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STAY HOMEcoming: A Virtual Celebration, October 1 – 10

Even a pandemic can’t stop the Seawolves spirit. While our traditional Homecoming can’t be held in person this year, Stony Brook University will present STAY HOMEcoming, ten days of (mostly) virtual events created to...

September 28, 2020

2 min read

Nobuho Nagasawa, Transformation and Resilience (detail), 2020, 506 Broadway, NYC. Photo: Teri Henry.

Alumni Hottest Stories Arts & Entertainment Diversity Events Faculty/Staff Main University News Highlights Stony Brook Matters

Reckoning: Faculty Exhibition 2020 Opens Online Oct. 1

Reckoning presents artwork created in 2020 that expresses a range of experiences we are living through and the underlying conditions that have brought us to this crossroads.

September 28, 2020

1 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

Kevin Tsai ‘19 carries donations of PPE.

Alumni News Alumni Spotlight Arts & Entertainment COVID-19 Medicine Medicine Alumni News Medicine and Research News Highlights Recent Grads Stony Brook Matters

Medicine Alums Present Emmy Award on National Telecast

Chosen for their involvement in the organization DonatePPE.org, siblings Karen Tsai and Kevin Tsai presented the Best Supporting Actor award at the 72nd annual Emmys on September 20.

September 21, 2020

2 min read

The ALAR aircraft, operated by Paul Shepson, is one plane that will be flown in Alaska during CHACHA research.

Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research SoMAS

SoMAS Takes Flight to Measure Air Quality in the Arctic and NYC

The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University (SoMAS) will embark on new research supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that involves using highly sophisticated airplanes to...

September 21, 2020

4 min read

Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research

Stony Brook’s Rouven Essig Shares New Horizons in Physics Prize

The theoretical particle physicist — whose research focuses on the search for dark matter — is expanding our understanding of the structure of the Universe.

September 17, 2020

5 min read

Coming Back Safe and Strong News Highlights University

Coming Back Safe and Strong Update (Sept. 17, 2020)

A new website that rates college campus dashboards gave SBU an ‘A’ for Achievement, so continue to consult the SBU COVID-19 dashboard for the latest information.

September 17, 2020

3 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine and Research News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters

Eszter Boros Named 2020 Moore Inventor Fellow

Her research combines fundamental inorganic chemistry and metal radiochemistry with modern imaging methods to provide personalized medical treatments of cancer and microbial infections.

September 16, 2020

4 min read

Almstadtstrasse 43: Slide projection of former Hebrew bookstore, 1930, Berlin,1992, 33"X40" chromogenic photograph and on-location installation, Shimon Attie, courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Alumni Spotlight Story College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Giving Back Humanities News Highlights Stony Brook Matters

Shimon Attie Named Inaugural Charles C. Bergman Endowed Visiting Professor in Studio Art

The internationally renowned visual artist, whose work focuses on issues of identity and community, also has extensive experience teaching at a University level.

September 14, 2020

5 min read

Awards and Honors News Highlights On Campus Student Spotlight

SBU Designated an Elite Leader Campus by The Andrew Goodman Foundation

On May 15, Stony Brook University was recognized by The Andrew Goodman Foundation (AGF) as one of just five Leader Campuses within its national, nonpartisan Andrew Goodman Vote Everywhere Network that includes more than...

September 14, 2020

5 min read

Alumni Chapters & Groups Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors Black/Latino Group Business Development and Networking network Business Development Network College of Business Alumni Connecticut chapter Dental alumni Denver chapter Founders group LGBTQ group Los Angeles chapter Main University New England-Boston chapter New Jersey chapter New York City chapter News Highlights Northern California chapter Nursing Alumni Philadelphia chapter Phoenix chapter Public Policy network Recent Grads San Diego chapter San Francisco chapter School of Professional Development Alumni Social Welfare alumni South Asian Alumni Network Spirit of Stony Brook Alumni Stony Brook Matters Student Ambassador network Tucson chapter University Washington DC chapter

SBU Again Ranked in Top 100 by U.S. News

Improving to No. 88 nationwide, SBU ranks as No. 34 among public universities — a jump of five places — according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Best Colleges.

September 14, 2020

1 min read

Academics Alda Center Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research School of Journalism (Private)SoMAS

SBU Receives NSF Grant to Study, Engage Others on Regional Air Pollution

Stony Brook University researchers will lead a team of scientists from around the country to study air pollution and the chemical processes in the atmosphere that create or transform pollutants, such as ozone and...

September 11, 2020

5 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story COVID-19 Faculty/Staff Long Island Main University News Highlights Recent Grads Stony Brook Matters

SB Libraries to Document University’s Experience with COVID-19

The SBU community is invited to contribute to the new digital archive project that will preserve the history of the University during this unprecedented moment in history.

September 10, 2020

2 min read

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Two Stony Brook Hospitals Are National Leaders in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality

Stony Brook University Hospital and Stony Brook Southampton Hospital have been named leaders by the National LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Index of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

September 9, 2020

3 min read

Alumni Chapters & Groups Alumni Hottest Stories Awards and Honors Long Island Medicine Medicine Alumni News Medicine and Research News Highlights Nursing Alumni Stony Brook Matters Wellness

Stony Brook Recognized for Commitment to Quality Heart Failure Care

For the second consecutive year, SBU Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.

September 9, 2020

2 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Global News Highlights Stony Brook Matters University

Stony Brook Ranks High in Times Higher Education World Survey

In the prestigious 2021 rankings, SBU ranked No. 301-350 globally, No. 82 in the US overall and No. 48 among US publics.

September 3, 2020

1 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine Alumni News Medicine and Research News Highlights Nursing Alumni News Recent Grads Research Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

BNL Summer Students Tackle COVID-19

For Sonali George '21, the coronavirus pandemic presented a chance to engage in research related to the virus that forced her internship online.

September 1, 2020

3 min read

Coming Back Safe and Strong News Highlights

University Issues Update on COVID-19 Dashboard

The new dashboard provides daily updates on critical information such as numbers of positive COVID cases for students and employees, efforts to control the spread of the virus, and more.

September 1, 2020

4 min read

Category: News Highlights

Reckoning: Faculty Exhibition 2020 Opens Online Oct. 1

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

Medicine Alums Present Emmy Award on National Telecast

SoMAS Takes Flight to Measure Air Quality in the Arctic and NYC

Stony Brook’s Rouven Essig Shares New Horizons in Physics Prize

Coming Back Safe and Strong Update (Sept. 17, 2020)

Eszter Boros Named 2020 Moore Inventor Fellow

Shimon Attie Named Inaugural Charles C. Bergman Endowed Visiting Professor in Studio Art

SBU Designated an Elite Leader Campus by The Andrew Goodman Foundation

SBU Receives NSF Grant to Study, Engage Others on Regional Air Pollution

SB Libraries to Document University’s Experience with COVID-19

Two Stony Brook Hospitals Are National Leaders in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality

Stony Brook Recognized for Commitment to Quality Heart Failure Care

Stony Brook Ranks High in Times Higher Education World Survey

BNL Summer Students Tackle COVID-19

University Issues Update on COVID-19 Dashboard

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