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Learn about Digital Media and the Developing Brain, March 5

This conversation on March 5 at Stony Brook features leading child health experts who will discuss what we know about the impact of digital media on the developing brain.

February 27, 2020

2 min read

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Podcast Features Infectious Disease Expert Dr. Sharon Nachman

To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? In a timely episode of Stony Brook’s recently launched “Beyond the Expected” podcast, Stony Brook University Interim President Michael Bernstein sits down with Dr...

February 25, 2020

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Stony Brook University Hospital Celebrates 40 Years of Care

Throughout its 40 years, Stony Brook Medicine has grown to become Long Island’s premier academic medical center as it continues to play a major role in leading research and pioneering techniques.

February 25, 2020

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Ayana Mathis opens the Spring 2020 Writers Speak Wednesdays Series on February 26.

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Spring 2020 Writers Speak Wednesdays Launches with Ayana Mathis

Mathis' first novel was a New York Times Bestseller and was chosen by Oprah Winfrey as the second selection for Oprah's Book Club 2.0.

February 25, 2020

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Perri Zilberman ’21 Probes the Nature of Matter

As part of Professor Jung’s research group, he works on the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), an international collaboration hosted by Fermilab.

February 18, 2020

3 min read

Medicine News Highlights Research

Early Intervention May Not Slow Progression of Schizophrenia, Study Finds

Katherine Jonas, Department of Psychiatry, says those who receive early intervention eventually experience the same declines as those whose treatment started later.

February 18, 2020

3 min read

Faculty/Staff News Highlights Sustainability

Christopher Sellers Acts to Safeguard Environmental Data

He joined together with a dozen volunteers to help form a new non-profit, the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, to scrutinize the EPA following the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.

February 14, 2020

4 min read

Four-year-old patient Gianna Ciaffone with dancers Haley Heckethorn and Tiare Keeno

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BODYTRAFFIC Visits Stony Brook Children’s Hospital Before Staller Center Show

On the morning of LA-based dance company BODYTRAFFIC‘s performance at Staller Center on February 8, the dancers headed over to the new Stony Brook Children’s Hospital to spend time with a few of its patients. It...

February 12, 2020

4 min read

College of Arts & Sciences News Highlights Research

New Findings Could Lead to More Efficient Batteries

Chemists at Stony Brook and Brookhaven National Lab have made a new finding about battery performance that points to a different strategy for optimizing cathode materials.

February 5, 2020

3 min read

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Carol Gomes Named CEO of Stony Brook University Hospital

A recognized authority in the healthcare industry, with more than 35 years of experience, Gomes has served a majority of that time at Stony Brook University Hospital.

February 4, 2020

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Anesthesia Choice Could Impact Breast Cancer Metastasis

The findings of a study led by Stony Brook University Cancer Center may serve as a guide to design clinical trials for clinicians to optimize anesthesia choice for breast cancer surgery.

February 4, 2020

1 min read

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Coronavirus Information

The CDC, as well as Stony Brook University and Stony Brook Medicine, are closely monitoring an outbreak of a 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China.

January 30, 2020

2 min read

Faculty/Staff News Highlights Service

Robin DeLuca-Acconi Teaches Human Rights

She is one of thousands of social workers who shape policy and curriculum at the ground level, working tirelessly to support the mission of prominent human rights defenders.

January 27, 2020

4 min read

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Seawolves, Are You Ready to Recycle?

Stony Brook University is once again participating in RecycleMania and will be one of 400+ universities in the nationwide competition that runs February 2 through March 28.

January 27, 2020

3 min read

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Simon Donaldson Named 2020 Wolf Prize Laureate in Mathematics

Professor Donaldson is jointly awarded the prize with Professor Yakov Eliashberg from Stanford University for their outstanding contributions to mathematics over many years.

January 22, 2020

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Stony Brook University Hosts NSF Funded Data Science Workshop

The January 9-10 workshop, hosted by the Department of Technology and Society, illuminated the need to improve undergraduate data science education through university and industry partnerships.

January 17, 2020

4 min read

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Movie by SBU Scientists to Premiere at Directors Guild Theater

The indie film Sensitive and in Love — largely based on research done at Stony Brook University — will have its world premiere on Wednesday, January 29, at the prestigious Directors Guild of America Theater in New York...

January 17, 2020

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