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Turkana Basin Researchers to Probe Climate Change and Evolution in East Africa

In the summer of 1964, a Yale undergrad named J.G. Mead discovered a beaked whale fossil during an expedition in what is now the Turkana region of northwest Kenya. The 17-million-year-old fossil played an integral role...

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Journalism Students Uncover Stories of Slavery on Long Island

The first enslaved Africans arrived in New Amsterdam in 1626. For 200 years slavery was part of life on Long Island. Since its abolition, slavery has faded from local memory, largely forgotten or ignored. But the...

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Two Doctoral Candidates Earn Prestigious Mellon/ACLS Fellowships

The fellowships support a year of research to help advanced graduate students in the humanities and social sciences in the last year of PhD dissertation writing.

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Social Work Student Reaches Out to Isolated Seniors Online

As New York began to feel the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, Katie Maroldi, a second-year MSW student in Stony Brook’s Social Welfare Program, took one of her professor’s lessons on the negative effects of...

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Peony Tse ’20 Leverages Scholarships to Make a Difference

The first-generation college student says earning scholarships is her way of thanking her parents for their support and taking ownership of her future.

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Movie by SBU Scientists to Premiere at Directors Guild Theater

The indie film Sensitive and in Love — largely based on research done at Stony Brook University — will have its world premiere on Wednesday, January 29, at the prestigious Directors Guild of America Theater in New York...

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Lauren Richmond Named a 2019 Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science

The Association for Psychological Science (APS) has named Dr. Lauren Richmond a 2019 Rising Star, a designation that is presented to outstanding APS members in the earliest stages of their research career post-PhD. Dr...

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Cocaine and Colonization: Stony Brook Professors Meet at the Crossroads of History and Biology

While their paths had crossed in the past, it was a chance meeting on the Long Island Rail Road that brought two Stony Brook faculty members together on a new level of interdisciplinary collaboration. Liliana Dávalos...

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Tiniest Ever Fossil Ape Discovered in Kenya

When Stony Brook University anthropologist James Rossie began sifting through sediment in the Tugen Hills of Kenya during his first day of the dig, he didn’t know he’d discover teeth from a previously undiscovered tiny...

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Cutting-Edge Economist Stephanie Kelton to Deliver Presidential Lecture

Bold new ideas about public spending are the focus of the Oct. 15 Presidential Lecture as economist Stephanie Kelton asks: “But How Will We Pay for It? Making Public Money Work for Us.” In this lecture, hosted by Stony...

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American Psychological Foundation Honors Marvin Goldfried for Lifetime Achievement

Dr. Marvin Goldfried, distinguished professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology in Stony Brook University’s College of Arts and Sciences, recently received the American Psychological...

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Stephanie Kelton Says We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About Money

When she’s not juggling bookings with NPR, Barron’s, Fox News, MSNBC and Bloomberg TV, Stephanie Kelton might be found picking up and dropping off her two school-aged children and the family Samoyed — not to...

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Archaeologists Reveal Massive Ancient Cemetery Near Lake Turkana, Kenya

A groundbreaking study has found the earliest and largest monumental cemetery in eastern Africa built 5,000 years ago by early pastoralists living around Lake Turkana, Kenya. This group is believed to have lived without...

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Study of Ancient Forefoot Joints Reveals Bipedalism in Hominins Emerged Early

The feet of primates function as grasping organs. But the adoption of bipedal locomotion – which reduces the ability to grasp – was a critical step in human evolution. In the first comprehensive study of the forefoot...

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From Pens to Podcasts: Southampton Campus Innovates the Language of Storytelling

This week aspiring novelist Emily Gilbert of Amagansett will be getting news she’s been striving toward for a year. “I’ll be meeting with an agent who will give me feedback about my literary novel,” said Gilbert, who...

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School of Social Welfare Receives Reaccreditation

The School of Social Welfare‘s MSW and BSW programs have received reaccreditation from the Council on Social Work Education. “The reaccreditation process occurs every eight years, requiring the writing of a...

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University Selects Top 10 Stories of 2017

In 2017, Stony Brook University once again excelled in diversity, innovation, cutting-edge research and groundbreaking discoveries with real-world impact. A major study showed that SBU has become a nationwide leader in...

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Food for Thought: A Day with Bobby Flay and Food Lab

It was a perfect June morning on the East End of Long Island. Breeze flowing off the water, clouds providing a slight scrim for the sun trying to push through. Sitting at a remote picnic table (although not quite remote...

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