Category - Faculty/Student Spotlights

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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

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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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Opioid Crisis Hitting More Pregnant and Postpartum Women

A study of pregnancy-associated deaths reveals that the opioid crisis in the United States appears to be gravely affecting more pregnant and postpartum women. Examining pregnancy-associated deaths of women from 2007 to...

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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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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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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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Yark Beyan ’19 Gets Out the Vote

Anyone faulting today’s collegiate youth for voter apathy has yet to meet Yark Beyan ’19. Beyan can be found every Monday through Thursday at the Student Activities Center registering students to vote as a team...

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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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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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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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Six Seawolves and Coaching Staff Earn Women’s Soccer America East Honors

Six players from the Stony Brook women’s soccer team along with the entire coaching staff earned All-Conference honors following the conclusion of the 2018 regular season. The awards were announced by the league...

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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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Cutting-Edge Economist Stephanie Kelton Delivers Presidential Lecture

In a Presidential Lecture delivered Oct. 15 in Stony Brook University’s Staller Center, Stephanie Kelton, a leading voice in the emerging conversation about economic reform, began with a single provocative...

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SBU graduate student will run for Miss NY in 2019

While most students wind up scrambling for internships or joining various clubs to boost their resumes, graduate student Holly Leffhalm has got a showstopper: she’s competing in Miss New York USA. For Leffhalm, pageants...

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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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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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Faculty Medicine and Research Stony Brook Matters

Research shows Alzheimer’s disease relationship with obesity and testosterone

Christian Pike, a professor of gerontology — the study of aging and the elderly — at the University of Southern California, spoke about Alzheimer’s disease and its relationship with obesity and testosterone on Thursday...

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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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Category - Faculty/Student Spotlights

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

Opioid Crisis Hitting More Pregnant and Postpartum Women

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

Yark Beyan ’19 Gets Out the Vote

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

Six Seawolves and Coaching Staff Earn Women’s Soccer America East Honors

Quantum Memory Applications Can Help Fight Hackers

Cutting-Edge Economist Stephanie Kelton Delivers Presidential Lecture

SBU graduate student will run for Miss NY in 2019

Research Illuminates How Genes Respond to Temperature

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

Research shows Alzheimer’s disease relationship with obesity and testosterone

Chemistry Professor Trevor Sears Named American Physical Society 2018 Fellow

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