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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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40,000 Children Have Lost a Parent Due to COVID Pandemic

A letter published in JAMA Pediatrics, co-authored by Rachel Kidman from the Program in Public Health at Stony Brook University, presents a statistical model showing that by February 2021 around 40,000 children had lost...

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Computer Science Professor Wins Google Award to Improve Smartphone Accessibility

Stony Brook Computer Science Professor Aruna Balasubramanian has been selected to receive a Google Research Scholar Award for her research on accessibility using wearable devices. Google’s Research Scholar program funds...

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A new technology to accurately and cost effectively detect nitrogen from wastewater, such as at a sewage plant as the one depicted, is being developed by Stony Brook researchers. Source: Hermann Hammer, Pixabay License

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Scientist Receives SUNY TAF Award for Technology to Advance Septic Systems

Qingzhi Zhu, an associate professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) at Stony Brook University, has received a SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund (TAF) award for his research to develop a low-cost...

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Faculty Earn Fulbright Scholar Awards

Two Stony Brook University faculty have recently received Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards. Lilianne R. Mujica-Parodi, professor of Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded the Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award for...

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Chemistry Faculty Receive International Prize for Water Research

Benjamin S. Hsiao, distinguished professor, and Priyanka Sharma, research assistant professor, both from the Department of Chemistry at Stony Brook University, received the Creativity Prize — which is awarded to water...

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Sloths, rodents and primates — some of the largest and smallest mammals on Caribbean islands — are among those most vulnerable to extinction. Credit: David Rini, Johns Hopkins University

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Study on Caribbean Mammal Extinctions Helps Guide Conservation Strategies

Information from historical, archaeological and recent fossil records must inform current-day conservation, or else we risk losing these remarkable species forever.

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2021 Graduate School Award Winners

The winners of the 2021 Graduate School Awards for students, faculty and staff represent the very best of Stony Brook, and they will be recognized at the School's Annual Awards Virtual Celebration.

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Study Shows Mars’ Early Climate Was Intermittently Warm

Samples from the Jezero Crater, the landing site of NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission, may help to reveal evidence of Mars' climate changes during its existence and possible signs of previous life.

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President McInnis and Four Others from SBU Make Top 25 Most Powerful in LI Education

President McInnis placed second on Long Island Business News' list along with Eden Figueroa (#10), Richard Reeder (#11), Jason Trelewicz (#15) and Richard Gatteau (#17).

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In the laboratory in which Stony Brook researchers study tissue and investigate the loss of function in PLD1 variants, are researchers: Michael Frohman, MD, PhD (rear center); 5th year Pharmacology student Christian Salazar (seated); 5th year Biochemistry and Structural Biology student Forrest Bowling, and Michael Airola, PhD.

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Study Identifies Important Cause of Congenital Heart Disease

A team of researchers co-led by SBU's Michael Frohman discovered that certain loss of functions in the Phospholipase D1 gene causes congenital right-sided cardiac valve defects and neonatal cardiomyopathy.

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Mathematician John Milnor Honored with 2020 Lomonosov Gold Medal

One of the greatest living mathematicians, he has made fundamental discoveries in many areas of mathematics, including topology, dynamical systems and algebraic K-theory.

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Three SBU Leaders Honored for Outstanding Service During Pandemic

The Stony Brook Council has bestowed University Medals for Exemplary Leadership and Service to Carol A. Gomes, Dr. Margaret M. McGovern and Lawrence M. Zacarese.

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Stony Brook Named a Fulbright Top Student Program Producer

Stony Brook University has been named to the Chronicle of Higher Education’s 2020-21 list of top producers of Fulbright U.S. Student Program recipients for the first time ever — one of only two State University of New...

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SBU Professors Ready to Learn if There Was Life on Mars

Geosciences Professors Scott McLennan and Joel Hurowitz are actively involved in the Mars exploration rover Perseverance mission, a two-year science investigation of Mars’ Jezero Crater.

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Ann Nasti Honored with Prestigious Award for Teaching Excellence in Dentistry

The Dental School's associate dean for clinical education has long been a trailblazer, with a pioneering spirit that has propelled her clinical and teaching trajectory for decades.

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Patricia Wright to Receive Wildlife Conservation Award

Patricia Wright, the founder of Centre ValBio, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, and the Herrnstein Professor of Conservation Biology at Stony Brook University, will be awarded the Wildlife Conservation Award...

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Meet the Finalists for the 2021 Discovery Prize

Four young scholars are competing for the $200K award given to a faculty member whose research project embraces risk and innovation and embodies the potential of discovery-driven research.

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Category - Faculty/Staff

Should We Use Technology to Slow Global Warming?

40,000 Children Have Lost a Parent Due to COVID Pandemic

Computer Science Professor Wins Google Award to Improve Smartphone Accessibility

Scientist Receives SUNY TAF Award for Technology to Advance Septic Systems

Faculty Earn Fulbright Scholar Awards

Chemistry Faculty Receive International Prize for Water Research

President McInnis and Four Others from SBU Make Top 25 Most Powerful in LI Education

Study Identifies Important Cause of Congenital Heart Disease

Mathematician John Milnor Honored with 2020 Lomonosov Gold Medal

Stony Brook Named a Fulbright Top Student Program Producer

SBU Professors Ready to Learn if There Was Life on Mars

Ann Nasti Honored with Prestigious Award for Teaching Excellence in Dentistry

Patricia Wright to Receive Wildlife Conservation Award

Meet the Finalists for the 2021 Discovery Prize

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