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Christopher Hayes ’19 Researches Solar Energy at Brookhaven National Lab

Chemistry was the subject in school that Christopher Hayes enjoyed the most. However, the Long Island native entered Stony Brook University unsure of his course of study. This past spring, he graduated with degrees in...

August 12, 2019

5 min read

Events Home Page Spotlight Long Island News Highlights SB Southampton Sustainability

Fifth Annual Food Lab Conference Hosted by Stony Brook Southampton

Coinciding once more with the harvest season, the fifth annual Food Lab Conference will be hosted by Stony Brook Southampton on September 13 and 14. The conference brings together an impressive list of nationally...

August 8, 2019

3 min read

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

Peter van Nieuwenhuizen Shares $3M Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for “Invention of Supergravity”

Peter van Nieuwenhuizen, distinguished professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics and the C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook University, is one of three...

August 6, 2019

7 min read

Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Diversity Faculty/Staff Leadership News Highlights On Campus STEM

Mónica Bugallo Appointed Associate Dean for Diversity and Outreach

Mónica Bugallo, Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Faculty Director of the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Honors program, has been appointed Associate Dean for Diversity and...

August 5, 2019

3 min read

News Highlights STEM University

Alda Center Marks 10 Years of Communicating Science

In the past decade, 15,000 scientists, medical professionals, and other researchers have learned to share their work more effectively through workshops with the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science. Thousands more...

August 1, 2019

4 min read

News Highlights Research Sustainability

Hummingbird Study Shows How Genetic Changes Could Be Predicted

Multiple hummingbird species have adapted to high altitudes in the Andes Mountains through genetic mutations that affect the same biochemical pathways, a study by Stony Brook researchers finds. Creatures that transition...

July 31, 2019

2 min read

News Highlights Research Sustainability

For SoMAS’s Oliver Shipley, Every Week is Shark Week

Oliver Shipley might have one of the best assignments in the world — he gets to scrutinize what is arguably Earth’s most fascinating and feared creature in its natural habitat, from the safety of an underwater research...

July 31, 2019

6 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories News Highlights Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Zaynab Ubaid ’19 Blazes a Trail in Communications

Growing up in a sheltered, religiously conservative household, Stony Brook psychology major and University Scholar Zaynab Ubaid ’19 was determined to make her mark at Stony Brook. “When I enrolled, there were so many...

July 25, 2019

3 min read

Long Island Medicine News Highlights University

Ribbon-Cutting Celebrates Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital

A crowd of more than 100 supporters gathered on July 23 to celebrate Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital (SBELIH) joining the Stony Brook Medicine healthcare system to improve access to advanced medical care for...

July 23, 2019

4 min read

Xiaoqing Zhang, a doctoral candidate in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and President of GSO

Academics News Highlights School of Health Techology & Management Student Spotlight

GSO President Interns with SBU’s Office of Federal Relations in Washington, DC

Xiaoqing Zhang, a doctoral candidate in the School of Health Technology and Management and President of GSO, shares her experience as an intern. Interning with Stony Brook’s Office of Government Relations in Washington...

July 22, 2019

3 min read

Stony Brook University: Computer Engineering IV Ramakishnan, Associate Dean of Research (CEAS) and Professor of Computer Science and Petar Djuric, Chair, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering received a $3M NIH grant.

Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors Faculty Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine Medicine Alumni News Medicine and Research Medicine Today News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters

Scientists Awarded $3.2 Million to Improve Delivery Room Decisions

Stony Brook scientists have received major NIH funding to investigate a pioneering approach to fetal monitoring that could improve outcomes in the delivery room. A multi-disciplinary team led by the College of...

July 18, 2019

5 min read

Chris Tanaka has been elected to the board for the Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals.

Alumni Chapters & Groups Alumni News Alumni Spotlight Story Diversity Faculty/Staff LGBTQ group News Highlights Stony Brook Matters

Chris Tanaka Elected to Board of National LGBTQ* Higher Education Organization

Chris Tanaka ’07, ’10, Assistant Director of LGBTQ* Services, has been elected to the board for the Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals, a national organization that aims to advance LGBTQ*...

July 15, 2019

3 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Long Island News Highlights On Campus Stony Brook Matters

WUSB Provides Non-Commercial Radio to Long Island for 42 Years

This summer WUSB 90.1 FM Stony Brook has marked 42 years of Long Island non-commercial college radio broadcast service — providing a community forum for innovative and commercial-free radio with public service...

July 15, 2019

4 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Faculty/Student Spotlights News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Learning to Ask for Help Launched Elle Butler Basner ’19

Sometimes it takes a little adversity to teach you how to win. This is what biochemistry and applied mathematics and statistics major Elle Butler Basner ’19 learned when she received a disappointing grade in an...

July 12, 2019

3 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Community Faculty/Student Spotlights News Highlights Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Mechanical Engineering Students Make an Impact with ‘Go Baby Go’ Project

By Patrick O’Donnell ’19 The Stony Brook University Student Chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) strives to help students develop professionally and to familiarize students with the...

July 11, 2019

3 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Medicine Alumni News Medicine and Research News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters

Fossil Discoveries Illuminate Ancient Saharan Seaway

The ancient Trans-Saharan Seaway of Africa, which existed 50 to 100 million years ago in the region of the current Sahara Desert, is described in a new paper to be published in the Bulletin of the American Museum of...

July 9, 2019

4 min read

Academics Alumni Hottest Stories College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Medicine and Research News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

Nanowire Research Could Advance Harvesting of Solar Energy

New research on nanowires that could facilitate the harvesting of solar energy has been published by a team of scientists from Stony Brook University, Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Naval Research Laboratory...

July 8, 2019

3 min read

Arts & Entertainment Humanities News Highlights SB Southampton

Southampton Writers Conference Celebrates Another Summer

The Southampton Writers Conference celebrates its 44th summer this month, hosting writers seeking to hone their craft at an oceanside location featuring some of the top instructors in the business. Located at Stony...

July 2, 2019

2 min read

Category: News Highlights

Christopher Hayes ’19 Researches Solar Energy at Brookhaven National Lab

Fifth Annual Food Lab Conference Hosted by Stony Brook Southampton

Peter van Nieuwenhuizen Shares $3M Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for “Invention of Supergravity”

Mónica Bugallo Appointed Associate Dean for Diversity and Outreach

Alda Center Marks 10 Years of Communicating Science

Hummingbird Study Shows How Genetic Changes Could Be Predicted

For SoMAS’s Oliver Shipley, Every Week is Shark Week

Zaynab Ubaid ’19 Blazes a Trail in Communications

Ribbon-Cutting Celebrates Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital

GSO President Interns with SBU’s Office of Federal Relations in Washington, DC

Scientists Awarded $3.2 Million to Improve Delivery Room Decisions

Chris Tanaka Elected to Board of National LGBTQ* Higher Education Organization

WUSB Provides Non-Commercial Radio to Long Island for 42 Years

Learning to Ask for Help Launched Elle Butler Basner ’19

Mechanical Engineering Students Make an Impact with ‘Go Baby Go’ Project

Fossil Discoveries Illuminate Ancient Saharan Seaway

Nanowire Research Could Advance Harvesting of Solar Energy

Southampton Writers Conference Celebrates Another Summer

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