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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...

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My Life As Speaker Series with Joel Weber, October 21

Joel Weber, editor of Bloomberg Businessweek, one of the leading brands in business journalism, will be the featured speaker at the School of Journalism’s My Life As Speaker Series on Monday, October 21, at 7:30...

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Mikhail Lyubich Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Stony Brook University Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Mikhail Lyubich has been honored with membership to the elite American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), which recognizes the outstanding achievements of...

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Paul Shepson Awarded for Research on Greenhouse Gas Emission Rates

Paul Shepson, Dean of the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, has received a $1.1 million award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for his project, “Observations, Analysis, and...

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Heather Lynch at the Blavatnik Award Ceremony

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Heather Lynch Receives Blavatnik Award at Ceremony in NYC

Ecology & Evolution Professor Heather Lynch was honored at the 2019 Blavatnik National Awards Ceremony for Young Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan on September 23. The award includes...

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Discover the History and Future of Tamil Studies at Two-Day Symposium

The College of Arts and Sciences is hosting The Future of Tamil Studies symposium on September 26-27. Studying the ancient yet still relevant Tamil language and its art and literature offers scholars insights into...

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An Exciting Fall with the Department of Chemistry

Join us this fall as we celebrate several exciting events in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Chemistry! Friday, October 4: Chemistry Research Day 11:00 am – 4:45 pm Student Activities Center Featuring...

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Sree Sreenivasan Named Inaugural Marshall R. Loeb Visiting Professor at J-School

Digital journalism expert Sree Sreenivasan has been appointed as the first Marshall R. Loeb Visiting Professor of Digital Innovation and Audience Engagement, Laura Lindenfeld, interim dean of the Stony Brook University...

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Peter Stephens Named 2019 Barrett Award Recipient

The International Center for Diffraction Data (ICDD) has named Department of Physics and Astronomy Professor Peter Stephens the 18th recipient of the Barrett Award, a biennial award that recognizes outstanding...

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Sydney Bell holding a baby loggerhead sea turtle after a permitted nest evacuation. This was done under the supervision of professionals and should not be attempted by members of the public.

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Sydney Bell ‘22 Receives Long Island Business News “30 Under 30” Award

Sophomore Sydney Bell has been selected as an honoree of the Long Island Business News (LIBN) “30 Under 30” Award. The award honors bright and dynamic young professionals under the age of 30 who contribute to the Long...

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White Coat Ceremony Welcomes New Medical Students

White lab coats – traditional attire for healthcare professionals – were donned proudly by the incoming class of 136 medical students at Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University as they officially became...

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Alum Acacia Leakey Develops Sustainable Off-Grid Technologies

Acacia Leakey is no stranger to sustainable engineering — in fact, she grew up with it. A 2018 graduate of Stony Brook University’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS), she received her BE and MS degrees...

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Psychology Professor Awarded for Upcoming Teenage Autism Study

Autism expert Matthew Lerner, an associate professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Pediatrics at Stony Brook University, has received the 2019 Richard “Dick” Abidin Early Career Award and Grant from the Society of...

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The David L. Ferguson Memorial Scholarship

The David L. Ferguson Memorial Scholarship has been created to commemorate Professor Ferguson’s tremendous legacy at Stony Brook University. The scholarship will be awarded to an engineering student from a...

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Professors Chen and Essig Named SBU’s First Simons Investigators

Xiuxiong Chen, Professor of Mathematics, and Rouven Essig, Associate Professor of Physics at Stony Brook University, have been named 2019 Simons Investigators, becoming the first faculty members at the University to...

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Two Faculty Honored with Prestigious PECASE Awards

Joanna Kiryluk, PhD and Sandeep Mallipattu, MD have been named recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) — the highest honor bestowed by the US government to outstanding...

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NASA Selects SBU Team to Collaborate on Space Research

Stony Brook University’s RISE2 team is one of eight research teams chosen by NASA to collaborate on research into the intersection of space science and human space exploration as part of the Solar System Exploration...

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Nanowire Research Could Advance Harvesting of Solar Energy

New research on nanowires that could facilitate the harvesting of solar energy has been published by a team of scientists from Stony Brook University, Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Naval Research Laboratory...

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Category - Academics

Oregon State Professor Credits Alda Center for Transformed Pedagogy

My Life As Speaker Series with Joel Weber, October 21

Mikhail Lyubich Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Paul Shepson Awarded for Research on Greenhouse Gas Emission Rates

Heather Lynch Receives Blavatnik Award at Ceremony in NYC

Discover the History and Future of Tamil Studies at Two-Day Symposium

An Exciting Fall with the Department of Chemistry

Sree Sreenivasan Named Inaugural Marshall R. Loeb Visiting Professor at J-School

Peter Stephens Named 2019 Barrett Award Recipient

Sydney Bell ‘22 Receives Long Island Business News “30 Under 30” Award

White Coat Ceremony Welcomes New Medical Students

Alum Acacia Leakey Develops Sustainable Off-Grid Technologies

Psychology Professor Awarded for Upcoming Teenage Autism Study

The David L. Ferguson Memorial Scholarship

Professors Chen and Essig Named SBU’s First Simons Investigators

Two Faculty Honored with Prestigious PECASE Awards

NASA Selects SBU Team to Collaborate on Space Research

Nanowire Research Could Advance Harvesting of Solar Energy

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