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Paul M. Goldbart Named Stony Brook Provost

Paul M. Goldbart, dean of the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) and a distinguished theoretical physicist, will become Stony Brook University’s next executive vice president...

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Staller Center’s Spring 2021 Film Series Goes Virtual Feb. 11

This year's Series features 13 independent films you won't see anywhere else and presents award-winning and record-breaking films from around the world.

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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

Paul M. Goldbart Named Stony Brook Provost

Staller Center’s Spring 2021 Film Series Goes Virtual Feb. 11

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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