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SBU Professor Helps Establish New Global Conservation Standards

An international team of scientists — including Stony Brook University Professor Resit Akcakaya — published a paper in Conservation Biology that for the first time applies the IUCN Green Status of Species, a new global...

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Norm Prusslin Champions the Spirit of College Radio

Since he was a child in the late 1950s, Norm Prusslin has been tuned in to the joys and possibilities of radio. It was a passion that stayed with him when he entered Stony Brook University as an English major in 1969...

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Stony Brook Earns Commissioner’s Cup, Repeats as America East’s Top Program

Stony Brook Athletics remains the standard for success in America East. The conference on Tuesday announced that Stony Brook has retained the Commissioner’s Cup as the top-performing athletic program in America...

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Investiture Ceremony Honors Renowned Faculty and Celebrates Robert and Kathryn Frey, Beloved Benefactors of Stony Brook University

On June 10, Stony Brook University formally installed Stan Uryasev, PhD, as the Frey Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Quantitative Finance and celebrated the friendship and philanthropy of alumnus Robert Frey, BS ‘80...

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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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Shannon Heffernan ’21 Gives Voice to the Voiceless

From a young age, Shannon Heffernan ’21 enjoyed volunteering and giving back to people in her community who were in need. At her high school, The Ursuline School in New Rochelle, NY, she created an event called Extra...

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Pavlos Kollias Receives AGU Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award

The award annually recognizes five exceptional, mid-career scientists for their excellence in research and leadership in the atmospheric and climate sciences.

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2020: The Year in Photos

See striking images from a year like no other in our exclusive gallery.

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Kathleen Byington Named Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration

Kathleen Byington, Associate Vice President for Business Operations at Yale University, has been appointed Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration at Stony Brook University, effective October 3, 2018. In...

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Newly Minted Met Dan Zamora is Latest Seawolf in MLB

It’s been a black cloud of a season for the New York Mets, but a former Seawolf is now providing a bit of silver lining. With his recent call-up, Dan Zamora ’15 joins a small but elite pack of Seawolves — five, to be...

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President Emeritus of Stanford University and Stony Brook Distinguished Alumnus John Hennessy Creates New Endowed Professorship

It’s been quite a year for John L. Hennessy, MS ’75, PhD ’77. When the tenth president of Stanford University returned to Stony Brook University in April to be inducted into the College of Engineering and Applied...

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Grad Student Brent Freestone Tackles Engineering Challenges on Campus and Abroad

Mechanical engineering graduate student Brent Freestone is sowing seeds of hope abroad as part of Stony Brook University’s CentriSeed Innovations, a student-run nonprofit organization he co-founded in summer 2015...

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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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University’s Center for Corporate Education Focuses on Empowering Women

Before she started her first corporate job, Anna Goldberg ’09, ’12 said she didn’t recall experiencing gender bias. All that changed when at age 24 she participated in a meeting with predominantly male co-workers and...

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Gregory Matousek ’20 Does Big Science, Hands-On

“This whole environment, which is one big learning tank to discover more about particle physics, has been one of the most thought–provoking experiences I’ve ever had in my education,” says URECA...

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Category - Home Page Spotlight

SBU Professor Helps Establish New Global Conservation Standards

Norm Prusslin Champions the Spirit of College Radio

Stony Brook Earns Commissioner’s Cup, Repeats as America East’s Top Program

Investiture Ceremony Honors Renowned Faculty and Celebrates Robert and Kathryn Frey, Beloved Benefactors of Stony Brook University

A Record 149 Stony Brook Medical Students Match to Residencies

Shannon Heffernan ’21 Gives Voice to the Voiceless

2020: The Year in Photos

Kathleen Byington Named Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration

Newly Minted Met Dan Zamora is Latest Seawolf in MLB

President Emeritus of Stanford University and Stony Brook Distinguished Alumnus John Hennessy Creates New Endowed Professorship

Grad Student Brent Freestone Tackles Engineering Challenges on Campus and Abroad

University’s Center for Corporate Education Focuses on Empowering Women

Gregory Matousek ’20 Does Big Science, Hands-On

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