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Stephanie Kelton Says We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About Money

When she’s not juggling bookings with NPR, Barron’s, Fox News, MSNBC and Bloomberg TV, Stephanie Kelton might be found picking up and dropping off her two school-aged children and the family Samoyed — not to...

September 21, 2018

10 min read

News Highlights Social Sciences Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight Wellness

University Focuses Suicide Prevention Grant on Dispelling Mental Health Stigma

In 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 10 million people had serious thoughts about suicide. The same study reported that suicide was the second leading cause of death for people 10 to 34...

September 14, 2018

5 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Research Social Sciences

Scientists Chart Ancient Migrations Through DNA

By taking extensive DNA samples from the skulls of people buried in two European cemeteries from the 6th Century – one in Italy and one in Hungary – and combining that data with artifacts from the ancient civilization...

September 12, 2018

2 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Research Social Sciences Stony Brook Matters

Archaeologists Reveal Massive Ancient Cemetery Near Lake Turkana, Kenya

A groundbreaking study has found the earliest and largest monumental cemetery in eastern Africa built 5,000 years ago by early pastoralists living around Lake Turkana, Kenya. This group is believed to have lived without...

August 20, 2018

4 min read

Arts & Entertainment Humanities Main University SB Southampton Social Sciences Stony Brook Matters

From Pens to Podcasts: Southampton Campus Innovates the Language of Storytelling

This week aspiring novelist Emily Gilbert of Amagansett will be getting news she’s been striving toward for a year. “I’ll be meeting with an agent who will give me feedback about my literary novel,” said Gilbert, who...

July 12, 2018

7 min read

Academics Diversity Events Humanities Social Sciences

Humanities Institute Tackles Hot-Button Issues of Our Time

As Kathleen Wilson surveyed her last semester of a four-year term as director of the Humanities Institute within the College of Arts and Sciences, she spoke with excitement about the Institute’s history, programming and...

March 5, 2018

4 min read

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University Selects Top 10 Stories of 2017

In 2017, Stony Brook University once again excelled in diversity, innovation, cutting-edge research and groundbreaking discoveries with real-world impact. A major study showed that SBU has become a nationwide leader in...

December 27, 2017

1 min read

Humanities Research Social Sciences

3D Collaborations Build New Worlds for Musicians

In 2017, Stony Brook graduate student and ethnomusicologist Jay Loomis and assistant professor of computer science Roy Shilkrot teamed up to secure a grant to create 3D printed replicas of ancient wind instruments. The...

September 13, 2017

4 min read

Academics Community Events Main University SB Southampton Social Sciences SoMAS Stony Brook Matters

Food for Thought: A Day with Bobby Flay and Food Lab

It was a perfect June morning on the East End of Long Island. Breeze flowing off the water, clouds providing a slight scrim for the sun trying to push through. Sitting at a remote picnic table (although not quite remote...

June 16, 2017

8 min read

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