arts and Sciences, Andrew Newman specializes in American literature from the colonial period, but his current research has less to do with...

March 22, 2019

4 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Entrepreneurialism Service Student Spotlight Sustainability

Stony Brook’s Student Entrepreneurs are Growing and Glowing

For most students, going to college is a stepping stone to greater things, a means of reaching their professional goals and aspirations. But a growing number of Stony Brook students are getting a head start on...

March 22, 2019

8 min read

Academics Student Spotlight

Non-Traditional PhD Candidate Embraces the Examined Life

This past February, 72-year-old Jonathan Sinnreich of Mount Sinai passed his history exams “with distinction,” which meant that he completed his degree requirements as a PhD candidate. Only his dissertation remains...

March 20, 2019

4 min read

Category: Academics

For Carolyn Hall ’09, Mixing Science and the Arts is a Thrilling Dance

Computer Science Doctoral Student Shares Kickstarter Success

Computer Science Students Hack Their Way through Two Big Events

Dr. Joel Saltz Formally Invested as Cherith Foundation Chair in Biomedical Informatics at Stony Brook University

New Postdoctoral Fellowship Will Support Endangered Iranian Languages

Dental School Team Staffs Pop-up Clinic in Rural Tennessee

Institute for AI-Driven Discovery and Innovation Officially Launches May 9

Stony Brook Journalism Student Named 2019 New York Times Fellow

2019 Discovery Prize Finalists Announced

Guneet Singh ’19 Masters Digital Storytelling

Stony Brook Grad Students Empowered to be Science Advocates at AAAS CASE Workshop

Simone Pero Is Redefining the Meaning of ‘Impact’

Simone Pero: The Tale of ‘The Tale’

Audio Podcast Fellows Program Accepting Applicants for Manhattan, Southampton

Digital Humanities Find a Home With Gladys Brooks Foundation Gift

Stony Brook’s Student Entrepreneurs are Growing and Glowing

Non-Traditional PhD Candidate Embraces the Examined Life

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