Category - Research

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NSF Awards Nearly $3 Million for Graduate Research Training in Data Science and AI

The award will help provide cross-training to PhD students in the data sciences alongside PhD students in the human-centered sciences to detect and address biases.

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Team Develops Plan to Protect 30 Percent of Ocean by 2030

SoMAS’ Ellen Pikitch is part of a team that developed a framework to consistently understand, plan, establish, evaluate and monitor ocean protection in Marine Protected Areas.

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PhD Candidate Wins NIH Neuroscience Award to Support Research

Noele Certain, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, won the Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) Award.

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Ecology and Evolution Undergrad Researches in Three Faculty Labs

Sarah Vaccaro ‘22 — the URECA researcher of the month for September 2021 — is a biology major specializing in ecology and evolution with a minor in anthropology. Vaccaro’s research in the laboratory of Associate...

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New Lab at Stony Brook Shines Light on the Past

Researchers in the Luminescence Dating Research Lab study the luminescence properties of minerals and applications of luminescence dating techniques with a focus on human evolution.

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Researchers Identify Molecular Mechanism for COVID-19 Mortality

An enzyme with an elusive role in severe inflammation may be a key mechanism driving COVID-19 severity and could provide a new therapeutic target to reduce mortality.

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DOE Award Aims to Accelerate Advancements in Zero-Emissions Vehicles

Fossil-fuel powered cars and trucks are a leading cause of air pollution and carbon emissions. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, transportation is the biggest single contributor to greenhouse gas...

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Developing the Next Generation of Safe, Cost-Effective Nuclear Energy

The SBU team's award is part of a grant program focused on the development of fusion energy science and technologies that would lead to a safe, carbon-free, and abundant energy source.

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SoMAS Faculty Release Long Island Water Quality App

The Long Island Beach and Water Quality App (LIBAWQA) is described as the world’s first ever all-in-one water quality app for the public.

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Stanislaus Wong Named 2021 American Chemical Society Fellow

He joins scientists who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in chemistry and have made important contributions to ACS, the world’s largest scientific society.

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SoMAS Researchers Use New Method to Predict Precipitation Changes

The study provides a new method to understand the physical causes of future regional precipitation changes, which has an impact on the environment, climate and human activities worldwide.

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Google Doodle Celebrates Anniversary of Turkana Basin Discovery

The doodle marked the anniversary of the discovery of the "Turkana Human," a significant discovery made in 1984 that "revolutionized knowledge of human evolution."

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Biochem Undergrad Highlights Experiences Working in Research Lab

Gaurav Sharma ’22 — the URECA researcher of the month for August 2021 — is a biochemistry major in the Honors College and recipient of the Kenneth M. Nicholas Undergraduate Research Fellowship, which is an award...

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SBU Professor Helps Establish New Global Conservation Standards

Resit Akçakaya, a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution, is a member of the IUCN SSC task force that developed the Green Status of Species method.

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Two SBU Professors Write Op-Ed on Interdisciplinary Research

Margaret Schedel and Heather Lynch are collaborating on a joint study of interdisciplinary research and co-authored an op-ed on the subject for Inside Higher Ed.

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SEA MATE Program Reducing Acid in Oceans, CO2 in the Atmosphere

A team of researchers led by Stony Brook Professor Matthew Eisaman is using electricity to remove acid from the ocean while also taking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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Quantum Computing Lab Is Building a Better Internet

Eden Figueroa has long been fascinated with quantum mechanics. It’s a strange, Star Trek-like world in which objects can exist in two or more states simultaneously, interact with each other instantly over long...

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Undergrad Receives Funding to Support Research on Montauk Tribe

Grace Armann ‘23, researcher of the month for July, received URECA funding this summer to support her research on a local legal history of the indigenous Montauk tribe.

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Category - Research

NSF Awards Nearly $3 Million for Graduate Research Training in Data Science and AI

Team Develops Plan to Protect 30 Percent of Ocean by 2030

Ecology and Evolution Undergrad Researches in Three Faculty Labs

New Lab at Stony Brook Shines Light on the Past

DOE Award Aims to Accelerate Advancements in Zero-Emissions Vehicles

Developing the Next Generation of Safe, Cost-Effective Nuclear Energy

SoMAS Faculty Release Long Island Water Quality App

SoMAS Researchers Use New Method to Predict Precipitation Changes

Biochem Undergrad Highlights Experiences Working in Research Lab

SBU Professor Helps Establish New Global Conservation Standards

Quantum Computing Lab Is Building a Better Internet

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