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Fifth Annual Food Lab Conference Hosted by Stony Brook Southampton

Coinciding once more with the harvest season, the fifth annual Food Lab Conference will be hosted by Stony Brook Southampton on September 13 and 14. The conference brings together an impressive list of nationally...

August 8, 2019

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Academics Alumni Hottest Stories Community SB Southampton Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

Stony Brook Southampton Volunteers Clean Up Warner Island

The annual Stony Brook Southampton Beach Clean-Up on Warner Island took place on Saturday, May 4, and despite some sketchy weather, the event was a success. Volunteers collected several bags of trash, consisting mostly...

May 6, 2019

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Alumni Events Events Featured Story On Campus SB Southampton Stony Brook Matters

The Food Lab at Stony Brook Southampton announces 2018 Fall Conference

The Food Lab at Stony Brook Southampton will host its fourth annual Fall Conference on September 14 and 15, 2018, featuring keynote speaker Pati Jinich. The theme of the conference is “One Long Table: Eat...

August 30, 2018

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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...

May 10, 2018

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On Campus

Spring into Sustainable Practices at Stony Brook University

Sustainability on campus is in full force this spring! The Faculty Student Association (FSA) and CulinArt are hard at work with green initiatives to make Stony Brook University a more sustainable community. From “Farm”...

April 24, 2018

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Alumni Events Faculty/Staff Global Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

Pat Wright to Discuss Preserving the World’s Forests May 2

Stony Brook University Professor Patricia Wright will discuss “Plants and Their Preservation from Long Island to Madagascar” on Wednesday, May 2, at 6:30 pm as part of the Ward Melville Heritage Organization’s “Let’s...

April 24, 2018

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Main University Stony Brook Matters Sustainability University

Stony Brook Named “Tree Campus USA” by Arbor Day Foundation

Stony Brook University has again been designated a “Tree Campus USA” by the National Arbor Day Foundation, in recognition of the university’s dedication to campus healthy forestry management...

April 24, 2018

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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...

April 16, 2018

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Events On Campus

Think Locally, Act Far Beyond Globally

Join Stony Brook this Wednesday, April 11, from 12 pm to 2 pm as Stony Brook will be hosting a Farmers’ Market event at the SAC Academic Mall. Fresh produce will be sold from a number of local vendors. In addition to...

April 11, 2018

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Awards and Honors Long Island Research

Congressman Lee Zeldin Awarded for Steadfast Support of National Sea Grant

New York’s U.S. Congressman Lee Zeldin has received the National Sea Grant Award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Sea Grant Program for his continued support of this national coastal...

March 16, 2018

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Faculty Faculty/Student Spotlights Research Stony Brook Matters

“Supercolony” of Adélie Penguins Discovered in Antarctica

For the past 40 years, the total number of Adélie Penguins, one of the most common on the Antarctic peninsula, has been steadily declining—or so biologists have thought. A new study led by Stony Brook University...

March 2, 2018

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Academics Faculty Faculty/Student Spotlights Featured Story Leadership Main University SoMAS Stony Brook Matters University

Paul Shepson Named Dean of SoMAS

Paul B. Shepson has been named Dean of Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS), announced Michael Bernstein, Provost and Chief Academic Officer. Selected after a national search...

February 23, 2018

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Events Main University News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters University

SBU Takes Giant Step Toward Cleaner, Greener World With Gas Institute

When the Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center (AERTC), a New York State-designated Center of Excellence, was founded several years ago at Stony Brook University, its goal was to foster collaboration between...

February 16, 2018

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Main University President Stony Brook Matters University

President Stanley Joins International Coalition of Universities to Tackle Climate Change

All over the world, conversations about the environment and the state of our planet are intensifying. We are dryer, hotter, more crowded and disaster-prone than ever before. Climatologists and others in the scientific...

February 7, 2018

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Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters

Mammals Moving Less in Human Landscapes May Upset Ecosystems

Could baboons and other mammals worldwide soon need pedometers? Not likely, but a new study to be published in Science reveals that on average, mammals move distances two to three times shorter in human-modified...

January 26, 2018

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

University Receives $1 Million for Transformational Energy Technology

A technique for detecting the presence of human beings in homes has been awarded $1 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Led by Professor Ya Wang of...

January 23, 2018

4 min read

Community Faculty/Staff Long Island Research Wellness

Sea Grant’s Bill Wise Speaks to Congress about Disaster Preparedness

New York Sea Grant Director Bill Wise participated in a legislative briefing, “Using Science and Outreach to Assist State and Local Decision Makers in Disaster Preparedness and Public Safety,” on November 8...

November 17, 2017

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Faculty Faculty/Student Spotlights Global Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters

Caribbean Islands Reveal a “Lost World” of Ancient Mammals

Although filled with tropical life today, the Caribbean islands have been a hotspot of mammal extinction since the end of the last glaciation, some 12,000 years ago. Since people also arrived after that time, it has...

November 17, 2017

4 min read

Tag: Sustainability

Fifth Annual Food Lab Conference Hosted by Stony Brook Southampton

Stony Brook Southampton Volunteers Clean Up Warner Island

The Food Lab at Stony Brook Southampton announces 2018 Fall Conference

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

Spring into Sustainable Practices at Stony Brook University

Pat Wright to Discuss Preserving the World’s Forests May 2

Stony Brook Named “Tree Campus USA” by Arbor Day Foundation

Stony Brook Students Wield Science on Behalf of Sustainability

Think Locally, Act Far Beyond Globally

Congressman Lee Zeldin Awarded for Steadfast Support of National Sea Grant

“Supercolony” of Adélie Penguins Discovered in Antarctica

Paul Shepson Named Dean of SoMAS

SBU Takes Giant Step Toward Cleaner, Greener World With Gas Institute

President Stanley Joins International Coalition of Universities to Tackle Climate Change

Mammals Moving Less in Human Landscapes May Upset Ecosystems

University Receives $1 Million for Transformational Energy Technology

Sea Grant’s Bill Wise Speaks to Congress about Disaster Preparedness

Caribbean Islands Reveal a “Lost World” of Ancient Mammals

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