Category - News Highlights

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Annual Stars of Stony Brook Gala to Feature Conversation Between Alan Alda and Stony Brook President Maurie McInnis

Proceeds from May 6 Virtual Event to Benefit Student Scholarships at Stony Brook University The Stony Brook Foundation will raise critical funds for student scholarships at its 22nd Annual Stars of Stony Brook Gala held...

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The Philips Azurion 7 provides imaging capabilities at ultra-low radiation dose levels — allowing physicians to conduct more complex procedures with greater precision and adding a significant measure of safety for both the patients and medical team.

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New Stony Brook Cath/EP Multifunctional Lab Opens

The new space is part of the Heart Institute, and it consolidates comprehensive cardiac cath and EP services into one shared and efficient increased-capacity location.

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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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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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A Record 149 Stony Brook Medical Students Match to Residencies

Although the Renaissance School of Medicine’s 2021 Match Day for fourth-year medical students remained a virtual event, with a record 149 students receiving their residency assignments, there was much cause for...

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Stony Brook MFA Students Sweep Television Writing Fellowships

MFA in Television Writing first-year student Mallory Baysek won in the Drama category and second-year student Galen Foote won for Comedy.

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Left to right (details): Stuart Balius, Marta Baumiller, Yifei Cheng, Annemarie Waugh

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MFA Thesis Exhibition 2021 at Zuccaire Gallery

"Four: MFA Thesis Exhibition 2021" presents new work by Stony Brook's graduating Master of Fine Arts students Stuart Balius, Marta Baumiller, Yifei Cheng and Annemarie Waugh.

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Latest Discoveries Revealed at SBU’s Virtual Postdoc Spotlight

The annual event — designed like a TED talk — gave Stony Brook’s postdocs the opportunity to present their cutting-edge research to an audience in five minutes.

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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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SBU’s Physics & Astronomy Program Ranks in Top 100 Universities Worldwide

According to leading international ranking organization QS, Stony Brook's Physics and Astronomy program ranked #89 in the top 100 universities in the world.

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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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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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Annual WolfieTank Competition Streams Live on Feb. 24

Inspired by the popular TV show "Shark Tank," WolfieTank presents a unique opportunity for Stony Brook students to showcase their innovative and entrepreneurial talents.

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SBU’s Dancing Dentist Has All the Right Grooves

Third-year dental student Varun Goyal was always passionate about dancing, and he was always sure he wanted to work in the medical field — now he is combining the two.

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Celebrating Lunar New Year, the Year of the Ox

Lunar New Year is today, and Stony Brook is ringing in the Year of the Ox with a number of events and activities — virtual this year — to celebrate.

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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 - News Highlights

Annual Stars of Stony Brook Gala to Feature Conversation Between Alan Alda and Stony Brook President Maurie McInnis

New Stony Brook Cath/EP Multifunctional Lab Opens

Scientist Receives SUNY TAF Award for Technology to Advance Septic Systems

Chemistry Faculty Receive International Prize for Water Research

A Record 149 Stony Brook Medical Students Match to Residencies

MFA Thesis Exhibition 2021 at Zuccaire Gallery

Latest Discoveries Revealed at SBU’s Virtual Postdoc Spotlight

Study Identifies Important Cause of Congenital Heart Disease

SBU Professors Ready to Learn if There Was Life on Mars

Annual WolfieTank Competition Streams Live on Feb. 24

Celebrating Lunar New Year, the Year of the Ox

Meet the Finalists for the 2021 Discovery Prize

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