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Academics Awards and Honors College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty/Staff Research School of Medicine STEM

Seven Stony Brook AI Papers Make Prestigious NeurIPS Conference

Stony Brook University’s Institute for AI-Driven Discovery and Innovation has been working tirelessly to study and present new research to the world. As a result, this year the Institute had seven papers accepted at the...

October 28, 2020

4 min read

Events Faculty/Staff School of Journalism

Journalism’s Laura Lindenfeld to Join WSHU Election Conversation

On October 30, the School of Journalism dean will discuss the role that the media have played in this election cycle and what has turned into a never-ending news cycle.

October 22, 2020

2 min read

Academics Alumni Hottest Stories Diversity News Highlights On Campus School of Social Welfare Stony Brook Matters

School of Social Welfare Launches Course on Race and Anti-Racist Practice

“Understanding White Fragility and Black Rage" is an elective course that helps students understand the dynamics of social oppression, racism and anti-racist practice.

October 20, 2020

2 min read

In an effort to help prevent erosion, signage encourages beachgoers to keep off coastal bluffs. New research supported by NY Sea Grant will provide information that will allow for improved prediction of bluff erosion that informs planning by coastal communities. Image credit: Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program

Academics Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine and Research News Highlights Research SoMAS Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

$2.1 Million Awarded for Sea Grant Research on NY’s Coastal Environment

New York Sea Grant (NYSG) has awarded more than $2.1 million to support six coastal science research projects —three of which are being led by Stony Brook University faculty — that explore topics relating to and...

October 16, 2020

6 min read

Academics Faculty/Staff Medicine News Highlights Research School of Medicine

NIH Grant Supports First Cognitive Monitoring Study of WTC Responders

A research team will assess evidence of brain biomarkers similar to those in Alzheimer’s disease in WTC 9/11 responders cared for at SBU's WTC Health and Wellness Program.

October 15, 2020

2 min read

Academics Alumni Chapters & Groups Alumni Spotlight Story Black/Latino Group Business Development and Networking network Business Development Network College of Business Alumni Connecticut chapter Dental alumni Denver chapter Founders group LGBTQ group Los Angeles chapter New England-Boston chapter New Jersey chapter New York City chapter News Highlights Northern California chapter Nursing Alumni Philadelphia chapter Phoenix chapter President Public Policy network San Diego chapter San Francisco chapter School of Professional Development Alumni Social Welfare alumni South Asian Alumni Network Spirit of Stony Brook Alumni Stony Brook Matters Student Ambassador network Tucson chapter University Washington DC chapter

Fall 2020 Stony Brook Magazine Appears Online

The latest issue is now available in digital format, featuring content built around Stony Brook’s driven, imaginative community and reflecting the new realities of COVID-19.

October 13, 2020

1 min read

Academics Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty/Staff Global Medicine and Research News Highlights Research SoMAS Stony Brook Matters

Climate Research May Help Reduce “Snail Fever” Worldwide

Projections of temperatures and precipitation amounts in climate change scenarios may be a key component in a large research initiative with the goal to reduce schistosomiasis.

October 8, 2020

3 min read

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

Kedar Kirane Receives ASME ORR Early Career Award

The engineering professor was rewarded for his contributions to knowledge and technology that can enable safer, reliable and efficient structures in various engineering applications.

September 29, 2020

3 min read

College of Arts & Sciences Diversity Events

Fourth Virtual Town Hall for Social Justice, Sept. 30

"Inclusive Pedagogy and the Engaged Classroom" addresses the unfortunate realization that all students are not having the same classroom experience.

September 25, 2020

2 min read

Academics Faculty/Staff Featured Story Student Spotlight University

University Provides Online Writing Support During Pandemic

When unexpected events such as the coronavirus pandemic occur — disrupting life as we know it — people adapt by finding new ways to connect. Re-establishing community was critical for Stony Brook University students and...

September 25, 2020

6 min read

Academics Coming Back Safe and Strong

Provost Releases Message to Faculty on Planning for Winter and Spring

Michael Bernstein, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, has released a message to faculty regarding preparing for Winter and Spring 2021. The message reads as follows: Thank you all for your hard work...

September 25, 2020

4 min read

Awards and Honors SoMAS Sustainability

NY Sea Grant Wins 2020 Folio Award for ‘Best Social Media Public Awareness Campaign’

In a virtual ceremony held on September 22, New York Sea Grant’s (NYSG) “Currents Clips” received a Folio Award from the Fair Media Council (FMC) for “Best Social Media Public Awareness Campaign.” NYSG — a...

September 22, 2020

3 min read

Alumni Careers Alumni Chapters & Groups Alumni News Alumni Spotlight New York City chapter School of Journalism Stony Brook Matters

Taylor Ha ’18: A Storyteller in Higher Education

The School of Journalism alumna writes about her experiences as a staff writer for the Marketing and Communications Department at Fordham University.

September 21, 2020

3 min read

The ALAR aircraft, operated by Paul Shepson, is one plane that will be flown in Alaska during CHACHA research.

Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research SoMAS

SoMAS Takes Flight to Measure Air Quality in the Arctic and NYC

The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University (SoMAS) will embark on new research supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that involves using highly sophisticated airplanes to...

September 21, 2020

4 min read

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

Stony Brook’s Rouven Essig Shares New Horizons in Physics Prize

The theoretical particle physicist — whose research focuses on the search for dark matter — is expanding our understanding of the structure of the Universe.

September 17, 2020

5 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine and Research News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters

Eszter Boros Named 2020 Moore Inventor Fellow

Her research combines fundamental inorganic chemistry and metal radiochemistry with modern imaging methods to provide personalized medical treatments of cancer and microbial infections.

September 16, 2020

4 min read

Almstadtstrasse 43: Slide projection of former Hebrew bookstore, 1930, Berlin,1992, 33"X40" chromogenic photograph and on-location installation, Shimon Attie, courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Alumni Spotlight Story College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Giving Back Humanities News Highlights Stony Brook Matters

Shimon Attie Named Inaugural Charles C. Bergman Endowed Visiting Professor in Studio Art

The internationally renowned visual artist, whose work focuses on issues of identity and community, also has extensive experience teaching at a University level.

September 14, 2020

5 min read

Academics Alda Center Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research School of Journalism (Private)SoMAS

SBU Receives NSF Grant to Study, Engage Others on Regional Air Pollution

Stony Brook University researchers will lead a team of scientists from around the country to study air pollution and the chemical processes in the atmosphere that create or transform pollutants, such as ozone and...

September 11, 2020

5 min read

Category: Academics

Seven Stony Brook AI Papers Make Prestigious NeurIPS Conference

Journalism’s Laura Lindenfeld to Join WSHU Election Conversation

$2.1 Million Awarded for Sea Grant Research on NY’s Coastal Environment

NIH Grant Supports First Cognitive Monitoring Study of WTC Responders

Climate Research May Help Reduce “Snail Fever” Worldwide

Kedar Kirane Receives ASME ORR Early Career Award

University Provides Online Writing Support During Pandemic

Provost Releases Message to Faculty on Planning for Winter and Spring

NY Sea Grant Wins 2020 Folio Award for ‘Best Social Media Public Awareness Campaign’

Taylor Ha ’18: A Storyteller in Higher Education

SoMAS Takes Flight to Measure Air Quality in the Arctic and NYC

Stony Brook’s Rouven Essig Shares New Horizons in Physics Prize

Eszter Boros Named 2020 Moore Inventor Fellow

Shimon Attie Named Inaugural Charles C. Bergman Endowed Visiting Professor in Studio Art

SBU Receives NSF Grant to Study, Engage Others on Regional Air Pollution

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