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$2.35 Million ARPA-E Award Will Help Develop Safer Nuclear Energy

$2.35 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program has been awarded to the team in the Engineered Microstructures and Radiation Effects Laboratory (EMREL), led...

June 7, 2019

2 min read

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Cutting-Edge Products Displayed at Incubator Showcase

Long Island start-ups displayed pioneering new products and technologies at the fourth annual Incubator Showcase, sponsored by the Vice President for Research and the Office of Economic Development, and held at the...

June 7, 2019

2 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Humanities News Highlights STEM

Digital Intelligence Training Program Melds Science with Humanities

The Digital Intelligence training program, a new Arts and Technology program that combines computer science with a discipline in the arts, humanities or social sciences, will launch in fall 2019 with the introduction of...

June 4, 2019

3 min read

Athletics News Highlights Student Spotlight

Two-Time Player of the Year Sets 2020 Vision on Softball Championship

Only one player in any league gets to make the claim that they are the best in any season. And the list of players who can make that claim in consecutive seasons is a small one. To give you some idea of how small, only...

June 3, 2019

5 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story News Highlights Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight Sustainability

Chris Crosby ‘19 Aims to Leave the Planet Healthier Than He Found It

Maybe it was going hunting and fishing with his grandmother. Or being glued to the Discovery Channel as a kid. Either way, Chris Crosby’s love of nature was too strong to ignore, and led him to enroll at Stony Brook...

June 3, 2019

4 min read

Awards and Honors Faculty/Staff News Highlights

Ecologist Heather Lynch is a National Finalist for 2019 Blavatnik Award

Associate Professor Heather J. Lynch, who holds a joint appointment in the Department of Ecology and Evolution and the Institute for Advanced Computational Science at Stony Brook University, has been selected as a...

May 30, 2019

2 min read

Diversity News Highlights Student Spotlight Sustainability

WISE Student Is an Activist for Local Water Quality

If you ever want to start a conversation with Lucy DiBenedetto ’19, just ask her about her backpack. It’s festooned with lanyards, pins and hand-stitched patches that carry messages of diversity — like the...

May 29, 2019

5 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Giving Back Medicine Medicine Alumni News Medicine and Research Medicine Today News Highlights Nursing Alumni News Stony Brook Matters

Four Lives Changed by Stony Brook Kidney Transplants

With four lifesaving surgeries, Stony Brook Medicine’s Kidney Transplantation Services created a kidney transplant chain that now has bound together donors and recipients in shared gratitude and friendship. It started...

May 28, 2019

3 min read

News Highlights Student Spotlight University

Top Five Gifts for Grads

Congratulations to the class of 2019! Celebrate the achievements of the graduating Seawolves in your life with our top gifts for grads. Find the perfect presents for any Seawolf as they head into the next chapter of...

May 22, 2019

2 min read

Awards and Honors Faculty/Staff News Highlights On Campus Research University

SBU Chapter of National Academy of Inventors Honors 20 New Members and 3 Award Winners

The Stony Brook University Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI-SBU) held its 2019 Annual Meeting at the Charles B. Wang Center on May 1, and inducted 16 new members and 4 honorary members to the Academy...

May 21, 2019

7 min read

Academics Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors News Highlights Recent Grads Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Ten Students Receive Fulbright Scholarships, Setting Stony Brook Record

Ten Stony Brook University students have been recognized by the Department of State’s prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program, a highly competitive scholarship opportunity that provides funding for American students...

May 20, 2019

7 min read

News Highlights On Campus Student Spotlight Sustainability

Students’ Environmental Design Project Reimagines Shop Red West Plaza

During the spring 2019 semester, students in the EDP 404: Environmental Design Project class worked with the Faculty Student Association (FSA) as their client to reimagine the plaza outside Shop Red West. With the...

May 17, 2019

2 min read

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Stony Brook Ranks High in Forbes Best Value Colleges 2019 List

Stony Brook University placed #29 in overall rank and #13 in public rank in Forbes Best Value Colleges 2019 rankings, which highlights the top 300 schools in the country with the highest quality and best financial...

May 16, 2019

1 min read

Academics Awards and Honors News Highlights School of Journalism Student Spotlight

SBU Journalism Major Awarded Dow Jones News Fund Internship

For the second year in a row, a Stony Brook University student has been awarded a Dow Jones News Fund internship. Brianne Ledda, a rising junior, is one of 79 undergraduate and graduate students placed in paid...

May 16, 2019

1 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories News Highlights Service Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Students Leaders to Cycle Across the Country for a Cause

Two Stony Brook student leaders are devoting their whole summer to cycling more than 4,000 miles across the country to raise awareness and funds for their respective charities. Justas Klimavicius ’19, President of...

May 14, 2019

3 min read

News Highlights Research Sustainability

University Partners with Center for Sustainable Energy for Green Energy Research

Sustainable energy research will be accelerated though a partnership between Stony Brook University and the Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE) that will support, foster and accelerate cutting-edge research being...

May 8, 2019

4 min read

News Highlights On Campus Sustainability

Charting a Path Toward Bird-Friendly Buildings

Two Stony Brook freshmen recently took on a big issue on campus and beyond and got major life lessons in teamwork, experiential learning, how to organize a campaign and how to plan an event. “This is a remarkable...

May 6, 2019

5 min read

News Highlights Research

Small Dinosaur is a Big Piece in the Puzzle of Tyrannosaur Evolution

An international team of researchers including Alan H. Turner, PhD, from Stony Brook University, have uncovered much of the skull and skeleton of a small tyrannosaur from Late Cretaceous rocks in New Mexico. This newly...

May 6, 2019

3 min read

Category: News Highlights

$2.35 Million ARPA-E Award Will Help Develop Safer Nuclear Energy

Cutting-Edge Products Displayed at Incubator Showcase

Digital Intelligence Training Program Melds Science with Humanities

Two-Time Player of the Year Sets 2020 Vision on Softball Championship

Chris Crosby ‘19 Aims to Leave the Planet Healthier Than He Found It

Ecologist Heather Lynch is a National Finalist for 2019 Blavatnik Award

WISE Student Is an Activist for Local Water Quality

Four Lives Changed by Stony Brook Kidney Transplants

Top Five Gifts for Grads

SBU Chapter of National Academy of Inventors Honors 20 New Members and 3 Award Winners

Ten Students Receive Fulbright Scholarships, Setting Stony Brook Record

Students’ Environmental Design Project Reimagines Shop Red West Plaza

SBU Journalism Major Awarded Dow Jones News Fund Internship

Students Leaders to Cycle Across the Country for a Cause

University Partners with Center for Sustainable Energy for Green Energy Research

Charting a Path Toward Bird-Friendly Buildings

Small Dinosaur is a Big Piece in the Puzzle of Tyrannosaur Evolution

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