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The START Resource Center offers a range of practical transitional services for people leaving the county jail, including employment assistance, connections to housing, treatment and mental healthcare, clothing, food, pandemic advice, and much more.

Long Island News Highlights School of Social Welfare Student Spotlight

SSW Student Interns Are Helping Others Build Better Futures

On March 18, representatives from Stony Brook University and AT&T joined Suffolk County Sheriff Errol D. Toulon Jr. and County and Babylon Town officials to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Sheriff’s...

March 23, 2021

4 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story COVID-19 Medicine Medicine and Research News Highlights School of Medicine

A Record 149 Stony Brook Medical Students Match to Residencies

Although the Renaissance School of Medicine’s 2021 Match Day for fourth-year medical students remained a virtual event, with a record 149 students receiving their residency assignments, there was much cause for...

March 22, 2021

3 min read

Academics News Highlights Research SB Southampton SoMAS University

Latest Technology Helping Student Identify Harmful Algae

Graduate student Rebecca Rogers uses Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB), an automated submersible imaging flow cytometer that generates images of particles taken from the aquatic environment.

March 18, 2021

4 min read

Athletics News Highlights University

Seawolves Punch Their First Ticket to the Big Dance

On March 12, the women’s basketball team qualified for the NCAA Division I tournament for the first time in school history by defeating Maine in the America East Conference final, 64-60.

March 17, 2021

5 min read

Academics Alumni Hottest Stories Arts & Entertainment Awards and Honors Faculty/Student Spotlights Graduate School News Highlights Stony Brook Matters Student University

Stony Brook MFA Students Sweep Television Writing Fellowships

MFA in Television Writing first-year student Mallory Baysek won in the Drama category and second-year student Galen Foote won for Comedy.

March 16, 2021

2 min read

Left to right (details): Stuart Balius, Marta Baumiller, Yifei Cheng, Annemarie Waugh

Alumni Events Alumni Spotlight Story Arts & Entertainment Events Faculty/Student Spotlights Long Island News Highlights On Campus Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

MFA Thesis Exhibition 2021 at Zuccaire Gallery

"Four: MFA Thesis Exhibition 2021" presents new work by Stony Brook's graduating Master of Fine Arts students Stuart Balius, Marta Baumiller, Yifei Cheng and Annemarie Waugh.

March 16, 2021

1 min read

Diversity Events News Highlights

Diversity Networking Event: Not All SHEroes Wear Capes, March 26

The event, hosted by the Career Center, will connect current students to women in the workplace to learn about challenges and issues facing women, as well as internship and job opportunities.

March 15, 2021

2 min read

Coming Back Safe and Strong COVID-19 News Highlights University Wellness

Coming Back Safe and Strong Update (March 11, 2021)

What You Need to Know, When You Need to Know It Good News on Vaccines: Expanded Eligibility We are pleased to share the good news that new groups of employees are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines based on updated NYS...

March 11, 2021

3 min read

Academics Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Medicine and Research News Highlights Research SoMAS Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Latest Discoveries Revealed at SBU’s Virtual Postdoc Spotlight

The annual event — designed like a TED talk — gave Stony Brook’s postdocs the opportunity to present their cutting-edge research to an audience in five minutes.

March 11, 2021

2 min read

Images showing KRAS intact in tumor tissue and knocked out in a laboratory model of PDAC.

Faculty/Staff Medicine News Highlights Research School of Medicine

Study Could Lead to Enhanced Therapies for Pancreatic Cancer

The study takes an initial step toward better understanding how the KRAS gene drives immune evasion and demonstrates a lowering of the KRAS activity, resulting in a more favorable environment to fight cancer.

March 11, 2021

2 min read

Sloths, rodents and primates — some of the largest and smallest mammals on Caribbean islands — are among those most vulnerable to extinction. Credit: David Rini, Johns Hopkins University

Alumni Spotlight Story College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine and Research News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters

Study on Caribbean Mammal Extinctions Helps Guide Conservation Strategies

Information from historical, archaeological and recent fossil records must inform current-day conservation, or else we risk losing these remarkable species forever.

March 10, 2021

4 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Awards and Honors Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Graduate School News Highlights Recent Grads Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

2021 Graduate School Award Winners

The winners of the 2021 Graduate School Awards for students, faculty and staff represent the very best of Stony Brook, and they will be recognized at the School's Annual Awards Virtual Celebration.

March 8, 2021

2 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine and Research News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters

Study Shows Mars’ Early Climate Was Intermittently Warm

Samples from the Jezero Crater, the landing site of NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission, may help to reveal evidence of Mars' climate changes during its existence and possible signs of previous life.

March 8, 2021

4 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories College of Arts & Sciences Main University News Highlights STEM Stony Brook Matters University

SBU’s Physics & Astronomy Program Ranks in Top 100 Universities Worldwide

According to leading international ranking organization QS, Stony Brook's Physics and Astronomy program ranked #89 in the top 100 universities in the world.

March 3, 2021

2 min read

In the laboratory in which Stony Brook researchers study tissue and investigate the loss of function in PLD1 variants, are researchers: Michael Frohman, MD, PhD (rear center); 5th year Pharmacology student Christian Salazar (seated); 5th year Biochemistry and Structural Biology student Forrest Bowling, and Michael Airola, PhD.

Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty/Staff Medicine Medicine and Research News Highlights Research School of Medicine STEM Stony Brook Matters

Study Identifies Important Cause of Congenital Heart Disease

A team of researchers co-led by SBU's Michael Frohman discovered that certain loss of functions in the Phospholipase D1 gene causes congenital right-sided cardiac valve defects and neonatal cardiomyopathy.

March 1, 2021

4 min read

Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Long Island News Highlights Research SoMAS STEM Sustainability

Identifying Toxic Chemicals and Keeping Our Groundwater Safe

New York State Center for Clean Water Technology reveals a novel approach to removing contaminants Emerging research from the New York State Center for Clean Water Technology (CCWT) at Stony Brook University affirms...

February 26, 2021

5 min read

Events News Highlights STEM University

International Women’s Day Event Theme Is “Choose to Challenge”

The day will be recognized at Stony Brook on Saturday, March 6, with the annual "Girl Power in STEM" symposium, which will take place virtually.

February 26, 2021

2 min read

Community Long Island News Highlights STEM

SBU’s Women in Computer Science Hosts Virtual Hour of Code Event

Before the winter break, 30 middle school students and their supervisors joined the Stony Brook Women in Computer Science (WICS) club online for an introduction to coding. For the third year in a row, WICS hosted an...

February 25, 2021

2 min read

Category: News Highlights

A Record 149 Stony Brook Medical Students Match to Residencies

Latest Technology Helping Student Identify Harmful Algae

Seawolves Punch Their First Ticket to the Big Dance

Stony Brook MFA Students Sweep Television Writing Fellowships

MFA Thesis Exhibition 2021 at Zuccaire Gallery

Diversity Networking Event: Not All SHEroes Wear Capes, March 26

Coming Back Safe and Strong Update (March 11, 2021)

Latest Discoveries Revealed at SBU’s Virtual Postdoc Spotlight

Study Could Lead to Enhanced Therapies for Pancreatic Cancer

Study on Caribbean Mammal Extinctions Helps Guide Conservation Strategies

2021 Graduate School Award Winners

Study Shows Mars’ Early Climate Was Intermittently Warm

SBU’s Physics & Astronomy Program Ranks in Top 100 Universities Worldwide

Study Identifies Important Cause of Congenital Heart Disease

Identifying Toxic Chemicals and Keeping Our Groundwater Safe

International Women’s Day Event Theme Is “Choose to Challenge”

SBU’s Women in Computer Science Hosts Virtual Hour of Code Event

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