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For Alan Calder, “Blowing Up Stars is Fun”

Alan Calder, associate professor of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences Sciences and a core faculty member of the Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS), does research in nuclear...

November 25, 2019

4 min read

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Lucie Baumont Wins Research Support from Department of Energy

Lucie Baumont, a PhD student in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics and Astronomy is among 49 graduate students recently selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student...

November 1, 2019

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Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors Giving Back Research Stony Brook Matters

Dean C. Adams, PhD ‘99 to Receive 2019 Rohlf Medal for Excellence in Morphometric Methods and Applications

The 2019 Rohlf Medal for Excellence in Morphometric Methods and Applications will be presented to Dean C. Adams PhD ‘99 on Thursday, October 24, 2019 as part of the 2019 Provost’s Lecture Series, Charles B. Wang Center...

October 21, 2019

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Suparna Rajaram Receives 2019 Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award

The Psychonomic Society has named Suparna Rajaram a recipient of the 2019 Clifford T, Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award, which honors individuals for their significant contributions to the field of cognitive...

October 15, 2019

2 min read

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Veeramah Awarded ERC Funding to Study DNA from Medieval Europe

Krishna R. Veeramah will be continuing his pioneering research into ancient DNA with funding from a $10 million grant awarded by the European Research Council (ERC). The ERC’s 2019 Synergy grants include funding for a...

October 11, 2019

2 min read

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Mikhail Lyubich Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Stony Brook University Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Mikhail Lyubich has been honored with membership to the elite American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), which recognizes the outstanding achievements of...

October 9, 2019

2 min read

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NIH Funds New Strategy for Treating Teen Depression

New strategies for treating teen depression will be funded by a five-year, $2 million Early Independence Award (EIA) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to Jessica Schleider, an Assistant Professor of Clinical...

October 1, 2019

3 min read

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Peter van Nieuwenhuizen Shares $3M Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for “Invention of Supergravity”

Peter van Nieuwenhuizen, distinguished professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics and the C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook University, is one of three...

August 6, 2019

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Stony Brook University: Computer Engineering IV Ramakishnan, Associate Dean of Research (CEAS) and Professor of Computer Science and Petar Djuric, Chair, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering received a $3M NIH grant.

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Scientists Awarded $3.2 Million to Improve Delivery Room Decisions

Stony Brook scientists have received major NIH funding to investigate a pioneering approach to fetal monitoring that could improve outcomes in the delivery room. A multi-disciplinary team led by the College of...

July 18, 2019

5 min read

Awards and Honors Faculty/Staff Research Sustainability

Heather Lynch Receives Prestigious Blavatnik Award

Heather Lynch, associate professor of Ecology & Evolution in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a winner of the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists in the category of Life Sciences. The...

June 26, 2019

4 min read

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Digital Intelligence Training Program Melds Science with Humanities

The Digital Intelligence training program, a new Arts and Technology program that combines computer science with a discipline in the arts, humanities or social sciences, will launch in fall 2019 with the introduction of...

June 4, 2019

3 min read

Godfrey Excellence in Teaching Award Recipients Eva Nagase, Catherine Marrone and Michael Zingale

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College of Arts and Sciences ‘Difference You Make’ Awards

The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at Stony Brook University recently held its annual Difference You Make Awards and recognition ceremony at the Hilton Garden Inn on campus. Now in its fifth year, this event...

May 14, 2019

2 min read

Research

Mars Rover Instrument Will Search for Signs of Past Life on the Red Planet

On average, the distance between Mars and Earth is about 140 million miles. But even that great distance is not too much to prevent a Stony Brook professor from helping scientists investigate signs of past life on the...

May 10, 2019

4 min read

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NSF-Funded Research Probes Intersection of Tectonics and Biology

How does landscape history affect the diversity of mammals over time? Why are there more species in the Andes than there are in the Amazon? Over the next three years, a team of geophysicists, geochemists and biologists...

April 23, 2019

3 min read

Awards and Honors Faculty/Staff News Highlights

Linguist Thomas Graf Receives 2019 NSF CAREER Award

Assistant Professor Thomas Graf, Department of Linguistics in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his project, “Abstract Universals in...

April 22, 2019

2 min read

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Researchers Model the Neural Basis of Expectation

Sensory stimuli, especially powerful ones like taste, are affected by expectation, which is a trigger to improving stimuli detection, distinction and reaction. Yet scientists know little about how expectation shapes the...

April 15, 2019

1 min read

Awards and Honors Research

Dávalos Receives Award to Study the Regenerative Powers of the Shrew

Liliana Dávalos will be studying the phenomenal capabilities of the shrew after being named one of the international recipients of the Human Frontier Science Program’s (HFSP) 2019 collaborative research grants. Dávalos...

April 3, 2019

2 min read

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2019 Discovery Prize Finalists Announced

Four young scholars are competing for the 2019 Discovery Prize, a $200,000 award given to a Stony Brook University faculty member in the STEM disciplines whose research project embraces risk and innovation and embodies...

April 2, 2019

4 min read

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For Alan Calder, “Blowing Up Stars is Fun”

Lucie Baumont Wins Research Support from Department of Energy

Dean C. Adams, PhD ‘99 to Receive 2019 Rohlf Medal for Excellence in Morphometric Methods and Applications

Suparna Rajaram Receives 2019 Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award

Veeramah Awarded ERC Funding to Study DNA from Medieval Europe

Mikhail Lyubich Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Peter van Nieuwenhuizen Shares $3M Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for “Invention of Supergravity”

Scientists Awarded $3.2 Million to Improve Delivery Room Decisions

Heather Lynch Receives Prestigious Blavatnik Award

Digital Intelligence Training Program Melds Science with Humanities

College of Arts and Sciences ‘Difference You Make’ Awards

Mars Rover Instrument Will Search for Signs of Past Life on the Red Planet

NSF-Funded Research Probes Intersection of Tectonics and Biology

Linguist Thomas Graf Receives 2019 NSF CAREER Award

Researchers Model the Neural Basis of Expectation

Dávalos Receives Award to Study the Regenerative Powers of the Shrew

2019 Discovery Prize Finalists Announced

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