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Art Alum Receives 2020 Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant

Alum Joseph Underwood, PhD ’17 was awarded the grant for his book project that aims to redefine the nascence of so-called non-Western contemporary art.

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Nancy Hollingsworth Named 2020 AAAS Fellow

The Distinguished Teaching Professor was elected for her contributions to the field of genetics, particularly the discovery of genes important for meiotic chromosome segregation.

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Psychology PhD Student Named Health Policy Research Scholar

PhD student Jenna Sung has been selected for this leadership program that connects changemakers across the country who will work toward creating more just communities.

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Eszter Boros Named 2020 Moore Inventor Fellow

Her research combines fundamental inorganic chemistry and metal radiochemistry with modern imaging methods to provide personalized medical treatments of cancer and microbial infections.

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Almstadtstrasse 43: Slide projection of former Hebrew bookstore, 1930, Berlin,1992, 33"X40" chromogenic photograph and on-location installation, Shimon Attie, courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

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Shimon Attie Named Inaugural Charles C. Bergman Endowed Visiting Professor in Studio Art

The internationally renowned visual artist, whose work focuses on issues of identity and community, also has extensive experience teaching at a University level.

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Various bones at a Bronze Age battle excavation site, some of which were genetically tested to determine the presence of the lactase-persistent gene. Credit: Stefan Sauer / Tollense Valley Project

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Lactose Tolerance Happened Quickly in Europe, Study Shows

Genetic material from the bones of people who died around 1,200 BC suggests that lactase persistence spread in only a few thousand years.

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Research Leads to New Material for Energy-Efficient Devices

A team of international physicists including SBU's Jennifer Cano has created a superlattice, which at a high temperature is a super-efficient insulator conducting current.

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Surita R. Bhatia Named Fellow of Two Prestigious National Organizations

The VP for Faculty Affairs and Chemistry Professor has been named a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and a fellow of the Society of Rheology.

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Sixteen violinists participating in the networking experiment in which they are connected to a computer system hearing only the sound received from the computer. Photo by Chen Damari

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Using Violin Synchronization to Learn About Better Networking

By using a model of violin synchronization in a network of violin players, there are ways to drown out distractions, which could be used as a model for human networks in society.

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Professor Matthew Lerner Honored for Contributions to Autism Research

As one of the top autism researchers in the world, he has been awarded the American Psychological Association Division 33 Sara Sparrow Early Career Research Award.

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Artist's illustration of SN1987A (Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, B. Saxton)

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Possible Sign of Neutron Star Found in Supernova 1987A

Two teams of astronomers, including Stony Brook’s James M. Lattimer, have made a compelling case in the 33-year-old mystery surrounding Supernova 1987A.

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Professor Joel Hurowitz Celebrates Third Mars Rover Milestone

As an SBU grad student, Hurowitz was part of the Mars Exploration Rover mission in 2004. Now he is involved in the latest rover mission, Perseverance.

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Virtual Town Hall Webinars for Social Justice Begin June 18

Register via Zoom for the first in the series: "The Killing of George Floyd and the Resulting Protests for Social Justice." Three more webinars will be held; watch for details.

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Four SBU Researchers Win 2020 Young Academic Inventor’s Award

The winners presented a short lecture of their winning invention at the Young Academic Inventor’s Award Symposium via Zoom earlier this month.

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Two Doctoral Candidates Earn Prestigious Mellon/ACLS Fellowships

The fellowships support a year of research to help advanced graduate students in the humanities and social sciences in the last year of PhD dissertation writing.

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Biochemistry Alum Educates Public on Medical Benefits of Cannabinoids

Matthew Elmes is working to combat the misconceptions and to share the medical benefits boasted by these chemicals.

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ACS Names Chemistry Doctoral Candidate a 2020 CAS Future Leader

Johnny Lee, a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry, has been named a 2020 Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Future Leader by the American Chemical Society (ACS). A division of ACS for more than 110 years, CAS...

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A first look at the structure of the lipin enzyme. The structure shows how two essential regions (colored blue and pink), located on opposite ends of the protein in humans, come together to form a function enzyme to help make triglycerides.

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Scientists Visualize Structure of Key Enzyme That Makes Triglycerides

The first structure of a lipin enzyme — which carries out an important step in the production of triglycerides, the main reservoir for long-term energy storage — will help scientists to better understand how lipins...

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Category - College of Arts & Sciences

Lactose Tolerance Happened Quickly in Europe, Study Shows

Using Violin Synchronization to Learn About Better Networking

Possible Sign of Neutron Star Found in Supernova 1987A

Four SBU Researchers Win 2020 Young Academic Inventor’s Award

ACS Names Chemistry Doctoral Candidate a 2020 CAS Future Leader

Scientists Visualize Structure of Key Enzyme That Makes Triglycerides

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