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SBU Postdoc Wins Prize as Finalist in 2018 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists

Priyanka Sharma, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Chemistry at Stony Brook University, has been named a regional finalist in the 2018 Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists. These awards...

September 18, 2018

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Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Diversity Global Student Spotlight

Maverick Mo’s Childhood Dream Becoming a Reality at SBU

Tianchi Mo was a third grader in China when he read a child’s encyclopedia entry about Nobel Prize winner Yang Chen-Ning, who taught physics at Stony Brook University for 37 years. He was too young to comprehend Yang’s...

September 14, 2018

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Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty/Staff Giving Back Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters

Mamalis, Lawler Win $1.49M DOE Grant to Advance Biofuels

SBU faculty members Sotirios Mamalis and Ben Lawler have received a $1.49 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) – Vehicle Technologies Office to advance the next generation of biofuels. Both are...

September 13, 2018

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Academics College of Arts & Sciences Research Social Sciences

Scientists Chart Ancient Migrations Through DNA

By taking extensive DNA samples from the skulls of people buried in two European cemeteries from the 6th Century – one in Italy and one in Hungary – and combining that data with artifacts from the ancient civilization...

September 12, 2018

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Academics College of Arts & Sciences Humanities Student Spotlight

The Sky is the Limit for Belinda Castiblanco ’19

For non-traditional student Belinda Castiblanco ’19, going to college had always been a dream. However, after she moved to the United States from El Salvador when she was 18 years old, she didn’t have the means or the...

September 12, 2018

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Academics Awards and Honors College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty/Staff

Polychronakis Receives DARPA Young Faculty Award

Michalis Polychronakis is the recipient of a 2018 DARPA Young Faculty Award to support his project, Compiler-assisted Software Specialization against Vulnerability Exploitation. Polychronakis is an assistant professor...

September 11, 2018

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Preparing to Explore Extreme Lunar Environments

As the US prepares to return to the surface of the Moon, scientists from the RIS4E node of NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI), led by researchers from the Stony Brook University...

September 10, 2018

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Stony Brook Jumps 12 Places in Wall Street Journal Ranking

The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education College Rankings 2019 rated Stony Brook University at No. 135 nationally, moving up from No. 147 last year. The University is ranked No. 30 nationwide among public...

September 6, 2018

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Lydia Myers ’20 Digs Into the Past

“Just being where we’re finding bones, pottery, beads and other artifacts – right as it’s happening – is the coolest thing ever,” says Lydia Myers ’20, an undergraduate researcher who spent the summer...

September 6, 2018

4 min read

Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Medicine Research

Innovating Drugs With Computer Algorithms

Drug discovery and innovation is the focus of a team of computational biologists in the College of Engineering and Applied Science ’s Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics who are pioneering the use of...

September 6, 2018

2 min read

Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty/Staff

Todd Pittinsky Op-ed Urges Customers to Wait in Line on Labor Day

Celebrate Labor Day by waiting in line is the advice that Professor Todd Pittinsky gives in his New York Daily News op-ed about the effects of increasing automaton on US labor. Pittinsky, from the Department of...

September 4, 2018

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Program Offers Spinal Cord Injury Survivors New Opportunities

Five years ago, life looked very different to Casey Ellin. At 26, he was assistant director of Stony Brook University’s intramurals and sport clubs. It was the perfect position for Ellin, who always loved sports and...

August 30, 2018

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President Emeritus of Stanford University and Stony Brook Distinguished Alumnus John Hennessy Creates New Endowed Professorship

It’s been quite a year for John L. Hennessy, MS ’75, PhD ’77. When the tenth president of Stanford University returned to Stony Brook University in April to be inducted into the College of Engineering and Applied...

August 27, 2018

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Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine and Research Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

“Underwater Wind Farms” in Sandy Rivers Could Generate Hydrokinetic Power

“Underwater wind farms” could generate low-cost, renewable energy from turbines placed in sandy river bottoms, researchers have found. While the potential for in-stream flow energy harvesting systems has...

August 24, 2018

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Three SBU fauclty appointed to task force to study NY ocean acidification

Academics Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine and Research SoMAS Stony Brook Matters

SBU Professors Appointed to NY Ocean Acidification Task Force

Three faculty from the Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences — Distinguished Service Professor Malcolm J. Bowman, Endowed Research Chair for Nature and Humanity Carl Safina, and Professor R...

August 23, 2018

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Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty/Student Spotlights Global Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Grad Student Brent Freestone Tackles Engineering Challenges on Campus and Abroad

Mechanical engineering graduate student Brent Freestone is sowing seeds of hope abroad as part of Stony Brook University’s CentriSeed Innovations, a student-run nonprofit organization he co-founded in summer 2015...

August 23, 2018

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Archaeologists Reveal Massive Ancient Cemetery Near Lake Turkana, Kenya

A groundbreaking study has found the earliest and largest monumental cemetery in eastern Africa built 5,000 years ago by early pastoralists living around Lake Turkana, Kenya. This group is believed to have lived without...

August 20, 2018

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Crystal Fleming’s Book on Racism Earns Starred Kirkus Review

How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy and the Racial Divide, the latest book by Stony Brook University Associate Professor Crystal M. Fleming, has earned a starred Kirkus review, awarded to...

August 16, 2018

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Category: Academics

SBU Postdoc Wins Prize as Finalist in 2018 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists

Maverick Mo’s Childhood Dream Becoming a Reality at SBU

Mamalis, Lawler Win $1.49M DOE Grant to Advance Biofuels

The Sky is the Limit for Belinda Castiblanco ’19

Polychronakis Receives DARPA Young Faculty Award

Preparing to Explore Extreme Lunar Environments

Stony Brook Jumps 12 Places in Wall Street Journal Ranking

Lydia Myers ’20 Digs Into the Past

Innovating Drugs With Computer Algorithms

Todd Pittinsky Op-ed Urges Customers to Wait in Line on Labor Day

Program Offers Spinal Cord Injury Survivors New Opportunities

President Emeritus of Stanford University and Stony Brook Distinguished Alumnus John Hennessy Creates New Endowed Professorship

“Underwater Wind Farms” in Sandy Rivers Could Generate Hydrokinetic Power

SBU Professors Appointed to NY Ocean Acidification Task Force

Grad Student Brent Freestone Tackles Engineering Challenges on Campus and Abroad

Crystal Fleming’s Book on Racism Earns Starred Kirkus Review

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