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Alzheimer’s Center Finds Path to Treatment Through Pandemic

The challenges of diagnosing and treating Alzheimer’s patients, many of whom are older than 60 — a demographic particularly vulnerable to the dangers of COVID-19 — increase exponentially during a pandemic. Like the rest...

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Stay Connected with Alumni Virtual Programming

Connect with the Alumni Association from home with our robust calendar of Virtual Programming. Catch up on past discussions and mark your calendar with upcoming programs! From Batteries to Drugs: Stony Brook Chemistry...

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Alda Center to Bring Science to the Stage in Unique Livestream Performance

The groundbreaking research and discoveries that happen at Stony Brook are inspiring both art and science through innovation in the performing arts.

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In an effort to help prevent erosion, signage encourages beachgoers to keep off coastal bluffs. New research supported by NY Sea Grant will provide information that will allow for improved prediction of bluff erosion that informs planning by coastal communities. Image credit: Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program

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$2.1 Million Awarded for Sea Grant Research on NY’s Coastal Environment

New York Sea Grant (NYSG) has awarded more than $2.1 million to support six coastal science research projects —three of which are being led by Stony Brook University faculty — that explore topics relating to and...

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Giving Day 2020: Stony Brook Strong by the Thousands

The Stony Brook community surpassed our Giving Day goal by donating more than $300,000 to 90-plus initiatives across the University.

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Fall 2020 Stony Brook Magazine Appears Online

The latest issue is now available in digital format, featuring content built around Stony Brook’s driven, imaginative community and reflecting the new realities of COVID-19.

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Climate Research May Help Reduce “Snail Fever” Worldwide

Projections of temperatures and precipitation amounts in climate change scenarios may be a key component in a large research initiative with the goal to reduce schistosomiasis.

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Ijeoma Opara Receives Prestigious Early Independence Award

The assistant professor in the School of Social Welfare earned the NIH award for a project that addresses substance use and mental health among urban youth.

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Student Activists Tackle Climate Change

Two Stony Brook students have taken the lead on an influential issue that has significant ramifications for Long Island and the planet. James Pizaro ’22 and Emily Schalkham ’21 have been at the forefront of efforts to...

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SBU Team Develops Particle Containment Chamber to Help Protect Healthcare Workers

Recent scientific evidence has shown that the coronavirus may remain infectious as an aerosol for three hours or longer. Although the exact means of transmission remains a mystery that’s still being investigated...

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Show Your Pride on #SBUGivingDay, Oct. 8

Give what you can to the areas that matter most to you — your school or college, your team or sport, your favorite professor or the students following in your footsteps.

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Turkana Basin Researchers to Probe Climate Change and Evolution in East Africa

In the summer of 1964, a Yale undergrad named J.G. Mead discovered a beaked whale fossil during an expedition in what is now the Turkana region of northwest Kenya. The 17-million-year-old fossil played an integral role...

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Sara Hamideh Advocates for Equity in Disaster Recovery

The SoMAS professor is an expert on disaster resilience, and finds that Stony Brook provides her with many opportunities for multidisciplinary collaboration.

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Kedar Kirane Receives ASME ORR Early Career Award

The engineering professor was rewarded for his contributions to knowledge and technology that can enable safer, reliable and efficient structures in various engineering applications.

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STAY HOMEcoming: A Virtual Celebration, October 1 – 10

Even a pandemic can’t stop the Seawolves spirit. While our traditional Homecoming can’t be held in person this year, Stony Brook University will present STAY HOMEcoming, ten days of (mostly) virtual events created to...

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SBDC, Business Students Team Up to Help Local Firms Cope with Pandemic

By employing student research assistants from the College of Business and Center of Entrepreneurial Finance (CEF), the Stony Brook Small Business Development Center (SBDC) developed a small business recovery and...

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Stony Brook University Wins Five 2020 SUNYCUAD Awards for Excellence

The State University of New York Council for Advancement (SUNYCUAD) Awards for Excellence, which reward the very best of SUNY’s talented and creative professionals, are bestowed each year. This year, Stony Brook...

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Stony Brook University Invests Endowed Chairs in Renaissance School of Medicine

The chairs, endowed by Huayi Zhang and Siuling Zhang, enable the University to recognize eminent scholars David Thanassi and Qingping Yao.

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Category - Alumni Spotlight Story

Alzheimer’s Center Finds Path to Treatment Through Pandemic

Alda Center to Bring Science to the Stage in Unique Livestream Performance

$2.1 Million Awarded for Sea Grant Research on NY’s Coastal Environment

Climate Research May Help Reduce “Snail Fever” Worldwide

Student Activists Tackle Climate Change

SBU Team Develops Particle Containment Chamber to Help Protect Healthcare Workers

Show Your Pride on #SBUGivingDay, Oct. 8

SBDC, Business Students Team Up to Help Local Firms Cope with Pandemic

Stony Brook University Wins Five 2020 SUNYCUAD Awards for Excellence

Stony Brook University Invests Endowed Chairs in Renaissance School of Medicine

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