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Alan Alda Launches Sixth ‘Flame Challenge’ Science Education Contest

Reflecting Stony Brook University’s commitment to bold innovation in science education, Alan Alda’s Flame Challenge enters its sixth year with a brand new question directed toward scientists by children from...

October 24, 2016

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Technology and Society Lectures at Simons Center October 26

The Department of Technology and Society at Stony Brook University will host two distinguished guest speakers, Jay Labov, a senior advisor for Education and Communication for the National Academies of Sciences...

October 21, 2016

2 min read

National Grid Supports Next Generation Engineering at Stony Brook

International energy delivery company National Grid has awarded a sustainable grant to the Next Generation Engineering Programs at Stony Brook University, which promote engineering among diverse and high-needs...

October 19, 2016

2 min read

Christopher Johnson Awarded Air Force Young Investigators Award

Christopher Johnson, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at Stony Brook University, received a Young Investigators Grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for his project, “Probing...

October 17, 2016

2 min read

Shan Lin’s NSF CAREER Award Focuses on Smart and Connected Hospitals

Shan Lin, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Stony Brook University, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, one...

October 13, 2016

2 min read

Anshul Gandhi’s Cloud Computing Research Funded by NSF

Anshul Gandhi, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been awarded a Computer Systems Research (CSR) award by the National Science Foundation...

October 11, 2016

2 min read

Robert Harrison Named Chief Architect of DOE National Project to Bolster High-Performance Computing for Energy Applications

October 11, 2016 – Robert Harrison, Director of Stony Brook University’s Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS), has been named the chief architect of a national effort funded by the U.S. Department of...

October 11, 2016

2 min read

In NSF Video, Benjamin Hsiao Explains Nanofilter Technology for Clean Water

The world’s population is projected to increase by 2-3 billion over the next 40 years. Already, more than three quarters of a billion people lack access to clean drinking water and 85 percent live in the driest...

October 5, 2016

2 min read

SBU’s Robert Harrison Partners in DOE Exascale Computing Application Project

Robert Harrison, director of Stony Brook University’s Institute for Advanced Computational Science, will serve as chief architect on the project “NWChemEx: Tackling Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Challenges in the...

October 5, 2016

2 min read

Research Led by SBU’s Erik Muller is Finalist in R&D 100 Awards

Often referred to as the “Oscars of Invention,” the R&D 100 Awards honor the top 100 proven technological advances of the past year as determined by a panel selected by R&D Magazine. Erik Muller, Principal...

September 27, 2016

2 min read

$3M NSF Grant Will Fund PhD Student Training in Data Analytics, Visualization and Science Communication

The Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS) has been awarded a five-year $3M National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) grant to support graduate students from the departments of Applied...

September 27, 2016

3 min read

SBU Research Finds Muscular Dystrophy-Causing Receptor Has Broader Role in Brain Development

Researchers at Stony Brook University have discovered that dystroglycan, a muscle cell receptor whose dysfunction causes muscular dystrophy, actually has a critical role in brain development. The finding, published in...

September 19, 2016

2 min read

President Stanley Discusses Importance of Research Funding in Video

Stony Brook University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., MD, is featured in a newly released video from The Science Coalition, an organization supporting federal funding for research institutions. Dr. Stanley is a strong...

September 16, 2016

1 min read

Research

School of Dental Medicine and Traverse Biosciences to Advance Treatment for Periodontal Disease

In a pioneering partnership that could lead to new treatments for periodontal disease, Stony Brook University’s School of Dental Medicine and Traverse Biosciences have received a $1.3 million award from the...

August 18, 2016

4 min read

Drones Used to Improve Healthcare Delivery in Madagascar

A partnership between Stony Brook University’s Global Health Institute, the University’s Centre ValBio and Vayu, Inc. used self-guided drones to transport lab samples from rural villages to centralized labs August 5...

August 8, 2016

3 min read

Dance as Therapy

Biology Student Finds a Lab That Makes a Difference in Peoples’ Lives Biology major Louis Susca ’16 was looking for a lab with an interpersonal focus. He found it in Stony Brook’s Center For Dance, Movement and Somatic...

July 19, 2016

3 min read

High-Speed Protein Modeling Could Accelerate Drug Development

A team of international scientists led by Stony Brook University researchers have created an ultra-fast, computerized way to model protein interactions, potentially helping to speed needed drugs to market. Protein...

July 12, 2016

3 min read

Diamond Beams Could Revolutionize Radiation Treatment for Cancer

Diamond beam monitors could form the basis of the next generation of radiation therapy for cancer, according to a national team of researchers led by Stony Brook’s Erik Muller, PhD. Muller, Senior Research...

July 6, 2016

2 min read

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Alan Alda Launches Sixth ‘Flame Challenge’ Science Education Contest

Technology and Society Lectures at Simons Center October 26

National Grid Supports Next Generation Engineering at Stony Brook

Christopher Johnson Awarded Air Force Young Investigators Award

Shan Lin’s NSF CAREER Award Focuses on Smart and Connected Hospitals

Anshul Gandhi’s Cloud Computing Research Funded by NSF

Robert Harrison Named Chief Architect of DOE National Project to Bolster High-Performance Computing for Energy Applications

In NSF Video, Benjamin Hsiao Explains Nanofilter Technology for Clean Water

SBU’s Robert Harrison Partners in DOE Exascale Computing Application Project

Research Led by SBU’s Erik Muller is Finalist in R&D 100 Awards

$3M NSF Grant Will Fund PhD Student Training in Data Analytics, Visualization and Science Communication

SBU Research Finds Muscular Dystrophy-Causing Receptor Has Broader Role in Brain Development

President Stanley Discusses Importance of Research Funding in Video

School of Dental Medicine and Traverse Biosciences to Advance Treatment for Periodontal Disease

Drones Used to Improve Healthcare Delivery in Madagascar

Dance as Therapy

High-Speed Protein Modeling Could Accelerate Drug Development

Diamond Beams Could Revolutionize Radiation Treatment for Cancer

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