Category - Academics

Alumni Hottest Stories Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Stony Brook Matters

Christopher Bishop and Mark De Cataldo Named 2019 American Mathematical Society Fellows

The American Mathematical Society (AMS) has named professors Christopher Bishop and Mark De Cataldo to the 2019 class of AMS Fellows. The Fellows of the AMS designation recognizes members who have made outstanding...

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Petty Officer Second Class Jane York ‘19

Academics Faculty/Student Spotlights School of Social Welfare Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Q&A with Jane York ’19, Veteran Student and Graduate Student Advocate

Jane York ’19 is this year’s Graduate Student Advocate (GSA), but offers her own unique perspective on the job as a Navy veteran. A theater major at Rutgers University, York was motivated by the human experience and art...

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Tiniest Ever Fossil Ape Discovered in Kenya

When Stony Brook University anthropologist James Rossie began sifting through sediment in the Tugen Hills of Kenya during his first day of the dig, he didn’t know he’d discover teeth from a previously undiscovered tiny...

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Undergraduate Researchers Heed the Ocean’s Call

A pair of Stony Brook undergraduates are getting their feet wet in the world of research, leveraging opportunities at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS.) Claire Garfield ’20 became involved in a...

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Academics Alumni Hottest Stories College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Student Spotlights Humanities Research Stony Brook Matters

Political Science Professor Casts Her Vote On the Independent Voice This Election

As an associate professor of political science who has spent countless hours gaining insight into the minds and behaviors of voters, Yanna Krupnikov knows a lot about what goes into casting a ballot each Election Day...

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Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Home Page Spotlight Medicine and Research News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters

Eye-catching $1.2M NSF Award for CS and Psychology Researchers

Have you ever wondered if a machine could anticipate your next move? That’s exactly what Professor Minh Hoai Nguyen and his team have been researching in the Department of Computer Science (CS) at Stony Brook University...

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Academics Alumni Hottest Stories Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters

Ken Dill Awarded Max Delbruck Prize

Ken A. Dill, distinguished professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Departments of Chemistry and Physics & Astronomy and the Louis and Beatrice Laufer Endowed Chair of Physical and Quantitative Biology, has...

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Academics Faculty/Student Spotlights News Highlights School of Professional Development Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Rachel Witt ’19 Finds the Right Fit in Secondary Education Program

Like many students choosing a university, Rachel Witt ’19 knew she wanted a strong science program, but she didn’t have a clear idea of what she wanted to do with her life. “Stony Brook seemed like the perfect place for...

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Academics Awards and Honors College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine Medicine and Research News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters

Bluestein Awarded $3.8M Grant to Develop Heart Health Technology

Danny Bluestein, Professor of Biomedical Engineering (BME) in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences has been awarded $3.84 million Bioengineering Research Partnership (BRP) U01 grant from the National...

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Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine and Research News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters

Quantum Memory Applications Can Help Fight Hackers

In the search for more secure communications technologies designed to prevent hacking, a team of researchers in Stony Brook University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy created a technology that uses quantum memory...

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Research Illuminates How Genes Respond to Temperature

To better understand how genes respond to temperature fluctuations, a team of scientists at the Louis and Beatrice Laufer Center for Physical & Quantitative Biology at Stony Brook University designed a study of...

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Academics College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Stony Brook Matters

Prof. Yanna Krupnikov’s Op-ed Considers the Independent Voter

With midterm elections coming up in November, should campaigns be concerned with scaring off swing voters as they enrage and engage their base? Yanna Krupnikov, an associate professor of political science at Stony Brook...

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Academics College of Arts & Sciences Medicine and Research News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

Stony Brook Researchers Tackle Climate Change

Recent studies by Stony Brook University researchers identify key links between climate change and economic development, technology, politics and human decision making in the context of climate change. Their research...

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Academics Alumni Hottest Stories College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters Wellness

Social Media Posts Can Predict Depression

In any given year, depression affects more than six percent of the adult population in the United States—some 16 million people—but fewer than half receive the treatment they need. What if an algorithm could scan social...

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Academics Alumni Hottest Stories Faculty/Staff Giving Back School of Journalism Stony Brook Matters

New School of Journalism Professorship Honors Marshall Loeb

Marshall Loeb, an editor, columnist and TV commentator who built a lasting legacy at Time, Fortune, and Money magazines and was widely seen as the founder of modern business journalism, was well known for his innovative...

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Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Stony Brook Matters

Chemistry Professor Trevor Sears Named American Physical Society 2018 Fellow

The American Physical Society (APS), the world’s largest physics organization, has elected Trevor Sears, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Chemistry, as a 2018 fellow. Professor Sears was...

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Academics Alumni Hottest Stories Faculty/Student Spotlights Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Bingjie Zhang Wins Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship

Stony Brook University Student Bingjie Zhang is the recipient of the 14th annual Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship. The Asian Pacific American Association (APAA) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory...

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Undergrads at Turkana Basin Institute Use Ancient Dig Sites as Laboratory

Four years ago, Lucia Muzzarelli ’19 was drawn to Stony Brook University because of its reputation for world-class science programs and ample research opportunities. So when she heard a lecture about the Turkana Basin...

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Category - Academics

Christopher Bishop and Mark De Cataldo Named 2019 American Mathematical Society Fellows

Undergraduate Researchers Heed the Ocean’s Call

Political Science Professor Casts Her Vote On the Independent Voice This Election

Eye-catching $1.2M NSF Award for CS and Psychology Researchers

Ken Dill Awarded Max Delbruck Prize

Rachel Witt ’19 Finds the Right Fit in Secondary Education Program

Bluestein Awarded $3.8M Grant to Develop Heart Health Technology

Quantum Memory Applications Can Help Fight Hackers

Research Illuminates How Genes Respond to Temperature

Prof. Yanna Krupnikov’s Op-ed Considers the Independent Voter

Stony Brook Researchers Tackle Climate Change

Social Media Posts Can Predict Depression

New School of Journalism Professorship Honors Marshall Loeb

Chemistry Professor Trevor Sears Named American Physical Society 2018 Fellow

Bingjie Zhang Wins Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship

Undergrads at Turkana Basin Institute Use Ancient Dig Sites as Laboratory

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