PSEG Awards Rebate for Stony Brook Energy Efficiency Measures
Representatives from PSEG Long Island visited the Stony Brook campus on September 22 to award a rebate check for more than $58,000 in recognition of campus-wide sustainability initiatives. Tom Lanzilotta, assistant director of Energy and Efficiency in the Office of Energy Management, explained the projects that resulted in the rebate. “The check is for fluorescent to...Read More
Seawolves Go for Gold at Dragon Boat Race
While wind from Hurricane Lee kept the Dragon Boats out of Port Jefferson Harbor, more than 40 Seawolves from Stony Brook University and Stony Brook Medicine enjoyed a day of networking, entertainment and competition at Port Jefferson Village’s ninth annual Dragon Boat Race Festival on Saturday, September 16, in Harborfront Park. This was the second...Read More
Negative Retweets Add to Voter Fraud Conspiracy Theories
Study using big data model published in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications A team of behavioral scientists using big data and a simulation-based model to analyze social media “tweets” around the 2020 presidential election found that the spread of voter fraud conspiracy theories on Twitter (now called X) was boosted by a negativity bias. Led by Mason...Read More
SBU Hospital CEO/COO Advocates for Healthcare Priorities on Capitol Hill
As members of Congress returned to Washington, DC, following August recess, Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH) CEO and COO Carol Gomes visited Capitol Hill for a series of critical healthcare advocacy meetings with members of the New York congressional delegation and senior health staff. Gomes met with Rep. Nick LaLota and Rep. Andrew Garbarino, and the senior health staff of Senate...Read More
RSOM Student Speaking at UN General Assembly Science Summit
Mitra Sadigh, a fourth-year medical student at the Renaissance School of Medicine, will be participating in the United Nations General Assembly Science Summit on Wednesday, September 27, as a member of two panels focused on global health. Sadigh will be one of several panelists discussing the topic, “Shifting Power Paradigms Towards an Equitable Global Health Stewardship.” The virtual...Read More
SBU Sees New Highs in Application Rate, Enrollment
Stony Brook University’s admissions application rate and enrollment experienced new highs in the 2023-2024 academic year, along with its largest-ever incoming first-year class. The increases in application and enrollment rates were announced by Vice Provost for Enrollment Management and Retention Dawn Medley. The increases come as the university continues to build momentum, including being named...Read More
Navigating Homecoming: A Guide for Alumni and Friends
Wolfstock is October 19-21, and as we welcome back this beloved Homecoming tradition, we’re more excited than ever for alumni and friends to reconnect! With a full weekend of festivities to choose from, everyone’s homecoming will look a little different — with each experience just as fun as the next. So, why should you attend...Read More
Chris Johnson Wins Stony Brook Foundation Discovery Prize
Chris Johnson, an associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Chemistry, was announced as the winner of the 2023 Stony Brook Foundation Discovery Prize on September 18. The $200,000 Discovery Prize is awarded to an early-career Stony Brook faculty member in the STEM disciplines whose pioneering project embraces risk and innovation and embodies the potential...Read More
Stony Brook Celebrates Climate Week NYC, Sept. 17-24
Stony Brook University will be celebrating Climate Week NYC — the largest annual climate event of its kind — from September 17-24. As a global leader in the fight for our environment, Stony Brook has a rich history of leveraging scientific innovation and community engagement to drive groundbreaking research on climate science and to serve as a...Read More
School of Dental Medicine Faculty Advocates for Crucial Federal Funding
Stony Brook University’s (SBU) School of Dental Medicine Associate Professor Rafael Arcesio Delgado-Ruiz headed to Washington, DC, this month to advocate for robust federal funding for the Title VII Oral Health Training Programs within the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) and for the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). A part of the American Dental Education Association Leadership...Read More
