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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

1 min read

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

1 min read

Research Stony Brook Matters 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

5 min read

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

2 min read

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

3 min read

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

4 min read

Academics 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

2 min read

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

7 min read

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

7 min read

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

2 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Engineering & Applied Sciences 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

3 min read

Global 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

Research

Investment Portfolio Theory Helps Scientists Predict Animal Population Growth, Disease Spread

A new study published in PNAS details a new “landscape portfolio” theory that uses insights from economics to predict animal population growth and the spread of disease. The paper, co-authored by Stony Brook’s...

November 15, 2017

2 min read

Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty/Staff Main University Research Stony Brook Matters

New Book Sheds Important Light on Clean Energy Transitions

As representatives from around the world meet in Bonn, Germany this month to discuss a way forward on the Paris Agreement and decarbonization, a new book on energy transitions by Kathleen Araújo, assistant professor in...

November 11, 2017

2 min read

Stony Brook Matters

Governor Cuomo Announces Completion of Energy Efficiency Project at Stony Brook

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the completion of a comprehensive energy efficiency project at Stony Brook University that will save the campus more than $832,000 in annual energy costs while also reducing...

November 10, 2017

2 min read

Events Global

World Bank Expert Inaugurates Global Health Institute’s Precision Planetary Health Lecture Series

The challenges are formidable and the predictions bold — envisioning an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030. Highlighting these ambitious goals, Timothy Bouley, MD, launched the Global Health...

November 7, 2017

3 min read

Global Research Stony Brook Matters

Patricia Wright: Climate Change Pushing Greater Bamboo Lemur Closer to the Brink of Extinction

A new study from world’s leading lemur expert paints a grim picture for future of dietary specialists like the critically endangered Greater Bamboo Lemur. Human disturbance of tropical rainforests in Madagascar...

October 26, 2017

6 min read

Tag: Sustainability

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

Investment Portfolio Theory Helps Scientists Predict Animal Population Growth, Disease Spread

New Book Sheds Important Light on Clean Energy Transitions

Governor Cuomo Announces Completion of Energy Efficiency Project at Stony Brook

World Bank Expert Inaugurates Global Health Institute’s Precision Planetary Health Lecture Series

Patricia Wright: Climate Change Pushing Greater Bamboo Lemur Closer to the Brink of Extinction

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