Stony Brook University mentors have guided 34 high school students into the semifinals of the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search Competition, one of the two national competitions in which budding high school researchers conduct and present their research to nationally recognized professional scientists. This number accounts for more than 10 percent of the 300 semifinalists [...]


Following Superstorm Sandy, the most devastating natural disaster to hit the region in more than 70 years, Stony Brook University has made a concerted effort to ensure students are safe and cared for in the aftermath. While the storm made landfall more than two months ago, there is still a long road ahead in the recovery [...]

The Stony Brook University School of Journalism received a $50,000 gift from Elaine Crosson and her son Daniel to establish The Matthew T. Crosson Memorial Scholarship in Journalism, which will endow a scholarship to support young journalists who wish to carry on the pursuit of public affairs journalism and advance public discourse for which the [...]

Stony Brook University was named the 22nd best value in public colleges and universities for in-state students and the ninth best value for out-of-state students for combining “outstanding education with economic value” by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance in its top 100 rankings of public four-year institutions. Last year Kiplinger ranked Stony Brook as the 35th best value [...]

Interested in drawing, making pottery, learning how to bartend or taking a defensive driving course? Register now for Spring 2013 classes at the Craft Center in the Stony Brook Union, which offers arts, crafts and leisure programs that are non-credit, low cost and open to everyone age 17 and up. Courses are professionally taught by [...]

Throughout February Stony Brook University will host Black History Month, an annual tradition that celebrates the African American experience. The month will kick off with the Black History Month Opening Ceremony on January 30, from 1 pm to 2:30 pm in the Student Activities Center, Ballroom A. The guest speaker is Shaun Harper, who is [...]

The Village Times Herald has named Stony Brook University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., MD, “Man of the Year” for 2012 and four faculty members as “People of the Year,” including Josephine Connolly Schoonen in Health; Dr. Henry Woo in Medicine; Dr. Lawrence Hurst and Maria Badalamente in Science; and the Stony Brook Seawolves baseball team [...]

Stony Brook University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., MD, has accepted an appointment to a three-year term on the Board of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), a Washington, D.C.-based research and advocacy organization of public research universities, land-grant institutions and state university systems. As the nation’s oldest higher education association, APLU is [...]

Alan Alda and the Stony Brook University Center for Communicating Science are challenging scientists to answer a fundamental question asked by 11-year-olds around the country: What is time?
 
That is the question for this year’s edition of the Flame Challenge, an international contest that asks scientists to communicate complex science in ways that would interest and enlighten [...]

Faculty, staff and graduate students should begin submitting nominations for undergraduate awards, which will be presented on April 22, 2013, recognizing students in the categories of Academic Excellence and Outstanding Achievement. Awards for Academic Excellence are given for academic accomplishments that go beyond the classroom experience. Awards for Outstanding Achievement are presented for excellence in activities that [...]