From Turkana to Madagascar, President Goldsmith Highlights Stony Brook’s Global Reach
Stony Brook University President Andrea Goldsmith returned to New York in late January after a 10-day visit to two of the university’s international research centers, the Turkana Basin Institute (TBI)...Read More
From Fossils to Stars: Stony Brook’s Turkana Basin Institute Expands Its Horizons
At the Turkana Basin Institute (TBI) in northern Kenya, researchers have spent the past 20 years studying the origins of life on Earth, and discovering the fossils that tell the story of...Read More
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 (TBI), a partnership between the university and the late paleoanthropologist Richard...Read More
New Fossil of an Ancient Human Relative Shows It Had Strong Grip, Human-Like Dexterity
For more than half a century, scientists have debated whether Paranthropus boisei, an extinct human relative known for its extremely powerful jaws and massive teeth, could make and use stone tools....Read More
SBU Doctoral Student Wins Leakey Grant to Study Kenya’s Coastal Primates
A Stony Brook University doctoral student was awarded a significant grant from the Leakey Foundation to study how primates have adapted to living in coastal Kenya. Alex Chege, a PhD candidate in...Read More
Fossil Footprints Offer Direct Evidence for Two Extinct Human Ancestors Sharing the Same Landscapes
The Koobi Fora Research Project team, under the leadership of Louise Leakey, has conducted paleoanthrolological exploration and research at Lake Turkana in Kenya for decades. Leakey — a research professor in...Read More
