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School of Communication and Journalism Awards Record Number of Scholarships

A record-setting 15 students this spring received scholarships from Stony Brook’s School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ). The scholarships, all funded by private support, recognize students for their academic and...

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Doodling Leads to Fellowship for English Doctoral Candidate

Doodling during class is something virtually every college student has done. For the vast majority, it’s a mindless activity to pass a few pre-occupied moments. For PhD candidate Kay Sohini Kumar, it opened a door that...

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SBU Women’s Lacrosse Wins 8th AE Title, Seeded 8th in NCAAs

The Seawolves, who learned of their fate during the selection show Sunday night on ESPNU, will open against Towson on May 14 in the NCAA Division I women's lacrosse championship tournament.

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Ally Kennedy scored seven goals against UMBC on Thursday to send the Seawolves to the America East finals. Photo by Andrew Theodorakis

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Women’s Lacrosse Beats UMBC, Headed to AE Finals

Aiming for their eighth straight conference title, the top-seeded Seawolves will host second-seeded UAlbany on Saturday, May 8, at 1 pm. Get your complimentary tickets for the game!

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Grad Students Present Research at Annual 3MT Competition

Three Minute Thesis, or 3MT® for short, is a spoken-word thesis competition developed by the University of Queensland. Held annually at Stony Brook University since 2017, 3MT is an opportunity for graduate students to...

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PhD Candidate Wins National Graduate Student Award in Environmental Chemistry

Shrish Patel, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, received a national award for his research to utilize concrete waste...

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Eszter Boros wins the $200K Stony Brook Discovery Prize

Eszter Boros, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, was announced as the winner of the 2021 Stony Brook Discovery Prize on April 28. Included with the prestigious award is $200,000 in new funding, meant...

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Nikola Calle, Hydra, 2021, URECA Art Exhibition

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Senior Show and URECA Art Exhibition at Zuccaire Gallery

Exhibitions are on display through May 19 in-gallery and online, including painting, sculpture, ceramics, prints, photographs, video and digital media by SBU’s talented studio art students.

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Esther S. Takeuchi Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

An expert in battery research, her innovative work inventing lithium/silver vanadium oxide (Li/SVO) has been instrumental in saving innumerable lives.

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Gobler Lab Joins the Battle Against Algal Blooms

Lake Agawam in Southampton Village has recently looked more like pea soup than the pristine body of water that it has been for so many years. Dense algal blooms have affected the lake since 2003, according to the 2017...

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Overcoming Challenges, Achieving Success — and Always Learning

Going back to school as a non-traditional student in your mid-50s doesn’t have to be traumatic, even if you’ve encountered a good deal of trauma up to that point. For Elizabeth Webb ’23, a Multidisciplinary Studies...

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Five SBU Faculty Rise to the Rank of SUNY Distinguished Professor

Anissa Abi-Dargham, J. Kirk Cochran, Maurizio Del Poeta, Yi-Xian Qin and Paul Shepson have received the prestigious honor bestowed by SUNY upon professionals of the highest caliber.

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Watch Discovery Prize Finalists Describe Their Research

The $200,000 Stony Brook Foundation Discovery Prize will be awarded on April 28 at a virtual event where four outstanding early-career faculty will present their research.

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Two SBU Students Receive SUNY Honors for Academic Excellence

Physics major Neomi Lewis and biology major Erika Nemeth are recipients of the 2021 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, and they were honored at a virtual ceremony on April 14.

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Commitment to Service Translates to a Bright Medical Future

Service to others — a requirement for all University Scholars — is at the heart of Anika Porwal’s ’23 philosophy as a student, and has also shaped her career path in medicine. Porwal was a student in Jeremy Marchese’s...

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Jessica Gurevitch, co-leader of the Climate Interventional Biology working group. Credit: Julia Postol

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Should We Use Technology to Slow Global Warming?

Ecologist Jessica Gurevitch leads a team that is examining the consequences of using stratospheric aerosol intervention to help cool the Earth as fossil fuel emissions are reduced.

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Two Stony Brook Students Win Prestigious NSF-GRFP Fellowships

These Graduate Research Fellowships provide successful applicants in NSF-supported STEM disciplines with three years of funding for graduate school.

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Nontraditional Anthropology Undergrad Researches Human Evolution

Nicholas Post — the URECA researcher of the month for April 2021 — is a nontraditional, first-generation college student majoring in Anthropology, currently doing an honors thesis on Hominin Phylogenetics under the...

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Category - Faculty/Student Spotlights

School of Communication and Journalism Awards Record Number of Scholarships

Doodling Leads to Fellowship for English Doctoral Candidate

SBU Women’s Lacrosse Wins 8th AE Title, Seeded 8th in NCAAs

Grad Students Present Research at Annual 3MT Competition

PhD Candidate Wins National Graduate Student Award in Environmental Chemistry

Eszter Boros wins the $200K Stony Brook Discovery Prize

Esther S. Takeuchi Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Gobler Lab Joins the Battle Against Algal Blooms

Overcoming Challenges, Achieving Success — and Always Learning

Commitment to Service Translates to a Bright Medical Future

Should We Use Technology to Slow Global Warming?

Nontraditional Anthropology Undergrad Researches Human Evolution

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