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Four SBU Faculty Rise to Rank of SUNY Distinguished Professor

Axel Drees and Peter Stephens from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Claude LeBrun from the Department of Mathematics and Stella Tsirka from the Department of Pharmacology have been elevated to the rank of...

December 4, 2020

5 min read

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

Nancy Hollingsworth Named 2020 AAAS Fellow

Nancy M. Hollingsworth, distinguished teaching professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as an AAAS...

December 3, 2020

2 min read

Awards and Honors Community Diversity Faculty/Staff Long Island News Highlights Newsletter-Spotlight Student Spotlight

2020 Hispanic Heritage Month Closing Ceremony Honors Faculty/Staff & Students

The 31st annual closing ceremony took place via Zoom this year, marking the end of a month-long celebration that honored the University’s Latin American and Hispanic communities.

December 1, 2020

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Arts & Entertainment Faculty/Staff Featured Story Humanities

Philip Setzer: My Side of the Story

Emerson Quartet Violinist Philip Setzer Recounts Tense Trip to Taipei Stony Brook Violin Professor Philip Setzer is a founding member of the world-renowned Emerson String Quartet, Stony Brook University’s Quartet...

November 24, 2020

9 min read

Community COVID-19 Events Faculty/Staff News Highlights

The Provost’s Virtual Lecture Series: Spotlight on COVID

On December 2 and 3, the Provost’s Lecture Series hosts two free virtual live lectures on COVID, featuring four distinguished Stony Brook University faculty members.

November 23, 2020

3 min read

A mock-up of Professor Nagasawa's sea turtle sculpture in Harborside Park

College of Arts & Sciences Community Faculty/Staff Long Island News Highlights Student Spotlight Sustainability

SBU Collaborates with Village of Port Jefferson to Create Recycling Sculptures

SBU senior Michael Manning’s “Shellfish Recycling Bin” and Art Professor Nobuho Nagasawa’s “Sea Turtle” are the two winning designs to be displayed in Port Jefferson.

November 17, 2020

2 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Main University Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters

New ‘Genomic’ Method Reveals Atomic Arrangements of Battery Material

The technique is in some ways a form of reverse engineering that uses computer algorithms to build and evaluate all the plausible structures of a material.

November 9, 2020

4 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty/Staff Main University Medicine and Research News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters

AI Microgrid Researchers Aim to Increase Reliability and Safety of Power Grids

Humanity’s reliance on the power grid is increasing with each passing year. As a society, we are lulled into a sense that things will work simply by paying the monthly bill, and when these massive systems break down —...

November 4, 2020

3 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Awards and Honors Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Main University News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters

Adjunct Professor Stephen Schwartz Receives International Aerosol Fellow Award

His research helps determine the extent human activity has increased aerosol levels in the atmosphere, how air pollution impairs health and how diseases like COVID-19 spread.

November 4, 2020

2 min read

Artificial intelligence, conceptual illustration.

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

Seven Stony Brook AI Papers Make Prestigious NeurIPS Conference

Stony Brook University’s Institute for AI-Driven Discovery and Innovation has been working tirelessly to study and present new research to the world. As a result, this year the Institute had seven papers accepted at the...

October 28, 2020

4 min read

Events Faculty/Staff School of Journalism

Journalism’s Laura Lindenfeld to Join WSHU Election Conversation

On October 30, the School of Journalism dean will discuss the role that the media have played in this election cycle and what has turned into a never-ending news cycle.

October 22, 2020

2 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Arts & Entertainment Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters

Alda Center to Bring Science to the Stage in Unique Livestream Performance

The groundbreaking research and discoveries that happen at Stony Brook are inspiring both art and science through innovation in the performing arts.

October 19, 2020

5 min read

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

Academics Faculty/Staff Medicine News Highlights Research School of Medicine

NIH Grant Supports First Cognitive Monitoring Study of WTC Responders

A research team will assess evidence of brain biomarkers similar to those in Alzheimer’s disease in WTC 9/11 responders cared for at SBU's WTC Health and Wellness Program.

October 15, 2020

2 min read

Academics Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty/Staff Global Medicine and Research News Highlights Research SoMAS Stony Brook Matters

Climate Research May Help Reduce “Snail Fever” Worldwide

Projections of temperatures and precipitation amounts in climate change scenarios may be a key component in a large research initiative with the goal to reduce schistosomiasis.

October 8, 2020

3 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors Diversity Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Main University News Highlights Stony Brook Matters

Ijeoma Opara Receives Prestigious Early Independence Award

The assistant professor in the School of Social Welfare earned the NIH award for a project that addresses substance use and mental health among urban youth.

October 6, 2020

4 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

Category: Faculty/Staff

Four SBU Faculty Rise to Rank of SUNY Distinguished Professor

Nancy Hollingsworth Named 2020 AAAS Fellow

Philip Setzer: My Side of the Story

SBU Collaborates with Village of Port Jefferson to Create Recycling Sculptures

New ‘Genomic’ Method Reveals Atomic Arrangements of Battery Material

AI Microgrid Researchers Aim to Increase Reliability and Safety of Power Grids

Adjunct Professor Stephen Schwartz Receives International Aerosol Fellow Award

Seven Stony Brook AI Papers Make Prestigious NeurIPS Conference

Journalism’s Laura Lindenfeld to Join WSHU Election Conversation

Alda Center to Bring Science to the Stage in Unique Livestream Performance

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

NIH Grant Supports First Cognitive Monitoring Study of WTC Responders

Climate Research May Help Reduce “Snail Fever” Worldwide

Sara Hamideh Advocates for Equity in Disaster Recovery

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