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Taking Stock of How Weather Affects Investing

Weather is said to affect our demeanor, influencing our ability to focus, remember and even think critically. According to a recent research paper by Danling Jiang, professor of finance and associate dean of research...

May 14, 2021

4 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Student Spotlight University

Always Striving to Find the Perfect Fit

Being the proverbial square peg in the round hole is nothing new to Pavithra Venkataraman ’22. In fact, that is how she has felt both in her hometown of Columbus, Indiana, and in Chennai, India, where she lived from...

May 14, 2021

5 min read

Alda Center Arts & Entertainment Events Home Page Spotlight News Highlights Newsletter-Spotlight School of Journalism

Alan Alda Film Festival, May 20-23

Proceeds from the festival will support the Alda Center for Communicating Science, which offers programs for researchers to help them learn to effectively share their work and engage with others.

May 13, 2021

2 min read

Awards and Honors Home Page Spotlight School of Journalism Student Spotlight

Journalism Student Receives Stony Brook Provost’s Award for Academic Excellence

Brianne Ledda Brianne Ledda, a senior journalism major from Miller Place, NY, has received the Stony Brook Provost’s Award for Academic Excellence. The award was given to 14 graduating seniors across academic programs...

May 13, 2021

3 min read

Academics Alumni Spotlight Story Medicine and Research News Highlights Research SoMAS STEM Stony Brook Matters University

SBU Researchers Studying Mercury Levels Under Ice

Scientists at Stony Brook University, the University of Vermont and Dartmouth College have been studying mercury uptake into the food chain during the winter, and how mercury uptake may change in the future, as climate...

May 12, 2021

3 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Faculty/Student Spotlights School of Journalism Stony Brook Matters Student

School of Communication and Journalism Awards Record Number of Scholarships

A record-setting 15 students this spring received scholarships from Stony Brook’s School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ). The scholarships, all funded by private support, recognize students for their academic and...

May 12, 2021

4 min read

Academics Research SoMAS Student Spotlight University

Students Ask: What’s Your Opinion of the Hudson?

Three Stony Brook University students are conducting a survey to determine the public’s perception of the Hudson River under the mentorship of David Taylor, an assistant professor in the sustainability studies...

May 11, 2021

2 min read

Academics Alumni Hottest Stories College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Student Spotlights Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight University

Doodling Leads to Fellowship for English Doctoral Candidate

Doodling during class is something virtually every college student has done. For the vast majority, it’s a mindless activity to pass a few pre-occupied moments. For PhD candidate Kay Sohini Kumar, it opened a door that...

May 11, 2021

7 min read

Academics Alumni Spotlight Home Page Spotlight Recent Grads Research SoMAS Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight University

Cernadas-Martín Is a Champion for Marine and Human Diversity

Sara Cernadas-Martín is a self-described interdisciplinary scientist with knowledge spanning the fields of marine biology, molecular genetics, and conservation ecology, with an M.S. and a PhD from Stony Brook University...

May 7, 2021

5 min read

Community Long Island News Highlights Service SoMAS Student Spotlight

Semester by the Sea Students Clean Up Warner Island Beach

On the last weekend in April, Stony Brook University students took part in the Southhampton Warner Island Cleanup. Students from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) boarded the RV Peconic, traveled...

May 6, 2021

2 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors Faculty/Student Spotlights Graduate School News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Grad Students Present Research at Annual 3MT Competition

Three Minute Thesis, or 3MT® for short, is a spoken-word thesis competition developed by the University of Queensland. Held annually at Stony Brook University since 2017, 3MT is an opportunity for graduate students to...

May 4, 2021

3 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Research University

For the Love of Chemistry

Professor Inspires Lab Team by Tapping Into His Past By Liza N. Burby | Photography by John Griffin Carlos Simmerling, PhD, was one of those kids with a chemistry kit in his basement and tolerant parents who didn’t mind...

May 3, 2021

7 min read

Academics Faculty/Staff Research SB Southampton SoMAS University

SBU Scientists Take a Multi-Faceted Approach to Restoring Shinnecock Bay

Shinnecock Bay bears the name of an indigenous people, but due to human activity it bears little resemblance to what it once was when it sustained Native American populations. In recent decades, poor water quality...

May 3, 2021

7 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine and Research News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight Sustainability

PhD Candidate Wins National Graduate Student Award in Environmental Chemistry

Shrish Patel, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, received a national award for his research to utilize concrete waste...

April 30, 2021

2 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Student Spotlight University

Exchange Program Combines Love of Major with Love of Language

Biology major Laura Roesch ’21, from Glen Cove, New York, has been selected to represent Stony Brook University in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for young professionals (CBYX), a professional development...

April 29, 2021

5 min read

Academics Alda Center Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Events Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Research School of Medicine SoMAS STEM Stony Brook Matters University

Eszter Boros wins the $200K Stony Brook Discovery Prize

Eszter Boros, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, was announced as the winner of the 2021 Stony Brook Discovery Prize on April 28. Included with the prestigious award is $200,000 in new funding, meant...

April 28, 2021

8 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine and Research Stony Brook Matters

Esther S. Takeuchi Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

An expert in battery research, her innovative work inventing lithium/silver vanadium oxide (Li/SVO) has been instrumental in saving innumerable lives.

April 26, 2021

3 min read

Category: Academics

Taking Stock of How Weather Affects Investing

Always Striving to Find the Perfect Fit

Journalism Student Receives Stony Brook Provost’s Award for Academic Excellence

SBU Researchers Studying Mercury Levels Under Ice

School of Communication and Journalism Awards Record Number of Scholarships

Students Ask: What’s Your Opinion of the Hudson?

Doodling Leads to Fellowship for English Doctoral Candidate

Cernadas-Martín Is a Champion for Marine and Human Diversity

Semester by the Sea Students Clean Up Warner Island Beach

Grad Students Present Research at Annual 3MT Competition

For the Love of Chemistry

SBU Scientists Take a Multi-Faceted Approach to Restoring Shinnecock Bay

PhD Candidate Wins National Graduate Student Award in Environmental Chemistry

Exchange Program Combines Love of Major with Love of Language

Eszter Boros wins the $200K Stony Brook Discovery Prize

Esther S. Takeuchi Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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