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Stony Brook University Hosts NSF Funded Data Science Workshop

The January 9-10 workshop, hosted by the Department of Technology and Society, illuminated the need to improve undergraduate data science education through university and industry partnerships.

January 17, 2020

4 min read

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Robert J. Frey Inducted into 2020 CEAS Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame

Robert J. Frey, ’80 BS, ’87 PhD, renowned investor and academic in the field of advanced mathematics, has been chosen as the 2020 inductee to the Stony Brook University College of Engineering and Applied Sciences...

January 15, 2020

3 min read

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SBU-Led Team to Teach AI Systems to Understand and Respond Like Humans

A critical next step in AI system development is applying common-sense knowledge to infer and react to a situation as a human would. When people communicate with each other, they don’t need to explicitly say everything...

January 15, 2020

3 min read

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19 HS Students Mentored at SBU Make Regeneron Science Competition Top 300 Scholars

The top 300 scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2020 have been announced and 19 of those high school seniors were mentored by Stony Brook University faculty. The Regeneron Science Talent Search — the...

January 10, 2020

4 min read

Students received certificates for their participation in the Hour of Code program.

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Long Island Schools Visit SBU for an Hour of Coding

On Friday, December 6, 2019, 50 local students and their chaperones came to campus to learn about coding, careers in computer science, and college life. The students ranged from fifth to eighth grade and were from J...

December 13, 2019

3 min read

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Student Creates Mural Celebrating Women Engineers

A striking new mural on the second floor of the Light Engineering building, designed by computer engineering student Sejal Mehra, pays tribute to women in engineering. Entitled Luna the Future, the mural uses a stylized...

December 2, 2019

2 min read

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Fields Medalist Manjul Bhargava Explores Patterns in Numbers and Nature

The Della Pietra Lecture Series features Manjul Bhargava, Fields Medalist and number theorist, on Monday, December 9, at the Simons Center Della Pietra Family Auditorium, Room 103. His lecture, “Patterns in Numbers and...

December 2, 2019

2 min read

College of Engineering & Applied Sciences STEM Student Spotlight

Computer Science Student Brings Hackers Together with New App

Jenny Xu, a junior in the Department of Computer Science, is a hackathon veteran. She has attended hackathon events across the US and was a member of the SBUHacks.org committee. Inspired by her previous hackathon...

November 25, 2019

4 min read

Featured Story Research STEM

Institute for Advanced Computational Science Redefines the Boundaries of Research

Academic computing has come a long way since the days when math nerds ran punch cards through IBM mainframes. Today, researchers in every discipline, including the social sciences and humanities, need the power of...

November 15, 2019

6 min read

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SMART Cluster, Reality Deck 2.0 Unveiled

Stony Brook University celebrated the opening of its astonishing new SMART Cluster, a dual use GPU Cluster for both machine learning and visualization, in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on campus November 4. The high-tech...

November 5, 2019

2 min read

Academics Alumni Hottest Stories STEM Stony Brook Matters

Oregon State Professor Credits Alda Center for Transformed Pedagogy

Gail Langellotto, a professor at Oregon State University, was getting burnt out by her career in academia. She loved her research about the effects of planned landscapes on pollinators, and enjoyed working with her...

October 23, 2019

4 min read

Awards and Honors Faculty/Staff Research STEM

SBU Receives NSF Funding to Help Establish US as Leader in Quantum Information Science

Stony Brook University (SBU) has been awarded a Conceptualization Grant (CG) from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes (QLCI) program. The 12-month award provides $149,625 in funding...

October 22, 2019

4 min read

Events News Highlights On Campus STEM

CEWIT 15th International Conference on Emerging Technologies

The Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT) at Stony Brook University will host the 15th International Conference on Emerging Technologies for a Smarter World on Wednesday, November 6, from...

October 21, 2019

1 min read

Diversity Faculty Faculty/Student Spotlights STEM Stony Brook Matters

Tireless Visionary David Ferguson to be Remembered in Campus Tribute

When Professor David Ferguson, Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Technology and Society, died last summer at the age of 69, he left behind a legacy that will help pave the way for future generations...

September 30, 2019

4 min read

Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Community Long Island News Highlights On Campus STEM

Summer WISE Program Gives Girls Hands-on STEM Experience

The Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Honors Program teamed up with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and iCREATE-Division of Information Technology to hold the Summer WISE program, which...

August 13, 2019

3 min read

Alumni Spotlight News Highlights Recent Grads Research STEM Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Christopher Hayes ’19 Researches Solar Energy at Brookhaven National Lab

Chemistry was the subject in school that Christopher Hayes enjoyed the most. However, the Long Island native entered Stony Brook University unsure of his course of study. This past spring, he graduated with degrees in...

August 12, 2019

5 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Main University Research STEM Stony Brook Matters

Peter van Nieuwenhuizen Shares $3M Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for “Invention of Supergravity”

Peter van Nieuwenhuizen, distinguished professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics and the C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook University, is one of three...

August 6, 2019

7 min read

Awards and Honors Faculty/Staff Featured Story Research STEM

Q&A With Breakthrough Prize Winner Peter van Nieuwenhuizen

How did you learn that you received the award? I had just come back from Europe, from Holland. And I was sitting at my kitchen table paying bills. On my computer screen appeared a message from Edward Witten, a famous...

August 6, 2019

7 min read

Category: STEM

Robert J. Frey Inducted into 2020 CEAS Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame

SBU-Led Team to Teach AI Systems to Understand and Respond Like Humans

19 HS Students Mentored at SBU Make Regeneron Science Competition Top 300 Scholars

Long Island Schools Visit SBU for an Hour of Coding

Student Creates Mural Celebrating Women Engineers

Fields Medalist Manjul Bhargava Explores Patterns in Numbers and Nature

Computer Science Student Brings Hackers Together with New App

Institute for Advanced Computational Science Redefines the Boundaries of Research

SMART Cluster, Reality Deck 2.0 Unveiled

Oregon State Professor Credits Alda Center for Transformed Pedagogy

SBU Receives NSF Funding to Help Establish US as Leader in Quantum Information Science

CEWIT 15th International Conference on Emerging Technologies

Tireless Visionary David Ferguson to be Remembered in Campus Tribute

Summer WISE Program Gives Girls Hands-on STEM Experience

Christopher Hayes ’19 Researches Solar Energy at Brookhaven National Lab

Peter van Nieuwenhuizen Shares $3M Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for “Invention of Supergravity”

Q&A With Breakthrough Prize Winner Peter van Nieuwenhuizen

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