A new study, published online in Biology Letters on September 19, has utilized a massive molecular dataset to reconstruct the evolutionary history of lizards and snakes. The results reveal a surprising finding about the evolution of snakes: Most snakes we see living on the surface today arose from ancestors that lived underground. The article, entitled [...]

Three Stony Brook University professors have earned the distinction of Education Fellow in the Life Sciences by the National Academies for the 2012-2013 academic year. This honor was bestowed upon them by virtue of their selection and participation in the 2012 National Academies Northeast Regional Summer Institute on Undergraduate Education in Biology, held this past [...]

All tadpoles grow into frogs, but not all frogs start out as tadpoles, reveals a new study on 720 species of frogs to be published in the journal Evolution. The study, “Phylogenetic Analyses Reveal Unexpected Patterns in the Evolution of Reproductive Modes in Frogs,” led by John J. Wiens, an associate professor in the Department [...]

James R. Taylor Jr., MD, FACS, and Harold A. Fernandez, MD, have joined Stony Brook Medicine as professors of surgery at Stony Brook University School of Medicine and co-directors of Stony Brook University Heart Institute. Dr. Taylor will also serve as chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Dr. Fernandez will serve as deputy [...]

Reuven Pasternak, MD, has assumed his official role at Stony Brook Medicine as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Vice President for Health Systems of Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH). “Reuven Pasternak is a terrific addition to Stony Brook,” said Stony Brook University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., MD. “He will bring greater unity and focus [...]

Stony Brook University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Steve Pikiell and his wife, Kate, have generously donated $50,000 to the University, with $25,000 going toward the men’s basketball program and $25,000 going toward Stony Brook Long Island Children’s Hospital. Pikiell’s donation is the largest ever given by an active staff member of Stony Brook Athletics. The [...]

Daniel N. Klein, professor of clinical psychology and chair of the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University, received the 2012 Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Clinical Psychology at the Society of Clinical Psychology’s annual meeting held in Orlando, Florida. This award is the Society’s highest honor presented to those who have made distinguished [...]

SUNY Distinguished Professor Esther Sans Takeuchi, who holds a joint appointment in the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Stony Brook University, and is chief scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been selected as the 2013 recipient of the E.V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry from the [...]

Stony Brook University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., MD, has been appointed Chair of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), a group of 25 experts who advise the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of the National Institutes of Health and the heads of all federal departments and agencies that conduct [...]

Stony Brook University Chemistry Professors Iwao Ojima and Nancy Goroff have been selected to receive 2013 American Chemical Society (ACS) Awards for pioneering work in their respective specialties. Distinguished Professor Ojima, also director of the Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery at Stony Brook, will be awarded the 2013 ACS Award for Creative Work [...]