Category - News Highlights

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Fossil Discoveries Illuminate Ancient Saharan Seaway

The ancient Trans-Saharan Seaway of Africa, which existed 50 to 100 million years ago in the region of the current Sahara Desert, is described in a new paper to be published in the Bulletin of the American Museum of...

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Nanowire Research Could Advance Harvesting of Solar Energy

New research on nanowires that could facilitate the harvesting of solar energy has been published by a team of scientists from Stony Brook University, Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Naval Research Laboratory...

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Eastern Long Island Hospital Joins Stony Brook Medicine Healthcare System

Eastern Long Island Hospital (ELIH) officially joins the Stony Brook Medicine healthcare system as of July 1, combining the best in academic and community medicine to improve access to advanced medical care for...

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Research Suggests New Ways of Overcoming Resistance to Chemotherapy Drugs

Engineered cell evolution could provide a new pathway for halting cancer drug resistance, according to research led by Gábor Balázsi, associate professor in Stony Brook University’s Laufer Center and Department of...

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Facebook Posts Can Predict Illnesses, Including Diabetes, Hypertension and Depression

Facebook posts alone can predict some 21 diseases and conditions, including diabetes, hypertension, anxiety and depression, a new study reveals. The study, published in PLOS ONE by researchers at Stony Brook University...

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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

It was one small step for man and one giant leap for mankind when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, and Stony Brook University is playing a big part in the 50th anniversary celebration...

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Kedar Kirane Receives US Army Award for Research to Help Protect Soldiers in Combat

Investigating the effectiveness of composite materials in combat situations is the focus of newly funded research by Kedar Kirane, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the College of...

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Cutting-Edge Products Displayed at Incubator Showcase

Long Island start-ups displayed pioneering new products and technologies at the fourth annual Incubator Showcase, sponsored by the Vice President for Research and the Office of Economic Development, and held at the...

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Chris Crosby ‘19 Aims to Leave the Planet Healthier Than He Found It

Maybe it was going hunting and fishing with his grandmother. Or being glued to the Discovery Channel as a kid. Either way, Chris Crosby’s love of nature was too strong to ignore, and led him to enroll at Stony Brook...

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Four Lives Changed by Stony Brook Kidney Transplants

With four lifesaving surgeries, Stony Brook Medicine’s Kidney Transplantation Services created a kidney transplant chain that now has bound together donors and recipients in shared gratitude and friendship. It started...

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Ten Students Receive Fulbright Scholarships, Setting Stony Brook Record

Ten Stony Brook University students have been recognized by the Department of State’s prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program, a highly competitive scholarship opportunity that provides funding for American students...

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Students Leaders to Cycle Across the Country for a Cause

Two Stony Brook student leaders are devoting their whole summer to cycling more than 4,000 miles across the country to raise awareness and funds for their respective charities. Justas Klimavicius ’19, President of...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Category - News Highlights

Fossil Discoveries Illuminate Ancient Saharan Seaway

Nanowire Research Could Advance Harvesting of Solar Energy

Research Suggests New Ways of Overcoming Resistance to Chemotherapy Drugs

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

Kedar Kirane Receives US Army Award for Research to Help Protect Soldiers in Combat

Cutting-Edge Products Displayed at Incubator Showcase

Chris Crosby ‘19 Aims to Leave the Planet Healthier Than He Found It

Four Lives Changed by Stony Brook Kidney Transplants

Ten Students Receive Fulbright Scholarships, Setting Stony Brook Record

Students Leaders to Cycle Across the Country for a Cause

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

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