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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

Funds will support three projects led by Stony Brook University faculty that explore topics relating to and benefiting New York’s coastal environment, communities and economies.

October 16, 2020

6 min read

News Highlights Research Sustainability

Students Collaborate on Study of Earthworms and Herbicides

The Earthworm Ecotoxicology Lab, associated with the Sustainability Studies program, will soon publish a paper on the effect of Roundup herbicides on earthworms.

October 16, 2020

2 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty/Student Spotlights Featured Story Recent Grads Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight Sustainability

Student Activists Tackle Climate Change

Two Stony Brook students have taken the lead on an influential issue that has significant ramifications for Long Island and the planet. James Pizaro ’22 and Emily Schalkham ’21 have been at the forefront of efforts to...

October 5, 2020

7 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Featured Story Medicine and Research Research Social Sciences Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

Turkana Basin Researchers to Probe Climate Change and Evolution in East Africa

In the summer of 1964, a Yale undergrad named J.G. Mead discovered a beaked whale fossil during an expedition in what is now the Turkana region of northwest Kenya. The 17-million-year-old fossil played an integral role...

October 1, 2020

7 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Giving Back News Highlights Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

Sara Hamideh Advocates for Equity in Disaster Recovery

The SoMAS professor is an expert on disaster resilience, and finds that Stony Brook provides her with many opportunities for multidisciplinary collaboration.

September 30, 2020

4 min read

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Awards and Honors Research Sustainability

NSF Grant to Support Bat Research Network

Stony Brook is one of three institutions receiving a $2 million grant to support GBatNet, a worldwide network linking 14 bat research groups that will delve further into bat biology.

September 30, 2020

2 min read

Awards and Honors News Highlights Research Sustainability

Trelewicz Receives $1.89M to Support Carbon-Neutral Energy Research

The Innovation and Discovery Building on campus is the future home of Professor Trelewicz's new lab for exploring radiation effects in materials.

September 29, 2020

2 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 Spotlight Story Beyond the Expected Podcast Series Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights SB Southampton Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

Beyond the Expected Podcast: An Interview with Stony Brook’s Naturalist

Alan Inkles with Christopher Paparo Christopher Paparo has been exploring the wilds of Long Island’s marine estuaries for over 30 years, and in this episode of “Beyond the Expected,” guest host Alan Inkles...

September 11, 2020

2 min read

Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research Student Spotlight Sustainability

Tackling a Microbial Mystery During Pandemic Times

SoMAS scientists teamed up with undergraduates to test the hypothesis that dietary exposure to the herbicide Roundup is driving inflammatory digestive disorders.

August 24, 2020

5 min read

College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research Sustainability

Study Shows Huge Benefits of Transitioning Away from Coal in China

China is the world’s largest producer and consumer of coal. A team of international scientists led by Stony Brook University’s Gang He, contend that China needs to transition away from coal to help the world achieve...

August 21, 2020

3 min read

With face masks and other personal protective equipment ending up on sidewalks and other outdoor spaces, a seasonal campaign goes beyond encouraging citizens to break the single-use plastic habit by using reusable bags and bottles at the beach and local park. #DontTrashLISound reminds folks to discard #PPElitter in a secure trash can. Credit: Judy Benson / Connecticut Sea Grant

Alumni Hottest Stories Community COVID-19 Faculty/Staff Long Island News Highlights Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

#DontTrashLISound: Summer 2020 Social Media Campaign Focuses on PPEs

This year’s campaign centers on discarded face masks, disposable gloves and other PPE that are ending up on sidewalks, parks and other outdoor spaces instead of in the trash.

August 14, 2020

4 min read

Awards and Honors On Campus Sustainability

SBU Earns “Tree Campus USA” Designation from Arbor Day Foundation

Stony Brook University has once again received Tree Campus USA recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation for its dedication to healthy forestry, sustainability and environmental stewardship on campus in 2019. This marks...

August 13, 2020

2 min read

Featured Story Long Island News Highlights Student Spotlight Sustainability

For Sascha Rosin ’21, the World is Her Oyster

Sascha Rosin ’21, a marine sciences major and sustainability studies minor, was left with few employment options this summer after COVID-19 shut down many New York businesses. So when her plans for a traditional summer...

July 30, 2020

3 min read

Davis at the English Department's Spring 2020 Text & Tea event.

Alumni Hottest Stories Community Faculty/Student Spotlights Featured Story Long Island Recent Grads Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight Sustainability

Grad Student Promotes Water Advocacy Through Experiential Course

Sarah Fisher Davis, a PhD candidate in the Department of English at Stony Brook University, is looking to train Long Island college and high school students to become local water activists and citizen science...

July 17, 2020

7 min read

Arts & Entertainment News Highlights On Campus Sustainability

Music Major Used Grant to Celebrate Ashley Schiff Preserve

Jay Loomis recorded hours of audio and video in the preserve, and then spent months condensing and combining his footage to produce a three-part musical film.

July 9, 2020

4 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty/Staff News Highlights STEM Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

Stony Brook to Develop Advanced Computational Tools to Design Offshore Wind Farms

The project will optimize offshore wind farm layouts by leveraging high-fidelity simulations on parallel supercomputers, advanced turbine controls and artificial intelligence tools.

July 7, 2020

4 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Humanities Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

Michael Rubenstein Illuminates a New Field of Research: Energy Humanities

Energy humanities is a subdiscipline of the environmental humanities, with a tighter focus on the story of energy in human civilization. It arose in the early 2010s in response to renewed public awareness about energy...

July 2, 2020

7 min read

Category: Sustainability

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

Students Collaborate on Study of Earthworms and Herbicides

Student Activists Tackle Climate Change

Sara Hamideh Advocates for Equity in Disaster Recovery

NSF Grant to Support Bat Research Network

Trelewicz Receives $1.89M to Support Carbon-Neutral Energy Research

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

Beyond the Expected Podcast: An Interview with Stony Brook’s Naturalist

Tackling a Microbial Mystery During Pandemic Times

Study Shows Huge Benefits of Transitioning Away from Coal in China

#DontTrashLISound: Summer 2020 Social Media Campaign Focuses on PPEs

SBU Earns “Tree Campus USA” Designation from Arbor Day Foundation

For Sascha Rosin ’21, the World is Her Oyster

Grad Student Promotes Water Advocacy Through Experiential Course

Music Major Used Grant to Celebrate Ashley Schiff Preserve

Stony Brook to Develop Advanced Computational Tools to Design Offshore Wind Farms

Michael Rubenstein Illuminates a New Field of Research: Energy Humanities

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