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Awards and Honors Faculty/Staff Home Page Spotlight STEM

Yi-Xian Qin Honored for Biomedical Engineering Research

Yi-Xian Qin, a leading expert in musculoskeletal tissue regeneration, has been named a Fellow of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR), Fotis Sotiropoulos, Dean of the College of Engineering and...

June 18, 2019

2 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Faculty Faculty/Student Spotlights Global Home Page Spotlight Medicine Alumni News Medicine and Research Stony Brook Matters Wellness

Online Health Searches in Africa Reveal Stigmas

Destructive cultural stigmas and an urgent need for accurate health information were identified in a groundbreaking study of health-related internet searches originating from Africa. The research team, which included H...

June 18, 2019

2 min read

Community Diversity Events Home Page Spotlight

Freedom School Marks End of Successful Six-Year Run

More than 30 eighth-grade scholars from the Longwood and Wyandanch School Districts were honored in early June when the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom School six-week summer enrichment program officially ended...

June 17, 2019

4 min read

Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Home Page Spotlight STEM Student Spotlight

Biomedical Engineering Major Combines Swimming and Scholarship

Lexie Bakke was a state champion as a high school swimmer in Maine, but swim programs did not factor into her decision for college. “I chose Stony Brook and the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, despite the...

June 13, 2019

3 min read

Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Home Page Spotlight Research Sustainability

New Research Could Boost Efficiency of Solar Cells

Solar energy could be made more efficient in the future, thanks to new findings published by scientists from Stony Brook and the Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). As described in a paper...

June 12, 2019

3 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Arts & Entertainment Events Featured Story Home Page Spotlight On Campus Stony Brook Matters

A World of Cinema Comes to the 24th Stony Brook Film Festival

When filmgoers attend the Stony Brook Film Festival presented by Island Federal, they’re likely to see something they wouldn’t normally get a chance to see. “Probably two-thirds of the feature films we’ve shown, you...

June 10, 2019

4 min read