In February, Stony Brook University’s (SBU) Advocacy Corps met virtually with Arun Seraphin, who just completed a very successful tenure at the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services as a professional staff...
The initiative, which features research synopses, webinars and other content from science communication professionals from around the country, will link science communication research to professional practice.
Eszter Boros, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, was announced as the winner of the 2021 Stony Brook Discovery Prize on April 28. Included with the prestigious award is $200,000 in new funding, meant...
The Stony Brook University School of Communication and Journalism this spring will launch a new Master of Science in Science Communication program, focused on helping trained scientists become professional communicators...
Dr. Lindenfeld is a highly effective leader who has established a comprehensive strategic vision and developed new programmatic opportunities for the School of Journalism.
Early on in her training as a dancer, Carolyn Hall ’09 had to learn to be able to pivot quickly. Who knew it would have such valuable application as a life skill? Hall, who holds an MS in Marine Science from Stony Brook...
Acclaimed actor Alan Alda, a visiting professor in the Stony Brook University School of Journalism’s Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, was honored for a lifetime of acting at the 25th annual Screen Actors...
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...
“What is climate?” Over the past several months, 5th and 6th graders from around the world have asked scientists for a user-friendly answer. More than 100 submissions poured in for consideration by hundreds of 11-year...
As a boy, Emmy Award-winning actor Alan Alda was fascinated with the world around him. He yearned to know exactly how things worked and often developed his own makeshift experiments for fun. At age 11, he turned to his...
The Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science just released its latest video in a series designed to help scientists prepare for The Flame Challenge™, an annual contest that challenges scientists to communicate...
Chang Kee Jung, a SUNY Distinguished Professor in Physics, represents a rare breed of scientists who not only understand the densest of subject matter but can break it down in a way that makes it come alive for the lay...
The Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science invites scientists of all ages to express the passion for the science they do in a haiku–a “sci-ku”–and share it on Twitter. What keeps you...
Stony Brook’s Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, in collaboration with Scientific American, will launch a free, five-episode online series aimed at helping scientists and engineers write blogs and op-eds...
Alda Center Conducts International Workshops and Expands Capacity with New Faculty and Staff The Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University is responding to an ever-growing global demand for...
Genetics PhD candidate Alex Bott is ready to take his place in the front ranks of the fight against cancer, and he has the grants to prove it. This past year, Bott was recognized with two prestigious and highly...