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The David L. Ferguson Memorial Scholarship

The David L. Ferguson Memorial Scholarship has been created to commemorate Professor Ferguson’s tremendous legacy at Stony Brook University. The scholarship will be awarded to an engineering student from a...

July 25, 2019

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Academics College of Arts & Sciences Featured Story Student Spotlight

Maitreyee Kale ’19 Immersed Herself in Scholarship and Culture

The daughter of Indian immigrants and the first in her family to attend college in the United States, Maitreyee Kale ’19 chose Stony Brook for its combination of affordability and reputation. What she didn’t anticipate...

July 22, 2019

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Xiaoqing Zhang, a doctoral candidate in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and President of GSO

Academics News Highlights School of Health Techology & Management Student Spotlight

GSO President Interns with SBU’s Office of Federal Relations in Washington, DC

Xiaoqing Zhang, a doctoral candidate in the School of Health Technology and Management and President of GSO, shares her experience as an intern. Interning with Stony Brook’s Office of Government Relations in Washington...

July 22, 2019

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

Professors Chen and Essig Named SBU’s First Simons Investigators

Xiuxiong Chen, Professor of Mathematics, and Rouven Essig, Associate Professor of Physics at Stony Brook University, have been named 2019 Simons Investigators, becoming the first faculty members at the University to...

July 18, 2019

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Two Faculty Honored with Prestigious PECASE Awards

Joanna Kiryluk, PhD and Sandeep Mallipattu, MD have been named recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) — the highest honor bestowed by the US government to outstanding...

July 11, 2019

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

NASA Selects SBU Team to Collaborate on Space Research

Stony Brook University’s RISE2 team is one of eight research teams chosen by NASA to collaborate on research into the intersection of space science and human space exploration as part of the Solar System Exploration...

July 8, 2019

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Nanowire Research Could Advance Harvesting of Solar Energy

New research on nanowires that could facilitate the harvesting of solar energy has been published by a team of scientists from Stony Brook University, Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Naval Research Laboratory...

July 8, 2019

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Undergraduate Researcher Emily Chen Unlocks the Secrets of Carbyne

“Research is a huge challenge for me,” says Emily Chen ’20, named July’s Researcher of the Month by the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URECA). “I enjoy having...

July 1, 2019

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Professor Anshul Gandhi Awarded Rising Star Research Award from ACM SIGMETRICS

Computer Science Professor Anshul Gandhi has been selected by the Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM) SIGMETRICS as the recipient of the 2019 Rising Star Research Award. The award recognizes Gandhi’s fundamental...

June 24, 2019

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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

It was one small step for man and one giant leap for mankind when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, and Stony Brook University is playing a big part in the 50th anniversary celebration...

June 17, 2019

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Dietetic Interns for Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University participated in a Food Network style "Chopped" cooking competition in a partnership with University Hospital foodservice staff.

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Dietetic Interns Compete in “Chopped” Inspired Competition

On June 5 Dietetic Interns for Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University competed against one another in a cooking competition as the internship program came to an end. Lorraine Danowski, Associate...

June 14, 2019

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Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences News Highlights STEM Student Spotlight

Biomedical Engineering Major Combines Swimming and Scholarship

Lexie Bakke was a state champion as a high school swimmer in Maine, but swim programs did not factor into her decision for college. “I chose Stony Brook and the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, despite the...

June 13, 2019

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

Kedar Kirane Receives US Army Award for Research to Help Protect Soldiers in Combat

Investigating the effectiveness of composite materials in combat situations is the focus of newly funded research by Kedar Kirane, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the College of...

June 13, 2019

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Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Research Sustainability

New Research Could Boost Efficiency of Solar Cells

Solar energy could be made more efficient in the future, thanks to new findings published by scientists from Stony Brook and the Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). As described in a paper...

June 12, 2019

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Academics Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors College of Engineering & Applied Sciences News Highlights Research

$2.35 Million ARPA-E Award Will Help Develop Safer Nuclear Energy

$2.35 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program has been awarded to the team in the Engineered Microstructures and Radiation Effects Laboratory (EMREL), led...

June 7, 2019

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Academics Alumni Hottest Stories College of Arts & Sciences Diversity Faculty/Staff Humanities Stony Brook Matters

Doctoral Student Explores History of Lesbian Feminism – and Cats

Despite its eye-catching title, Rachel Corbman’s upcoming exhibit, “The Wide World of Lesbian Cats, 1970-Today” has nothing to do with the sexual preferences of cats. “My project is actually focused on the circulation...

June 7, 2019

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Academics Events School of Journalism Student Spotlight

Annual Roth Regatta Makes a Big Splash

May 2019 was another entertaining Stony Brook community experience for students participating in the Dr. Seuss-themed Roth Regatta, now it in its 30th year. Journalism School students covered the event live, testing...

June 6, 2019

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Academics Alumni Hottest Stories Awards and Honors Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights SoMAS Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

Donovan Finn Receives Early Career Faculty Innovator Award

Donovan Finn, an assistant professor of Environmental Design, Policy and Planning in the Sustainability Studies Program at Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, is one of nine early...

June 5, 2019

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Category: Academics

The David L. Ferguson Memorial Scholarship

Maitreyee Kale ’19 Immersed Herself in Scholarship and Culture

GSO President Interns with SBU’s Office of Federal Relations in Washington, DC

Professors Chen and Essig Named SBU’s First Simons Investigators

Two Faculty Honored with Prestigious PECASE Awards

NASA Selects SBU Team to Collaborate on Space Research

Nanowire Research Could Advance Harvesting of Solar Energy

Undergraduate Researcher Emily Chen Unlocks the Secrets of Carbyne

Professor Anshul Gandhi Awarded Rising Star Research Award from ACM SIGMETRICS

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

Dietetic Interns Compete in “Chopped” Inspired Competition

Biomedical Engineering Major Combines Swimming and Scholarship

Kedar Kirane Receives US Army Award for Research to Help Protect Soldiers in Combat

New Research Could Boost Efficiency of Solar Cells

$2.35 Million ARPA-E Award Will Help Develop Safer Nuclear Energy

Doctoral Student Explores History of Lesbian Feminism – and Cats

Annual Roth Regatta Makes a Big Splash

Donovan Finn Receives Early Career Faculty Innovator Award

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