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27 Faculty and Staff Honored with SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence

These awards acknowledge the dedication and accomplishments of instructional faculty, librarians, and professional staff across SUNY campuses and encourage the ongoing pursuit of excellence.

July 20, 2020

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Human Resources Releases SOLAR Report Guidance

Human Resource Services has released a message setting forth guidance for supervisors concerning SOLAR reports for employee self-screening. The message reads as follows: The following provides a direct link...

July 17, 2020

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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

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Provost Releases Message on Promoting Accessibility in Curriculum Design

Michael Bernstein, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Wendi Mathews, Director, Student Accessibility Support Center, have issued a message to faculty concerning the promotion of accessibility in...

July 15, 2020

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Professor Leonardo Rastelli is the Renaissance Chair in Theoretical Physics.

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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

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New York Sea Grant’s Rapid Response to COVID-19

NYSG provides important information that businesses, educators, landowners and other stakeholders can use during the pandemic.

July 10, 2020

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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

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Provost Issues Updated Travel Guidance

Michael Bernstein, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, has issued updated travel guidance in light of rapidly increasing case counts in many regions. The message reads as follows: In light of rapidly...

July 7, 2020

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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

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Stony Brook Medicine Experts Share Pool Safety Advice During COVID-19

Pool safety requires a different mindset this year. Dr. Sharon Nachman shares why children and families should be able to enjoy swimming this summer.

July 2, 2020

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Stephanie Kelton Cracks Best Seller List

A professor of economics and public policy, Dr. Kelton is a leading authority on Modern Monetary Theory, an approach to economics that is drawing great interest worldwide.

June 26, 2020

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Historian Paul Kelton Tells a Tale of Two Pandemics

Paul Kelton was working on a book about the cholera pandemic of the 1830s when coronavirus emerged. “It’s been a surreal experience writing about a pandemic while one is going on,” said Kelton, professor...

June 23, 2020

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This photo, taken by Professor Nagasawa on June 12 in Soho, reflects the incident in Central Park when police were called on black birdwatcher Christian Cooper.

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Get Ready to Paint for Change in Soho with Art 2♥️

This Saturday you are invited to join Professor Nobuho Nagasawa and SBU students in lower Manhattan to paint storefronts as part of a group of artists welcoming change.

June 18, 2020

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Bat Study Could Provide Clues to Coronavirus

The research, funded by the NSF, will look at how viruses affect cells upon entry into the bat host’s nasal passages to explain why symptomatic disease does not occur.

June 15, 2020

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Webinar Features Stony Brook Experts on Advancing Academic Success

The University is making important strides in advancing student success by leveraging its resources toward increasing graduation rates while focusing on academic excellence for all.

June 12, 2020

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SBU Research Team Receives $3.5M Grant to Study Depression

Depression remains a leading disorder worldwide with treatments that have limited benefits for many patients — only 33 percent of individuals with depression respond to conventional treatments. A cross-disciplinary...

June 9, 2020

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Susan Scarf Merrell’s ‘Shirley’ Arrives on Screen to Rave Reviews

The novel has arrived on the big (and small) screen with the June 5 release of the film of the same name, starring Elisabeth Moss as author Shirley Jackson.

June 5, 2020

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