Category - Student Spotlight

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SBU Postdoc Wins Prestigious AAAS Science Policy Fellowship

After winning the NASA Fame Lab science communication competition in 2014, Pharmacology Postdoc Lyl Tomlinson (’17) will now make an even broader impact as one of the American Association for the Advancement of...

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Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty/Student Spotlights Featured Story Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Amna Haider ’18 Aspires to be Physician, Innovator

As the daughter of a civil engineer and medical doctor, Amna Haider ’18 was exposed to a barrage of ideas and information early on and learned to ask big questions. She wanted to know how things worked. She...

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Global Main University News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight Sustainability Wellness

Taking Flight: SBU Researchers Use Drones to Push Boundaries, Innovate and Learn

Most people still think of drones as weapons. At Stony Brook University, however, researchers and students are pioneering the peaceful use of drones – also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) – for scientific and...

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For Young Engineer Prabowo Setiawan ‘18, the Sky’s No Limit

Could the toys we loved as children predict our future careers? Just ask Prabowo Setiawan ‘18, a mechanical engineering major and University Scholar. Setiawan began playing with Lego Bionicles when he was five. Today he...

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Community Diversity Faculty/Student Spotlights Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Graduating Senior Makes Impact on Local Community Club with College Thursdays

Mackenzie Deng, a graduating senior receiving his degree in Business Management, developed and implemented College Thursdays, a post-secondary education and preparation program for the Boys and Girls Club of Bellport...

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Academics Alumni Features Commencement Featured Story On Campus President Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight University

SBU Celebrates Its Largest, Most Diverse Graduating Class at 58th Commencement

Stony Brook University honored the largest graduating class in its history, granting degrees to 7,350 of the world’s brightest minds in a May 18 Commencement ceremony at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium. The Class of 2018...

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Academics Athletics Athletics Awards and Honors Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Four Stony Brook Seawolves Named SUNY Scholar Athletes

Four student athletes from Stony Brook University have been named recipients of the 2017-18 Scholar Athlete Award by State University of New York Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson. This award recognizes outstanding...

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Faculty/Student Spotlights News Highlights Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight Sustainability

Edward Gallagher ‘18 Kickstarts New Composting Research for a More Sustainable Future

Empowered by his position as a sustainability intern for the Faculty Student Association (FSA), Edward Gallagher ’18 has worked to develop a more efficient, sustainable method to compost food waste at campus dining...

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Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty/Student Spotlights Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

WISE Student Alexa Rockwell ’18 Understands Technology’s Potential in a World that Needs It

Alexa Rockwell wanted to learn how to code in high school, but her district didn’t offer any computer science courses. She wanted to compete in the Long Island High School Robotics competition, but her school didn’t...

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Academics College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Humanities Research Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Students Collaborate with Professor on Book of Translated Japanese Literature

Stony Brook University seniors Anne McNulty and Rose Goldberg, are celebrating the publication of their book, Japanese Short Stories for Language Learners: Bilingual Stories in Japanese and English Tuttle Publishing...

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Medicine Medicine and Research Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Chasing Down a Childhood Dream, Five Decades Later

If you have a dream you cherish, hang onto it and pursue it against all odds. That’s the philosophy that has kept Lou Ella Taylor motivated since she toured a hospital as a first-grader in Kansas. The local newspaper...

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Awards and Honors Community Faculty/Student Spotlights Leadership News Highlights Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Undergrad Emily Withers Chosen as an Oxfam CHANGE Leader

Stony Brook student activist Emily Withers has been selected as one of international anti-poverty organization Oxfam America’s CHANGE leaders for the 2018-2019 academic year. She is one of only 30 students chosen among...

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Awards and Honors Faculty/Student Spotlights On Campus Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

SBU Senior Wins Special Award in 13th Annual Japan Center Essay Competition

Ayla Karakas, a Stony Brook University senior majoring in Linguistics and minoring in Mathematics and Computer Science, received the Special Award representing the College Division in the Japan Center’s 13th Annual...

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Featured Story Global Main University President Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight University

Embracing the World: Stony Brook’s Internationalization Strategy Bears Fruit

Redoubling its strategic commitment to global engagement, Stony Brook University is ramping up its outreach and recruitment efforts, aided by a battery of tools and tactics now in place to achieve even greater...

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Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty/Student Spotlights News Highlights Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Ryan Kawalerski ’19 Wins Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Ryan Kawalerski,’19 has been awarded a prestigious 2018 Goldwater Scholarship, becoming one of only about 200 such scholars chosen nationwide out of more than 1,200 nominations. Kawalerski is a junior double...

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Faculty/Student Spotlights Research Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight Sustainability

Stony Brook Students Wield Science on Behalf of Sustainability

As the nation celebrates another Earth Day and Stony Brook pays homage to the planet with programming aimed at spreading the green gospel to campus and community, Stony Brook students are fanning out with individual...

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Academics Awards and Honors Faculty/Student Spotlights Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

15 SBU Students Honored for Academic Excellence and Leadership

On April 10, 15 students from Stony Brook University State University received the 2018 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. SUNY students, their families, campus presidents, and faculty convened in the Albany...

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Athletics Athletics Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

No. 1 Stony Brook WLAX Squad Grabs Road Win at UMass Lowell

No. 1-ranked Stony Brook women’s lacrosse began America East action on Saturday with a road victory, as nine different players recorded a point to help the Seawolves best UMass Lowell by the final score of 20-7 at...

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Category - Student Spotlight

SBU Postdoc Wins Prestigious AAAS Science Policy Fellowship

Amna Haider ’18 Aspires to be Physician, Innovator

Taking Flight: SBU Researchers Use Drones to Push Boundaries, Innovate and Learn

For Young Engineer Prabowo Setiawan ‘18, the Sky’s No Limit

SBU Celebrates Its Largest, Most Diverse Graduating Class at 58th Commencement

Four Stony Brook Seawolves Named SUNY Scholar Athletes

Edward Gallagher ‘18 Kickstarts New Composting Research for a More Sustainable Future

WISE Student Alexa Rockwell ’18 Understands Technology’s Potential in a World that Needs It

Students Collaborate with Professor on Book of Translated Japanese Literature

Chasing Down a Childhood Dream, Five Decades Later

Undergrad Emily Withers Chosen as an Oxfam CHANGE Leader

SBU Senior Wins Special Award in 13th Annual Japan Center Essay Competition

Embracing the World: Stony Brook’s Internationalization Strategy Bears Fruit

Ryan Kawalerski ’19 Wins Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Stony Brook Students Wield Science on Behalf of Sustainability

15 SBU Students Honored for Academic Excellence and Leadership

No. 1 Stony Brook WLAX Squad Grabs Road Win at UMass Lowell

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