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Alda Center to Bring Science to the Stage in Unique Livestream Performance

The groundbreaking research and discoveries that happen at Stony Brook are inspiring both art and science through innovation in the performing arts.

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In an effort to help prevent erosion, signage encourages beachgoers to keep off coastal bluffs. New research supported by NY Sea Grant will provide information that will allow for improved prediction of bluff erosion that informs planning by coastal communities. Image credit: Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program

Academics Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine and Research News Highlights Research SoMAS Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

$2.1 Million Awarded for Sea Grant Research on NY’s Coastal Environment

New York Sea Grant (NYSG) has awarded more than $2.1 million to support six coastal science research projects —three of which are being led by Stony Brook University faculty — that explore topics relating to and...

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Academics Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty/Staff Global Medicine and Research News Highlights Research SoMAS Stony Brook Matters

Climate Research May Help Reduce “Snail Fever” Worldwide

Projections of temperatures and precipitation amounts in climate change scenarios may be a key component in a large research initiative with the goal to reduce schistosomiasis.

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Ijeoma Opara Receives Prestigious Early Independence Award

The assistant professor in the School of Social Welfare earned the NIH award for a project that addresses substance use and mental health among urban youth.

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Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Giving Back News Highlights Newsletter-Spotlight Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

Sara Hamideh Advocates for Equity in Disaster Recovery

The SoMAS professor is an expert on disaster resilience, and finds that Stony Brook provides her with many opportunities for multidisciplinary collaboration.

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Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Newsletter-Spotlight Research STEM Stony Brook Matters

Kedar Kirane Receives ASME ORR Early Career Award

The engineering professor was rewarded for his contributions to knowledge and technology that can enable safer, reliable and efficient structures in various engineering applications.

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Nobuho Nagasawa, Transformation and Resilience (detail), 2020, 506 Broadway, NYC. Photo: Teri Henry.

Alumni Hottest Stories Arts & Entertainment Events Faculty/Staff Main University News Highlights Stony Brook Matters

Reckoning: Faculty Exhibition 2020 Opens Online Oct. 1

Reckoning presents artwork created in 2020 that expresses a range of experiences we are living through and the underlying conditions that have brought us to this crossroads.

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Alumni Hottest Stories Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine and Research News Highlights Newsletter-Spotlight Research Stony Brook Matters

Eszter Boros Named 2020 Moore Inventor Fellow

Her research combines fundamental inorganic chemistry and metal radiochemistry with modern imaging methods to provide personalized medical treatments of cancer and microbial infections.

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Almstadtstrasse 43: Slide projection of former Hebrew bookstore, 1930, Berlin,1992, 33"X40" chromogenic photograph and on-location installation, Shimon Attie, courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Alumni Spotlight Story College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Giving Back Humanities News Highlights Newsletter-Spotlight Stony Brook Matters

Shimon Attie Named Inaugural Charles C. Bergman Endowed Visiting Professor in Studio Art

The internationally renowned visual artist, whose work focuses on issues of identity and community, also has extensive experience teaching at a University level.

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Alumni Spotlight Story Beyond the Expected Podcast Series Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights SB Southampton Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

Beyond the Expected Podcast: An Interview with Stony Brook’s Naturalist

Alan Inkles with Christopher Paparo Christopher Paparo has been exploring the wilds of Long Island’s marine estuaries for over 30 years, and in this episode of “Beyond the Expected,” guest host Alan Inkles...

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Alumni Spotlight Story COVID-19 Faculty/Staff Long Island Main University News Highlights Recent Grads Stony Brook Matters

SB Libraries to Document University’s Experience with COVID-19

The SBU community is invited to contribute to the new digital archive project that will preserve the history of the University during this unprecedented moment in history.

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Venice Film Festival Is Memorable for Christine Vachon

The artistic director of SBU's MFA in Film program shares her feelings about the festival, where her latest film "The World to Come" premiered to rave reviews.

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Various bones at a Bronze Age battle excavation site, some of which were genetically tested to determine the presence of the lactase-persistent gene. Credit: Stefan Sauer / Tollense Valley Project

Alumni Spotlight Story College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters

Lactose Tolerance Happened Quickly in Europe, Study Shows

Genetic material from the bones of people who died around 1,200 BC suggests that lactase persistence spread in only a few thousand years.

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Brain Imaging May Help Predict Obesity and Self-Control Issues

A study led by SBU's Anat Biegon is the first to show a direct correlation between aromatase (an enzyme) availability in the amygdala and body mass index.

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Alumni Hottest Stories Arts & Entertainment Faculty/Staff Humanities Stony Brook Matters

Social Impact Filmmaking Program Teaches “Passion to Make a Difference”

“The impact of the events of 2020 on filmmaking will be monumental,” said Karen Offitzer, director of the undergraduate minor in filmmaking at Stony Brook and one of three co-directors of the Social Impact Filmmaking...

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Research Leads to New Material for Energy-Efficient Devices

A team of international physicists including SBU's Jennifer Cano has created a superlattice, which at a high temperature is a super-efficient insulator conducting current.

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With face masks and other personal protective equipment ending up on sidewalks and other outdoor spaces, a seasonal campaign goes beyond encouraging citizens to break the single-use plastic habit by using reusable bags and bottles at the beach and local park. #DontTrashLISound reminds folks to discard #PPElitter in a secure trash can. Credit: Judy Benson / Connecticut Sea Grant

Alumni Hottest Stories Community COVID-19 Faculty/Staff Long Island News Highlights Newsletter-Spotlight Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

#DontTrashLISound: Summer 2020 Social Media Campaign Focuses on PPEs

This year’s campaign centers on discarded face masks, disposable gloves and other PPE that are ending up on sidewalks, parks and other outdoor spaces instead of in the trash.

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Alumni Hottest Stories Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Newsletter-Spotlight Stony Brook Matters

Surita R. Bhatia Named Fellow of Two Prestigious National Organizations

The VP for Faculty Affairs and Chemistry Professor has been named a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and a fellow of the Society of Rheology.

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Category - Faculty/Staff

Alda Center to Bring Science to the Stage in Unique Livestream Performance

$2.1 Million Awarded for Sea Grant Research on NY’s Coastal Environment

Climate Research May Help Reduce “Snail Fever” Worldwide

Reckoning: Faculty Exhibition 2020 Opens Online Oct. 1

Beyond the Expected Podcast: An Interview with Stony Brook’s Naturalist

SB Libraries to Document University’s Experience with COVID-19

Lactose Tolerance Happened Quickly in Europe, Study Shows

Social Impact Filmmaking Program Teaches “Passion to Make a Difference”

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