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Prof. Yanna Krupnikov’s Op-ed Considers the Independent Voter

With midterm elections coming up in November, should campaigns be concerned with scaring off swing voters as they enrage and engage their base? Yanna Krupnikov, an associate professor of political science at Stony Brook...

October 18, 2018

2 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Home Page Spotlight Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

Stony Brook Researchers Tackle Climate Change

Recent studies by Stony Brook University researchers identify key links between climate change and economic development, technology, politics and human decision making in the context of climate change. Their research...

October 17, 2018

5 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Stony Brook Matters

Chemistry Professor Trevor Sears Named American Physical Society 2018 Fellow

The American Physical Society (APS), the world’s largest physics organization, has elected Trevor Sears, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Chemistry, as a 2018 fellow. Professor Sears was...

October 12, 2018

3 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Student Spotlights Featured Story Home Page Spotlight Research Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Undergrads at Turkana Basin Institute Use Ancient Dig Sites as Laboratory

Four years ago, Lucia Muzzarelli ’19 was drawn to Stony Brook University because of its reputation for world-class science programs and ample research opportunities. So when she heard a lecture about the Turkana Basin...

October 10, 2018

5 min read

Academics Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Student Spotlights Social Sciences Stony Brook Matters

American Psychological Foundation Honors Marvin Goldfried for Lifetime Achievement

Dr. Marvin Goldfried, distinguished professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology in Stony Brook University’s College of Arts and Sciences, recently received the American Psychological...

October 5, 2018

3 min read

Academics Alumni Spotlight College of Arts & Sciences Research Stony Brook Matters

Alumna Collaborates as Lead Author in Groundbreaking Earthquake Study

Learn all you can because you never know when it might come in handy. Not an earth-shaking concept, but it worked for Meredith Kraner ’14, who landed a life-changing (and literally earth-shaking) assignment in Professor...

October 5, 2018

6 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Stony Brook Matters

Iwao Ojima Receives Ernest Guenther Award in Chemistry

Iwao Ojima, distinguished professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Chemistry, was recently named the recipient of the 2019 Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products from the American...

September 25, 2018

3 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Stony Brook Matters

Dávalos Wins NSF “Rules of Life” Award

Liliana M. Dávalos, an associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution, has been named a recipient of the National Science Foundation Award for “Understanding the Rules of Life...

September 21, 2018

2 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Student Spotlights Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

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

2 min read

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

2 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Humanities News Highlights 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

4 min read

Academics Alumni Hottest Stories College of Arts & Sciences Featured Story Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters

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

6 min read

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

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 Alumni Spotlight Story College of Arts & Sciences Medicine and Research Research Social Sciences Stony Brook Matters

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

4 min read

Academics Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Diversity Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Humanities Stony Brook Matters

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

1 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Student Spotlights Humanities Stony Brook Matters

Stephanie Dinkins Awarded Soros Fellowship

A prestigious Soros fellowship has been awarded to Stephanie Dinkins, associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Art. Dinkins was recently named to the Open Society Foundation’s 2018 class of...

August 7, 2018

5 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Student Spotlight

Lover of Languages Turns to Crowdfunding for Help

In an era when the cost of higher education can stretch family budgets to the breaking point, some students are experimenting with a novel form of assistance: online crowdfunding, boosted by social media. When Pablo...

August 1, 2018

6 min read

Spontaneous emission of atomic matter waves from an optical lattice. The character of the emission changes when crossing from positive (top left) to negative (bottom right) excitation energy, in which case a bound state of matter waves is observed.

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters

Scientists Develop Novel Approach to Spontaneous Emission Using Atomic Matter Waves

A research team led by Dominik Schneble, an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences at Stony Brook University, has developed a novel method to explore...

July 26, 2018

3 min read

Category: College of Arts & Sciences

Prof. Yanna Krupnikov’s Op-ed Considers the Independent Voter

Stony Brook Researchers Tackle Climate Change

Chemistry Professor Trevor Sears Named American Physical Society 2018 Fellow

Undergrads at Turkana Basin Institute Use Ancient Dig Sites as Laboratory

Alumna Collaborates as Lead Author in Groundbreaking Earthquake Study

Iwao Ojima Receives Ernest Guenther Award in Chemistry

Dávalos Wins NSF “Rules of Life” Award

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

The Sky is the Limit for Belinda Castiblanco ’19

Preparing to Explore Extreme Lunar Environments

Lydia Myers ’20 Digs Into the Past

Crystal Fleming’s Book on Racism Earns Starred Kirkus Review

Stephanie Dinkins Awarded Soros Fellowship

Lover of Languages Turns to Crowdfunding for Help

Scientists Develop Novel Approach to Spontaneous Emission Using Atomic Matter Waves

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