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Journalism Grad Assists with NASA Moon Mission

When American astronauts return to the moon in 2024, Stony Brook journalism graduate Erika Peters ‘20 will have played a small but significant role in the journey.

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Giving day 2021 - April 21 #SBUGivingDay

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The University’s Third Annual ‘Giving Day’ Is April 21

The 24-hour fundraising drive will generate support for students, faculty and research, and to help advance Stony Brook Medicine’s mission to provide the highest quality healthcare.

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Eight SBU Students Receive New SUNY Graduate Award

The Graduate Research Empowering and Accelerating Talent (GREAT) award provides flexible funds for research expenses, professional development and supplemental stipend support.

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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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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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Three SBU Leaders Honored for Outstanding Service During Pandemic

The Stony Brook Council has bestowed University Medals for Exemplary Leadership and Service to Carol A. Gomes, Dr. Margaret M. McGovern and Lawrence M. Zacarese.

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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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Ensemble Decipher after performing at the NowNet Arts Conference on November 4, 2020.

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Stony Brook Students Awarded USArtists International Grant

The experimental music group Ensemble Decipher has been awarded the grant by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation to perform at the New Music for Strings Festival in Denmark in August 2021.

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Michael Chiang, SBDC Entrepreneur-in-Residence

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Helping Small Businesses Recover After the Pandemic

The Technology Enhancement Assistance Program helps Suffolk County small business owners enhance online technology to compete in this increasing e-commerce environment.

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EOP Student Receives SUNY Academic Achievement Award

Estrella Núñez ’21 received the Norman R. McConney Jr. Award for Student Excellence, which recognizes students who have exhibited academic success, perseverance and leadership qualities.

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Investiture of Endowed Professor Pays Tribute to Devoted Friend of Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center

Shimon Attie was formally invested as the inaugural Charles C. Bergman Endowed Visiting Professor of Studio Art.

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Loredana Polezzi Named Alfonse M. D’Amato Endowed Chair in Italian American and Italian Studies

Her recent work focuses on diasporic Italian cultures and on multilingual education in Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Geosciences Professor Joel Hurowitz Studies the Climate on Mars

In a study of the ancient Gale Crater on Mars, Hurowitz and scientists from Rice University determined that Iceland’s climate is the closest to ancient Mars.

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William Wertheim Appointed Interim Dean, Renaissance School of Medicine

The current vice dean for graduate medical education and designated institutional official will have primary responsibility for the school’s academic and educational mission.

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SBU’s Qiang Li Collaborated on Discovery That Can Advance Quantum Computing

The team discovered a light symmetry switch that creates the opportunity to carry a dissipationless electron current, which can be useful in wide-scale adoption of quantum computing.

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