Category - News Highlights

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Measles Outbreak – Why it Happened and What to Do

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as of April 26, 2019, there have been 704 cases of measles reported in the United States. This is the greatest number of cases since the disease was thought to have...

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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...

3 min read

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3MT Competition Puts Communication Skills to the Test for Doctoral Candidates

In a well-known Billy Joel song, a composer rues the fact that his life’s work has been shortened to three minutes, five seconds to accommodate the needs of the radio business. But even the Piano Man had more time to...

6 min read

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Stony Brook Medicine Brings Mobile Stroke Units to Long Island

Speedy advanced care at the scene, critical for stroke victims during the first hour, is now available after the launch of Stony Brook Medicine’s Mobile Stroke Units, the first of their kind on Long Island. The...

3 min read

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Three Trailblazers to Receive Honorary Degrees at SBU Commencement

Actor and polymath Alan Alda, Me Too Movement founder Tarana Burke and Crittercam inventor Greg Marshall will receive honorary degrees at Stony Brook University’s 2019 commencement ceremony, President Samuel L. Stanley...

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Geno Ford Named Head Coach of Men’s Basketball

Geno Ford has been named 12th head coach of the Stony Brook men’s basketball program, Stony Brook athletic director Shawn Heilbron has announced. Ford will have his interim tag removed after serving eight days as...

3 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories News Highlights On Campus Stony Brook Matters University

Free Shuttle Makes Port Jefferson Easily Accessible From Campus

It’s only about five miles from the Stony Brook campus to downtown Port Jefferson, but those five miles can seem like 500 when there’s no simple and convenient way to get there…especially in cold or inclement weather...

4 min read

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Simons Foundation President Marilyn Hawrys Simons To Be Honored at Stars of Stony Brook Gala

Stony Brook University will honor alumna and Simons Foundation President Marilyn Hawrys Simons, BA ’74, PhD ’84 at its 20th Stars of Stony Brook Gala, Wednesday, April 10 at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers. Hosted annually...

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Stony Brook Announces New BFA Degree in Creative Writing

Stony Brook University announces a new undergraduate major in Creative Writing, earning a new degree, the Bachelor of Fine Arts. Modeled after its renowned MFA in Creative Writing program and sharing the same world...

2 min read

Professor Nikiforakis and his team of students collaborate in the PragSec lab in the New Computer Science Building.

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Computer Science Professor Nick Nikiforakis Receives Amazon Research Award

Nick Nikiforakis is helping to make the Internet more secure. An assistant professor from the Department of Computer Science in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Stony Brook University, Nikiforakis has...

2 min read

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Sports Agent Burton Rocks ’94 Explores the Analytics of Character

“Baseball is big business, but if you start making it a mathematical equation, the sport is going to lose a lot of people.” So says sports agent and Stony Brook grad Burton Rocks ’94, adding, “it’s the people, the...

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Musical Acrobatic Adventure Comes to Staller Center February 2

Cirque Éloize, a Montreal-born contemporary circus company, will perform at Staller Center on Saturday, February 2, at 7 pm. Their show, Saloon, takes audiences on a musical acrobatic adventure inspired by the days when...

2 min read

Sophia Espiritu (center) surrounded by her family and Tamarac Elementary School principal, Michael Saidens, as she donates hundreds of ComfyChemo shirts.

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A Brave Girl Eases the Journey for Fellow Cancer Patients

Sophia Espiritu, a pediatric cancer patient at Stony Brook Cancer Center, didn’t want any gifts for her 10th birthday. Instead, she had her heart set on gifting to other kids like her. With the help of her family...

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Alum Appointed Minister of Culture in Iraq

Abdulamir Al-Dafar Hamdani ’15, PhD Anthropology and Archaeology, was recently approved by the Iraqi Parliament as Minister of Culture to the Iraqi Ministry of Culture. Hamdani, who was known as Abdulameer Al-Dafar...

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The HackHarvard team; Michael Rizoo is second from right. Photo credit: HackHarvard, Facebook

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Stony Brook Computer Science Senior Hacks His Way to Harvard

When you hear about Harvard University, computer science and a revolutionary web app, initially you might think of Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook. But these three things also apply to Stony Brook University...

3 min read

Faculty/Student Spotlights News Highlights Service Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

It’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ for Service-Minded Student

Few freshmen arrive at Stony Brook with the life experience that Allison Shaw has accrued. The Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey native, who is pursuing a Bachelor of Engineering degree in chemical and molecular...

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Randy Rettberg, president of the iGEM Foundation, with Stony Brook’s 2018 iGEM team

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Undergraduate Research Team Wins SBU’s First iGEM Gold Medal

Stony Brook’s 2018 team for the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition took home the University’s first gold medal at the iGEM Giant Jamboree recently held in Boston. Since 2014, Stony Brook’s...

5 min read

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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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Category - News Highlights

Measles Outbreak – Why it Happened and What to Do

NSF-Funded Research Probes Intersection of Tectonics and Biology

3MT Competition Puts Communication Skills to the Test for Doctoral Candidates

Stony Brook Medicine Brings Mobile Stroke Units to Long Island

Three Trailblazers to Receive Honorary Degrees at SBU Commencement

Geno Ford Named Head Coach of Men’s Basketball

Free Shuttle Makes Port Jefferson Easily Accessible From Campus

Simons Foundation President Marilyn Hawrys Simons To Be Honored at Stars of Stony Brook Gala

Stony Brook Announces New BFA Degree in Creative Writing

Computer Science Professor Nick Nikiforakis Receives Amazon Research Award

Sports Agent Burton Rocks ’94 Explores the Analytics of Character

Musical Acrobatic Adventure Comes to Staller Center February 2

A Brave Girl Eases the Journey for Fellow Cancer Patients

Alum Appointed Minister of Culture in Iraq

Stony Brook Computer Science Senior Hacks His Way to Harvard

It’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ for Service-Minded Student

Undergraduate Research Team Wins SBU’s First iGEM Gold Medal

Eight SBU Faculty Appointed to SUNY Distinguished Ranks

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