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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

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

Various bones at a Bronze Age battle excavation site, some of which were genetically tested to determine the presence of the lactase-persistent gene. Credit: Stefan Sauer / Tollense Valley Project

Alumni Spotlight Story College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters

Lactose Tolerance Happened Quickly in Europe, Study Shows

Genetic material from the bones of people who died around 1,200 BC suggests that lactase persistence spread in only a few thousand years.

September 3, 2020

4 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine and Research News Highlights Research STEM Stony Brook Matters

Research Leads to New Material for Energy-Efficient Devices

A team of international physicists including SBU's Jennifer Cano has created a superlattice, which at a high temperature is a super-efficient insulator conducting current.

August 17, 2020

2 min read

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

Surita R. Bhatia Named Fellow of Two Prestigious National Organizations

The VP for Faculty Affairs and Chemistry Professor has been named a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and a fellow of the Society of Rheology.

August 13, 2020

3 min read

Sixteen violinists participating in the networking experiment in which they are connected to a computer system hearing only the sound received from the computer. Photo by Chen Damari

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

Using Violin Synchronization to Learn About Better Networking

By using a model of violin synchronization in a network of violin players, there are ways to drown out distractions, which could be used as a model for human networks in society.

August 12, 2020

3 min read

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

Professor Matthew Lerner Honored for Contributions to Autism Research

As one of the top autism researchers in the world, he has been awarded the American Psychological Association Division 33 Sara Sparrow Early Career Research Award.

August 10, 2020

2 min read

Alumni News Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Research

Researcher Krupa Haranahalli Awarded by American Chemical Society

The postdoctoral researcher received the 2020 Scarborough Postdoctoral Award by the Medicinal Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society.

August 5, 2020

2 min read

Artist's illustration of SN1987A (Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, B. Saxton)

Alumni Spotlight Story College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Medicine and Research News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters

Possible Sign of Neutron Star Found in Supernova 1987A

Two teams of astronomers, including Stony Brook’s James M. Lattimer, have made a compelling case in the 33-year-old mystery surrounding Supernova 1987A.

July 31, 2020

3 min read

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

SBU Chapter of National Academy of Inventors Inducts 15 New Members

The Stony Brook Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI-SBU) recently inducted 12 new members and 3 honorary members to the Academy. The newly inducted academic inventors have held patents issued by the US...

July 30, 2020

2 min read

Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff

Professor Joshua Teplitsky Receives 2019 Salo Baron Prize in Jewish Studies

He won this distinctive honor for his book, Prince of the Press: How One Collector Built History’s Most Enduring and Remarkable Jewish Library.

July 30, 2020

2 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Medicine and Research News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters

Professor Joel Hurowitz Celebrates Third Mars Rover Milestone

As an SBU grad student, Hurowitz was part of the Mars Exploration Rover mission in 2004. Now he is involved in the latest rover mission, Perseverance.

July 29, 2020

3 min read

Athletics College of Arts & Sciences Featured Story Social Sciences Student Spotlight

Diver-Scholar Immerses Herself in History of Minorities and Mental Health

When she was five years old, Ximena Lopez-Carrillo dreamed of becoming an Olympic athlete, especially after her mother enrolled her and one of her sisters in diving lessons. What the athletically gifted youngster, who...

July 27, 2020

7 min read

Alumni News College of Arts & Sciences Community COVID-19 Events

Third Social Justice Virtual Town Hall is July 29

The next Social Justice Virtual Town Hall, "Health Care Disparities: The COVID-19 Pandemic," will be held on Wednesday, July 29, from 3 pm to 4:30 pm EDT.

July 27, 2020

1 min read

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

Professor Nagasawa’s Art Illuminates the Night in NYC

“Luminescence” — Nobuho Nagasawa’s artwork in Long Island City — has been featured in "The New Yorker" July 20 Goings On About Town section.

July 17, 2020

2 min read

Professor Leonardo Rastelli is the Renaissance Chair in Theoretical Physics.

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

Leonardo Rastelli Receives Simons Investigator Award

Recently named inaugural holder of the Renaissance Chair in Theoretical Physics, Rastelli has earned a coveted 2020 Simons Investigator award, which supports outstanding scientists.

July 15, 2020

4 min read

Category: College of Arts & Sciences

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

Lactose Tolerance Happened Quickly in Europe, Study Shows

Research Leads to New Material for Energy-Efficient Devices

Surita R. Bhatia Named Fellow of Two Prestigious National Organizations

Using Violin Synchronization to Learn About Better Networking

Professor Matthew Lerner Honored for Contributions to Autism Research

Researcher Krupa Haranahalli Awarded by American Chemical Society

Possible Sign of Neutron Star Found in Supernova 1987A

SBU Chapter of National Academy of Inventors Inducts 15 New Members

Professor Joshua Teplitsky Receives 2019 Salo Baron Prize in Jewish Studies

Professor Joel Hurowitz Celebrates Third Mars Rover Milestone

Third Social Justice Virtual Town Hall is July 29

Professor Nagasawa’s Art Illuminates the Night in NYC

Leonardo Rastelli Receives Simons Investigator Award

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