Category - Sustainability

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Donovan Finn Receives Early Career Faculty Innovator Award

Donovan Finn, an assistant professor of Environmental Design, Policy and Planning in the Sustainability Studies Program at Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, is one of nine early...

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Graduating Seawolf Sean Deery Has Advice for New Students: Get Involved

College campuses can seem large and intimidating to some new arrivals, but “there’s a lot of opportunity if you go make it yourself.” That’s the advice Sean Deery ‘19 wants to share with new students, and he speaks from...

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Chris Crosby ‘19 Aims to Leave the Planet Healthier Than He Found It

Maybe it was going hunting and fishing with his grandmother. Or being glued to the Discovery Channel as a kid. Either way, Chris Crosby’s love of nature was too strong to ignore, and led him to enroll at Stony Brook...

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Supercomputer Cloud Modeling Could Help to Predict Climate Change

One of Stony Brook University’s Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS) core faculty members from SoMAS (The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences) — Marat Khairoutdinov — has created a global cloud...

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Stony Brook Southampton Volunteers Clean Up Warner Island

The annual Stony Brook Southampton Beach Clean-Up on Warner Island took place on Saturday, May 4, and despite some sketchy weather, the event was a success. Volunteers collected several bags of trash, consisting mostly...

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Alumni Hottest Stories News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

NSF-Funded Research Probes Intersection of Tectonics and Biology

How does landscape history affect the diversity of mammals over time? Why are there more species in the Andes than there are in the Amazon? Over the next three years, a team of geophysicists, geochemists and biologists...

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Celebrate Earth Day 2019 at Stony Brook

Earthstock, Stony Brook University’s annual celebration of Earth Day, features a week of educational and social events that culminate in the Earthstock Festival on the Academic Mall on Friday, April 19, from 11 am to 3...

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Alumni Hottest Stories Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

‘Electron Shuttle’ Protein Offers New Strategy for Tailoring Plant Products

Scientists studying plant cell walls—structural supports that help plants overcome the downward pull of gravity—have discovered mechanistic details of a protein involved in the assembly of lignin, a key cell-wall...

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Stony Brook’s Sustainable Impact Rated High in Times Higher Education Ranking

Stony Brook University comes in at No. 78 in the world in the new 2019 Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking, a global university ranking that aims to measure an institution’s impact on society based on its...

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Alumni Spotlight Story Research Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

Researchers to Test Energy-Efficient Batteries

A new type of energy-efficient storage battery will be tested by Unique Technical Services under the supervision of the Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center (AERTC), a New York State Center of Excellence at...

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Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty Faculty/Student Spotlights Main University Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

Do Animals Think and Feel?

What, if anything, are your pets thinking? Do they value you beyond your reliability as a source of food? What cognitive traits do we share with the elephant, the wolf, primates and other so-called “higher...

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Left to right: Carol Gomes, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Quality Officer, Stony Brook University Hospital; Jill Kavoukian, Director of Healthcare Safety & Sustainability, Stony Brook University Hospital; Ken Lynch, Executive Deputy Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

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SBUH Awarded for Commitment to Sustainability

Stony Brook University Hospital was among an elite group of organizations to receive the 2018 Environmental Excellence Award from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). These awards are...

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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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Zoea, or larvae, of the Atlantic blue crab have a distinctly different morphology than adults. They are often spawned in estuaries, where they can be exposed to low dissolved oxygen and acidified conditions (photo by Stephen Tomasetti).

Academics Faculty/Staff Medicine and Research Research SoMAS Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

Gobler Lab’s Study Gives Clues to Preserving Blue Crab Estuaries

Blue crabs are ecologically important and represent one of the most valuable fisheries in the United States. A research team from the lab of Christopher Gobler, Endowed Chair of Coastal Ecology and Conservation in the...

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Academics College of Arts & Sciences Medicine and Research News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

Stony Brook Researchers Tackle Climate Change

Recent studies by Stony Brook University researchers identify key links between climate change and economic development, technology, politics and human decision making in the context of climate change. Their research...

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Academics Awards and Honors College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty Faculty/Student Spotlights Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

Orlov Receives National Award for Sustainability Education

Alex Orlov, PhD, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and a faculty member of the Consortium for Inter-Disciplinary Environmental...

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Academics Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Research SoMAS Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

Assessing NYC Flood Risks From Extreme Storms

After Superstorm Sandy, the need to better understand stormwater flood risks and improve infrastructure in the metro area of New York City became a priority. A new study, co-led by Professor Brian Colle, PhD, head of...

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Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine and Research Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

“Underwater Wind Farms” in Sandy Rivers Could Generate Hydrokinetic Power

“Underwater wind farms” could generate low-cost, renewable energy from turbines placed in sandy river bottoms, researchers have found. While the potential for in-stream flow energy harvesting systems has...

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Category - Sustainability

Donovan Finn Receives Early Career Faculty Innovator Award

Graduating Seawolf Sean Deery Has Advice for New Students: Get Involved

Chris Crosby ‘19 Aims to Leave the Planet Healthier Than He Found It

Supercomputer Cloud Modeling Could Help to Predict Climate Change

Stony Brook Southampton Volunteers Clean Up Warner Island

NSF-Funded Research Probes Intersection of Tectonics and Biology

Celebrate Earth Day 2019 at Stony Brook

‘Electron Shuttle’ Protein Offers New Strategy for Tailoring Plant Products

Researchers to Test Energy-Efficient Batteries

Do Animals Think and Feel?

SBUH Awarded for Commitment to Sustainability

Grant Will Aid Lynch’s Penguin Colony Research

Gobler Lab’s Study Gives Clues to Preserving Blue Crab Estuaries

Stony Brook Researchers Tackle Climate Change

Orlov Receives National Award for Sustainability Education

Assessing NYC Flood Risks From Extreme Storms

“Underwater Wind Farms” in Sandy Rivers Could Generate Hydrokinetic Power

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