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SBU Faculty Mentor 18 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars

Out of the 300 scholars selected this year from 1,964 entries for the Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) — the prestigious science and math competition for high school students — 18 did research with Stony Brook...

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Undergraduate Researcher Probes Autism

Lee Ann Santore ’19, a swim coach and undergraduate researcher in the field of autism, has some advice for students considering hands-on research at Stony Brook: “Dive right in!” “I had done a lot of...

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Crystal Fleming Featured on C-SPAN

A provocative new book by Crystal Fleming, Stony Brook associate professor of sociology and Africana Studies, How to Be Less Stupid About Race, is being featured on C-SPAN’s Authors Week. The weeklong series...

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Alum Appointed Minister of Culture in Iraq

Abdulamir Al-Dafar Hamdani ’15, PhD Anthropology and Archaeology, was recently approved by the Iraqi Parliament as Minister of Culture to the Iraqi Ministry of Culture. Hamdani, who was known as Abdulameer Al-Dafar...

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Nurse Practitioners Play Vital Role in Oral Health

A national survey of nurse practitioner (NP) training program educators reveals that a large majority of responders believe graduates’ level of oral health training and competence is at a high level, and therefore NPs...

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The HackHarvard team; Michael Rizoo is second from right. Photo credit: HackHarvard, Facebook

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Stony Brook Computer Science Senior Hacks His Way to Harvard

When you hear about Harvard University, computer science and a revolutionary web app, initially you might think of Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook. But these three things also apply to Stony Brook University...

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SBU Research Will Bring Smartphone Touch Interactions to Next Level

According to 2018 data from the Pew Research Center, 77% of Americans and 59% of all people worldwide own a smartphone. Xiaojun Bi, a professor in the Department of Computer Science in the College of Engineering and...

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Identical Twins Graduating After Taking Identical Paths to MBA

Christopher and Andrew Wheaton of Sayville aren’t the first twin Seawolves, but as they march into Island Federal Arena on Friday, Dec. 21 for their Winter Commencement, they’ll mark an interesting milestone: they’ll...

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It’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ for Service-Minded Student

Few freshmen arrive at Stony Brook with the life experience that Allison Shaw has accrued. The Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey native, who is pursuing a Bachelor of Engineering degree in chemical and molecular...

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Grant Will Aid Lynch’s Penguin Colony Research

Ecologist Heather J. Lynch, an associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution, has been awarded a Microsoft/National Geographic AI for Earth Innovation Grant that will support her use of artificial...

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Kaushansky, Studier Elected to National Academy of Inventors

Two distinguished Stony Brook scholars have been elected Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Kenneth Kaushansky, MD, MACP, Senior Vice President of the Health Sciences and Dean of the Renaissance School...

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Endowed Professorship Boosts SBU’s Conservation Leadership

With more than 100 marine species recorded as extinct — primarily due to overfishing — and more than 100 million tons of fish taken out of the water each year, our oceans and the animals that call them home...

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Randy Rettberg, president of the iGEM Foundation, with Stony Brook’s 2018 iGEM team

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Undergraduate Research Team Wins SBU’s First iGEM Gold Medal

Stony Brook’s 2018 team for the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition took home the University’s first gold medal at the iGEM Giant Jamboree recently held in Boston. Since 2014, Stony Brook’s...

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Research Complements Classroom Learning for SBU Undergrad

Stony Brook University senior Andrew Nwuba, majoring in Mechanical Engineering in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, began doing research in his sophomore year when he joined two different research groups...

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President Stanley (back row, center) with some of this year’s Distinguished Professors. Bottom row (from left to right): Kathlyn Parker, Lina Obeid and Ira Cohen; top row: Frederick Grine, Mikhail Lyubich, President Stanley, Peter Djuric, Arthur Samuel (not pictured: Fotis Sotiropoulos, Scott McLennan and J. Peter Gergen)

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SBU Faculty and Staff Recognized for Outstanding Achievements

On November 8, 2018, President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., MD and Provost Michael A. Bernstein hosted the Annual Awards Dinner to celebrate faculty achievements and the recipients of Chancellor’s Awards and Distinguished...

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Eight SBU Faculty Appointed to SUNY Distinguished Ranks

Reflecting the world-class faculty and top-tier education offered by Stony Brook University, the State University of New York Board of Trustees has selected eight Stony Brook faculty members for its highest honor — the...

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Johnson has Record Performance, Leads Seawolves Past New Paltz

Senior G Shania Johnson (Frederick, MD) rewrote the conference and school record books with a show-stopping performance over New Paltz on Wednesday night at the Island Federal Arena. Johnson recorded a jaw-dropping 15...

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Cocaine and Colonization: Stony Brook Professors Meet at the Crossroads of History and Biology

While their paths had crossed in the past, it was a chance meeting on the Long Island Rail Road that brought two Stony Brook faculty members together on a new level of interdisciplinary collaboration. Liliana Dávalos...

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Category - Faculty/Student Spotlights

SBU Faculty Mentor 18 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars

Undergraduate Researcher Probes Autism

Crystal Fleming Featured on C-SPAN

Alum Appointed Minister of Culture in Iraq

Nurse Practitioners Play Vital Role in Oral Health

Stony Brook Computer Science Senior Hacks His Way to Harvard

SBU Research Will Bring Smartphone Touch Interactions to Next Level

Identical Twins Graduating After Taking Identical Paths to MBA

It’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ for Service-Minded Student

Grant Will Aid Lynch’s Penguin Colony Research

Kaushansky, Studier Elected to National Academy of Inventors

Endowed Professorship Boosts SBU’s Conservation Leadership

Undergraduate Research Team Wins SBU’s First iGEM Gold Medal

Research Complements Classroom Learning for SBU Undergrad

SBU Faculty and Staff Recognized for Outstanding Achievements

Eight SBU Faculty Appointed to SUNY Distinguished Ranks

Johnson has Record Performance, Leads Seawolves Past New Paltz

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