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Joseph Mitchell, SUNY distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, delivers “A Case for Algorithms: A Computational Geometer’s Perspective” at the Provost’s Lecture Series.
Christine McGrath
20 Feb 2026
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Provost’s Lecture Highlights Breakthroughs in Multiple Sclerosis and the Power of Algorithms

What do multiple sclerosis and algorithms have in common? Seemingly very little: one is a complex neurologic disease, while the other is a mathematical framework that powers everything from GPS...
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Christine McGrath
20 Feb 2026
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Could Extinct Species Save Today’s Forests? Scientist Makes the Case for Darwin Day

Darwin Day at The State University of New York at Stony Brook serves as a reminder that “evolutionary thinking is the bedrock of our understanding of the living world.” This...
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Christine McGrath
20 Feb 2026
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Project Quack Teaches Computer Science Students How to Build

Every year, new computer science students arrive at Stony Brook with the same quiet question: How do I start building something real? Project Quack was created for those students, but...
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