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Preparing to Explore Extreme Lunar Environments

As the US prepares to return to the surface of the Moon, scientists from the RIS4E node of NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI), led by researchers from the Stony Brook University...

September 10, 2018

6 min read

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Program Offers Spinal Cord Injury Survivors New Opportunities

Five years ago, life looked very different to Casey Ellin. At 26, he was assistant director of Stony Brook University’s intramurals and sport clubs. It was the perfect position for Ellin, who always loved sports and...

August 30, 2018

4 min read

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The Food Lab at Stony Brook Southampton announces 2018 Fall Conference

The Food Lab at Stony Brook Southampton will host its fourth annual Fall Conference on September 14 and 15, 2018, featuring keynote speaker Pati Jinich. The theme of the conference is “One Long Table: Eat...

August 30, 2018

3 min read

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Staller Center Fall Season Features Thrilling Arts and Entertainment

An exciting variety of jazz, music, dance and Broadway stars will appear on the stage of the Staller Center for the Arts in its Fall 2018 season. The season opens on September 29 with An Evening with Pat Metheny, the...

August 20, 2018

3 min read

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Stony Brook University Named 34th Best US College by Money Magazine

Stony Brook University has been named the 34th best college in the US, as well as the 22nd best public institution, in an annual ranking released by MONEY Magazine. In the 2018 list of “Best Colleges For Your Money,”...

August 13, 2018

2 min read

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Stony Brook’s Alda Center focuses on women in STEM with new gift from Andrew and Ann Tisch

The physicist who struggles to navigate the politics of her lab because her competence is perceived as making her less “likable.” The medical researcher who misses out on career guidance as would-be mentors gravitate...

July 31, 2018

4 min read

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Unearthing Human Ancestry

For Stony Brook researcher Isaiah Nengo, paleontology is a lot like gambling. Many long days of field work in Kenya’s arid and barren Turkana Basin reveal very little. Most of the time, Nengo walks away empty-handed...

June 29, 2018

6 min read

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Ancient Primates Had Specialized Grooming Claws

Humans and other primates are outliers among mammals for having nails instead of claws. But how, when and why we transitioned from claws to nails has been an evolutionary head-scratcher. Now, new fossil evidence shows...

June 21, 2018

6 min read

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Stony Brook Film Festival to Shine a Spotlight on Cultural Heritage, Diversity

The Stony Brook Film Festival has always been about great storytelling. This year’s festival, which is in its 23rd year and running from July 19 to July 28, is no exception. “The Stony Brook Film Festival is about great...

June 8, 2018

4 min read

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Knapp Chair Esther Sans Takeuchi Wins European Inventor Award for Her Compact Batteries

One of the world’s leading energy storage researchers, Stony Brook University Distinguished Professor Esther Sans Takeuchi has won the 2018 European Inventor Award in the category “Non-EPO countries.” The European...

June 7, 2018

4 min read

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Amna Haider ’18 Aspires to be Physician, Innovator

As the daughter of a civil engineer and medical doctor, Amna Haider ’18 was exposed to a barrage of ideas and information early on and learned to ask big questions. She wanted to know how things worked. She...

May 29, 2018

6 min read

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SBU Celebrates Its Largest, Most Diverse Graduating Class at 58th Commencement

Stony Brook University honored the largest graduating class in its history, granting degrees to 7,350 of the world’s brightest minds in a May 18 Commencement ceremony at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium. The Class of 2018...

May 18, 2018

5 min read

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58th Annual Commencement Takes Place May 18

Stony Brook University will launch a record 7,350 students into a future far beyond the ordinary as the University’s 58th annual commencement ceremony takes place Friday, May 18, beginning at 11:00 am in Kenneth P...

May 7, 2018

3 min read

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University Celebrates David Lawton, Who Built World-Class Music Department

Any tears shed following longtime Stony Brook University conductor David Lawton’s final opera performances on April 28 and April 29 were no match for those that Lawton himself cried as a 5-year-old while attending a...

May 4, 2018

5 min read

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Embracing the World: Stony Brook’s Internationalization Strategy Bears Fruit

Redoubling its strategic commitment to global engagement, Stony Brook University is ramping up its outreach and recruitment efforts, aided by a battery of tools and tactics now in place to achieve even greater...

April 20, 2018

7 min read

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Gala Honoring Dorothy Lichtenstein Raises $7.1 Million to Support Creative Writing and Film Programs and Scholarships

Nearly 700 guests gathered on Wednesday evening at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers to honor one of America’s most dedicated and energetic art and education benefactors, Dorothy Lichtenstein, at the annual Stars of Stony...

April 12, 2018

6 min read

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Michelle Olakkengil ’17 Awarded Prestigious Payne Fellowship

Psychology and Sociology alumna Michelle Olakkengil is poised to be an agent of change in the field of global health. Thanks to her impeccable record of academic excellence and leadership at Stony Brook, she now has the...

April 9, 2018

4 min read

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Tanzania Study Abroad Program Sends Students to Africa

Stony Brook University’s Tanzania Study Abroad program recently won the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Innovative Study Abroad Program for 2017–2018. The award will help fund this summer’s trip to the eastern...

March 30, 2018

4 min read

Category: Featured Story

Preparing to Explore Extreme Lunar Environments

Program Offers Spinal Cord Injury Survivors New Opportunities

The Food Lab at Stony Brook Southampton announces 2018 Fall Conference

Staller Center Fall Season Features Thrilling Arts and Entertainment

Stony Brook University Named 34th Best US College by Money Magazine

Stony Brook’s Alda Center focuses on women in STEM with new gift from Andrew and Ann Tisch

Unearthing Human Ancestry

Ancient Primates Had Specialized Grooming Claws

Stony Brook Film Festival to Shine a Spotlight on Cultural Heritage, Diversity

Knapp Chair Esther Sans Takeuchi Wins European Inventor Award for Her Compact Batteries

Amna Haider ’18 Aspires to be Physician, Innovator

SBU Celebrates Its Largest, Most Diverse Graduating Class at 58th Commencement

58th Annual Commencement Takes Place May 18

University Celebrates David Lawton, Who Built World-Class Music Department

Embracing the World: Stony Brook’s Internationalization Strategy Bears Fruit

Gala Honoring Dorothy Lichtenstein Raises $7.1 Million to Support Creative Writing and Film Programs and Scholarships

Michelle Olakkengil ’17 Awarded Prestigious Payne Fellowship

Tanzania Study Abroad Program Sends Students to Africa

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