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Tara Smiley Named a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow for Early-Career Research

Tara Smiley, an assistant professor in Stony Brook University's Department of Ecology and Evolution, has been named a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow.

February 17, 2026

3 min read

From Turkana to Madagascar, President Goldsmith Highlights Stony Brook’s Global Reach

Stony Brook President Andrea Goldsmith visited two of the university’s research centers, Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya and the Centre ValBio in Madagascar.

February 6, 2026

5 min read

From Fossils to Stars: Stony Brook’s Turkana Basin Institute Expands Its Horizons

The Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya studies the origins of life on Earth and fossils that tell the story of our ancestors. Now, they’re looking to the skies.

November 7, 2025

4 min read

Turkana Basin Institute at 20: Celebrating Two Decades of Discovery, Collaboration and Legacy

Stony Brook University marked a major milestone by hosting a full-day conference celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Turkana Basin Institute.

October 29, 2025

7 min read

Gabrielle Russo Named Interim Director of Turkana Basin Institute

Gabrielle A. Russo, associate professor of anthropology and former deputy director of the Turkana Basin Institute, has been named TBI's interim director.

October 28, 2025

2 min read

New Fossil of an Ancient Human Relative Shows It Had Strong Grip, Human-Like Dexterity

Research reports the first hand and foot bones unambiguously associated with Paranthropus boisei, which had human-like dexterity with gorilla-like grip strength

October 15, 2025

4 min read

SBU Doctoral Student Wins Leakey Grant to Study Kenya’s Coastal Primates

A Stony Brook University doctoral student was awarded a grant from The Leakey Foundation to study how primates have adapted to living in coastal Kenya.

July 9, 2025

4 min read

Stony Brook Alumni Inducted into National Academy of Sciences

Stony Brook University alumni Peter Ungar and Fredrick Kyalo Manthi were recently inducted in the National Academy of Sciences.

May 14, 2025

3 min read

Frontlines of Understanding: Martins Earthstock Keynote Highlights Importance of Biodiversity

Entomologist and evolutionary biologist Dino Martins, director of the Turkana Basin Institute, kicked off Earthstock with a passionate keynote speech April 21.

April 25, 2025

6 min read

Stony Brook Highlights Distinguished Anthropologists in February Provost’s Lecture

The Provost’s Lecture Series will feature Stony Brook University Distinguished Service Professors Pat Wright and Lawrence Martin on Tuesday, February 11.

January 14, 2025

4 min read

Fossil Footprints Offer Direct Evidence for Two Extinct Human Ancestors Sharing the Same Landscape

Stony Brook University research professor Louise Leakey co-authored a study on a site in Kenya which records two different kinds of ancient human footprints

December 5, 2024

3 min read

Q&A with Turkana Basin Institute Director Dino Martins

A Q&A with entomologist and evolutionary biologist Dino Martins, CEO of Stony Brook University’s Turkana Basin Institute, on the future of our changing planet.

November 14, 2024

8 min read

Dino Martins Named New Director of Stony Brook University’s Turkana Basin Institute

Entomologist and evolutionary biologist Dino J. Martins has been named director of Stony Brook University's Turkana Basin Institute (TBI) effective September 1.

July 24, 2024

4 min read

Unveiling New Horizons in Africa

Stony Brook University is undertaking a new initiative to expand its outreach in the African Turkana Basin, noted for its paleontological significance

March 22, 2024

7 min read

President McInnis Attends People for Planet Summit in London

Stony Brook University President Maurie McInnis joined Turkana Basin Institute Chief Executive Officer Dino Martins at the People for Planet Summit in London, England

November 17, 2023

2 min read

Kenyan President Discusses Origins of Humanity with Turkana Basin Institute

Kenyan President William Ruto visited the Turkana Basin Institute’s booth on opening day of the Turkana Festival. Learn more

October 23, 2023

2 min read

Turkana Lecture Kicks Off Richard Leakey Memorial Conference

Paleoanthropologist Louise Leakey, daughter of Richard Leakey, delivered the keynote lecture “Six Decades – The Search for Fossils at Lake Turkana” on June 5

June 9, 2023

7 min read

Six Decades – The Search for Fossils at Lake Turkana

Louise Leakey will deliver the lecture, "Six Decades - The Search for Fossils at Lake Turkana," on Monday, June 5, at 5 p.m. in the Staller Center Recital Hall.

May 15, 2023

2 min read

Tag: turkana basin institute

Tara Smiley Named a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow for Early-Career Research

From Turkana to Madagascar, President Goldsmith Highlights Stony Brook’s Global Reach

From Fossils to Stars: Stony Brook’s Turkana Basin Institute Expands Its Horizons

Turkana Basin Institute at 20: Celebrating Two Decades of Discovery, Collaboration and Legacy

Gabrielle Russo Named Interim Director of Turkana Basin Institute

New Fossil of an Ancient Human Relative Shows It Had Strong Grip, Human-Like Dexterity

SBU Doctoral Student Wins Leakey Grant to Study Kenya’s Coastal Primates

Stony Brook Alumni Inducted into National Academy of Sciences

Frontlines of Understanding: Martins Earthstock Keynote Highlights Importance of Biodiversity

Stony Brook Highlights Distinguished Anthropologists in February Provost’s Lecture

Fossil Footprints Offer Direct Evidence for Two Extinct Human Ancestors Sharing the Same Landscape

Q&A with Turkana Basin Institute Director Dino Martins

Dino Martins Named New Director of Stony Brook University’s Turkana Basin Institute

Unveiling New Horizons in Africa

President McInnis Attends People for Planet Summit in London

Kenyan President Discusses Origins of Humanity with Turkana Basin Institute

Turkana Lecture Kicks Off Richard Leakey Memorial Conference

Six Decades – The Search for Fossils at Lake Turkana

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