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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

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Art Historians Picture Pandemics in Grand Rounds Lecture

In a virtual Grand Rounds lecture titled “Picturing Pandemic Disease,” presented by the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics, Barry Coller, MD, Hon. ’03 and former Stony Brook faculty member...

November 16, 2020

6 min read

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Iconic Simons Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary

The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics (SCGP) celebrated its 10th anniversary November 9 in a daylong event that took place both online and at the Center’s iconic building on the Stony Brook campus. It was in...

November 11, 2020

4 min read

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Rebecca Hayman ’19 Bakes Up New Business Venture

Rebecca Hayman ’19 never does anything half-baked — and that includes the baking business she launched to give her life renewed meaning after she had to give up dancing and sank into a deep depression. The Miller Place...

November 3, 2020

5 min read

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Alzheimer’s Center Finds Path to Treatment Through Pandemic

The challenges of diagnosing and treating Alzheimer’s patients, many of whom are older than 60 — a demographic particularly vulnerable to the dangers of COVID-19 — increase exponentially during a pandemic. Like the rest...

October 26, 2020

8 min read

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Student Blogger Shares Health and Fitness Wisdom with College Peers

Staying fit, trim and healthy can be challenging for college students, and gaining the notorious “Freshman 15” is all the more likely these days given restrictions necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic...

October 19, 2020

8 min read

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$1.7M NSF Grant to Help SBU Researchers Improve Quality of Life for Seniors

The fastest-growing population on Long Island and around the world is older adults. By 2035, those aged 65 and over are expected to comprise more than 20 percent of Long Island’s population — a demographic shift that...

October 12, 2020

6 min read

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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

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SBU Team Develops Particle Containment Chamber to Help Protect Healthcare Workers

Recent scientific evidence has shown that the coronavirus may remain infectious as an aerosol for three hours or longer. Although the exact means of transmission remains a mystery that’s still being investigated...

October 5, 2020

8 min read

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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

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SBDC, Business Students Team Up to Help Local Firms Cope with Pandemic

By employing student research assistants from the College of Business and Center of Entrepreneurial Finance (CEF), the Stony Brook Small Business Development Center (SBDC) developed a small business recovery and...

September 28, 2020

5 min read

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University Provides Online Writing Support During Pandemic

When unexpected events such as the coronavirus pandemic occur — disrupting life as we know it — people adapt by finding new ways to connect. Re-establishing community was critical for Stony Brook University students and...

September 25, 2020

6 min read

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University to Expand COVID-19 Testing Capacity, President McInnis Announces

Stony Brook will expand weekly student testing capacity by partnering with SUNY Upstate Medical University to launch pooled surveillance testing for COVID-19.

September 24, 2020

3 min read

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Anne Green ’22 Takes Civic Engagement to a New Level

An invitation to take part in a panel discussion by global health advocate Chelsea Clinton is just one of the many distinctions that Anne Green ’22 enjoys. Community service is required of all Stony Brook University...

September 16, 2020

6 min read

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Volunteer Ambulance Corps Marks a Half-Century of Community Service

For the all-student Stony Brook Volunteer Ambulance Corps (SBVAC), it began with a Volkswagen bus and a Cadillac. In 1970, frustrated by long response times from local ambulance corps, Stony Brook University students...

September 14, 2020

10 min read

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Crowdfunding Campaign Launched to Keep Our Students Stony Brook Strong

Stony Brook University has launched a crowdfunding campaign to “Keep Our Students Stony Brook Strong” in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. This spring, our generous campus community answered the call for support...

September 14, 2020

3 min read

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New Stony Brook Union Has Heart of Campus Beating Again

Described at the time as a facility “designed to meet the cultural, recreational and social needs of students,” the then-new Stony Brook Union, which opened its doors in January 1970, would take over social functions...

September 9, 2020

5 min read

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Low-Carb Diet Could Boost Brain Health, Study Finds

The Stony Brook-led research showed that even in younger adults (under age 50) dietary ketosis increased overall brain activity and stabilized functional networks.

September 4, 2020

6 min read

Category: Featured Story

Philip Setzer: My Side of the Story

Art Historians Picture Pandemics in Grand Rounds Lecture

Iconic Simons Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Rebecca Hayman ’19 Bakes Up New Business Venture

Alzheimer’s Center Finds Path to Treatment Through Pandemic

Student Blogger Shares Health and Fitness Wisdom with College Peers

$1.7M NSF Grant to Help SBU Researchers Improve Quality of Life for Seniors

Student Activists Tackle Climate Change

SBU Team Develops Particle Containment Chamber to Help Protect Healthcare Workers

SBDC, Business Students Team Up to Help Local Firms Cope with Pandemic

University Provides Online Writing Support During Pandemic

University to Expand COVID-19 Testing Capacity, President McInnis Announces

Anne Green ’22 Takes Civic Engagement to a New Level

Volunteer Ambulance Corps Marks a Half-Century of Community Service

Crowdfunding Campaign Launched to Keep Our Students Stony Brook Strong

Low-Carb Diet Could Boost Brain Health, Study Finds

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