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SBU Faculty Mentor 18 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars

Out of the 300 scholars selected this year from 1,964 entries for the Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) — the prestigious science and math competition for high school students — 18 did research with Stony Brook...

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Dr. Srinivas Myneni (left) and Dr. David Lam of Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine illustrate the potential use and placement of a nanomaterial-based bone regeneration device.

Academics Dental Alumni News Faculty/Staff Medicine and Research Research School of Dental Medicine Stony Brook Matters

SBU Dental Faculty Use High-tech Methods to Advance Research

Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine researchers are going high-tech to help solve some of the world’s leading oral health problems. Two projects totaling approximately $2 million in grant monies are being...

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Alumni Spotlight Story Diversity Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Stony Brook Matters

Crystal Fleming Featured on C-SPAN

A provocative new book by Crystal Fleming, Stony Brook associate professor of sociology and Africana Studies, How to Be Less Stupid About Race, is being featured on C-SPAN’s Authors Week. The weeklong series...

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

SBU Research Will Bring Smartphone Touch Interactions to Next Level

According to 2018 data from the Pew Research Center, 77% of Americans and 59% of all people worldwide own a smartphone. Xiaojun Bi, a professor in the Department of Computer Science in the College of Engineering and...

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Alumni Hottest Stories Faculty/Staff Medicine Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters

SBU Study Shows Multidisciplinary Care Leads to Higher Survival Rates for Lung Cancer Patients

An investigation of short-term and long-term survival outcomes of more than 4,000 lung cancer patients reveals that patients treated under a multidisciplinary model of care have significantly higher survival rates at...

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Academics Alumni Hottest Stories College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Main University Stony Brook Matters

Dean of College of Arts and Sciences Briefs NY Congressional Delegation on SBU Quantum Research and Digital Intelligence

On Tuesday, November 27, Dr. Nicole Sampson, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Interim Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, briefed New York Congressional delegation staff in Washington, D.C. on Stony Brook...

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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).

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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 Alumni Spotlight Story College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Giving Back Medicine and Research Stony Brook Matters

Endowed Professorship Boosts SBU’s Conservation Leadership

With more than 100 marine species recorded as extinct — primarily due to overfishing — and more than 100 million tons of fish taken out of the water each year, our oceans and the animals that call them home...

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Academics Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty/Staff Medicine and Research Medicine Today School of Medicine Stony Brook Matters

Dr. Latha Chandran Elected President of Academic Pediatric Association

A true leader in advancing medical education, Dr. Latha Chandran, Vice Dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs, Miriam and David Donoho Distinguished Teaching Professor and SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor at the...

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Academics Alumni Hottest Stories College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters

Deforestation is Unexpected Result of Peace in Colombia

War can have devastating effects on nature, but what happens in times of peace? In a first-of-a-kind study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, scientists provide evidence that the Colombian peace process...

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President Stanley (back row, center) with some of this year’s Distinguished Professors. Bottom row (from left to right): Kathlyn Parker, Lina Obeid and Ira Cohen; top row: Frederick Grine, Mikhail Lyubich, President Stanley, Peter Djuric, Arthur Samuel (not pictured: Fotis Sotiropoulos, Scott McLennan and J. Peter Gergen)

Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Stony Brook Matters

SBU Faculty and Staff Recognized for Outstanding Achievements

On November 8, 2018, President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., MD and Provost Michael A. Bernstein hosted the Annual Awards Dinner to celebrate faculty achievements and the recipients of Chancellor’s Awards and Distinguished...

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Academics Alumni Hottest Stories Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights News Highlights School of Medicine Stony Brook Matters

Eight SBU Faculty Appointed to SUNY Distinguished Ranks

Reflecting the world-class faculty and top-tier education offered by Stony Brook University, the State University of New York Board of Trustees has selected eight Stony Brook faculty members for its highest honor — the...

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Six SBU Faculty Named 2018 AAAS Fellows

Robert B. Grubbs, K. Daniel O’Leary, Eliza Reilly, Steven Skiena, Esther Takeuchi and Dr. Vincent W. Wang have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a fellow...

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Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty/Staff Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters

Discovery Opens the Possibility of Using Sunlight to Turn a Greenhouse Gas into Fuel

A team of scientists has discovered a single-site, visible-light-activated catalyst that converts carbon dioxide (CO2) into “building block” molecules that could be used for creating useful chemicals. The...

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Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Scholars Share Awesome Science at SBU Postdoc Spotlight

“There’s one thing that unites people across all political and socioeconomic backgrounds,” suggested Geosciences Postdoc Steven Jaret during his talk at SBU Postdoc Spotlight. “The one thing that everyone agrees upon...

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Academics Alumni Hottest Stories Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights News Highlights Stony Brook Matters

Stony Brook Faculty Win Prestigious Veblen Prize in Geometry

The American Mathematical Society (AMS) awarded two Stony Brook University faculty and one former faculty member with the 2019 Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry. Among this year’s recipients are Xiuxiong Chen, a professor...

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Academics College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters

Researchers Find More Water in the Earth’s Interior Than Expected

A study of the seismic structure beneath the Mariana Trench by a team of researchers from Stony Brook University and Washington University indicates that about three or four times more water is dragged deep into the...

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"Glass Menagerie" by Meg Schedel on display at the Library of Congress

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Humanities Stony Brook Matters

Professor Schedel Brings Virtual Reality to the Library of Congress

Composer and cellist Margaret Schedel, an associate professor in the Department of Music at Stony Brook University who specializes in ferociously interactive media, had two of her virtual reality (VR) pieces with...

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Category - Faculty/Staff

SBU Faculty Mentor 18 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars

SBU Dental Faculty Use High-tech Methods to Advance Research

Crystal Fleming Featured on C-SPAN

SBU Research Will Bring Smartphone Touch Interactions to Next Level

SBU Study Shows Multidisciplinary Care Leads to Higher Survival Rates for Lung Cancer Patients

Dean of College of Arts and Sciences Briefs NY Congressional Delegation on SBU Quantum Research and Digital Intelligence

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

Endowed Professorship Boosts SBU’s Conservation Leadership

Dr. Latha Chandran Elected President of Academic Pediatric Association

Deforestation is Unexpected Result of Peace in Colombia

SBU Faculty and Staff Recognized for Outstanding Achievements

Eight SBU Faculty Appointed to SUNY Distinguished Ranks

Six SBU Faculty Named 2018 AAAS Fellows

Discovery Opens the Possibility of Using Sunlight to Turn a Greenhouse Gas into Fuel

Scholars Share Awesome Science at SBU Postdoc Spotlight

Stony Brook Faculty Win Prestigious Veblen Prize in Geometry

Researchers Find More Water in the Earth’s Interior Than Expected

Professor Schedel Brings Virtual Reality to the Library of Congress

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