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Community Diversity Events News Highlights On Campus

University Highlights Diversity and Inclusion Through Calendar

The Calendar to Promote Diversity and Inclusion highlights programming and community engagement efforts across the University that recognize the culture, traditions, contributions, and struggles of identity groups that...

March 5, 2019

4 min read

Students from the Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine at the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead for the Give Kids A Smile event organized by Suffolk County Dental Society.

Academics Community Long Island News Highlights School of Dental Medicine

School of Dental Medicine Brings Back-to-Back Smiles to LI Children

Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine students and faculty kicked off National Children’s Dental Health month by attending Give Kids A Smile events organized by local dental organizations, Nassau County Dental Society...

March 1, 2019

3 min read

Awards and Honors News Highlights Student Spotlight Sustainability

Claire Garfield ’20 Lands Prestigious Fellowship

“Stony Brook University was always on my mind because of the research opportunities,” said Claire Garfield, a junior in the Honors College who is getting a jumpstart on her plans to pursue a PhD in biological...

February 28, 2019

4 min read

News Highlights Research Student Spotlight

Christian Arty ’19 Pushes Digital Pathology to a New Level

Whether it’s using computers to analyze slide tissue images, mapping the functions of the brain, or working on a study to help amputees partake in meaningful activities, Christian Arty ’19 has made the most of his lab...

February 26, 2019

3 min read

Advancement Alumni Chapters & Groups Alumni Spotlight Story Events Giving Back Main University New York City chapter News Highlights Stony Brook Matters University

Simons Foundation President Marilyn Hawrys Simons To Be Honored at Stars of Stony Brook Gala

Stony Brook University will honor alumna and Simons Foundation President Marilyn Hawrys Simons, BA ’74, PhD ’84 at its 20th Stars of Stony Brook Gala, Wednesday, April 10 at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers. Hosted annually...

February 21, 2019

4 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Diversity News Highlights On Campus University

Stony Brook Awarded AAU Grant to Supplement STEM Education

The Association of American Universities (AAU) has selected Stony Brook University to receive an AAU mini-grant that will advance its newly designed Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) honors curriculum, which has...

February 20, 2019

3 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty/Staff News Highlights

CEAS Dean Fotis Sotiropoulos Awarded AGU Borland Lecture in Hydraulics

Each year at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Hydrology Days Meeting, two speakers receive the high honor of presenting Borland lectures — one in hydrology and the other in hydraulics. For the 2019 meeting, Fotis...

February 15, 2019

3 min read

News Highlights On Campus

FSA Launches Convenience Store Offering All the Comforts of Home

Stony Brook University continues to grow and broaden facilities that prioritize students needs. The ribbon-cutting ceremony on February 1 marked the official opening of the Market at West Side, the new convenience store...

February 11, 2019

3 min read

Renée Fleming Stars - Staller Center’s 2019 Gala, March 2 (photo by Andrew Eccles)

Arts & Entertainment Events News Highlights On Campus

Renée Fleming Stars in Gala 2019 at Staller Center on March 2

Staller Center for the Arts will present its annual Gala on March 2, 2019, starring one of the most highly acclaimed singers of our time. Four-time Grammy Award winner Renée Fleming was awarded the National Medal of...

February 11, 2019

4 min read

Diversity News Highlights Research Student Spotlight

James Breton ’19 Dives Deep Into Chemistry

“When I started learning about research, one thing I heard often people talk about was the feeling you get when you are researching something that’s your own, something that no one else is doing,” says...

February 11, 2019

2 min read

Academics Awards and Honors News Highlights Research Student Spotlight

Stony Brook Uses Hands-On, Research-Focused Experiences to Drive Student Success

Pamela Best remembers feeling “intimidated” by the prospect of doing research when she began freshman classes at Stony Brook University in fall 2015. Yet within months, she was working at a nearby hospital, studying...

February 8, 2019

7 min read

Scanning electron microscopy image of the micro-structure of albite prior to the rapid compression experiments. The image spans about 0.036 mm. Credit: Stony Brook University, Lars Ehm

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research

SBU Geoscientist Leads Team Simulating Meteorite Impacts in the Lab

A U.S.-German research team led by Stony Brook’s Lars Ehm and including other members of the Department of Geosciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at Stony Brook University has simulated meteorite impacts...

February 6, 2019

3 min read

Academics Alumni Spotlight Story College of Arts & Sciences Humanities News Highlights SB Southampton Stony Brook Matters

Stony Brook Announces New BFA Degree in Creative Writing

Stony Brook University announces a new undergraduate major in Creative Writing, earning a new degree, the Bachelor of Fine Arts. Modeled after its renowned MFA in Creative Writing program and sharing the same world...

February 6, 2019

2 min read

Professor Nikiforakis and his team of students collaborate in the PragSec lab in the New Computer Science Building.

Academics Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Main University News Highlights Stony Brook Matters

Computer Science Professor Nick Nikiforakis Receives Amazon Research Award

Nick Nikiforakis is helping to make the Internet more secure. An assistant professor from the Department of Computer Science in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Stony Brook University, Nikiforakis has...

February 5, 2019

2 min read

Diversity News Highlights On Campus

The Red Hot Career Closet is Seeking Donations

The Red Hot Career Closet and Mentoring Program is a new initiative made possible by a Presidential Mini-Grant for Diversity that will be piloted during the spring semester by External Scholarships and Fellowships...

February 5, 2019

1 min read

Academics News Highlights Student Spotlight

Samantha Romano ’19 Finds a Path to Empowerment

By her own admission, Samantha Romano ’19 was painfully shy in high school — too reserved, in fact, to raise her hand to ask or answer a question in class. Today, after four years as a psychology and political science...

January 29, 2019

5 min read

Alumni News Alumni Spotlight Athletics New York City chapter News Highlights Stony Brook Matters

Sports Agent Burton Rocks ’94 Explores the Analytics of Character

“Baseball is big business, but if you start making it a mathematical equation, the sport is going to lose a lot of people.” So says sports agent and Stony Brook grad Burton Rocks ’94, adding, “it’s the people, the...

January 23, 2019

6 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Engineering & Applied Sciences News Highlights Student Spotlight

SBU’s 2018 ACM Team Wins Big at Programming Contest

Consisting of students from the Departments of Computer Engineering, Computer Science (CS) and Mathematics, the Stony Brook Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) team finished fourth in the 2018 ACM International...

January 18, 2019

3 min read

Category: News Highlights

University Highlights Diversity and Inclusion Through Calendar

School of Dental Medicine Brings Back-to-Back Smiles to LI Children

Claire Garfield ’20 Lands Prestigious Fellowship

Christian Arty ’19 Pushes Digital Pathology to a New Level

Simons Foundation President Marilyn Hawrys Simons To Be Honored at Stars of Stony Brook Gala

Stony Brook Awarded AAU Grant to Supplement STEM Education

CEAS Dean Fotis Sotiropoulos Awarded AGU Borland Lecture in Hydraulics

FSA Launches Convenience Store Offering All the Comforts of Home

Renée Fleming Stars in Gala 2019 at Staller Center on March 2

James Breton ’19 Dives Deep Into Chemistry

SBU Geoscientist Leads Team Simulating Meteorite Impacts in the Lab

Stony Brook Announces New BFA Degree in Creative Writing

Computer Science Professor Nick Nikiforakis Receives Amazon Research Award

The Red Hot Career Closet is Seeking Donations

Samantha Romano ’19 Finds a Path to Empowerment

Sports Agent Burton Rocks ’94 Explores the Analytics of Character

SBU’s 2018 ACM Team Wins Big at Programming Contest

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