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The Evolution of Education

A pioneering cross-disciplinary program accelerates student collaboration and growth By Rob Emproto | Photography by John Griffin Knowing how to collaborate effectively across diverse disciplines is essential for...

April 8, 2021

7 min read

Jessica Gurevitch, co-leader of the Climate Interventional Biology working group. Credit: Julia Postol

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Should We Use Technology to Slow Global Warming?

Ecologist Jessica Gurevitch leads a team that is examining the consequences of using stratospheric aerosol intervention to help cool the Earth as fossil fuel emissions are reduced.

April 6, 2021

5 min read

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Nontraditional Anthropology Undergrad Researches Human Evolution

Nicholas Post — the URECA researcher of the month for April 2021 — is a nontraditional, first-generation college student majoring in Anthropology, currently doing an honors thesis on Hominin Phylogenetics under the...

April 1, 2021

2 min read

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Two Stony Brook Students Win Prestigious NSF-GRFP Fellowships

Two Stony Brook University students have been awarded prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships (NSF GRFP) by the National Science Foundation. Another six SBU students earned honorable mentions. This nationally...

March 30, 2021

4 min read

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SBU Places Two Subjects in U.S. News 2021 Global Top 100

Stony Brook University has placed two subjects in the top 100 in the U.S. News & World Report 2021 rankings of the Best Global Universities. The subject of Psychiatry/Psychology climbed to 63 in the publication’s...

March 26, 2021

3 min read

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Faculty Earn Fulbright Scholar Awards

Two Stony Brook University faculty have recently received Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards. Lilianne R. Mujica-Parodi, professor of Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded the Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award for...

March 26, 2021

4 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences COVID-19 Faculty/Staff Research University

Unmasking Pandemic Partisanship

Political partisanship has been on the rise in the United States and across the world. Many hesitate to reveal their political identity, and others view opposing parties more unfavorably than ever before. But how does...

March 26, 2021

7 min read

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Stephanie Dinkins Named Inaugural Yayoi Kusama Endowed Professor of Art

Professor Stephanie Dinkins, from Stony Brook University’s Department of Art, has been named the inaugural Yayoi Kusama Endowed Professor of Art in the College of Arts and Sciences. A transmedia artist who creates...

March 25, 2021

5 min read

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Chemistry Faculty Receive International Prize for Water Research

Benjamin S. Hsiao, distinguished professor, and Priyanka Sharma, research assistant professor, both from the Department of Chemistry at Stony Brook University, received the Creativity Prize — which is awarded to water...

March 23, 2021

2 min read

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A Passion for Teaching Helps Students Stay Engaged During Pandemic

PhD student and instructor Omar Badessi has been tremendously successful in effectively communicating with his students despite some limitations posed by the COVID pandemic.

March 19, 2021

1 min read

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Latest Discoveries Revealed at SBU’s Virtual Postdoc Spotlight

The annual event — designed like a TED talk — gave Stony Brook’s postdocs the opportunity to present their cutting-edge research to an audience in five minutes.

March 11, 2021

2 min read

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Ballet Dancer ‘On Pointe’ for a Promising Business Career

Had it not been for a simple twist of fate and a change of heart, Diana Atoian ’23 might be starring in The Nutcracker in her native Russia rather than having aspirations to be an economist — or even the next Janet...

March 11, 2021

5 min read

Sloths, rodents and primates — some of the largest and smallest mammals on Caribbean islands — are among those most vulnerable to extinction. Credit: David Rini, Johns Hopkins University

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Study on Caribbean Mammal Extinctions Helps Guide Conservation Strategies

Information from historical, archaeological and recent fossil records must inform current-day conservation, or else we risk losing these remarkable species forever.

March 10, 2021

4 min read

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Study Shows Mars’ Early Climate Was Intermittently Warm

Samples from the Jezero Crater, the landing site of NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission, may help to reveal evidence of Mars' climate changes during its existence and possible signs of previous life.

March 8, 2021

4 min read

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President McInnis and Four Others from SBU Make Top 25 Most Powerful in LI Education

President McInnis placed second on Long Island Business News' list along with Eden Figueroa (#10), Richard Reeder (#11), Jason Trelewicz (#15) and Richard Gatteau (#17).

March 5, 2021

3 min read

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Stony Brook Women Faculty: Inspiring the Next Generation

They are world-renowned scientists, groundbreaking researchers and beloved professors. They are also trusted advisors, caring mentors, loving mothers and good listeners. Women faculty at Stony Brook University have...

March 5, 2021

28 min read

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SBU’s Physics & Astronomy Program Ranks in Top 100 Universities Worldwide

According to leading international ranking organization QS, Stony Brook's Physics and Astronomy program ranked #89 in the top 100 universities in the world.

March 3, 2021

2 min read

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Two Geosciences Seniors Involved in Environmental Research

Deanna Downs and Brooke Peritore — the URECA Undergraduate Researchers of the Month for March 2021 — are both seniors engaged in research in the Department of Geosciences under the mentorship of Associate Professor Troy...

March 1, 2021

2 min read

Category: College of Arts & Sciences

The Evolution of Education

Should We Use Technology to Slow Global Warming?

Nontraditional Anthropology Undergrad Researches Human Evolution

Two Stony Brook Students Win Prestigious NSF-GRFP Fellowships

SBU Places Two Subjects in U.S. News 2021 Global Top 100

Faculty Earn Fulbright Scholar Awards

Unmasking Pandemic Partisanship

Stephanie Dinkins Named Inaugural Yayoi Kusama Endowed Professor of Art

Chemistry Faculty Receive International Prize for Water Research

A Passion for Teaching Helps Students Stay Engaged During Pandemic

Latest Discoveries Revealed at SBU’s Virtual Postdoc Spotlight

Ballet Dancer ‘On Pointe’ for a Promising Business Career

Study on Caribbean Mammal Extinctions Helps Guide Conservation Strategies

Study Shows Mars’ Early Climate Was Intermittently Warm

President McInnis and Four Others from SBU Make Top 25 Most Powerful in LI Education

SBU’s Physics & Astronomy Program Ranks in Top 100 Universities Worldwide

Two Geosciences Seniors Involved in Environmental Research

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