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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

For the third time in his career, Joel Hurowitz, assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences at Stony Brook University, is going to Mars — well, kind of. “I have invested my professional life in this series of...

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Stony Brook’s Elyse Graham Probes the Language of New Yorkers

“Everybody in New York has a story,” said Elyse Graham, associate professor in Stony Brook’s English Department, adding wryly that “every story has an element that contradicts someone else’s story.” Thus Graham’s new...

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27 Faculty and Staff Honored with SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence

These awards acknowledge the dedication and accomplishments of instructional faculty, librarians, and professional staff across SUNY campuses and encourage the ongoing pursuit of excellence.

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New York Sea Grant’s Rapid Response to COVID-19

NYSG provides important information that businesses, educators, landowners and other stakeholders can use during the pandemic.

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Alumni Hottest Stories College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty/Staff News Highlights STEM Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

Stony Brook to Develop Advanced Computational Tools to Design Offshore Wind Farms

The project will optimize offshore wind farm layouts by leveraging high-fidelity simulations on parallel supercomputers, advanced turbine controls and artificial intelligence tools.

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Michael Rubenstein Illuminates a New Field of Research: Energy Humanities

Energy humanities is a subdiscipline of the environmental humanities, with a tighter focus on the story of energy in human civilization. It arose in the early 2010s in response to renewed public awareness about energy...

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Stony Brook Medicine Experts Share Pool Safety Advice During COVID-19

Pool safety requires a different mindset this year. Dr. Sharon Nachman shares why children and families should be able to enjoy swimming this summer.

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Historian Paul Kelton Tells a Tale of Two Pandemics

Paul Kelton was working on a book about the cholera pandemic of the 1830s when coronavirus emerged. “It’s been a surreal experience writing about a pandemic while one is going on,” said Kelton, professor...

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Bat Study Could Provide Clues to Coronavirus

The research, funded by the NSF, will look at how viruses affect cells upon entry into the bat host’s nasal passages to explain why symptomatic disease does not occur.

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Vachon Named Among 50 Most Powerful LGBTQ Players in Hollywood

The award-winning film producer and co-founder of Killer Films has been honored in The Hollywood Reporter's Pride Issue.

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Beyond the Expected Podcast: Pursuing a Cure

This episode of "Beyond the Expected" podcast looks at how Stony Brook University researchers have stepped up and responded to COVID-19, about the research they’re doing, and about the latest thinking on what antibodies...

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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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Workstation and hand-assembled 3D printed PAPR hose adapters

Alumni Hottest Stories College of Engineering & Applied Sciences COVID-19 Faculty/Staff Medicine Medicine and Research On Campus Stony Brook Matters

SBU Teams Collaborate to Build Solutions for PAPR with 3D Printing

Rechargeable battery packs for Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPR) were created by teams from the College of Engineering & Applied Sciences and Stony Brook Medicine.

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Stony Brook Uses New Strategy to Aid Those with Disabilities During COVID-19

Michelle Ballan created a COVID Disability Form to help all individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities communicate their needs.

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Mother-Daughter Duo Face COVID-19 Pandemic Together

When the coronavirus pandemic began, one Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH) nurse came out of retirement to join her daughter on the frontlines. Mary Beth Patterson retired from SBUH in December 2018 after being...

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New Center Launches Free Workshops for Hundreds of K-12 Teachers

As schools remain closed due to COVID-19, Nicole Galante and colleagues offer online learning at SBU's Center for Teaching and Learning in Community.

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Surita R. Bhatia Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Surita R. Bhatia, Ph.D., Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professor, Department of Chemistry, to its College of...

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Category - Faculty/Staff

Professor Joel Hurowitz Celebrates Third Mars Rover Milestone

Stony Brook’s Elyse Graham Probes the Language of New Yorkers

New York Sea Grant’s Rapid Response to COVID-19

Stony Brook to Develop Advanced Computational Tools to Design Offshore Wind Farms

Michael Rubenstein Illuminates a New Field of Research: Energy Humanities

Stony Brook Medicine Experts Share Pool Safety Advice During COVID-19

Historian Paul Kelton Tells a Tale of Two Pandemics

Bat Study Could Provide Clues to Coronavirus

Vachon Named Among 50 Most Powerful LGBTQ Players in Hollywood

Four SBU Researchers Win 2020 Young Academic Inventor’s Award

SBU Teams Collaborate to Build Solutions for PAPR with 3D Printing

Mother-Daughter Duo Face COVID-19 Pandemic Together

Surita R. Bhatia Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite

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