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Five SBU Students Begin Pre-Medical Opportunity Program

The program is aimed at breaking the trend of low student diversity among the nation's medical schools, which leaves behind students from the most economically disadvantage households.

July 22, 2021

3 min read

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SEA MATE Program Reducing Acid in Oceans, CO2 in the Atmosphere

A team of researchers led by Stony Brook Professor Matthew Eisaman is using electricity to remove acid from the ocean while also taking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

July 20, 2021

2 min read

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Biomedical Engineering Academy Gives Middle Schoolers Hands-On Experience

This NSF-funded program provides participants first-hand experience of how engineering works and how engineering design and innovation impacts our daily lives.

July 16, 2021

4 min read

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SBUH Cardiac Surgery Team Top Rated for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery

The three-star rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons is a testament to the Heart Institute's deep commitment to bringing the best in cardiac care to the community.

July 15, 2021

4 min read

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Quantum Computing Lab Is Building a Better Internet

Eden Figueroa has long been fascinated with quantum mechanics. It’s a strange, Star Trek-like world in which objects can exist in two or more states simultaneously, interact with each other instantly over long...

July 14, 2021

7 min read

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Striving for Fluency in the Language of STEM

Marcela Muricy ‘23 grew up in Brazil, is fluent in Portuguese and proud of her heritage. But there is another language the University Scholar is trying to master: Speaking STEM.

July 9, 2021

4 min read

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Helping Underrepresented Teens Reach for the STARS

In 2018, Carol Carter, professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, crossed paths with Stony Brook alumnus Jason Williams ’04, currently...

June 21, 2021

3 min read

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Video Features SBU Professors Discussing the Exploration of Mars

In a new video, Distinguished Professor Scott McLennan and Associate Professor Joel Hurowitz of the Department of Geosciences at Stony Brook University talk about their experience with the Mars exploration rover...

June 16, 2021

1 min read

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SBU-BNL Seed Grant Program Awards $317K to Eight Teams

The program is an annual competition fostering collaborative efforts between scientists at Stony Brook and Brookhaven Lab to develop synergistic activities that can grow research programs.

June 11, 2021

3 min read

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Stony Brook Doctors Help Kenyan Teen Begin a New Life

Saline Atieno developed a dangerous and disfiguring bacterial necrosis called Noma as a young child in Kenya. Though the disease has a 90 percent mortality rate, Saline somehow survived, only to face an extremely...

June 10, 2021

7 min read

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Pursuing a Childhood Dream of Helping Children

Victoria Dotto ’22 wanted to be a pediatrician even when she was a child. So every chance she got along the way, she has volunteered to work with children. “Ever since I was little, I had a curiosity about science and...

June 4, 2021

5 min read

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Christopher Johnson Awarded $750K from DOE Early Career Research Program

The chemistry professor will receive $150,000 a year over five years for his research, "Tracking the Mechanisms of Catalytic Reactions on LigandProtected Gold Nanoclusters."

June 2, 2021

3 min read

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Carol Carter’s Discovery 20 Years Ago Changed the Future of Antiviral Drugs

On July 3, 2001, a research paper co-authored by Carol Carter, professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook, and a team of fellow researchers, was...

May 24, 2021

5 min read

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Student’s Mural Celebrates Women Engineers

A striking mural in the Light Engineering building, "Luna the Future" by Sejal Mehra uses a stylized boxer to suggest the power of women scholars and the challenges they face in the field.

May 23, 2021

2 min read

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SBU Researchers Studying Mercury Levels Under Ice

Scientists have been studying mercury uptake into the food chain during the winter, and how mercury uptake may change in the future, as climate conditions change.

May 12, 2021

3 min read

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COVID-19 Research Workshop Series Brings Researchers Together

The series was a follow up to a seed grant program to draw attention to the critical research that is addressing urgent healthcare challenges and the far-reaching social impacts of the pandemic.

May 7, 2021

5 min read

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Eszter Boros wins the $200K Stony Brook Discovery Prize

Eszter Boros, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, was announced as the winner of the 2021 Stony Brook Discovery Prize on April 28. Included with the prestigious award is $200,000 in new funding, meant...

April 28, 2021

8 min read

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Gobler Lab Joins the Battle Against Algal Blooms

Lake Agawam in Southampton Village has recently looked more like pea soup than the pristine body of water that it has been for so many years. Dense algal blooms have affected the lake since 2003, according to the 2017...

April 26, 2021

4 min read

Category: STEM

Five SBU Students Begin Pre-Medical Opportunity Program

SEA MATE Program Reducing Acid in Oceans, CO2 in the Atmosphere

Biomedical Engineering Academy Gives Middle Schoolers Hands-On Experience

SBUH Cardiac Surgery Team Top Rated for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery

Quantum Computing Lab Is Building a Better Internet

Striving for Fluency in the Language of STEM

Helping Underrepresented Teens Reach for the STARS

Video Features SBU Professors Discussing the Exploration of Mars

SBU-BNL Seed Grant Program Awards $317K to Eight Teams

Stony Brook Doctors Help Kenyan Teen Begin a New Life

Pursuing a Childhood Dream of Helping Children

Christopher Johnson Awarded $750K from DOE Early Career Research Program

Carol Carter’s Discovery 20 Years Ago Changed the Future of Antiviral Drugs

Student’s Mural Celebrates Women Engineers

SBU Researchers Studying Mercury Levels Under Ice

COVID-19 Research Workshop Series Brings Researchers Together

Eszter Boros wins the $200K Stony Brook Discovery Prize

Gobler Lab Joins the Battle Against Algal Blooms

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