University Timeline: January 2006 though October 2010
The first timeline was compiled by Kristen J. Nyitray, Ann M. Becker (graduate student assistant) and Deborah Dolan (graduate student intern) berween 1998 and 2000. Entries from Stony Brook: State University of New York (Arcadia Publishing, 2002, 2007) by Kristen J. Nyitray and Ann M. Becker have been added. Press releases issued by the university's Office of Media Relations were consulted for the most recent additions to the timeline.
Last revision: October 2010 by Danielle Driscoll, student assistant.
Website by Kristen J. Nyitray, Head, Special Collections and University Archives.
January - December 2006
January - December 2007
January - December 2008
January - December 2009
January - October 2010
January 2006
Stony Brook University today unveiled the largest collection of English-language Chinese cookbooks in the world, a gift from Jacqueline M. Newman, a lifetime collector of Chinese cookbooks and a Queens College professor.
Jan 11, 2006 - 11:19:00 AM
Stony
Brook University Hospital Receives Top Ratings on Cancer Services
Stony Brook University Hospital has received the highest approval rating for
a teaching hospital cancer program by the American College of Surgeon’s
(ACS) Commission on Cancer.
Jan 11, 2006 - 1:33:00 PM
New
Year Birth Announcement
Stony Brook University Hospital welcomed its first baby of the New Year at seven
minutes past midnight: Hunter Cody-Lohr Mead Born to Lindsay and Kevin Mead,
both 22, of Patchogue
Jan 11, 2006 - 6:07:00 PM
Todd
K. Rosengart, M.D., Appointed Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery and Co-Director of
the Heart Center at Stony Brook
Todd K. Rosengart, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.C., a nationally-renowned heart surgeon
and leader in surgical research, has been named Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Stony Brook University Hospital it was announced today.
Jan 12, 2006 - 5:38:00 PM
Stony
Brook Faculty Mentor 30 Of 300 Semifinalists In Nationwide Intel Science Research
Competition
Thirty high school students who worked with Stony Brook University faculty and
in Stony Brook laboratories were selected as semifinalists in the Intel Science
Talent Search, the prestigious nationwide research competition. The 30 students
represent 10 per cent of the 300 Intel semifinalists nationwide, making Stony
Brook perhaps the largest incubator of Intel talent in the country. On Long Island,
this number translates into 37 per cent of the 82 Intel semifinalists.
Jan 13, 2006 - 11:05:00 AM
Stony
Brook Ranked amongst the Nation's 'Best Values' By Kiplinger’s Personal
Finance Magazine
Stony Brook University has been ranked among the best values in the nation for
public universities by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. Stony Brook ranked
35th, a jump from 89th in 2003, when the finance magazine last ranked public
colleges and universities.
Jan 13, 2006 - 11:14:00 AM
Stony
Brook University's Dennis Sullivan Receives 2006 AMS Leroy P. Steele Prize
Dennis Sullivan, Ph.D. of Stony Brook University and the City University of New
York today received the 2006 AMS Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement.
Presented annually by the American Mathematical Society, the Steele Prize is
one of the highest distinctions in mathematics.
Jan 13, 2006 - 3:33:00 PM
Study
by David L. Brown, M.D., Chief of Cardiology at SB Proves Sexes Respond Differently
to Aspirin Use
Taking aspirin can significantly reduce the risk of a woman having her first
stroke, but it does not reduce the risk of stroke in men whatsoever, according
to a study by David L. Brown, M.D. The research findings also reveal that the
risk of first time myocardial infarction (MI) is significantly reduced in men
taking aspirin, but not in women.
Jan 18, 2006 - 10:54:00 AM
Study
by David L. Brown, M.D., Chief of Cardiology at SB Proves Sexes Respond Differently
to Aspirin Use
Taking aspirin can significantly reduce the risk of a woman having her first
stroke, but it does not reduce the risk of stroke in men whatsoever, according
to a study by David L. Brown, M.D. The research findings also reveal that the
risk of first time myocardial infarction (MI) is significantly reduced in men
taking aspirin, but not in women.
Jan 18, 2006 - 4:44:00 PM
Stony
Brook Faculty Mentor 4 Of 40 Finalists In Nationwide Intel Science Research
Competition
Four high school students who worked with Stony Brook University faculty and
in Stony Brook laboratories were among 40 students nationwide selected as finalists
in the Intel Science Talent Search, the prestigious nationwide research competition.
Jan 25, 2006 - 1:59:00 PM
Alan
Schechter Named COO of SBUH; Executive Has Vast Experience in Healthcare Operations
Alan Schechter, one of the most respected hospital administrators in the region,
today was named Chief Operating Officer of Stony Brook University Hospital.
Jan 27, 2006 - 5:14:00 PM
February 2006
Ultra
High-Tech Heart Imaging Equipment Helps Cardiac Patients at SBUH
The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Stony Brook University has acquired
two of the most innovative ultrasound imaging machines available for patients
with heart disease.
Feb 1, 2006 - 5:46:00 PM
Intelligent
Design is Focus of Celebration
Intelligent Design has sparked debate in schools and courts across the nation.
Now the topic will be explored at Stony Brook University, which is celebrating “Darwin
Day” on February 9 and 10 with an advance screening of a new documentary
and a lecture by a nationally-known expert on Intelligent Design.
Feb 2, 2006 - 9:08:00 AM
A
Hot Trend on Campus: Majoring in Health Care (New York Times)
Eighteen months after the University of Colorado created a department to prepare
undergraduates for a broad range of careers in health care, from medicine to
physical therapy to physician assistant, that department already has 1,200
students. A similar program at Stony Brook University, on Long Island, has
grown to 370 graduating students last year from 35 four years ago.
Feb 6, 2006 - 8:38:00 AM
Wang
Center Features Film On Role Of Chinese Scientists And Discussion On Plight
Of Muslim Immigrants
Agent Yellow, a film by Christine Choy, and “Embracing the Infidel: Stories
of Muslim Migrants on the Journey West,” a discussion and slide presentation,
highlight the upcoming programming at the Charles B. Wang Center.
Feb 6, 2006 - 12:18:00 PM
Stony
Brook University Professor Robert Cess Honored By American Meteorological Society
Dr. Robert D. Cess, emeritus and adjunct professor at Stony Brook University,
has won the 2006 Jule G. Charney Award by American Meteorological Society,
the nation's leading professional society for those in the atmospheric and
related sciences.
Feb 6, 2006 - 3:22:00 PM
Student
Activity Center Sponsors Long Island College Art Competition for 2006
The Student Activities Center (SAC) Gallery at Stony Brook University is proud
to sponsor the Long Island College Art (LICA) Competition of 2006.
Feb 7, 2006 - 11:40:00 AM
Stony
Brook Graduate Student Awarded TIAA-CREF Ruth Simms Hamilton Fellowship
A Stony Brook University graduate student has been awarded a TIAA-CREF Ruth
Simms Hamilton Fellowship to conduct research in his native country of Peru.
Feb 8, 2006 - 1:52:00 PM
Emerson
String Quartet Wins At Grammy’s For Best Chamber Music Performance
The Emerson String Quartet, one of the world’s leading classical performers
and Artists-in Residence at Stony Brook University, were winners at the 48th
Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles last night.
Feb 9, 2006 - 11:05:00 AM
Stony
Brook University Receives NSF Teaching Grant; Graduate Students Awarded Robert
Noyce Teaching Scholarships
Three Stony Brook students in the process of obtaining their masters degrees
in teaching have recently been awarded National Science Foundation Robert Noyce
Scholarships.
Feb 16, 2006 - 4:30:00 PM
No
ill effects found in hospital cell phone use (USA Today)
Despite signs in hospitals nationwide, little evidence exists that modern cell
phone use interferes with medical equipment, a paper by Stony Brook anesthesiologist
Roy Soto in the journal Anesthesia and Analgesia finds.
Feb 19, 2006 - 8:53:00 AM
Stony
Brook University Student To Participate In Inaugural U.S. Model House of Representatives
The American Youth Scholarship Foundation has announced that Stony Brook University
junior, Krystyna M. Baumgartner has been chosen to participate in the inaugural
year of the United States Model House of Representatives.
Feb 22, 2006 - 4:01:00 PM
Dr.
Dorothy Lane Honored for Teaching and Directorship of Stony Brook School of
Medicine Residency Program
In recognition of her leadership in developing the preventive medicine residency
program at SBU School of Medicine, Dorothy S. Lane, M.D., M.P.H., Distinguished
Service Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine,
received the 2006 Parker J. Palmer “Courage to Teach” Award on
February 13.
Feb 24, 2006 - 9:44:00 AM
Free
Colon Health Lectures at Stony Brook During Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
A series of free lectures on colorectal cancer awareness and prevention by
experts from Stony Brook University Hospital’s Department of Medicine
and Department of Surgery will take place on Wednesday, March 22.
Feb 24, 2006 - 10:12:00 AM
Saving
Bobby (Newsday)
One year after life saving surgery at Stony Brook University Hospital, young
Bobby Palange is like any three year old, according to his mom. Newsday looks
back at the heroic efforts made to save Bobby.
Feb 27, 2006 - 3:53:00 PM
March 2006
Nationally-Renowned
Surgeon Appointed Director of Stony Brook University Cancer Center
Martin S. Karpeh, Jr., M.D., Chief of Surgical Oncology at Stony Brook University
Medical Center, has been named Director of the Stony Brook University Cancer
Center.
Mar 1, 2006 - 4:55:00 PM
Minimally
Invasive Procedure at Stony Brook Shown promising for Certain Lung Cancer Patients
RFA has been used to treat liver cancer and other diseases, but it is rarely
used to treat lung cancer. For patients with lung cancer who meet the clinical
criteria, RFA may help to slow disease progression, minimize trauma to lungs
and surrounding tissue, and reduce length of stay in the hospital.
Mar 2, 2006 - 2:31:00 PM
Two
Grant Recipients Announced For 2006 Templeton Research Lectures
The Philadelphia-based Metanexus Institute announced today that Stony Brook
University in New York, and Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, are
the 2006 recipients of the Templeton Research Lectures grants. The three-to-four
year projects provides up-to $500,000 to promote important conversations at
the forefront of the field of science and religion through interdisciplinary
study groups and an annual distinguished lectureship.
Mar 6, 2006 - 11:25:00 AM
Stony
Brook University’s Alan Tucker Cited for Meritorious Service to MAA
A Stony Brook University professor has been awarded a Certificate of Meritorious
Service from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA).
Mar 6, 2006 - 11:55:00 AM
Gala
Benefits Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Research at SBUH
In a tribute to his late wife, Marilyn Colletta, and the treatment and care
she received at Stony Brook University Hospital for Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
(AML), Smithtown resident, Joseph Colletta started the Stony Brook Foundation
/ Marilyn Colletta Fund.
Mar 6, 2006 - 12:51:00 PM
Carol
M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund Awards $250,000 to SBU Researchers
Five Stony Brook University Medical Center cancer researchers from several
disciplines received a total of $250,000 from the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer
Research Fund to further their investigations on the molecular basis of breast
cancer.
Mar 8, 2006 - 1:45:00 PM
McHugh
Deserves Much Praise (Newsday)
Stony Brook University women's basketball coach Maura McHugh is owed a party.
Every other coach hired in Jim Fiore's administration has been feted with balloons,
speeches and a big welcome from fans, colleagues and athletes. McHugh's moment
may be at hand, though she likely (and gladly) will share it with her team,
which could be on the verge of making its first appearance in the NCAA Division
I Women's Tournament.
Mar 9, 2006 - 10:29:00 AM
Stony
Brook University Researcher Confirms First Cranial Specimen Of Extinct Tarsier
A Stony Brook University researcher and his colleagues have identified the
first cranial specimen of an extinct tarsier from a 45 million-year-old site
in China, a discovery that unlocks one of the mysteries of primate evolution.
Mar 13, 2006 - 4:41:00 PM
Stony
Brook University Hospital Offers Free Women-to-Women Series on Heart Health
Series
Stony Brook University Hospital's Women's Heart Health Committee, chaired by
Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Dr. Allison McLarty, offers three-part lunchtime "Women's
Heart Health Series." Each lecture is free and open to the public.
Mar 16, 2006 - 3:27:00 PM
Stony
Brook University Distinguished Professor Honored By The Northeastern Association
Of Grad Schools
Judith Tanur, a Distinguished Teaching Professor at Stony Brook University,
has been selected by the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools as the
2005-2006 winner of the Geoffrey Marshall Mentoring Award.
Mar 17, 2006 - 10:29:00 AM
Sign
up Now for the 4th Annual Sunrise Fund Walk-A-Thon
Sunday, April 2, 2006, at 10 am, St. James Elementary School is hosting the
4th annual Sunrise Fund Walk-a-thon, “Children Helping Children,”
Mar 17, 2006 - 10:58:00 AM
Urologic
Cancer Specialist Joins Stony Brook University Cancer Center to Launch Cancer
Vaccine Program
Christopher S. Lee, M.D., has been named Assistant Professor in the Departments
of Urology and Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Stony Brook University
Hospital.
Mar 17, 2006 - 3:41:00 PM
Students
spring to help Big Easy (Daily News)
Instead of knocking back Margaritas on sandy beaches, 45 Stony Brook students
will spend a week in New Orleans building homes with Habitat for Humanity to
house Hurricane Katrina victims.
Mar 19, 2006 - 1:27:00 AM
Reach
out for Youth with Ileitis & Colitis Offers Education Day at Stony Brook
University Hospital
Sunday, April 23 from 9 am -12 noon, Reach Out for Youth, a support organization
for children with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, will host an educational
forum.
Mar 20, 2006 - 1:35:00 PM
Scanning
Brain For Insights On Love, Romance And Rejection; Early Results By Helen
Fisher And Stony Brook Collaborator
Dr. Helen Fisher, a Research Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University
and author of the best-seller Why We Love, which explored how romantic passion
is hardwired into our brains by millions of years of evolution, has extended
her research in collaboration with Art Aron of Stony Brook University and Lucy
Brown of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, to focus on how rejection
registers in the brain and how it can trigger socially inappropriate activity.
Mar 23, 2006 - 2:29:00 PM
Stony
Brook University and Long Island University Announce Final Agreement for SUNY
to Purchase Southampton Campus
State University of New York Chancellor John R. Ryan and Long Island University
Board Chairman Edward Travaglianti announced today that their respective boards
had reached an agreement allowing SUNY to purchase Long Island University's
Southampton Campus for $35 million.
Mar 24, 2006 - 9:30:00 AM
New
Heart Assist Device at SBUH "Will Help save Many, Many Lives on Long
Island"
The Heart Center at SBUH is the first and only facility on Long Island using
the “TandemHeart” system – a percutaneous left ventricular
assist device – for patients who are too ill to undergo life-saving procedures
without circulatory support.
Mar 24, 2006 - 10:10:00 AM
Stony
Brook Professor Elected to Leadership Role of International Nurse Practitioner
Organization
Mary Anne Dumas, PhD, RN, CFNP, FAANP, Clinical Professor at Stony Brook University
School of Nursing has been elected to a two year term as Vice President/President-Elect,
followed by a two year term as President of the National Organization of Nurse
Practitioner Faculties (NONPF).
Mar 24, 2006 - 11:33:00 AM
Latin “Quiz
Bowl” To Be Held At the University at Stony Brook
Nearly 300 local middle-school and high-school students representing almost
20 Long Island school districts are expected to compete in the 7th Annual CERTAMEN
for Latin students.
Mar 28, 2006 - 2:13:00 PM
Stony
Brook University To Celebrate Anthology Of Suffolk County Poetry
A reception at Stony Brook University will celebrate the publication of The
Light of the City and Sea: An Anthology of Suffolk County Poetry (Street Press,
2006) and will highlight the extraordinary legacy and ongoing achievements
of Suffolk County’s poets.
Mar 29, 2006 - 3:34:00 PM
April 2006
Stony
Brook University Chosen as Site for Prestigious Beckman Scholarship Program
Stony Brook University has been chosen as a site for the Beckman Scholars Program,
a prestigious undergraduate research award program which provides over $19,000
per student in support to undergraduate researchers.
Apr 3, 2006 - 10:06:00 AM
President
Shirley Strum Kenny to Present at International Hillel Summit
Stony Brook University President Shirley Strum Kenny will be among the many
of the world’s most respected university presidents and Jewish communal
leaders who will present at “Inspiring Values, Creating Leaders,” the
first international summit of academia and Jewish communal leadership.
Apr 3, 2006 - 10:28:00 AM
SBUH
Department of Surgery Enrolled in National ACS Quality Improvement Program
in February 2006, Stony Brook University Hospital became a participating center
in a national surgical quality improvement program of the American College
of Surgeons (ACS).
Apr 4, 2006 - 3:52:00 PM
Donate
Life Walk to Promote Organ Donation Awareness
The Donate Life Walk, an event designed to raise awareness for the need for
organ donation, will take place at Stony Brook University on Friday, April
28.
Apr 5, 2006 - 3:28:00 PM
Stony
Brook Cited Nine Times in US News & World Report Rankings
Stony Brook University is cited nine times as being among the best in the nation
in the current rankings of professional schools in US News & World Report’s
2007 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” The annual
rankings by the publication focus on programs in Business, Education, Engineering,
Law, and Medicine, and reflect data from surveys of more than 1,200 programs
and over 9,600 academicians and professionals conducted last year.
Apr 8, 2006 - 10:33:00 PM
SUNY
Chancellor John R. Ryan Honors Student Excellence
John R. Ryan, Chancellor of the State University of New York, will honor 270
college students from 62 SUNY campuses with the 2006 Chancellor’s Award
for Student Excellence, Monday, April 10. The Awards are given out annually
to students who earn a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.78 or higher and record
a significant contribution to their campus or local community.
Apr 7, 2006 - 9:36:00 AM
Stony
Brook football in motion (Newsday)
The Stony Brook University football team has yet to take a snap as a scholarship
program, but already the Seawolves' ambition has surpassed the restraints of
the Northeast Conference.
Apr 10, 2006 - 11:55:00 AM
Stony
Brook University Teams Up With Suffolk to Provide Healthcare Research Analysis
Stony Brook University and Suffolk County today announced a collaboration that
will provide the county with policy research analysis from the University’s
Center for Public Health and Healthy Policy Research.
Apr 11, 2006 - 3:00:00 PM
Successful
Allogenic Transplant Conducted (Suffolk Life)
Patricia Swan’s hematologist/oncologist referred her to the Bone Marrow
Transplant program at Stony Brook for a transplant consult with Dr. Douglas
Gladstone, the associate director of the BMT program and specialist in bone
marrow/stem cell transplantation.
Apr 12, 2006 - 8:37:00 AM
Stony
Brook Awarded $2.9 Million Grant To Train Scientists In Impact Of Metals
Stony Brook University has been awarded a five-year, $2.9 million grant from
the National Science Foundation to establish a multidisciplinary graduate training
program of education and research in minerals, metals, metalloids, and toxicity,
called the 3MT program.
Apr 12, 2006 - 11:17:00 AM
Astronomer
Takes A New Spin On Vega; One Of Brightest Stars Is Rapidly Rotating
Vega, the second brightest star in the northern sky, is a 'standard' that has
been used to calibrate astronomical observations from the ultraviolet through
to the infrared, and it is the main star against which models of stellar atmospheres
are compared. But problems with its use as a standard led to the suggestion
that it is rapidly rotating—a theory that has now been confirmed by a
Stony Brook University researcher.
Apr 12, 2006 - 2:22:00 PM
Erwin
And Cary Staller To Be Honored At Stars Of Stony Brook Gala In NYC
As Stony Brook University prepares to mark its 50th Anniversary during the
2006-07 academic year, the campus is already preparing to celebrate its rich
history by honoring longtime benefactors Erwin and Cary Staller at the Stars
of Stony Brook Gala on Wednesday, May 3 at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan.
Apr 19, 2006 - 2:10:00 PM
Stony
Brook looks to win its way to NCAAs (Newsday)
The other Division I lacrosse team on Long Island wants to make some noise
and there is no time like the present for Stony Brook University, which will
play its three remaining games of the regular season in a seven-day span. It
could be the most significant week in the history of the sport at the school.
Apr 20, 2006 - 8:27:00 AM
Double
duty for twin brother surgeons (Newsday)
Word spread quickly through the war-torn city of Kabul and its villages that
two tall, black American surgeons were performing operations in Afghanistan. "This
is the first time we worked together as surgeons," said Vance Moss, a
fellow in transplantation medicine at Stony Brook University Hospital. A board-certified
urologist, he wants to specialize in kidney transplantation. His brother, Vince,
specializes in cardio-thoracic surgery and is starting a practice in New Jersey.
Apr 20, 2006 - 8:29:00 AM
Stony
Brook Names Lance King Vice President/Advancement
Lance King, who has 14 years of experience in fund-raising in higher education
and health care, has been named Vice President/Advancement at Stony Brook University.
Apr 20, 2006 - 2:46:00 PM
For
the Love of Lemurs (Smithsonian Magazine)
Wright, a late-blooming primatologist from the State University of New York
at Stony Brook, has made lemurs her life, tracking bamboo lemurs and sifaka
lemurs that live in a handful of social groups in Ranomafana National Park.
Apr 21, 2006 - 12:05:00 PM
Stony
Brook's Long Island Geriatric Education Center Establishes Eastern Long Island
Extension
Major effort to expand training of healthcare professionals serving Eastern
Long Island’s substantial aging population begins this month with the
unveiling Stony Brook’s new Eastern LI Extension of the LI Geriatric
Education Center (LIGEC).
Apr 21, 2006 - 3:48:00 PM
Plicator
Procedure for Acid Reflux Disease Can Reduce Symptoms, Medication needs
a new outpatient procedure that restores the normal anti-reflux barrier between
the esophagus and stomach can reduce both symptoms of GERD and the need for medications.
Apr 21, 2006 - 5:11:00 PM
Free
Skin Cancer Screenings and Lectures by Stony Brook Physicians Aimed to Heighten
Disease Awareness
Physicians from Stony Brook University Hospital’s Departments of Dermatology
and Surgery are teaming up during Melanoma Awareness Month to provide free melanoma
screenings and lectures about this most deadly form of skin cancer.
Apr 24, 2006 - 5:03:00 PM
Let
the Face Lift Begin: Stony Brook University Hospital Resumes $300 Million Project
Construction
Stony Brook University Hospital’s Major Modernization Project (MMP) is
in its fourth year of implementation.
Apr 25, 2006 - 9:36:00 AM
Stony
Brook University's School of Social Welfare Hosts Free Program in Geriatric Care
Ministry
Stony Brook University’s School of Social Welfare is sponsoring a Geriatric
Care Ministry and Education Certificate Program to help clergy of all faiths
and other religious leaders improve the quality of life of older Americans.
Apr 25, 2006 - 3:31:00 PM
Stony
Brook Professor Douglas Futuyma Named To National Academy Of Sciences
Douglas J. Futuyma, Ph.D. was elected to the National Academy of Sciences this
week, earning one of the most prestigious academic honors in the U.S. Dr. Futuyma,
a highly-acclaimed professor and researcher in Stony Brook University’s
renowned Department of Ecology and Evolution, becomes the 13th member of the
faculty so honored.
Apr 26, 2006 - 12:08:00 PM
Father
Thomas Hartman to Present Closing Keynote Address at The 2006 Life Sciences Industry
Summit
The Long Island Life Sciences Initiative (LILSI) and the Center for Biotechnology,
a New York State designated Center for Advanced Technology announced today that
Monsignor Tom Hartman will present the closing keynote address at the 2006 Life
Sciences Industry Summit – “Building Critical Mass: Long Island at
the Tipping Point”, on May 4, 8 – 5 pm at the Hilton Long Island/Huntington
Hotel.
Apr 26, 2006 - 3:14:00 PM
Colorado
mine one of two finalists for prestigious national laboratory (AP)
A far-flung group of scientists, including Stony Brook physicist Chang Kee Jung,
are working to help the United States accomplish something Albert Einstein himself
struggled with over the last 30 years of his life: develop a theory to account
for all the forces of nature.
Apr 29, 2006 - 12:29:00 PM
May 2006
The
trouble with how boys talk (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Verbal violence toward women is part of "guy culture" today, says
Dr. Michael Kimmel, a professor of sociology at SUNY Stony Brook and an expert
on masculinity.
May 1, 2006 - 12:32:00 PM
Recounting
Their Mission in Afghanistan Identical Twin Surgeons, Drs. Vince and Vance
Moss
On April 19, Stony Brook University Hospital Transplant Fellow, Dr. Vance Moss,
a Major in the US Army Reserve 344th Combat Support Hospital, and his identical
twin brother, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Dr. Vince Moss, 34, a Major in the same
unit, were be in full uniform to present Grand Rounds at Stony Brook University
Hospital on their surgical and personal experience while on a special mission
in Afghanistan.
May 3, 2006 - 5:32:00 PM
Stony
Brook University Hospital Receives National Award for Making the Hospital Mercury
Free
After a five-year arduous process, Stony Brook University Hospital was recognized
this week for becoming "mercury free."
May 5, 2006 - 12:01:00 PM
Leon
S. Klempner, D.D.S., Receives Tufts University Alumni Association's Distinguished
Service Award
Leon S. Klempner, D.D.S., Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of
Children’s Dentistry at the Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine,
was honored by the Tufts University Alumni Association during its annual gala
on the Tufts Medford campus on April 8.
May 5, 2006 - 5:21:00 PM
Stony
Brook Announces $25 Million Gift From Renowned Former Math Chair Jim Simons
Jim Simons, a world-renowned mathematician who as Chair built Stony Brook University's
Mathematics Department into one of the best in the nation, announced today
that the Simons Foundation is donating $25 million to the University -- the
largest single cash gift in its history and, in fact, the largest single cash
gift ever given to any SUNY institution.
May 8, 2006 - 9:17:00 AM
Large
Donation Made to University (NY Times)
The foundation managed by a former math professor who founded a hedge fund
will donate $25 million to the State University at Stony Brook, university
officials announced yesterday.
May 9, 2006 - 2:46:00 PM
Stony
Brook Paleontologist Reunites With 70-Million Year-Old Dinosaur from Madagascar
On Wednesday, May 17, at 12:30 pm, Stony Brook University will celebrate the
installation of an exact replica of the fossil skeleton of Majungasaurus
crenatissimus. The replica is the property of Stony Brook University and
is the only one of its kind in North America.
May 10, 2006 - 10:19:00 AM
$3.2
Million Raised At Stony Brook Gala As Children Of Honoree Erwin Staller Pledge
$1 Million
Stony Brook University announced today that it raised $3.2 million at its annual “Stars
of Stony Brook” Gala held last week. The figure—a record for the
event—includes a surprise announcement of a $1 million gift made that
night by the children of Erwin Staller, who was honored at the event along
with his son, Cary.
May 11, 2006 - 3:19:00 PM
Astronaut
Bernard Harris, Designer Milton Glaser To Be Honored At Annual Commencement
On May 19
Dr. Bernard Harris, who spent five years as an astronaut and was the first
African-American to walk in space, and world-renowned graphic designer Milton
Glaser, will be honored when Stony Brook University holds its annual Commencement
on Friday, May 19 at 10:00 AM in Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium on campus. The
Commencement—Long Island’s largest—will see 5,145 degrees
awarded.
May 12, 2006 - 2:32:00 PM
Stony
Brook and Eastern Long Island Hospital Forge Alliance, Expand Health Care
Services on North Fork
Stony Brook Univ. Hosp. & Eastern LI Hospital (ELIH) today announced that
the State of New York has approved a comprehensive alliance between the two
health care facilities that will bring new and strengthened clinical services
to the North Fork of Suffolk County including Shelter Island.
May 12, 2006 - 4:43:00 PM
Dr.
Aldustus Jordan, Stony Brook Medical School Educator, Named 2006 Long Island
Man of the Year
Aldustus Jordan, Ed.D., Associate Dean for Student Affairs at SBU School of
Medicine, was honored as the 2006 Long Island Man of the Year by the Suffolk
Community Council, Inc.
May 16, 2006 - 12:42:00 PM
Nearly
200 Professionals At Stony Brook University Hospital Recognized At Community
Service Awards Ceremony
Nearly 200 Stony Brook University Hospital employees were recognized at the
hospital's Community Service Awards Ceremony.
May 16, 2006 - 3:09:00 PM
Improving
The Sleep Of Children And Adolescents With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD)
Children and adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)may
be able to sleep better by participating in a clinical trial conducted at Stony
Brook University Hospital that will evaluate the effectiveness of an FDA-approved
drug that has been successful for treating insomnia in adults.
May 16, 2006 - 5:09:00 PM
Dr.
Jordan J. Cohen Encourages Stony Brook Med School Grads To Become Trusted Physicians
In An Age Of Change
Jordan J. Cohen, M.D., President and CEO of the Association of American Medical
Colleges (AAMC), addressed the 117 graduates of the Stony Brook University
School of Medicine class of 2006 during the school's 32nd Convocation.
May 18, 2006 - 5:41:00 PM
How
the Hobbit Shrugged: Tiny Hominid's Story Takes New Turn (Science)
Two anatomists presented analyses suggesting that the original hobbit skeleton
may not be female, as first described, and that its shoulders differ from those
of modern people and hark back to an ancient human ancestor, Homo erectus.
That detail and others bolster the notion that an H. erectus population on
the island evolved into the dwarf form of H. floresiensis, anatomist Susan
Larson of Stony Brook University in New York said in her talk at the meeting.
May 19, 2006 - 1:47:00 PM
Group
from LI wins bid on Washington spy letter (Newsday)
A group of Long Islanders submitted the winning bid today in the auction of
a secret wartime communiqué from Gen. George Washington to his chief
spy. The group, led by Assemb. Steven Englebright (D-Setauket), plans to place
the letter on display at the University at Stony Brook.
May 23, 2006 - 9:20:00 AM
Once
homeless, Stony Brook grad will be a math professor (NY Daily News)
It's not every day a formerly homeless man teaches algorithm problem-solving,
but come fall, that is just what Roy Simpson will do. After a life only Matt
Damon's character in the movie "Good Will Hunting" might understand,
Simpson, 32, earned his master's degree in applied mathematics from Stony Brook
University.
May 23, 2006 - 9:23:00 AM
Stony
Brook University Hospital Sleep Disorders Center Opens New High Tech Multi-Disciplinary
Facility in Smithtown
Stony Brook University Hospital, officially opened its doors to a new multi-disciplinary,
state-of-the-art Sleep Disorders Center located at 240 Middle Country Road
in Smithtown.
May 23, 2006 - 12:41:00 PM
Pediatrics
MS Center at Stony Brook Hosts "A Summer Soiree" at Crest Hollow
Country Club
A new finding in children is prompting an evening of summer fun, dining and
dancing on Thursday, July 27, 2006 at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury
to fund medical research at the National Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Center
at SBU Medical Center and to fund a camp for adolescents with MS.
May 23, 2006 - 2:21:00 PM
Stony
Brook Group Wins Bid On Wartime Letter
Stony Brook University has acquired a secret wartime letter from Gen. George
Washington to his chief spy for $96,000 at an auction at Christie’s in
Manhattan.
May 23, 2006 - 3:26:00 PM
Stony
Brook University Student Receives Scholarship From American Council Of Engineering
Companies Of NY
The American Council of Engineering Companies of New York (ACEC New York) will
award $32,500 in scholarship money to 12 undergraduate engineering students
attending New York State colleges and universities.
May 24, 2006 - 11:26:00 AM
Stony
Brook Unveils Replica Of Dinosaur (Suffolk Life)
Stony Brook University recently unveiled an exact replica of the Majungasaurus
crenatissimus, a very distant relative of the notorious Tyrannosaurus rex.
May 24, 2006 - 12:28:00 PM
National
Cancer Survivors Day Unites Stony Brook Physicians and Patients in Fun-Filled
Atmosphere
Date of Event: Sunday, June 11, from 11 AM to 2:00 PM
May 25, 2006 - 2:12:00 PM
June 2006
‘How
Class Works’ To Examine Labor Issues On Long Island And Across The
Nation
“How Class Works,” a major conference examining issues related
to the American labor movement, and the working class takes place Thursday,
June 8 through Saturday, June 10 at Stony Brook University. The conference,
which is sponsored by Stony Brook’s Center for Working Class Life, has
attracted leading thinkers on labor issues from across the nation.
Jun 6, 2006 - 10:45:00 AM
New
York Research Breakthrough On NCSA’s SGI Altix System May Hold Key To
Developing New Drugs To Stop HIV
In the race to fight AIDS, researchers have long worked to view the moments
at which “starter molecules” for HIV are most vulnerable to new
drugs. With help from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
and Silicon Graphics (OTC: SGID), a group of scientists from Stony Brook University
in New York have done just that.
Jun 6, 2006 - 11:58:00 AM
The
Emerson Quartet International Chamber Music Workshop Returns To Staller Center
For The Arts At Stony Brook University
The Emerson Quartet International Chamber Music Workshop will be held at Stony
Brook University, June 27 to 30. The world-renowned Quartet will coach The
Calder Quartet, Escher String Quartet, and Hyperion String Quartet, who come
to Stony Brook as a result of a highly selective audition process.
Jun 7, 2006 - 1:47:00 PM
26
Stony Brook University Medical Center Physicians Featured in New York Magazine's "Best
Doctors in New York"
New York Magazine’s annual "Best Doctors in New York" issue
features 26 physicians in a wide range of specialties from Stony Brook University
Medical Center.
Jun 12, 2006 - 5:16:00 PM
Scientist
gets vibes to build bones (Toronto Globe & Mail)
"We've managed to make the mechanics of bone into a [device]," said
Dr. Rubin, who is chair of the biomechanical engineering department of the
State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Rubin and the company manufacturing
the platform, Juvent Inc. of New Jersey, introduced the device to Canada at
the International Osteoporosis Foundation World Congress recently held in Toronto.
Jun 13, 2006 - 11:29:00 AM
Janice
Rohlf Cited By Vibs For Contributions To Alleviating Violence
Janice Rohlf, Director of Governmental Relations at Stony Brook University,
was an honoree at the Victims Information Bureau of Suffolk’s (VIBS)
30th annual dinner on June 7 at Oheka Castle in Huntington.
Jun 13, 2006 - 1:40:00 PM
Dr.
Basil Rigas, Internationally Renowned Researcher, Named Chief of Gastroenterology
and Hepatology at Stony Brook
Basil Rigas, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Pharmacological Sciences, and
Chief, Division of Cancer Prevention at Stony Brook University Hospital, is
named Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the Department
of Medicine.
Jun 13, 2006 - 5:39:00 PM
Boy's
surgery is a gift from the heart (Newsday)
Stony Brook University Hospital and a local charitable organization will pay
for open heart surgery for the 6-year-old son of a Farmingville U.S. Army veteran
who could not get medical insurance because of immigration problems.
Jun 14, 2006 - 10:22:00 AM
Lawyers
In National ‘Intelligent Design’ Case To Speak At Worldwide Conference
On Evolution
Plaintiffs in the Intelligent Design court case that attracted worldwide attention
last year, as well as expert witnesses from the dramatic trial proceedings,
will speak at “Evolution 2006,” a leading conference on ecology
and evolution held by a trio of scientific societies to be hosted by Stony
Brook University June 23-27 at the Charles B. Wang Center on campus.
Jun 14, 2006 - 3:10:00 PM
Stony
Brook Southampton Conference to Feature Alan Alda, Frank McCourt and Others
Actor Alan Alda, poet Billy Collins, cartoonist Garry Trudeau, and authors
E.L. Doctorow, Frank McCourt, Amy Tan, and Roger Rosenblatt are among the distinguished
guests scheduled to appear at the Stony Brook Southampton Writers Conference.
Jun 14, 2006 - 3:34:00 PM
Stony
Brook University & Brookhaven National Lab Researchers Developing New "Microbeam" Radiation
Treatment
Researchers from Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory
(BNL) have developed a new radiosurgical technique at BNL which may be up to
100 times more precise than the best devices currently available.
Jun 14, 2006 - 4:28:00 PM
Researchers
at Stony Brook University Discover "Anti-Asthma" Gene
Researchers at Stony Brook University have identified Vasoactive Intestinal
Peptide (VIP) gene as an “anti-asthma” gene, a finding which could
have major implications in the treatment of asthma.
Jun 15, 2006 - 5:31:00 PM
1998
SBUH NICU Grad Graduates from High School; New Eagle Scout Expresses Gratitude
18 Years Later
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at SBUH received an unexpected donation
and letter of gratitude from a 2006 high school graduate/1988 NICU graduate
named Christopher Burke who spent eight months in the unit 18 years ago.
Jun 16, 2006 - 11:11:00 AM
Feisty
President at Stony Brook Has Led a Makeover of 'Mudville' (Chronicle of Higher
Education)
The tide has turned in Stony Brook's campaign for better aesthetics. The blacktop
and mud have been replaced with lush grass, manicured shrubs, flowers, and
trees. Attractive contemporary buildings have gone up, although some of the
neo-penal structures remain.
Jun 16, 2006 - 12:35:00 PM
Jack
Gallagher to Lead Effort to Forge Alliances in New Role at Stony Brook University
Hospital
John (Jack) S.T. Gallagher,who was named Interim CEO of Stony Brook University
Hospital, will assume a new role.
Jun 16, 2006 - 5:16:00 PM
Team
from Stony Brook finds 'anti-asthma' gene (Newsday)
Scientists at Stony Brook University have identified an "anti-asthma" gene
in both mice and humans, which they say confers protection against the chronic
respiratory condition.
Jun 17, 2006 - 10:20:00 AM
Medical
Marvel No. 6: Factory worker loses hands. Doctors have 12 hours to reattach.
(New York Magazine)
New York Magazine’s annual "Best Doctors in New York" issue
features 26 physicians in a wide range of specialties from Stony Brook University
Hospital. They were selected from more than 50,000 physicians in the Greater
New York Metropolitan Area. The June 19 issue profiles ten "Medical Marvel" cases;
Stony Brook University Hospital doctors are featured in two of them.
Jun 19, 2006 - 8:58:00 AM
Medical
Marvel No. 8: Mother of one, pregnant with triplets. Torn aorta about to burst.
(New York Magazine)
New York Magazine’s annual "Best Doctors in New York" issue
features 26 physicians in a wide range of specialties from Stony Brook University
Hospital. They were selected from more than 50,000 physicians in the Greater
New York Metropolitan Area. The June 19 issue profiles ten "Medical Marvel" cases;
Stony Brook University Hospital doctors are featured in two of them.
Jun 19, 2006 - 9:05:00 AM
Stony
Brook University Study Yields New Data on Breast Cancer Link to Light-at-Night
Exposure
A study led by epidemiologists from the Department of Preventive Medicine at
Stony Brook University School of Medicine yields new data on the unresolved
question of whether frequent exposure to light-at-night increases breast cancer
risk in women.
Jun 19, 2006 - 1:31:00 PM
Stony
Brook University Medical Center Ranks #1 for Tissue Donors in New York Metro
Area in 2005
Stony Brook University Medical Center ranked #1 out of a total of 104 hospitals
in the metro region, according to data released by the New York Organ Donor
Network.
Jun 19, 2006 - 5:13:00 PM
Stony
Brook Faculty Members Receive Prestigious Fellowship Awards
Two Stony Brook University professors have won prestigious fellowship awards
for 2006-07 to conduct research in their respective areas of interest. Brooke
Larson, a Professor of History, has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, and
Olufemi Vaughan, a Professor of Africana Studies and History, has won a Woodrow
Wilson Fellowship.
Jun 20, 2006 - 12:25:00 PM
Blood
and Platelet Donations Accepted Daily at Stony Brook University Hospital
There is an especially short supply of O negative blood. Stony Brook University
Hospital is reflecting this shortage of O negative blood, and strongly encourages
donations.
Jun 22, 2006 - 3:08:00 PM
Three
New Lemurs Discovered, Add to Madagascar's Diversity (NationalGeographic.com)
Three new species of lemur in the African island nation of Madagascar have
been discovered, says a study co-authored by Stony Brook's Mireya Mayor.
Jun 26, 2006 - 10:01:00 AM
Dr.
Steven Jonas Receives Highest Honor in the Field of Preventive Medicine Teaching
and Research
Steven Jonas, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., Professor of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook
University School of Medicine, received the Duncan Clark Award from the Association
for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR). The annual award is given to educators
with a distinguished record of achievement in the field of public health and
preventive medicine.
Jun 27, 2006 - 4:40:00 PM
Artificial
Home Lighting May Increase Breast Cancer Rates
Exposure to frequent artificial light at night appears to increase the breast
cancer risk among women in their homes, but apparently not among those who
work late shifts, according to Cristina Leske, M.D., M.P.H., Distinguished
Professor of Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook University.
Jun 28, 2006 - 12:36:00 PM
Can
Money Buy Happiness?
It is widely believed that money leads to happiness. The presumption is mostly
illusory, however, according to a study by Arthur A. Stone, Ph.D., Distinguished
Professor and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University
School of Medicine, and colleagues.
Jun 29, 2006 - 2:00:00 PM
Fred
S. Sganga, CHE, Named Interim CEO of Stony Brook University Medical Center
Fred S. Sganga, CHE, has been named Interim CEO of Stony Brook University Medical
Center, it was announced by Richard N. Fine, M.D., Dean of the School of Medicine.
Jun 30, 2006 - 9:00:00 AM
A
Bigger Bank Account Isn't Going to Buy You Happiness, Study Says (L.A. Times)
A psychologist at Stony Brook University on Long Island, collaborating with
scientists at other institutions, has discovered what philosophers have long
known: Money doesn't make people happier. (Registration required.)
Jun 30, 2006 - 11:26:00 AM
Myth:
the Million Dollar Smile
A psychologist at Stony Brook University, collaborating with scientists at
other institutions, has discovered what philosophers have long known: Money
doesn't make people happier. Yet the perception that it does continues to motivate
people to want more and do more to get more.
Jun 30, 2006 - 1:02:00 PM
Help
For Parents With Premature Babies
Stony Brook University Hospital is one of only 28 hospitals in the nation and
one of two in New York to offer a NICU Family Support Program.
Jun 30, 2006 - 2:18:00 PM
July 2006
Coram
Man Named Volunteer of the Year at Stony Brook University Medical Center
Stony Brook University Medical Center has selected George Pressman as Volunteer
of the Year.
Jul 5, 2006 - 1:35:00 PM
Need
a Chinese Recipe? Check Stony Brook (N.Y. Times)
Jacqueline Newman has donated what she believes to be the world's largest collection
of English-language Chinese cookbooks to Stony Brook University. (Registration
req'd.)
Jul 7, 2006 - 1:11:00 PM
Stony
Brook University Receives $1.8 M Grant To Advance Undergraduate Science Education
Stony Brook University has been awarded a $1.8 million grant from the Howard
Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to support science education. The four-year
award will be used to remodel and equip a science laboratory, design new courses,
and provide fellowships for undergraduate students, as well as support undergraduates
to spend a summer performing research with a HHMI investigator.
Jul 10, 2006 - 2:35:00 PM
Dr.
Melody Goodman Joins SBU Graduate Program in Public Health
Melody Goodman, Ph.D., has been named Assistant Professor in the Department
of Preventive Medicine, Division of Evaluative Sciences, Graduate Program in
Public Health at Stony Brook University. She will also assume the role of Associate
Director of the Center for Public Health and Health Policy Research.
Jul 11, 2006 - 5:49:00 PM
Experts
Address Report On Secondhand Smoke (Suffolk Life)
There is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke, said US Surgeon
General Richard H. Carmona in his most recent report...“The most important
message is that there is no safe level of tobacco exposure,” stated Daniel
Baram, MD, pulmonologist and co-director of the Lung Cancer Evaluation Center
at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Jul 12, 2006 - 9:00:00 AM
Clinical
Trials Enrollment Ongoing at Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook University Hospital offers clinical trials to community members
who qualify for specific research studies.
Jul 12, 2006 - 4:55:00 PM
Dr.
Sharon Nachman Named Associate Dean, Office of Scientific Affairs, at Stony
Brook University Medical Center
Sharon Nachman, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Pediatric Infectious
Diseases, was appointed Associate Dean, Office of Scientific Affairs (OSA),
at Stony Brook University Medical Center, announced Richard N. Fine, M.D.,
Dean, Stony Brook University School of Medicine. In this position she will
work closely with the School of Medicine faculty to maximize departmental expertise
and participation in clinical trials.
Jul 14, 2006 - 9:33:00 AM
Paying
Homage to Good Stories and Good Acting (NY Times)
Alan Inkles, the director of the Stony Brook Film Festival, is plowing through
the 600 or so movies submitted each year, winnowing them down to the 17 features
and 14 shorts that will begin screening Thursday at the Staller Center for the
Arts. (Registration req'd.)
Jul 14, 2006 - 10:29:00 AM
Stony
Brook Establishes First Undergraduate Journalism School At A New York State Public
University
Stony Brook University announced today the establishment of New York State’s
first undergraduate School of Journalism at a public university.
Jul 17, 2006 - 11:15:00 AM
Craig
Lehmann, Expert On Global Health Issues, Named Interim Executive Dean Of Health
Sciences
Craig Lehmann, Ph.D., has been named Interim Executive Dean of Health Sciences
at Stony Brook University effective immediately, President Shirley Strum Kenny
announced today.
Jul 19, 2006 - 11:53:00 AM
Craig
Lehmann, Expert On Global Health Issues, Named Interim Executive Dean Of Health
Sciences
Craig Lehmann, Ph.D., has been named Interim Executive Dean of Health Sciences
at Stony Brook University effective immediately, President Shirley Strum Kenny
announced today.
Jul 19, 2006 - 11:59:00 AM
Locals
Urged To Watch For Tick-Borne Illnesses (Suffolk Life)
United States Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) recently called for more research
on the treatment and diagnosis of Lyme disease, due to its increasing prevalence,
specifically on Long Island. However, according to Stony Brook University Hospital
doctors, it is not just Lyme disease that is caused by ticks, as these insects,
they warned, are capable of causing several other serious illnesses.
Jul 20, 2006 - 5:11:00 AM
Stony
Brook Researcher Wins R&D 100 Award For Advancement In Computer Processing
A Stony Brook University researcher has been chosen to receive an R&D
100 Award, which recognizes the 100 most technologically significant products
introduced to the marketplace over the last year.
Jul 21, 2006 - 2:15:00 PM
Early
Career Scientists And Engineers Honored By U.S. Department Of Energy
At a White House ceremony yesterday, seven “early career” researchers,
funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science and its
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Stony Brook University researcher
Michael Zingale, PhD., an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and
Astronomy, was one of those honored.
Jul 27, 2006 - 9:21:00 AM
Custom-Built
Pathogens Raise Bioterrorism Fears (Washington Post)
Stony Brook's Eckard Wimmer knows of a shortcut terrorists could someday use
to get their hands on the lethal viruses that cause Ebola and smallpox. He knows
it exceptionally well, because he discovered it himself.
Jul 31, 2006 - 11:26:00 AM
Energy
Center Gets Boost (L.I. Business News)
Applied DNA Sciences on Monday said it has received funding from Stony Brook
University to continue its DNA Library collaboration. (Subscription req'd.)
Jul 31, 2006 - 11:36:00 AM
August 2006
Senator
Clinton Urges More Funding and Benefits for Vets During Long Island State
Veterans Home Visit
United States Senator Hillary Rodam Clinton visited the Long Island State Veterans
Home at Stony Brook University and announced her support of a bill that would
bring additional benefits and services to veterans.
Aug 2, 2006 - 12:18:00 PM
Martin
A. A. Schoonen Named Interim Dean of Stony Brook Southampton
Professor Martin Schoonen has been named Interim Dean of Stony Brook Southampton
by President Shirley Strum Kenny of Stony Brook University.
Aug 2, 2006 - 2:48:00 PM
Stony
Brook University President Establishing Blue Ribbon Commission To Ensure Highest
Quality Care At University Hospital
Stony Brook University President Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny announced today that
she is establishing a Blue Ribbon Commission of national leaders in healthcare,
clinical outcomes, and patient safety to ensure that University Hospital maintains
the highest quality standards and provides the best medical care.
Aug 7, 2006 - 10:25:00 AM
Stony
Brook Gastroenterologist Receives Award From National Society to Investigate
Treatment of Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Atul Kumar, M.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division
of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Stony Brook University Hospital, received
the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy’s (ASGE) 2006 Given
Capsule Endoscopy Research Award. The award, which was given to only two researchers
in the nation, provides $25,000 and 200 capsules for physicians involved with
promising research in capsule Endoscopy.
Aug 8, 2006 - 4:32:00 PM
Heart
Center Electrophysiology Program to Grow Under New Director
Eric J. Rashba, M.D., FACC, Professor of Medicine, has joined the Heart Center
at Stony Book University Hospital as Director of Electrophysiology, it was
announced by David L. Brown, M.D., Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine and Co-Director
of the Heart Center.
Aug 10, 2006 - 4:32:00 PM
Patients
with Moderate to Severe MS Show Improvement After High-Dose Chemotherapy Regimen
at Stony Brook
High-dose chemotherapy has demonstrated significant potential in fighting the
progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), and, unexpectedly, many patients enjoy
marked improvement in their neurological functions according to a study by
researchers at Stony Brook University. Results are reported in the August 14
online edition of the American Medical Association's Archives of Neurology
and set for print publication in October.
Aug 14, 2006 - 4:00:00 PM
Patients
with Moderate to Severe MS Show Improvement After High-Dose Chemotherapy Regimen
at Stony Brook
High-dose chemotherapy has demonstrated significant potential in fighting the
progression of multiple sclerosis (MS)
Aug 14, 2006 - 5:57:00 PM
Stony
Brook Again Receives National Recognition; Named One Of Top 100 Universities
And Top 50 Publics
Stony Brook University has been ranked among the top 100 national universities
in America and among the top 50 public national universities in the country
in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey released today.
Aug 18, 2006 - 8:55:00 AM
Breakthroughs
in Cataract Care, Why Fat Causes Type 2 Diabetes Among Topics at Stony Brook's
Mini-Med School
The Stony Brook University School of Medicine Mini-Med School will resume at
the Health Sciences Center (HSC) in the fall. The popular six-week series is
designed for the general public and covers a wide range of medical and health
topics.
Aug 30, 2006 - 5:48:00 PM
Stony
Brook Southampton Plans Symposium Focusing On Key Issues Of Sustainability
Stony Brook University’s Center for Wine, Food, and Culture will host
a weekend symposium, “Sustaining The Good Life,” on September 16
and 17 in Chancellor’s Hall at Stony Brook Southampton (formerly Southampton
College).
Aug 31, 2006 - 12:35:00 PM
Stony
Brook Southampton Plans Symposium Focusing On Key Issues Of Sustainability
Stony Brook University’s Center for Wine, Food, and Culture will host
a weekend symposium, “Sustaining The Good Life,” on September 16
and 17 in Chancellor’s Hall at Stony Brook Southampton (formerly Southampton
College).
Aug 31, 2006 - 2:32:00 PM
September 2006
Blue
Ribbon Commission To Review Hospital
Stony Brook University President Shirley Strum Kenny announced today the appointment
of a Blue Ribbon Commission to conduct a comprehensive review of Stony Brook
University Hospital. The five members of the commission, all medical and academic
leaders with national reputations, will begin their review of the hospital
beginning September 18th.
Sep 8, 2006 - 10:05:00 AM
Supercomputer
To Be Unveiled At Stony Brook; Will Aid Faculty And Student Researchers
Stony Brook University announced today that it has acquired a new supercomputer
which will aid faculty researchers and graduate students in processing complicated
calculations at high speed, which will dramatically accelerate research computations.
Sep 12, 2006 - 3:41:00 PM
Supercomputer
To Be Unveiled At Stony Brook; Will Aid Faculty And Student Researchers
Stony Brook University announced today that it has acquired a new supercomputer
which will aid faculty researchers and graduate students in processing complicated
calculations at high speed, which will dramatically accelerate research computations.
Sep 13, 2006 - 10:57:00 AM
Blood
and Platelet Donations Accepted Daily at Stony Brook University Medical Center
Emergency Appeal, the New York Blood Center Services (NYBC), is appealing to
the public for donors. Red Cross Inventories of blood types A-, O+ and O- are
critical and an urgent situation for donors. Stony Brook University Medical
Center strongly encourages donations.
Sep 13, 2006 - 1:15:00 PM
World
Renowned "Cirque de Solei" Performer Entertains Pediatric Patients
at Stony Brook
Tomás Kubinek, internationally acclaimed clown/comedian and “Circus
Remedy” performer, made a special guest appearance at Stony Brook University
Medical Center to cheer up pediatric patients.
Sep 14, 2006 - 11:19:00 AM
Former
CBS News Executive Named Director Of Broadcast Journalism At Stony Brook
Marcy McGinnis, an award-winning former senior news executive at CBS and one
of the most respected broadcast journalists in the nation, has been named Interim
Director of the Broadcast Journalism program at Stony Brook University’s
new School of Journalism.
Sep 14, 2006 - 11:50:00 AM
Boy
Diagnosed And Treated For BECTs At SBUMC Donates "Comfort Quilts" To
Others For Cozy Recovery
Epilepsy monitoring patient Abagail Dunham, 12, of East Hampton, received a
special visitor and a special gift on Tuesday at Stony Brook University Medical
Center.
Sep 15, 2006 - 1:53:00 PM
Human
Evolution Symposium To Attract Leading World's Scientists To Stony Brook
The origins of the human lineage in Africa will be examined by the world's
leading scholars at the 3rd Annual Human Evolution Symposium to be held at
Stony Brook University on Tuesday, October 3. The symposium is being convened
by Richard Leakey, Visiting Professor of Anthropology at Stony Brook and the
world's foremost paleontologist and conservationist.
Sep 18, 2006 - 10:16:00 AM
Human
Evolution Symposium To Attract Leading World’s Scientists To Stony Brook
The origins of the human lineage in Africa will be examined by the world’s
leading scholars at the 3rd Annual Human Evolution Symposium to be held at
Stony Brook University on Tuesday, October 3. The symposium is being convened
by Richard Leakey, Visiting Professor of Anthropology at Stony Brook and the
world’s foremost paleontologist and conservationist.
Sep 18, 2006 - 2:51:00 PM
Do
Spirituality And Health Care Go Hand-In-Hand? Experts Address This And More
At Stony Brook Conference
The conference is designed to provide health care professionals with the opportunity
to meet with colleagues and explore emerging issues around the role of spirituality
in the health care professions.
Sep 19, 2006 - 12:02:00 PM
NIAF
Public Policy Lecture Series To Feature Congressman Peter King
Congressman Peter King will be the Keynote Speaker at the National Italian
American Foundation (NIAF) Public Policy Lecture Series to be held at Stony
Brook University on Tuesday, October 10 at 4:00 PM in Room 1006 of the Humanities
Building.
Sep 19, 2006 - 1:42:00 PM
NIAF
Public Policy Lecture Series To Feature Congressman Peter King
Congressman Peter King will be the Keynote Speaker at the National Italian
American Foundation (NIAF) Public Policy Lecture Series to be held at Stony
Brook University on Tuesday, October 10 at 4:00 PM in Room 1006 of the Humanities
Building.
Sep 19, 2006 - 1:48:00 PM
Stony
Brook University Researcher Heads Workshop On Neuroethics And Homeland Security
A one-day workshop at Tufts University near Boston on Friday, September 29
will explore the topic of “Neuroethics and Homeland Security.”
Sep 20, 2006 - 2:46:00 PM
Stony
Brook University Researcher Heads Workshop On Neuroethics And Homeland Security
A one-day workshop at Tufts University near Boston on Friday, September 29
will explore the topic of “Neuroethics and Homeland Security.”
Sep 20, 2006 - 2:50:00 PM
SBUMC
Offers Approach to Integrative Asthma Care And Prevention
On Wednesdays, October 22, 25 and November 1, 2006 from 4:30-6:30 PM, Stony
Brook University Medical Center is offering a three-part series on integrative
asthma care and prevention.
Sep 21, 2006 - 4:56:00 PM
Stony
Brook University Cancer Center Health Awareness Campaign Addresses Disparities
in Care, Encourages Check-ups
High incidence and death rates from cancer and other diseases that strike African
Americans has prompted the Stony Brook University Cancer Center to partner
with local health organizations and churches to run a seven-week Public Health
Awareness Campaign that runs through October 29.
Sep 25, 2006 - 1:20:00 PM
Stony
Brook University Medical Center Receives 2006/07 Consumer Choice Award
National Research Corporation (NRC) announced today that Stony Brook University
Medical Center has been named a 2006/07 “Consumer Choice Award” recipient
for the Long Island metropolitan area. The award identifies hospitals which
healthcare consumers have chosen as having the highest quality and image in
186 markets throughout the U.S.
Sep 25, 2006 - 4:44:00 PM
The
Community School for Dance and Movement Studies Opens at the State University
of New York at Stony Brook
The Dance Space at Stony Brook University is proud to announce the fall series
of classes for The Community School for Dance and Movement Studies, beginning
October 3 and ending December 12, 2006.
Sep 25, 2006 - 5:38:00 PM
Stony
Brook University To Be Inducted Into Long Island Music Hall Of Fame
Stony Brook will be among the inaugural inductees for the Long Island Music
Hall of Fame ceremony on Sunday, October 15 at the Patchogue Theatre for the
Performing Arts. The University will join such leading names of Long Island
music as Harry Chapin, Perry Como, Vanilla Fudge, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper,
Richie Havens, George Gershwin, Tony Bennett, Run-DMC and others in the first
class of 28 inductees.
Sep 26, 2006 - 3:18:00 PM
Bishop,
Schumer, Clinton Announce $1.1 Million for Stony Brook's National Center for
Cancer Prevention
Suffolk County will soon be home to one of the premier cancer research centers
in the country following passage of a bill including $1.1 million secured by
Congressman Tim Bishop and Senators Charles Schumer and Hillary Clinton.
Sep 27, 2006 - 4:08:00 PM
Long-term
Safety Study of an Atopic Dermatitis Medication Will Track Patients' Health
for 10 Years
The Department of Dermatology at Stony Brook University Medical Center is offering
patients who have a history of atopic dermatitis and who have been treated
for it with Protopic® (tacrolimus ointment) to be involved in a long-term
safety study of the medication.
Sep 27, 2006 - 5:40:00 PM
Clinical
Trial at Stony Brook May Help Determine Which Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer
Patients Do Not Need Chemotherapy
Breast cancer patients have a new tool at their disposal at Stony Brook University
Medical Center that may help determine if they can avoid the toxicity of chemotherapy
after surgery.
Sep 29, 2006 - 11:55:00 AM
October 2006
Funds
Raised for Stony Brook Alums Help Create a Legacy for the Son They Lost
Stony Brook University Medical Center received a special visit from John Madonia,
his wife Paula Peterson and their 10-week old baby Jonathan of East Moriches
this week, when members of I-CON presented a $1,600 check to the Child Life
Program on their behalf.
Oct 2, 2006 - 2:47:00 PM
Stony
Brook University Completes Purchase of Former Southampton College Property
Stony Brook University today completed its purchase of the former Southampton
College for $35 million, taking possession of the 82-acre property, where it
plans to develop academic programs focusing on the environment and its sustainability.
The purchase, hailed by East End community leaders and public officials, ushers
in a new era for Stony Brook Southampton, as the campus will now be known.
Oct 4, 2006 - 8:40:00 AM
Fashion
Show, Walk for Beauty, Support Programs Highlight Breast Cancer Awareness Month
at Stony Brook
In observance of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Stony Brook University
Medical Center (SBUMC) and University Physicians at Stony Brook are providing
free educational and support services for breast cancer survivors, their families
and the community.
Oct 4, 2006 - 3:04:00 PM
Fashion
Show, Walk for Beauty, Support Programs Highlight Breast Cancer Awareness Month
at Stony Brook
In observance of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Stony Brook University
Medical Center (SBUMC) and University Physicians at Stony Brook are providing
free educational and support services for breast cancer survivors, their families
and the community.
Oct 4, 2006 - 3:25:00 PM
Autism
Society of America Names Stony Brook Professor to Prestigious National Panel
of Advisors
Edward Carr, Ph.D., Leading Professor in the Department of Psychology at Stony
Brook University, was named to the Panel of Professional Advisors of the Autism
Society of America (ASA), a national association with 120,000 members dedicated
to educating the public about autism.
Oct 4, 2006 - 3:31:00 PM
Thousands
Walk to Support Breast and Prostate Cancer Research at Stony Brook University
Thousands of Long Islanders will once again take to the streets of Stony
Brook to help raise money for breast and prostate cancer research at Stony
Brook University during the “Walk for Beauty, Walk for Life" on
Sunday, October 22, 2006.
Oct 5, 2006 - 3:05:00 PM
Stony
Brook University Hospital Auxiliary Celebrates 25 Years of Caring
On Sunday, November 12, the Stony Brook University Hospital Auxiliary celebrates “25
years of caring” with an evening reception and dinner at the Watermill
in Smithtown.
Oct 5, 2006 - 3:32:00 PM
Stony
Brook Conference To Examine Key Issues Facing The Long Island Region
Sustainable Development, the Environment, and Youth at Risk are three themes
that will be explored in “Civic Performance,” a three-day conference
that will examine key issues facing Long Island. Sponsored by the Stony Brook
University’s Humanities Institute, the conference will take place November
15-18 at the Wang Center.
Oct 5, 2006 - 3:48:00 PM
Singing,
Dancing, and Comedy on Tap for Stony Brook's "Rising Stars" Talent
Show Featuring Pediatric Cancer Patients
The popular “Rising Stars” Talent Show, where children treated for
cancer or blood disorders sing, dance and display other talents, will take place
on October 29 starting at 2:00 pm at the Student Activity Center on the main
campus of Stony Brook University.
Oct 6, 2006 - 5:12:00 PM
World
Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra to Play a Concert Benefiting Kids With Cancer Through
Stony Brook Sunrise Fund
“The Greatest Band of the Greatest Generation,” a performance by
the world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra, will take place at the Patchogue Theatre
for Performing Arts, beginning at 7:30 pm on November 3. The concert benefits
the Sunrise Fund at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Oct 6, 2006 - 5:16:00 PM
Not
Being True to Himself (Time Magazine)
In a forthcoming paper in Psychological Bulletin, John Pachankis of Stony Brook
University cites studies showing that concealing a non heterosexual orientation
is associated with more emotional distress and depression than disclosing the
truth.
Oct 8, 2006 - 2:21:00 PM
Genes
May Dictate Response to Stress (Forbes)
Whether or not you have one or another variant of a particular gene could determine
your response to life's ups and downs, according to researcher Turhan Canli,
an assistant professor of psychology at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook,
N.Y.
Oct 10, 2006 - 2:12:00 PM
Long
Island Grad Student at Stony Brook Is A Finalist In“Collegiate Inventors
Competition”
Amy Rosen, a 25-year-old M.D., Ph.D. student in the SBUMC School of Medicine’s
Biomedical Engineering and Physiology and Biophysics program, was selected as
one of only 11 finalists nationwide in the 2006 Collegiate Inventors Competition.
Oct 10, 2006 - 5:30:00 PM
Long
Island Grad Student At Stony Brook Is A Finalist In "Collegiate Inventors
Competition"
Amy Rosen, a 25-year-old M.D., Ph.D. student in the Stony Brook University School
of Medicine’s Biomedical Engineering and Physiology and Biophysics program,
was selected as one of only 11 finalists nationwide in the 2006 Collegiate Inventors
Competition.
Oct 11, 2006 - 2:23:00 PM
Long
Island Grad Student At Stony Brook Is A Finalist In "Collegiate Inventors
Competition"
Amy Rosen, a 25-year-old M.D., Ph.D. student in the Stony Brook University School
of Medicine’s Biomedical Engineering and Physiology and Biophysics program,
was selected as one of only 11 finalists nationwide in the 2006 Collegiate Inventors
Competition.
Oct 11, 2006 - 2:30:00 PM
Adora
Svitak: “Tiny Literary Giant”
The Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University presents a rare chance to
meet a truly remarkable speaker and humanitarian, the author of over 400 stories,
and an internationally published writer – nine-year old Adora Svitak. Coined
the “tiny literary giant” by Diane Sawyer, she will appear on Friday,
November 10 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, November 11 at 3 p.m.
Oct 11, 2006 - 3:35:00 PM
Stony
Brook to Receive $25,000 for Ovarian Cancer Research at LI OCEANS' "Wave
of Hope" Gala in November
Long Island OCEANS (Ovarian Cancer Education Advocacy Network & Support)
is holding its 2nd annual Wave of Hope Gala to benefit ovarian and other gynecologic
cancers on November 2. Stony Brook University Medical Center will receive a check
from OCEANS for $25,000 at the gala to support ovarian cancer research.
Oct 16, 2006 - 10:23:00 AM
Stony
Brook Receives $3 Million In NYSTAR Grants
Stony Brook University is the recipient of $3,093,500 in grants from the New
York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR) to support
research in biomedical, chemistry and other disciplines. The grants were made
under NYSTAR’s Center of Advanced Technology (CAT) Development and Faculty
Development Programs.
Oct 16, 2006 - 12:12:00 PM
Stony
Brook Receives $3 Million In NYSTAR Grants
Stony Brook University is the recipient of $3,093,500 in grants from the New
York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR) to support
research in biomedical, chemistry and other disciplines. The grants were made
under NYSTAR’s Center of Advanced Technology (CAT) Development and Faculty
Development Programs.
Oct 16, 2006 - 12:15:00 PM
Aggressive
Breast Cancer, Poor Prostate Cancer Survival Rates Highlight Forum on Health
Awareness in Minority Communities
The Witness Project® of Long Island, an outreach program of the Stony Brook
University Cancer Center in collaboration with the Town of Babylon, is hosting
a breakfast forum to raise awareness of breast and prostate cancer in minority
communities on Long Island from 8:30 am to 12 noon on Saturday, October 21 at
the Huntington Hilton in Melville.
Oct 16, 2006 - 5:54:00 PM
Stony
Brook University and Brookhaven National Lab Acquire Powerful New Supercomputer
Plans for a new Supercomputer, acquired by Stony Brook University and Brookhaven
National Laboratory to anchor a world-class center for computational science,
will be announced on Wednesday, October 18 at 1:00 PM in Building 438, in the
auditorium of the Office of Educational Programs, at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Oct 17, 2006 - 10:21:00 AM
Eductating
the Educators: SBUMC School Re-Entry Experts Offer Model for Educators on Teaching
Children With Cancer
A one-day conference devoted to educating teachers, nurses and other educators
about the medical and educational issues that children with cancer face will
take place on November 15 at Computer Associates in Islandia, N.Y., from 8:00
am to 3:00 pm. The conference is organized and run by the School Re-Entry Program
at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Oct 17, 2006 - 11:23:00 AM
The
Brady William Russell Memorial Fund Established at Stony Brook University Medical
Center
Stony Brook University Medical Center, through the private support of the family
and friends of Brady William Russell, and a $250,000 grant made possible through
the leadership of New York State Senator John Flanagan, has established the Brady
William Russell Memorial Fund to conduct research into neonatal complications
from high-risk pregnancies, premature birth and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
(SIDS).
Oct 17, 2006 - 11:50:00 AM
The
Brady William Russell Memorial Fund Established at Stony Brook University Medical
Center
Stony Brook University Medical Center, through the private support of the family
and friends of Brady William Russell, and a $250,000 grant made possible through
the leadership of New York State Senator John Flanagan, has established the Brady
William Russell Memorial Fund to conduct research into neonatal complications
from high-risk pregnancies, premature birth and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
(SIDS).
Oct 17, 2006 - 12:15:00 PM
Is
'Superaspirin' Answer to Colon Cancer? Stony Brook Launches Key Clinical Trial
Patients who are prone to colon cancer may prevent the disease by taking a new
form of aspirin – one that is much more potent than its commercially available
counterpart, but, it appears, with almost none of the side effects. A Stony Brook
University researcher, Basil Rigas, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Chief of
the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Stony Brook University School
of Medicine, is putting “superaspirin” to the test through a clinical
trial supported by a $3.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Oct 17, 2006 - 2:59:00 PM
"Conversations
about Cancer" to Educate African American Community on Prevention, Screening,
Care and Advocacy
“Conversations about Cancer: A Dialogue in the African American Community,” led
by Martin S. Karpeh, Jr., M.D., a nationally recognized cancer surgeon and Director
of the Stony Brook University Cancer Center, is a conference about cancer prevention,
screening, and receiving the best care. Sponsored by CancerCare of the Hamptons,
the conference will take place on Saturday, November 4, from 9:00 am to 1:00
pm at the Bridgehampton Unified School in Bridgehampton.
Oct 20, 2006 - 11:00:00 AM
J-School
Course: How to Evaluate Credibility of News (Editor & Publisher)
The newly created Stony Brook University School of Journalism in New York is
offering a course in news literacy that will attempt to teach its students how
to distinguish fact from fiction.
Oct 23, 2006 - 8:55:00 AM
Red
Wine May Cut Risk of Colorectal Cancer (Forbes)
Drinking more than three glasses of red wine a week reduced the incidence of
abnormal growths and cancers of the intestinal tract by two-thirds, a new study
found. White wine did not have the same protective effect, said study author
Dr. Joseph C. Anderson, an assistant professor of medicine at the State University
of New York at Stony Brook.
Oct 23, 2006 - 8:58:00 AM
Stony
Brook University And Knight Foundation Pioneer Nation’s First Course In
News Literacy
Stony Brook University and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will pioneer
the nation’s first university-wide course in News Literacy designed to
teach students how to judge the reliability and credibility of news.
Oct 23, 2006 - 1:43:00 PM
Vatican
Astronomer To Lecture At Stony Brook On ‘Astronomy, God, And Search For
Elegance’
As a Vatican astronomer and a theorist, Fr. Consolmagno, researches the evolution
of small solar system objects and is an author of four books on astronomy—not
the usual resume for a Jesuit scholar.
Oct 23, 2006 - 2:00:00 PM
Vatican
Astronomer To Lecture At Stony Brook On ‘Astronomy, God, And Search
For Elegance’
As a Vatican astronomer and a theorist, Fr. Consolmagno, researches the evolution
of small solar system objects and is an author of four books on astronomy—not
the usual resume for a Jesuit scholar.
Oct 23, 2006 - 2:07:00 PM
100
People To Take Oath Of U.S. Citizenship At Swearing-In Ceremony At Stony Brook
University
Olufemi Vaughan, an Associate Provost at Stony Brook University who became
an American citizen last year, will be the Keynote Speaker when more than 100
immigrants—including
several Stony Brook employees—take the oath of U.S. citizenship at a
swearing-in ceremony on Thursday, October 26 at 10:00 AM at the Charles B.
Wang center on campus.
Oct 23, 2006 - 3:42:00 PM
100
People To Take Oath Of U.S. Citizenship At Swearing-In Ceremony At Stony Brook
University
Olufemi Vaughan, an Associate Provost at Stony Brook University who became
an American citizen last year, will be the Keynote Speaker when more than 100
immigrants—including
several Stony Brook employees—take the oath of U.S. citizenship at a
swearing-in ceremony on Thursday, October 26 at 10:00 AM at the Charles B.
Wang center on campus.
Oct 23, 2006 - 3:51:00 PM
Same
Day Evaluation, Multidisciplinary Care, Are Hallmarks of Lung Cancer Evaluation
Center at SBUMC
The Lung Cancer Evaluation Center (LCEC) at Stony Brook University Medical
Center is a multidisciplinary clinical program that provides comprehensive
diagnostic and treatment services along with rapid intervention. This approach
is paramount to combating lung cancer, the most common cause of cancer-related
death in men and women throughout the United States, including Suffolk County,
N.Y., according to the American Cancer Society.
Oct 23, 2006 - 4:58:00 PM
Stony
Brook University Medical Center Offers Free Prostate Cancer Screenings, November
The Department of Urology at Stony Brook University Medical Center will provide
free prostate cancer screening services in the month of November.
Oct 23, 2006 - 5:12:00 PM
SBUMC
's Heart Center Holds Open House On Saturday, November 18
Stony Brook University Medical Center's Heart Center will hold a free Open
House on Saturday, November 18 from 8:30 AM to 12 noon.
Oct 26, 2006 - 11:21:00 AM
Stony
Brook University Professor Receives $750,000 NYSTAR Grant
Nicole S. Sampson, Professor of Chemistry at Stony Brook University, has been
awarded a $750,000 Faculty Development Grant from the New York State Office
of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR).
Oct 26, 2006 - 4:31:00 PM
Stony
Brook University Professor Receives $750,000 NYSTAR Grant
Nicole S. Sampson, Professor of Chemistry at Stony Brook University, has been
awarded a $750,000 Faculty Development Grant from the New York State Office
of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR).
Oct 26, 2006 - 4:34:00 PM
Stony
Brook University Researcher Honored By American Chemical Society
Iwao Ojima, a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Institute
for Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery at Stony Brook University, has been
inducted into the Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame, which was established this
year by the Division of Medicinal Chemistry of the American Chemical Society.
Oct 27, 2006 - 12:15:00 PM
Stony
Brook University Researcher Honored By American Chemical Society
Iwao Ojima, a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Institute
for Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery at Stony Brook University, has been
inducted into the Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame, which was established this
year by the Division of Medicinal Chemistry of the American Chemical Society.
Oct 27, 2006 - 1:54:00 PM
SBUMC
Cardiologist Receives International Recognition at World Congress on Clinical
and Preventive Cardiology
Dr. Kort received a lifetime achievement award for outstanding contribution
in the field of clinical and preventive cardiology in the world. She received
the award from the President of India, Dr. Abdul Kalam, during a ceremony that
took place in the President’s house in New Delhi.
Oct 27, 2006 - 2:47:00 PM
SBUMC
Study Shows Women Who Smoke or Have a BMI of 35+ Are at a Higher Risk for Colorectal
Cancer
In a study of 1,164 women screened at Stony Brook University Medical Center
for colorectal cancer (CRC), smoking was determined to be a major risk factor
for developing the disease. The study findings were presented at the 71st Annual
Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) in Las
Vegas.
Oct 30, 2006 - 10:40:00 AM
Lance
Armstrong Foundation Grant Helps SBU Launch Fitness Program for Pediatric
Cancer Survivors
The School of Health Technology and Management at Stony Brook University,
with support from a grant issued by the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF),
is launching “Play
Fit-Stay Fit!,” a new wellness program to help pediatric cancer survivors
get back to their pre-cancer physical activities. Developed by the Physical
Therapy program in the School of Health Technology and Management at Stony
Brook University and the Department of Pediatric Oncology at Stony Brook University
Medical Center, “Play Fit-Stay Fit!” is the first collaborative,
multi-disciplinary wellness program for cancer patients on Long Island.
Oct 30, 2006 - 4:20:00 PM
Stony
Brook University Dental Researcher Receives Gold Medal Award For Excellence
Dr. Lorne Golub, one of the foremost dental researchers in the world, and a
member of the faculty of Stony Brook University’s School of Dental Medicine,
has been awarded the American Dental Association’s Gold Medal Award for
Excellence.
Oct 31, 2006 - 2:00:00 PM
November 2006
Stony
Brook Scientists Show Major Effect Of Superfund Cleanup On Hudson River
Stony Brook University researchers, in collaboration with a scientist at the
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation have discovered a dramatic
decline of cadmium concentrations in blue crabs throughout the Hudson River,
following a major Superfund cleanup of Foundry Cove.
Nov 2, 2006 - 12:03:00 PM
Stony
Brook Scientists Show Major Effect Of Superfund Cleanup On Hudson River
Stony Brook University researchers, in collaboration with a scientist at the
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation have discovered a dramatic
decline of cadmium concentrations in blue crabs throughout the Hudson River,
following a major Superfund cleanup of Foundry Cove.
Nov 2, 2006 - 12:22:00 PM
SUNY
Chancellor Commends 11 Campuses for National Recognition for Community Service
State University of New York Chancellor John R. Ryan today commended 11 SUNY
campuses for their inclusion in President George W. Bush's inaugural Higher Education
Community Service Honor Roll.
Nov 3, 2006 - 3:42:00 PM
Dr.
William Jungers, Anthropologist and Renowned Researcher of Human Evolution, Named
Chair of Anatomy at SBUMC
William L. Jungers, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Anatomical Sciences
at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, was named Chair of the Department
by Richard N. Fine, M.D., Dean of the School of Medicine, effective November
1. Dr. Jungers, a faculty member of Anatomical Sciences since 1978, is an internationally
known biological anthropologist and professor of anatomy.
Nov 7, 2006 - 9:53:00 AM
SBUMC
Receives $25,000 From Ovarian Cancer Survivors To Advance Research On Early Detection
Long Island OCEANS (Ovarian Cancer Education Advocacy Network & Support)
donated $25,000 to Stony Brook University Medical Center at OCEANS “Wave
of Hope” Gala. The funds will support several ovarian cancer research initiatives.
Nov 8, 2006 - 12:35:00 PM
Stony
Brook Announces Podcast Of Templeton Series on Trust
Stony Brook University is pleased to announce the worldwide availability on Apple’s
iTunes Stores of its Fall 2006 lecture series on Clarifying the Nature of Trust
in Religion and Science.
Nov 28, 2006 - 12:41:00 PM
Stony
Brook University Medical Center Receives Full Accreditation From JCAHO
Stony Brook University Medical Center has again received a Gold Seal of Approval™,
signifying “full accreditation” from the Joint Commission on Accreditation
of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) after an unannounced and comprehensive review
of hospital operations, procedures, and patient care, Richard N. Fine, M.D.,
Dean of the School of Medicine, announced today.
Nov 8, 2006 - 3:17:00 PM
Stony
Brook University Medical Center Receives Full Accreditation From JCAHO
Stony Brook University Medical Center has again received a Gold Seal of Approval™,
signifying “full accreditation” from the Joint Commission on Accreditation
of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) after an unannounced and comprehensive
review of hospital operations, procedures, and patient care, Richard N. Fine,
M.D., Dean of the School of Medicine, announced today.
Nov 8, 2006 - 3:39:00 PM
SBUMC
Study Shows That Women Are More at Risk Than Men Of Dying in Hospital After
Angioplasty Post-AMI
A study of 9,015 patients who underwent primary angioplasty for acute myocardial
infarction (AMI) in New York State revealed that the in-hospital mortality
rate was twofold higher in women than in men and that the female gender is
an independent predictor of mortality in patients younger than age 75. David
L. Brown, M.D, Professor and Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine and Co-Director
of the Heart Center at Stony Brook University Medical Center and his colleague
Jeffrey S. Berger, M.D., Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Duke University
School of Medicine, Durham, N.C., reported these findings in the November 1
online edition of the American Journal of Cardiology.
Nov 13, 2006 - 11:17:00 AM
SBUMC
Employee Only Suffolk County Resident Chosen To Participate In First Lance
Armstrong Foundation Survivors Summit
Linda Bily, Supervisor in the Department of Radiology at Stony Brook University
Medical Center and a breast cancer survivor, was the only delegate from Suffolk
County, N.Y., to attend a groundbreaking summit of cancer survivors from around
the country.
Nov 13, 2006 - 1:58:00 PM
Solo
Art Gallery Of SBUMC Dermatologist Generates Excitement In New York City Art
World
Christopher Adams, M.D., Resident in the Department of Dermatology at Stony
Brook University Medical Center, whose side passion is creating unusual plant
and animal-like ceramic figures, is finding himself in the center of the New
York art world. Dr. Adams is displaying his creations at his first solo gallery
in New York. His “Dangerous Beauty” exhibit, at the Ricco Maresca
Gallery in Manhattan, is open until November 18.
Nov 14, 2006 - 1:56:00 PM
SBUMC
Neurologist Named Physician Of The Year By Myasthenia Gravis Foundation
Rahman Pourmand, M.D., Professor of Neurology and Director of the Neuromuscular
Disease Center at Stony Brook University Medical Center, has been named “Physician
of the Year” by the Metro New York Chapter of the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation
of America (MGFA).
Nov 15, 2006 - 10:22:00 AM
Music,
Song And Dance Highlight Stony Brook's "Rising Stars" Talent Show
Featuring Pediatric Cancer Patients
Children with cancer, their siblings, along with doctors, nurses and staff
of Stony Brook University Medical Center, put on a rousing and diverse show
at the third “Rising Stars” Talent Show.
Nov 15, 2006 - 10:57:00 AM
Stony
Brook Names Steven L. Strongwater, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Medical
Center
Steven L. Strongwater, M.D., an experienced and highly regarded hospital administrator
who since 2000 has headed John Dempsey Hospital at the University of Connecticut,
has been named CEO of Stony Brook University Medical Center. The announcement
was made today by Stony Brook University President Shirley Strum Kenny and
Richard N. Fine, M.D., Dean of the School of Medicine.
Nov 20, 2006 - 1:13:00 PM
Stony
Brook Names Steven L. Strongwater, M.D. Chief Executive Officer of Medical
Center
Steven L. Strongwater, M.D., an experienced and highly regarded hospital administrator
who since 2000 has headed John Dempsey Hospital at the University of Connecticut,
has been named CEO of Stony Brook University Medical Center. The announcement
was made today by Stony Brook University President Shirley Strum Kenny and
Richard N. Fine, M.D., Dean of the School of Medicine.
Nov 20, 2006 - 1:30:00 PM
The
Coastline Is Retreating. Should the Montauk Lighthouse Stand Its Ground? (NY
Times)
Protecting a lighthouse with rocks, concrete or other coastal armor can symbolize
a determination to hold the line, to defy nature and to do what it takes to
protect coastal structures from the sea. The armor proposed at Montauk "is
a proven technology," said Henry Bokuniewicz, an oceanographer at the
State University at Stony Brook who studies coastal processes.
Nov 21, 2006 - 11:44:00 AM
Colleges
boost research spending (Syracuse Post-Standard)
Five local SUNY campuses spent about $60.3 million from federal, state and
private sources in the past fiscal year on research projects and other activities,
according to a report from the SUNY Research Foundation. The foundation's Sponsored
Program Activity Report was issued in September and shows spending by campus
from July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006.
Nov 21, 2006 - 11:59:00 AM
Stony
Brook Researcher Elected To Rank Of Fellow Of AAAS
F. James Rohlf, Ph.D., a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Ecology
and Evolution at Stony Brook University, has been elected to the rank of Fellow
in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Nov 28, 2006 - 2:36:00 PM
December 2006
Kidney Disease Researcher Is Named The First Zickler Scholar In Translational Research at SBUMC
Kate Dickman, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor in the Departments of Pharmacological Sciences and Medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center, will be the first Zickler Scholar in Translational Research. Effective January 1, 2007, the position lasts three years.
Dec 1, 2006 - 4:43:00 PM
L.I. teens' brains vs. bioterrorism (Daily News)
Two Long Island students with the ambitious goals of detecting the early signs of cancer and bioterrorism took home $30,000 in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology yesterday. The students, who met at Stony Brook University 's Garcia Center, said they were drawn to the research as a way to help people.
Dec 4, 2006 - 2:12:00 PM
For Couples, Reaction to Good News Matters More Than Reaction to Bad (N.Y. Times)
"When something good happens to your partner, it's a terrific opportunity to strengthen the relationship -- that's what this study really says," said Art Aron, a social psychologist at Stony Brook University in New York.
Dec 5, 2006 - 2:06:00 PM
New Stony Brook CEO Announces Patient Safety Initiatives; Establishes New Patient Safety & Quality Council
Steven L. Strongwater, M.D., the newly-appointed CEO of Stony Brook University Medical Center, today announced a plan to establish a Patient Safety & Quality Council.
Dec 5, 2006 - 2:10:00 PM
SBU's Nathan famous (Newsday)
Minnesota Twins closer Joe Nathan, who was inducted into the Stony Brook Athletics Hall of Fame last night, said it was a thrill to return to the area where he got his start.
Dec 6, 2006 - 2:09:00 PM
Internationally Recognized Epidemiologist At SBUMC Receives Prestigious Award For Outstanding Contributions In Medicine
M. Cristina Leske, M.D., M.P.H., DSC (hon.), Distinguished Professor of Preventive Medicine and Ophthalmology at Stony Brook University Medical Center, was selected to receive the 2006 Marion Spencer Fay Award for her international epidemiological research in ophthalmology and cancer, for advancing knowledge of health disparities, and for her outstanding record in medicine and public health. She received the honor on December 4 from the Institute for Women's Health and Leadership at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia.
Dec 12, 2006 - 10:26:00 AM
New Clinical Skills Center At SBUMC Brings Frontier Of Modern Medical Education to Students, Practitioners
The Clinical Skills Center (CSC), a new $4 million facility constructed at Stony Brook University Medical Center, uses a variety of real time, interactive clinical experiences to facilitate the development and measurement of clinical skills and professional competencies for students and practitioners of the healing arts. The 6,000 square foot facility runs on the most sophisticated technology.
Dec 12, 2006 - 12:21:00 PM
Stony Brook University Medical Center's Stroke Care Program Recertified by Joint Commission
The Stroke Program at Stony Brook University Medical Center (SBUMC), has been re-recertified with the Gold Seal of Approval™ for stroke care.
Dec 12, 2006 - 12:39:00 PM
President Of Iraq Antiquities Board Appointed To Faculty At Stony Brook
Stony Brook University President Shirley Strum Kenny has appointed Dr. Donny George Youkhanna, former President of the Iraq Antiquities Board, to the faculty in the University's world-renowned anthropology department, home to such superstars as MacArthur “Genius” fellowship recipient and conservationist Dr. Pat Wright, legendary paleo -anthropologist and conservationist Dr. Richard Leakey, and top Middle East antiquities expert Dr. Elizabeth Stone, among many others.
Dec 11, 2006 - 12:00:00 PM
Don't split Stony Brook (Long Island Business News)
Cutting the university off from the medical center would hinder communication, result in unneeded duplicity and likely create a petty political and competitive culture between the operations.
Dec 15, 2006 - 7:54:30 AM
Out of Iraq, but in Pain About Its Lost Treasures (New York Times)
Donny George knew it was time to leave Iraq, and his position as the director of the priceless collection of antiquities at the National Museum in Baghdad, the day last spring when an envelope containing a message and a bullet was dumped in the driveway of his mother's house.
Dec 17, 2006 - 7:57:43 AM
Stony Brook University Announces Native American People Scholarships
Stony Brook University announced today that it was establishing annual Native American People Scholarships to be awarded to members of Indian Nations beginning in 2007.
Dec 18, 2006 - 7:59:43 AM
New Clinical Skills Center At SBUMC Brings Frontier Of Modern Medical Education to Students, Practitioners
The Clinical Skills Center (CSC), a new $4 million facility constructed at Stony Brook University Medical Center, uses a variety of real time, interactive clinical experiences to facilitate the development and measurement of clinical skills and professional competencies for students and practitioners of the healing arts. The 6,000 square foot facility runs on the most sophisticated technology.
Dec 18, 2006 - 8:03:11 AM
A surgical balancing act (Newsday)
Four doctors rush into an operating room at Stony Brook University Medical Center and begin working quickly on a man with a possible heart attack. Every second counts. The patient's blood pressure is dropping rapidly. The doctors bark out commands and make incisions. The patient appears to stabilize.
Dec 19, 2006 - 8:11:52 AM
Generating Discoveries That Lead To New Treatments Is Top Goal Of New Associate Director For Research At SBUCC
Michael J. Hayman, Ph.D., has been named Associate Director for Research of the Stony Brook University Cancer Center. Appointed by Richard N. Fine., M.D., Dean of the School of Medicine, Dr. Hayman has been a cancer researcher for 30 years and has served as a Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology for the past 22 years.
Dec 21, 2006 - 8:13:19 AM
First "Closed Heart" Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair Performed on Long Island
Two weeks ago, Denise Rocker, 46, did not have the energy to walk up and down a flight of stairs in her Shoreham home; she could not make more than three passes with the lawn mower before she had to sit down for a rest. Last Friday, her neighbor got nervous when he saw her sleeping against a tree.
Dec 22, 2006 - 8:16:31 AM
A twist to heart surgery (Newsday)
Denise Rocker will be able to put up Christmas decorations for the first time in years thanks to a new experimental heart valve repair procedure at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Dec 22, 2006 - 8:19:49 AM
Stony Brook physicist hopes to create underground lab (Newsday)
Looking up into the nearly cloudless blue, a seductive vision of the 21st century also seems within reach, as another New Yorker, Stony Brook University physicist Chang Kee Jung, dreams of unlocking the mysteries within a stream of tiny particles raining down from the cosmos.
Dec 24, 2006 - 6:36:45 AM
Biotech boom lifts New York companies (Long Island Business News)
Stony Brook University led the pack on Long Island, with researchers obtaining about $65 million in NIH funds, making it among the top 100 institutions nationwide.
Dec 29, 2006 - 6:33:39 AM
2007
January 2007
First Baby of the New Year at SBUMC is First Child For a Long Island Military Family
Stony Brook University Medical Center welcomed its first baby of 2007 at 1:09 AM on New Year's Day. D'Angelo John Tillar, weighing seven pounds five ounces and 20 inches long, was born to Pamela and James Tillar of Brentwood. D'Angelo is the couple's first child. James, 25, serves in the 101st Airborne in the U.S. Army in Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Jan 4, 2007 - 2:49:55 PM
Stony Brook University Ranked 19th In Nation In Evaluation Of Doctoral Programs
Stony Brook University is ranked the 19th most productive research university in the nation, according to a new formula evaluating doctoral programs, The Chronicle for Higher Education reported yesterday.
Jan 9, 2007 - 8:59:45 AM
Stony Brook University Ranked 19th In Nation In Evaluation Of Doctoral Programs
Stony Brook University is ranked the 19th most productive research university in the nation, according to a new formula evaluating doctoral programs, The Chronicle for Higher Education reported yesterday.
Jan 9, 2007 - 9:15:43 AM
Stony Brook University Again Named One Of Nation's Best Values By Kiplinger's
Stony Brook University has again been named one of the nation's best values among public universities in the annual survey conducted by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine.
Jan 9, 2007 - 11:01:12 AM
Stony Brook University Receives Nearly $95,000 In Grant From New York State Music Fund
Stony Brook University announced today that it is the recipient of a $95,000 grant from The New York State Music Fund to support four events devoted to the creation of new works and to encourage and benefit performances by student and faculty composers.
Jan 9, 2007 - 1:06:30 PM
SBUMC Study Shows Child Mortality Rates Lower in Area of Bangladesh with Intensive Family Planning, Health Services
A comparison study of two areas in the Matlab subdistrict of Bangladesh published in the December 2006 issue of Studies in Family Planning by Lauren Hale, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Graduate Program in Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center and colleagues, reveals that the area which provided better maternal child health and family planning services had a significantly lower infant and child mortality rate over a 20-year period than the other area. The study also reveals that program-induced changes in reproductive behavior may affect infant and child mortality.
Jan 11, 2007 - 7:49:52 AM
Blue Ribbon Commission Delivers Report On Stony Brook University Medical Center
A Blue Ribbon Commission responsible for examining patient care at Stony Brook University Medical Center issued a report today following an extensive three-month review.
Jan 11, 2007 - 8:41:36 AM
SBUMC Professor Receives "New Investigator" Award From American Public Health Association
Hongdao Meng, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Graduate Program in Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, has received the James G. Zimmer New Investigator Research Award from the Gerontological Health Section (GHS) of the American Public Health Association (APHA).
Jan 11, 2007 - 2:40:33 PM
Stony Brook Southampton Holds Registration January 16-19
The Spring semester will begin at Stony Brook Southampton on Monday, January 22 with a diverse selection of courses. Students will be able to choose from such opportunities as studying Michelangelo with renowned Renaissance scholar Lynn Catterson, studying humor with the legendary Jules Feiffer, receiving writing instruction from award-winning author Roger Rosenblatt, or exploring science topics such as the birth of stars or the decline of Long Island 's lobster harvest.
Jan 12, 2007 - 9:28:22 AM
Skull Supports Theory of Human Migration (N.Y. Times)
From a new analysis of a human skull discovered in South Africa more than 50 years ago, a research team led by Frederick E. Grine of the State University of New York at Stony Brook say they have obtained the first fossil evidence establishing the relatively recent time for the dispersal of modern Homo sapiens out of Africa.
Jan 12, 2007 - 9:42:31 AM
Surprise Baby Is An Unforeseen Blessing (Suffolk Life)
On October 5, 2006, Jessica Lombardo, 36, went to her doctor for a routine gynecological exam and a refill for her birth control pills. By the end of her visit, she sent back to her home in Mastic with prenatal vitamins, had an appointment with one of Stony Brook University Medical Center 's High Risk Pregnancy OBs and news that she was seven months pregnant.
Jan 12, 2007 - 12:15:14 PM
New Research Led By Stony Brook University Professor Confirms Sub-Saharan Africa Origin Of Modern Humans
Reliably dated fossils are critical to understanding the course of human evolution. A human skull discovered over fifty years ago near the town of Hofmeyr, in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, is one such fossil. A study by an international team of scientists led by Frederick Grine of the Departments of Anthropology and Anatomical Sciences at Stony Brook University in New York published today in Science magazine has dated the skull to 36,000 years ago.
Jan 12, 2007 - 12:37:55 PM
New Research Led By Stony Brook University Professor Confirms Sub-Saharan Africa Origin Of Modern Humans
Reliably dated fossils are critical to understanding the course of human evolution. A human skull discovered over fifty years ago near the town of Hofmeyr, in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, is one such fossil. A study by an international team of scientists led by Frederick Grine of the Departments of Anthropology and Anatomical Sciences at Stony Brook University in New York published today in Science magazine has dated the skull to 36,000 years ago.
Jan 12, 2007 - 12:46:46 PM
Community Health Programs Offered At Stony Brook University Medical Center
Stony Brook University Medical Center offers numerous self help groups, classes and seminars for community members such as stress management workshops, prenatal breast feeding, pregnancy education and many, many more.
Jan 17, 2007 - 1:45:13 PM
Stony Brook University Hosts Annual Black History Month Programs
Stony Brook University will hold its annual Black History Month from January 31 to March 1, 2007. This year's programmatic theme, “Building Bridges to Impact, Revitalize, and Empower ” will be introduced at the Black History Month Opening Ceremony on Wednesday, January 31, from 12:40pm – 2:10pm in the Student Activities Center.
Jan 17, 2007 - 4:12:22 PM
Stony Brook University Hosts Annual Black History Month Programs
Stony Brook University will hold its annual Black History Month from January 31 to March 1, 2007. This year's programmatic theme, “Building Bridges to Impact, Revitalize, and Empower ” will be introduced at the Black History Month Opening Ceremony on Wednesday, January 31, from 12:40pm – 2:10pm in the Student Activities Center.
Jan 17, 2007 - 4:39:37 PM
New Day Dawns On Campus (East Hampton Star)
Excitement is in the air at Stony Brook Southampton as university officials set about rebuilding the curriculum at the newly acquired 82-acre campus.
Jan 18, 2007 - 11:27:29 AM
Stony Brook Faculty Mentor 22 Of 300 Semifinalists In Nationwide Intel Science Research Competition
Twenty-two high school students who worked with Stony Brook University faculty and in Stony Brook laboratories were selected as semifinalists in the 2006-07 Intel Science Talent Search, the prestigious nationwide research competition.
Jan 19, 2007 - 11:39:11 AM
The Search To End Pain Takes A New Direction As Stony Brook Research Prompts New Interest
The recent discovery of young children in three related families in northern Pakistan who are unable to sense pain has stirred hopes for a new class of painkillers.
Jan 19, 2007 - 2:45:38 PM
The Search To End Pain Takes A New Direction As Stony Brook Research Prompts New Interest
The recent discovery of young children in three related families in northern Pakistan who are unable to sense pain has stirred hopes for a new class of painkillers.
Jan 19, 2007 - 2:54:20 PM
Specialists Working With Critically Ill Newborns Issuing Free Flu Shots To NICU Parents At SBUMC
The Division of Neonatology at Stony Brook University Medical Center (SBUMC) has implemented a program in which the parents of newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) are receiving a free flu vaccine while spending time with their child in the NICU.
Jan 22, 2007 - 11:36:41 AM
From Baghdad to the L.I.E. (New York Magazine)
Donny George, man of history, had vowed never to leave Baghdad, where he was the keeper of the keys to the looted Iraqi National Museum. Then his teenage son opened a letter with a bullet inside and a threat to cut off his head because his father “worked for the Americans.” Which is how the short, stout 56-year-old ended up in Long Island, driving a Mitsubishi Galant, listening to Shania Twain, and preparing to teach Mesopotamian archaeology at SUNY–Stony Brook this spring semester.
Jan 22, 2007 - 12:34:21 PM
Stony Brook University Student Wins 51st WAMSO Young Artist Competition
Stony Brook University student Conor Nelson was awarded both the First Prize and the rarely bestowed Grand Prize in the final round of the 51st annual WAMSO Young Artist Competition. held Sunday, January 7 at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis.
Jan 23, 2007 - 2:19:37 PM
Stony Brook Hosts 6th Annual Bay Scallop Bowl February 10
The Marine Sciences Research Center at Stony Brook University will once again host 100+ students from 16 high schools across the region as they compete in the 6th Annual Bay Scallop Bowl on Saturday, February 10, 2007 at the Student Activities Center at Stony Brook University.
Jan 23, 2007 - 2:45:30 PM
Stony Brook Hosts 6th Annual Bay Scallop Bowl February 10
The Marine Sciences Research Center at Stony Brook University will once again host 100+ students from 16 high schools across the region as they compete in the 6th Annual Bay Scallop Bowl on Saturday, February 10, 2007 at the Student Activities Center at Stony Brook University.
Jan 23, 2007 - 3:13:18 PM
1,000 Students, Faculty, And Staff To Participate In SB Day In Albany
Approximately 1,000 students, faculty, and staff will participate in Stony Brook Day, Stony Brook University 's annual day of advocacy, Tuesday, March 6 in Albany.
Jan 24, 2007 - 11:29:27 AM
Good News At the College (East Hampton Star)
Of all the encouraging statements to have been made recently by officials involved with Stony Brook Southampton, something said by its interim dean recently has to rank among the most exciting. Speaking at a meeting with the press two weeks ago, Martin Schoonen explained that the university did not want to duplicate the programs Stony Brook is known for. Rather, the university's leadership wants to build an interdisciplinary curriculum that could gain national recognition on its own merits.
Jan 24, 2007 - 12:33:30 PM
Brady Russell Memorial Fund and Little Angel Fund Donate Incubator Covers to SBUMC NICU for Noise Level Reduction
The Brady Russell Memorial Fund and the Little Angel Fund contributed funds to help Stony Brook University Medical Center secure 16 covers for incubators in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
Jan 24, 2007 - 1:19:08 PM
Frank McCourt, Marsha Norman, Billy Collins And Others To Be At Stony Brook Southampton Writers Conference
Authors Frank McCourt, Billy Collins, Marsha Norman. Roger Rosenblatt, Amy Tan, E.L. Doctorow, Garry Trudeau, Melissa Bank, Jules Feiffer, Carol Muske -Dukes, Ursula Hegi, David Rakoff, Meg Wolitzer, and Matt Klam are among the distinguished guests scheduled to appear at the Stony Brook Southampton Writers Conference.
Jan 24, 2007 - 2:41:51 PM
Stony Brook Only University On Long Island To Participate In Collegiate ‘ Recyclemania '
Stony Brook University is one of only 200 universities in the U.S.—and the only one on Long Island—to participate in RecycleMania, which pits colleges and universities nationwide in a contest to see who can reduce, reuse, and recycle the most campus waste.
Jan 29, 2007 - 11:50:07 AM
Lecture By Noted Evolutionist And ‘Faith And Science' Panel Featured In‘Darwin Day' Events At Stony Brook University
A lecture by a leading expert and author in the field of evolutionary biology and a panel discussion focused on the intersection of faith and science mark the highlights of Stony Brook University's two-day celebration of Darwin Day on February 15th and 16th.
Jan 31, 2007 - 3:34:08 PM
February 2007
My Not-Even-Remotely-Funny Valentine (New York Times)
There's very little in life we desire as much as to be connected with someone we love,” said Arthur Aron, a professor of social psychology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. “It trumps the desire for wealth, for power, even to live. People feel that if only this person would reciprocate, their lives would be just perfect.”
Feb 11, 2007 - 2:12:59 PM
Be sweet to your heart (Newsday)
Forty-eight years ago, the Lake Grove couple married on Feb. 14. Last year, their anniversary was spent at Stony Brook University Hospital, where doctors worked to repair Marvin's broken heart. (Newsday)
Feb 12, 2007 - 9:40:47 AM
Imagining America Awards Critical Exchange Grant For Stony Brook's Effort In Humanities
Imagining America has announced the awarding of five Critical Exchange Grants to Imagining America member institutions. These grants, of $2000 each, are intended to enhance the exchange of knowledge and ideas between IA campuses, and particularly to encourage the development of new partnerships and programs. Stony Brook University was awarded of one of the grants.
Feb 12, 2007 - 2:03:49 PM
Marching-pep band debuts at Stony Brook (Newsday)
The university's entry into Division 1 for its Seawolves teams eight years ago and the more recent completion of its football stadium are in keeping with president Shirley Strum Kenny's vision: Stony Brook should take on all the features of campus life enjoyed at big-name public universities. The band is the latest feature, and it represents "just the next phase in the maturation of our athletic department and our university," said Jim Fiore, Stony Brook's director of athletics.
Feb 12, 2007 - 2:21:50 PM
New SBUMC Hematology/Oncology Facility is Bright, Spacious Setting for Kids Needing Outpatient Care
More than 40 children were evaluated or treated for cancer or blood disorders at the new outpatient suite for Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Stony Brook University Medical Center when it opened during the first week of February.
Feb 13, 2007 - 9:22:07 AM
Community Health Education Programs At Stony Brook University Medical Center
Stony Brook University Medical Center offers numerous self help groups, classes and seminars for community members. Listed below are some of the programs offered through the Medical Center. To find out more or to schedule an appointment, please call Stony Brook University Medical Center HealthConnect ® at 631-444-4000.
Feb 13, 2007 - 12:47:06 PM
Pediatric Patients at Stony Brook Get A Special Visit From Islander Captain, Alexi Yashin
Jade Blom, 5, of East Yaphank, and other children in the Pediatric Unit at Stony Brook University Hospital had a happy visit from New York Islanders team captain, #79 Alexi Yashin.
Feb 13, 2007 - 1:36:54 PM
Stony Brook President To Get Lifetime Achievement Medal From Fulbright Association At March 8 Dinner
Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny, President of Stony Brook University who has guided the institution to a prominent position among the very top public research universities in the U.S., and who, as Chairman of the landmark Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduate Education in the Research University, similarly helped transform undergraduate education across the country, has been named recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Medal.
Feb 15, 2007 - 1:40:55 PM
Neuroscientist Mike Shadlen To Speak On The Human Process Of Decision Making
Dr. Michael Shadlen, a Howard Hughes Institute Investigator and one of the world's leading neuroscientists, will explore the process of how the brain makes decisions, at Stony Brook University's annual Swartz Foundation Mind/Brain Public Lecture Series at the Staller Center on Monday, March 12, at 4:30 PM.
Feb 15, 2007 - 3:03:13 PM
Survivor Calls Digital Mammogram a Lifesaver (Suffolk Life)
Breast cancer survivor and activist Lorraine Pace has, over the years, helped a number of people in their fight against the disease, but most recently, her efforts were instrumental in saving her own life.
Feb 21, 2007 - 1:53:47 PM
Tuberculosis Research Program Receives $3.1M Grant To Develop Therapies For Drug-Resistant TB
The Institute for Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery (ICB&DD), at Stony Brook University has received a five-year $3.14 million Cooperative Research grant to develop chemotherapeutics to treat tuberculosis (TB). The grant from the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases/National Institutes of Health was announced today by Iwao Ojima, Ph.D., Director of the ICB&DD and was awarded to Peter J. Tonge, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Tuberculosis Research Program and his team at the Institute.
Feb 22, 2007 - 1:49:06 PM
Stony Brook University Ranks 20th In Nation In Income From Licensing Of Technology
Stony Brook University generated nearly $13 million in royalties from inventions licensed to industry in 2005, placing it 20th among U.S. colleges and universities. The finding from a nationwide survey was published this week in The Chronicle for Higher Education, which tracks issues, trends, and developments in academic circles. Stony Brook annually has ranked in the Top 10-20 in the survey since 1999.
Feb 22, 2007 - 2:21:21 PM
SBUMC Cody Center Walk For Developmental Disabilities To Raise Awareness Of Autism And Related Disorders
The second annual Cody Center Walk for Developmental Disabilities will take place on Sunday, April 15, at Stony Brook University. The purpose of the walk is to raise awareness of autism and other developmental disabilities.
Feb 27, 2007 - 11:43:12 AM
SBU Researchers Receive $825K Grant From National Multiple Sclerosis Society To Study Remyelination Potential During MS
Joel Levine, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Stony Brook University, received a five-year $825,000 grant to investigate the remyelinating potential of central nervous system (CNS) cells during Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The grant term begins on April 1 and is supported by a Collaborative MS Research Center Award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Feb 27, 2007 - 11:51:48 AM
Besides tooth loss, periodontal problems have been linked to systemic illnesses (Newsday)
Avonelle Joseph of East Elmhurst first noticed her gums were bleeding about a year ago, but a fear of dentists kept her from doing anything about it. She started seeing blood every time she brushed her teeth.
Feb 27, 2007 - 2:12:52 PM
Habitat For Humanity To Honor Stony Brook University As Valued Partner At Annual Awards Luncheon
Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk will present Stony Brook University with the President's Award at its 4th Annual Habitat Awards and Recognition Luncheon on March 22, from 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM, at the Watermill in Smithtown. The award honors an important person or organization that has supported the Suffolk County affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International.
Feb 28, 2007 - 2:22:52 PM
SBUMC Combats Colorectal Cancer With New Prevention And Screening Methods, Multidisciplinary Treatment
Stony Brook University Medical Center is at the forefront of prevention, screening, and treatment of colorectal cancer. Nationally recognized colorectal cancer specialists work together as a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive services and care for Long Islanders affected by this deadly disease.
Feb 28, 2007 - 6:20:49 PM
March 2007
How'd They Do That? Secrets Behind the Masters of the Universe (L.I. Pulse)
In an interview, Shirley Strum Kenny reveals secrets of her success.
Mar 1, 2007 - 10:15:12 AM
Stony Brook Raises Patient Safety Awareness With A Series Of Educational And Public Service Programs
Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH) will celebrate Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 4 through March 10, and its commitment to the highest standards of safety.
Mar 1, 2007 - 12:55:12 PM
Palliative Care Specialist Joins SBUMC to Start Up New Program for Patients with Serious Illness
Lynn E. Hallarman, M.D., has been named Director of Palliative Medicine, a newly created position at Stony Brook University Medical Center, announced Margaret M. Parker, M.D., Interim Chair of the Department of Medicine.
Mar 2, 2007 - 2:12:25 PM
Treating the patients (Newsday)
The burn unit at Stony Brook University Medical Center sees around 110 patients a year. Most trickle in one by one. But the Lake Grove house explosion on Aug. 1, 2006, was the largest single influx the eight-bed unit has ever encountered.
Stony Brook University Hospital CEO Establishes New Patient Safety & Quality Council
In recognition of National Patient Safety Awareness Week, Steven L. Strongwater, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Stony Brook University Hospital, today announced the names of 13 members appointed to a new Patient Safety & Quality Council (PSQC) for the 504-bed tertiary care hospital.
Mar 5, 2007 - 2:00:21 PM
New HIV Therapy In Trial At Stony Brook Proves Effective In People With Resistant Virus
A novel new class of HIV therapy known as integrase inhibitors currently in international multi-center double blinded trial including Stony Brook University Medical Center and the University of New Wales, Sydney, Australia, has proven effective in HIV-infected patients who had failed antiretroviral therapies ( ARTs).
Mar 9, 2007 - 11:36:09 AM
Stony Brook University Hospital Joins IHI's "5 Million Lives" Campaign
As part of its commitment to raise awareness and promote patient safety during National Patient Safety Awareness Week, Stony Brook University Hospital today announced that it has joined the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's (IHI) "Protecting 5 Million Lives From Harm" campaign.
Mar 9, 2007 - 5:03:09 PM
Latin “Quiz Bowl” To Be Held At Stony Brook University
Over 250 local middle-school and high-school students representing nearly 20 area school districts are expected to compete in the 9th Annual CERTAMEN for Latin students.
Mar 12, 2007 - 3:05:41 PM
SUNY To Pilot Dual Degree Program With Nanjing University And Stony Brook Campus
State University of New York Chancellor John R. Ryan and Nanjing University Chancellor Hong Yinxing signed a mutual agreement to formalize their educational relationship in an effort to advance cooperation between the two universities and to enhance higher education in China and the United States.
Mar 14, 2007 - 4:27:37 PM
Stony Brook inks deal with Chinese university (New York Business)
Students at China 's Nanjing University will have the opportunity to obtain a bachelor's degree from Long Island's Stony Brook University under a new pilot program between the two schools.
Mar 15, 2007 - 9:05:34 AM
Colon Cancer Screening Saves Lives, Money (CBS Evening News)
Carolyn Chichester is a 53-year-old single woman whose 84-year-old mother is dying from colon cancer. But it didn't have to be that way, CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric reports.
Mar 15, 2007 - 11:00:28 AM
Life won back by trial drug (Newsday)
At 11, Maryam Imam may not yet understand luck and circumstance, but her parents and a team of Stony Brook doctors do. In 1997, the baby from Center Moriches was in critical condition at Stony Brook University Hospital. Her body was shutting down in response to a serious bacterial infection that defied virtually every powerful antibiotic.
Mar 17, 2007 - 10:07:26 AM
Stony Brook "Match Day" Places Med Students Into "Phenomenal" Residency Programs In New York And Nationwide
Shouts of joy and smiles were everywhere at Stony Brook University School of Medicine's annual "Match Day" ceremony, where fourth year medical students assembled on March 15 and received word on where they will spend their residency training following graduation.
Mar 19, 2007 - 9:41:20 AM
New to Cancer Arsenal (Newsday)
Dr. Basil Rigas, chief of gastroenterology at Stony Brook University Hospital, is finding with a new form of aspirin that the drug not only staves off the cancer, but does so without producing side effects.
Mar 19, 2007 - 10:10:05 AM
Stony Brook Researchers' Discovery Of "Anti-Pulmonary Hypertension" Gene In Mice May Impact Treatment
A team of Stony Brook University Medical Center researchers has identified the Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP) gene as an "anti-pulmonary hypertension" gene. This finding helps clarify what mechanisms lead to the disease known as idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and could have major implications for treatment.
Mar 19, 2007 - 5:17:51 PM
Dr. Aldustus Jordan, SBUMC Educator, Receives Award From Networking Magazine For Being An Ideal "Renaissance Man"
Aldustus Jordan, Ed.D., Associate Dean for Student and Minority Affairs at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, was one of eight men honored by Networking ® magazine at The Sixth Annual David Awards Breakfast.
Mar 19, 2007 - 5:44:14 PM
Award-Winning Reporter Bob Woodward To Lecture At Stony Brook University
Bob Woodward, who helped transform American investigative journalism and who has authored 11 national best-sellers, will lecture at Stony Brook University in a special two-day appearance sponsored by the School of Journalism. Woodward, who along with Carl Bernstein won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for their ground-breaking series of stories on the Watergate scandal for the Washington Post, will speak to the campus and the public on Wednesday April 11 and visit a journalism class on Thursday, April 12.
Mar 20, 2007 - 2:50:31 PM
SUNY Board Of Trustees Names Distinguished Professors
The State University of New York Board of Trustees today appointed 11 faculty members from six SUNY campuses to Distinguished Professorship, a tenured University ranking that is conferred for consistently extraordinary accomplishment. The appointments include Stephen Cole of Stony Brook University, an internationally respected sociologist.
Mar 21, 2007 - 11:29:44 AM
Sumner N. Levine, Founding Chair Of Material Sciences, Dies At 83; Was Stony Brook Professor For Over 25 Years
Sumner N. Levine, Ph.D., founding chair of the Department of Materials Sciences in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Stony Brook University and a member of the faculty for more than 25 years, died March 20 at the Hospice House in East Northport. He was 83.
Mar 22, 2007 - 11:02:12 AM
Drawing Big Dreams on Blank Slate (East Hampton Star)
The State University at Stony Brook's new sibling in Southampton is growing quickly under the guidance of a group of educators ready to take full advantage of the school's blank-slate status.
Mar 22, 2007 - 11:24:50 AM
New Center for Outpatient Services Opens at Stony Brook University Medical Center
Stony Brook University Medical Center opened the doors to its new 65,000 square foot Center for Outpatient Services at 3 Edmund D. Pellegrino Road.
Mar 23, 2007 - 9:28:51 AM
Dreaming Smart (Newsday)
HSC Dean Craig Lehmann's goal is to boost health around the globe through virtual medical visits.
Mar 24, 2007 - 11:15:32 AM
SBUMC Study Reveals that Half of U.S. Heart Attack Patients In Need of Anti Platetlet Drug Do Not Receive It
By analyzing information on 93,045 heart attack patients nationwide, Deepu Alexander, M.D., resident in Internal Medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center, along with his Mentor, David L. Brown, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, and colleagues discovered that up to half of the patients who should be receiving clopidogrel, an antiplatelet drug, are not receiving the therapy.
Mar 26, 2007 - 12:49:05 PM
St. James Elementary School Hosts Walk-A-Thon To Benefit Sunrise Fund At Stony Brook University Medical Center
Students at St. James Elementary School are hosting the 5th Annual Walk-a-Thon on Sunday, May 6, as part of a "Children Helping Children" Campaign to benefit the Sunrise Fund at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Mar 26, 2007 - 12:54:09 PM
Stony Brook Professor Named Finalist in Itanium Solutions Alliance Innovations Content
Stony Brook University researcher Carlos Simmerling is among those announced by The Itanium Solutions Alliance as finalists in the Itanium Solutions Alliance Innovation Contest.
Mar 27, 2007 - 10:18:39 AM
World-Renowned Anthropologist Richard Leakey to be Honored at Stony Brook University's 50th Anniversary Gala April 11
Dr. Richard Leakey, the world-renowned conservationist and paleo -anthropologist who has made some of the most important fossil discoveries of the last 100 years, including "Turkana Boy," a human skeleton some 1.6 million years old, will be honored by Stony Brook University at its Eighth Annual "Stars of Stony Brook" Gala on Wednesday, April 11.
Mar 27, 2007 - 11:06:57 AM
Heart Patients Lack Pill (Newsday)
Up to half of all heart attack patients nationwide with partially blocked arteries are not receiving a vital blood thinner upon hospital admission, a practice that may have an impact on survival, a team of Long Island heart specialists reported yesterday. Dr. David Brown, chief of cardiovascular medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center, and a medical resident, Dr. Deepu Alexander, found in an analysis of 93,045 heart patients that thousands have gone without the anti-platelet medication...
Mar 27, 2007 - 1:08:58 PM
Former Stony Brook Professor Paul Lauterbur, Who Pioneered the MRI, Dies at 77
Paul Lauterbur, Ph.D., who shared the 2003 Nobel Prize for his work to develop magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology while a member of the Stony Brook University faculty in the 1970s and 80s, died yesterday at his home in Urbana, Ill. He was 77.
Mar 28, 2007 - 8:33:12 AM
April 2007
Breeding A Future of Small Fry (Albany Times-Union)
Most anglers would agree on the best way to preserve fish: Throw back the little ones. But a marine researcher at the State University of New York at Stony Brook has found that approach, magnified by commercial fishing fleets scouring the ocean, may be shrinking future generations of fish at a time when human appetites are growing. "Taking too many of the largest fish in a species can drive an evolutionary spiral toward ever-smaller fish," said David Conover, Director of the University's Marine Sciences Research Center.
Apr 2, 2007 - 10:38:54 AM
Experts Mourn the Loss of Iraq's Antiquities (Baltimore Sun)
Scholars from around the world have been forced to rely on satellite images that show the cratered landscape left by thieves at sites in southern Iraq. Anthropologist Elizabeth Stone of the State University of New York-Stony Brook, who has studied the satellite imagery said, "We look at the sites and say there have to be thousands of objects taken. Perhaps tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands of objects."
Apr 2, 2007 - 10:50:02 AM
My College Out-Recycles Yours (The New York Times)
The 10-week national competition known as Recyclemania enters its final week. Michael Youdelman, Stony Brook University 's recycling and resource management director, figured the best way to get students to recycle was to take the bins to them. Over Christmas break, some 3,500 mixed-paper recycling bins were put in every dorm room. People "caught green-handed"--doing something environmentally desirable--are entered in a drawing for a green iPod.
Apr 2, 2007 - 10:57:47 AM
Predicting Nor'easter's Devastation (Newsday)
A computer model to more accurately predict storm surge is being developed at Stony Brook University. For the past five years, scientists at the Marine Sciences Research Center have been working the kinks out of a system they hope local governments will be able to use to decide where--and when--to evacuate as storms roll in. "It's like weather forecasting for the ocean," said Malcolm Bowman, a Stony Brook oceanography professor working on the project.
Apr 2, 2007 - 11:06:04 AM
SBUMC And Community Celebrate Grand Opening Of State-Of-The-Art Center For Outpatient Services
Elected officials, Stony Brook University Medical Center Leadership, cancer advocates and members of the community gathered on March 23 to celebrate the opening of the new 65,000 square foot Center for Outpatient Services at SBUMC.
Apr 2, 2007 - 5:45:08 PM
Stony Brook University Honored By Habitat For Humanity As A Valued Partner At Annual Awards Luncheon
Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk presented Stony Brook University with the President’s Award at its 4th Annual Habitat Awards and Recognition Luncheon on March 22 at the Watermill in Smithtown.
Apr 2, 2007 - 5:55:12 PM
Stony Brook University Student Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
A Stony Brook University student has been named a Goldwater Scholar, one of the most prestigious honors given nationwide to college undergraduates. Ujas Shah a junior from Commack who is majoring in Biomedical Engineering, will receive college expenses up to a maximum of $7,500 as part of the one-year scholarship.
Apr 3, 2007 - 12:39:04 PM
Sextuplets Born At Stony Brook Celebrate 10th Birthday, President Kenny Renews Promise Of Free Tuition
Sextuplets born at Stony Brook University Hospital 10 years ago were honored today at a birthday celebration by University President Shirley Strum Kenny and other officials. President Kenny renewed the offer of free tuition made shortly after the birth of the sextuplets on March 24, 1997.
Apr 5, 2007 - 4:09:33 PM
Free Oral Cancer Screening To Be Provided By Stony Brook University Dental Care Center
On April 26 dentists and other healthcare experts from Stony Brook University Medical Center will provide free oral cancer screenings at the Stony Brook University Dental Care Center. No appointment is necessary, and screenings will run the entire day, from 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM.
Apr 5, 2007 - 4:58:06 PM
Herpes Vaccine Trial May Help Prevent The Infection In Women And Benefit Research To Develop A Future Vaccine
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stony Brook University Medical Center is offering women with no history of oral or genital herpes to participate in a herpes simplex vaccine clinical trial. Currently there is no effective vaccine for herpes.
Apr 5, 2007 - 5:07:07 PM
Baby, Look At Us Now! (NY Daily News)
The Boniellos and their brood were gathered at Stony Brook University where Trifon, Olivia, Sabrina, Gerard, Sophia, and Stella were born 11 weeks prematurely on March 24, 1997. As a birthday gift, the school renewed its offer of free tuition for the children, who were only the 11th set of sextuplets in history when they entered the world.
Apr 6, 2007 - 1:13:30 PM
Stony Brook Southampton Writing Program Re-launches Reading Series
The MFA Program in Writing and Literature at Stony Brook Southampton announced the return of its Wednesday evenings reading series today. Three readings, free and open to the general public, will occur this spring, on April 11, April 25 and May 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Duke Lecture Hall, Chancellors Hall, on the campus of Stony Brook Southampton.
Apr 12, 2007 - 2:54:14 PM
Students Compete in the National Ocean Sciences Bowl in New York
The 10th Annual National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB®) is held on April 28-30th at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York at the campus Student Activities Center.
Apr 16, 2007 - 11:37:42 AM
World-Renowned Paleo -Anthropologist Richard Leakey Honored At Stony Brook University's 50th Anniversary Gala April 11
Richard Leakey, the world-renowned conservationist and paleo -anthropologist who has made some of the most important fossil discoveries of the last 100 years, including "Turkana Boy," a human skeleton some 1.6 million years old, is honored by Stony Brook University at its Eighth Annual "Stars of Stony Brook" Gala on Wednesday, April 11 at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan.
Apr 16, 2007 - 2:49:11 PM
The General Clinical Research Center At SBUMC Called "Outstanding" By The National Institutes of Health
The General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) at Stony Brook University Medical Center received a score of 148 -- its highest yet -- and an "outstanding" evaluation by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). A perfect score is 100. Scores range from 100 to 500. A score between 100 to 150 is considered "outstanding."
Apr 17, 2007 - 10:51:08 AM
Stony Brook University Awarded $11.5 Million To Study Minerals Found Deep Inside The Earth
Stony Brook University receives $11.5 million in funding over the next five years from the National Science Foundation to support the Consortium for Materials Properties Research in Earth Sciences (COMPRES), a community-based consortium of 78 universities and laboratories worldwide that supports research in the materials properties of Earth and planetary interiors.
Apr 17, 2007 - 2:46:48 PM
Stony Brook University Scientist Earns Top Prize for Humanitarian Research
The Itanium(R) Solutions Alliance announces the winners of the Itanium Solutions Alliance Innovation Contest at the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing and Gelato ICE: Itanium Conference and Expo in San Jose, Calif. Carlos Simmerling won the top award in the Humanitarian Impact Innovation category.
Apr 17, 2007 - 4:02:59 PM
Stony Brook University Medical Center Initiates Suffolk County-Wide Stroke Awareness Day Campaign
On May 8, nearly twenty health and community organizations joins Stony Brook University Medical Center's JCAHO certified Stroke Program for "War on Stroke," an extension of the national Stroke Alert" initiative targeted to reach more than 1 million residents of Suffolk County.
Apr 17, 2007 - 4:19:13 PM
Increasing Leadership in Medical Schools, Celebrating Advances Top Issues at First Women in Medicine "Research Day" at SBUMC
Women physicians and researchers gather at the first Stony Brook University Medical Center Women in Medicine Research Day to discuss obstacles that women encounter in academic medicine, share stories of success, and educate each other on their research findings.
Apr 20, 2007 - 4:19:42 PM
Stony Brook University Medical Center Appoints Outreach Professional to Bring New and Expanded Services to Community-Based Physicians
In an effort to strengthen relationships and foster service excellence with community-based physicians, Stony Brook University Medical Center has appointed Debra R. Lang as director of the newly established Physician Outreach Program. The new appointment was announced by Steven L. Strongwater, MD, Chief Executive Officer Stony Brook University Hospital, and Thomas Biancaniello, MD., Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer.
Apr 25, 2007 - 4:27:12 PM
SBUMC Cody Center Walk For Developmental Disabilities
The second annual Cody Center Walk for Developmental Disabilities takes place Sunday, June 3, at Stony Brook University. The purpose of the walk is to raise awareness of autism and other developmental disabilities.
Apr 25, 2007 - 4:32:28 PM
Scientist Who Discovered The Organism That Causes Lyme Disease Named Chair Of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology at SBU
Jorge Benach, Ph.D., has been named Chair of the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Stony Brook University. Appointed by Richard N. Fine, M.D., Dean of the School of Medicine, Dr. Benach has been a professor at Stony Brook for 30 years. He brought recognition to the School of Medicine in 1984 when he made the landmark discovery of the organism that causes Lyme Disease.
Apr 25, 2007 - 5:24:17 PM
Poll: LIers more likely to pollute the Sound (Newsday)
Suburban Long Island and Connecticut residents living near Long Island Sound are more likely to engage in behavior that could hurt the Sound's water quality - such as washing their cars at home - than their urban counterparts in the watershed, a survey released this week said. The Center for Survey Research at Stony Brook University polled 1,220 residents who live within 15 miles of the shoreline last spring.
Apr 27, 2007 - 9:30:43 AM
Survey Reveals Long Island Sound Residents Not Fully Informed About Water Quality Issues
Long Island Sound residents care about the environment, but are not fully informed about the primary causes of pollution affecting the Sound, according to a government-sponsored survey released today.
Apr 27, 2007 - 2:25:08 PM
May 2007
SBUH CEO Reviews Initiatives and Quality Data Following His First 100 Days In Office
During his first 100 days as CEO of Stony Brook University Hospital, Steven L. Strongwater, M.D., has undertaken aggressive and authoritative initiatives to set forth a system and processes that move the hospital forward toward its goal of becoming, he says, the safest hospital in the State of New York, and even the United States.
May 1, 2007 - 2:23:48 PM
President Kenny Announces 72 New Faculty, One Of The Largest Single-Year Increases In History
Stony Brook University will add 72 new faculty members for Fall 2007 President Shirley Strum Kenny announced today the largest single-year increase in more than a decade and one of the largest in University history.
May 2, 2007 - 11:01:44 AM
Senator Flanagan Keynotes SBU Med School Convocation; Ride for Life's Chris Pendergast Receives Honorary Degree
Two prominent individuals who champion healthcare causes that help thousands of Long Islanders and others nationwide will takes part in the Stony Brook University School of Medicine Class of 2007 Convocation. Honorable John J. Flanagan, New York State Senator, will deliver the keynote address. Christopher Pendergast, founder of Ride for Life, which has raised millions for ALS research, will receive an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree for his valuable contributions to science and society. The Convocation takes place at the Staller Center on Thursday, May 17, at 10:00 AM.
May 2, 2007 - 3:20:38 PM
Wheelchair Bound ALS Patients Take 2007 Ride for Life To SBU Campus To Support The Search For A Cure
Six ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) patients ride their electric wheelchairs onto Stony Brook University as part of the 10th Annual ALS Ride for Life.
May 2, 2007 - 3:43:18 PM
Stony Brook University Medical Center Initiates Suffolk County-Wide Stroke Awareness Day Campaign
During the month of May, nearly twenty health and community organizations joined Stony Brook University Medical Center's JCAHO certified Stroke Program for "War on Stroke," an extension of the national Stroke Alert" initiative targeted to reach more than 1 million residents of Suffolk County.
May 2, 2007 - 5:29:14 PM
Where Words go to Work and Play (New York Times)
The Stony Brook Southampton Writers Conference in July, which takes over the Southampton Stony Brook Campus a few miles from the dune-edged Hamptons beaches, is competitive, with acceptance based on writing samples. Participants settle in for 12 days of intensive workshops in poetry, playwriting, fiction and creative nonfiction, and events including lectures and an open-microphone night.
May 4, 2007 - 12:52:13 PM
James D. Watson Helix Awards Presented at 2007 BIO International Convention
Three outstanding biotechnology companies awarded the 2007 James D. Watson Helix Award, the industry's most prestigious award of recognition, at the 2007 BIO International Convention in Boston today.
May 9, 2007 - 3:45:04 PM
Stony Brook University Scientist Warns Senate Committee On Dangers Of Effects Of Climate Change On Marine Species
A Stony Brook University scientist, testifies today before a Senate Committee on the effects of climate change, warned that unless the U.S. upgrades its "woefully inadequate" observation of ocean systems, the potential impact on marine life and related industries could be dramatic -- and, in some cases, is already visible.
May 10, 2007 - 10:13:07 AM
Civil Rights Leader, Noted Conservationist To Be Honored At Annual Commencement On May 18
W. Burghardt Turner, the noted activist and proponent of civil rights on Long Island, and Russell Mittermeier, one of the world's leading conservationists, is honored when Stony Brook University holds its annual Commencement on Friday, May 18 at 11:00 AM in Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium on campus. The Commencement -- Long Island 's largest -- will see 5,088 degrees awarded.
May 10, 2007 - 10:41:00 AM
SBUMC Signs Agreement With Hospital In Cambodia To Expand Residency Program, Provide Care For Children In Need
The Department of Pediatrics at Stony Brook University Medical Center has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC), located in Siem Reap, Cambodia send resident physicians to train at the hospital. The opportunity gives pediatric residents at Stony Brook experience treating tuberculosis, malnutrition, and other diseases common to children living in Cambodia and underdeveloped parts of the world.
May 10, 2007 - 5:47:22 PM
Stony Brook University Awarded BOLI For Web Display On 50th Anniversary
Stony Brook University receive a BOLI (Best on Long Island) award in the "Internet: Education" category for a vibrant display of graphics and text related to the University's 50th anniversary.
May 11, 2007 - 11:40:08 AM
Three Stony Brook Faculty Members Honored For Research And Scholarship
Three Stony Brook University faculty members are among 30 professors being honored for their research and scholarship by the SUNY Research Foundation. Martin Schoonen, Ph. D., a Professor of Geosciences and Interim Dean of Stony Brook Southampton, Sharon Nachman, M.D. Director of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Stony Brook University Hospital, and Toby Buonagurio, Ph.D., a Professor of Art, were cited for their talent, dedication, and achievements
May 11, 2007 - 2:11:41 PM
Recipients Honor Kidney Donors (Village Times Herald)
There are many people today whose lives have been saved thanks to the efforts of a generous organ donor, and live donors are becoming far more common. Last week Stony Brook University Medical Center (SBUMC) hosted pairs of people with that special bond -- one who is alive because the other donated an organ. SBUMC hosted the second annual reunion and medal ceremony with live kidney recipients and donors.
May 14, 2007 - 3:45:20 PM
Patients, Doctors, and SBUMC Community Celebrate Life At Annual National Cancer Survivors Day
On Sunday, June 10, from 11:00am to 2:00pm, Stony Brook University Medical Center host the third annual National Cancer Survivors Day ® at the Ward Melville Educational and Cultural Center in Stony Brook.
May 14, 2007 - 5:14:46 PM
Dee Snider Teams Up with March of Dimes to Fight Prematurity
Dee Snider, radio personality and lead singer for the legendary 80s rock group Twisted Sister with his daughter Cheyenne, 9, by his side, kicks off his 5th Annual Bikers for Babies Ride at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
May 15, 2007 - 8:48:18 AM
SUNY Research Foundation Honors Dr. Sharon Nachman, SBUMC Pediatrician, As An Innovative Scholar And Researcher
Sharon Nachman, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Stony Brook University Medical Center, receive the Research & Scholarship Award from the Research Foundation of State University of New York (SUNY) during the annual Recognition Dinner on May 2, in Albany, N.Y.
May 15, 2007 - 11:01:39 AM
New York Dragons Arena Football Players Visit SBUMC Pediatric Unit With A Gift For Every Child
Two players from the New York Dragons spent time at Stony Brook University Hospital to visit with patients in each of the pediatric units at the hospital. During a welcome break in the day, Defensive Linemen, DaShane Dennis and Will Holder gave each patient an autographed Arena Football League football, and left each patient with a smile on their face.
May 16, 2007 - 8:56:08 AM
Jumping Into The Science Of Sports (Diverse Magazine)
Dr. Chang Kee Jung, a State University of New York-Stony Brook professor, is one of the country's leading astro -particle physicists. Jung's research into subatomic particles called neutrinos could answer longstanding questions about the origins of the universe.
May 17, 2007 - 11:40:48 AM
Jorge L. Benach Elected to the American Academy of Microbiology
Jorge L. Benach, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Director of the Center for Infectious Diseases, at Stony Brook University, is elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology.
May 17, 2007 - 2:03:07 PM
Stony Brook grads urged to 'set things right' (Newsday)
Despite a driving rain and pervasive chill, a jubilant mood prevailed among thousands of graduates and their families at Stony Brook University's commencement Friday, where university president Shirley Strum Kenny urged cheering graduates to "go out and use everything you've learned here to make this world a better place. It needs a lot of fixing."
May 18, 2007 - 11:43:59 AM
SBUMC Kidney Transplant Program Unites Kidney Recipients With Living Donors at Special "Gift Of Life" Ceremony
Stony Brook University Medical Center hosted a special Gift of Life event to honor those who made the choice to help another by donating a kidney for transplantation. The SBUMC Kidney Transplant Program celebrated live donors and their recipients from 2006 during National Organ Donor Awareness Month.
May 18, 2007 - 12:47:19 PM
Future Health Professionals From Six Suffolk School Districts Celebrate "Moving Up" At SBUMC Training Program Ceremony
Forty-five high school students from underserved school districts in Suffolk County received congratulations and encouragement from organizers of Stony Brook University Medical Center Health Occupations Partnership for Excellence (HOPE) program during a moving up ceremony and reception at SBUMC on May 8. The students successfully completed another year of HOPE, a three-year comprehensive health professions educational and mentoring program.
May 18, 2007 - 5:52:46 PM
Birchwood Elementary School Presents Handmade Quilts to Children In Pediatric Unit at Stony Brook University Hospital
Students and staff at Birchwood Intermediate School know how to spread kindness. In fact, they spent the entire month proving it, under the direction of the Birchwood Site-Based Management Team (SBM). How did they do it? The answer is simple. Each day, students and staff were asked to do kind acts for members of their school, family, and the South Huntington community. Instead of asking people to do a favor for them in return, students and staff were asked to "pay it forward."
May 21, 2007 - 2:02:30 PM
World-Renowned Anthropologist Richard Leakey Of Stony Brook University Elected Fellow Of The Royal Society
— Richard Leakey, the world-renowned conservationist and paleo -anthropologist who has been a member of the faculty at Stony Brook University since 2002, is elected to the highly prestigious Fellowship of the Royal Society.
May 22, 2007 - 2:01:39 PM
SBU School of Medicine Graduates 112 New Physicians Set To Launch Their Journeys In Medicine Around the Nation
The Stony Brook University School of Medicine held its 33rd Convocation in front of a capacity crowd at the Staller Center on May 17 where 112 graduates received M.D. degrees. Most of the graduates will begin residency programs in June or July. Collectively, they will enter programs at major hospitals and healthcare institutions in New York and 12 other states.
May 23, 2007 - 9:38:05 AM
Curtis Sliwa, WABC Radio Personality, To Honor & Remember Veterans at The LI State Veterans Home Memorial Day Ceremony
On Friday, May 25, from 2pm to 3pm Curtis Sliwa, WABC 770 Radio Personality and founder of the Guardian Angels, addresses veterans and residents at the Long Island State Veterans Home at Stony Brook University.
May 23, 2007 - 11:47:02 AM
Shot Through the Heart: Worker Survives Accident (Fox 5 NY)
As a construction worker, Mike Norton has seen a lot of injuries over the years. But when a staple gun accidentally went off, hitting him in the chest, he had no idea how close to death he came. The staple lodged in his heart, which was literally drowning in his blood. But he kept his cool and dialed 911.
May 23, 2007 - 2:24:37 PM
Chris Pendergast, ALS Champion And Ride For Life Founder, Receives Honorary Degree At SBU Med School Convocation
Christopher Pendergast, a 14-year survivor of ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and founder of Ride for Life, received an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree for his valuable contributions to science and society at Stony Brook University School of Medicine 33rd Convocation, held at the Staller Center on May 17.
May 23, 2007 - 4:17:53 PM
For neuroscience major, PhD is just the beginning (Newsday)
Dimple Bhatt, a paraplegic medical student, needed a special chair that allowed him to stand up straight to perform up to 10 hours of surgery each shift during his 12-week rotation at Stony Brook University.
May 24, 2007 - 2:27:56 PM
A 2-year-old Miraculous Mending (Newsday)
For Jake Zamek, eating is more than a pleasurable pursuit. It is proof that modern medicine can handle the unexpected and save a kid's chance at a normal life. Two years ago, Zamek was born at Stony Brook University Medical Center with what doctors thought was a single blockage in his intestine.
May 25, 2007 - 4:24:20 PM
Dr. Janet Larson, SBUMC Chief of Neonatology, Receives National Award For Most Widely Beneficial Discovery By A Physician
Janet E. Larson, M.D., Chief, Neonatology at Stony Brook University Medical Center, is the recipient of the 2007 Albion O. Bernstein, MD Award, presented annually by the Medical Society of the State of New York. The Society granted the 2007 award to a physician who has the most widely beneficial discovery or developed the most useful method in medicine, surgery, or in the prevention of disease."
May 29, 2007 - 3:27:11 PM
Stony Brook Places Third In Baja Sae International Engineering Competition
For the first time, the Stony Brook Motorsports team finishes third overall, second in Overall Design and first in Static Design Judging.
May 29, 2007 - 3:34:31 PM
Long Island Shakespeare Festival Hosts Free Events
The Long Island Shakespeare Festival (LISF) announces FREE performances of an abridged version of the Not-So-Desperate Housewives--The Merry Wives of Windsor.
May 29, 2007 - 3:38:30 PM
Dam It! New York 's Barrier Prophet Speaks (NY Observer)
Stony Brook professor Malcolm Bowman had a message for the City of New York : Prepare, because the flood is coming. It was the morning of Tuesday, May 8, and the respected oceanographer was sitting in the Mayor's Office of Operations, lecturing four officials on the potential plagues of global warming. He had sought out the meeting because he'd heard that the Bloomberg administration was eager to take on some of the challenges of climate change -- and he had stumbled onto an enormous challenge: how to save the city from the future ravages of flooding.
May 29, 2007 - 3:45:21 PM
Graduate Student Stipends At Stony Brook Increased By $2,000 Annually
Stipends for graduate assistants increased by $2,000 a year Stony Brook University President Shirley Strum Kenny has announced.
May 30, 2007 - 11:50:02 AM
Statewide Consortium Proposed to Propel New York State to the Forefront of Computational Biology
Robert McGrath, Ph.D., Provost and Vice President for Brookhaven Laboratory Affairs at Stony Brook University, announced today a proposal by a consortium of major universities to take a coordinated approach in the development and application of computational sciences, especially computational biology, to make New York a national leader in this rapidly emerging field.
May 30, 2007 - 1:43:31 PM
Dr. Rahman Pourmand, SBUMC Neurologist, Named 2007 Doctor of the Year By Myasthenia Gravis Foundation
Rahman Pourmand, M.D., Professor of Neurology and Director of the Neuromuscular Disease Center at Stony Brook University Medical Center, is named "2007 Doctor of the Year" by the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA).
May 31, 2007 - 10:57:37 AM
Stony Brook University Awarded Grant To Evaluate Program On Mental Health
Stony Brook University is one of six universities nationwide to receive an Innovation Grant from the Jed Foundation to support mental health programs.
May 31, 2007 - 1:20:51 PM
June 2007
Thumbs Up To A Comedy Festival That Raised $185,000 For Autism Research And Programs At The Cody Center
More than $185,000 was raised for research and program development for individuals cared for at the Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities during the 11th Annual Cody Comedy Festival at Stony Brook University.
Jun 1, 2007 - 11:00:05 AM
Dr. Gabrielle Carlson, SBUMC Psychiatrist, Receives Top Award For Research Of Bipolar Disorder In Children And Adolescents
Gabrielle A. Carlson, M.D., Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at Stony Brook University Medical Center, is the recipient of the 2007 Blanche F. Ittleson Award for Research in Child Psychiatry from the American Psychiatric Association (APA). The Ittleson Award recognizes Dr. Carlson's outstanding research contributions in advancing the mental health of children and adolescents with her description of the symptoms and outcome of bipolar disorder in young people.
Jun 4, 2007 - 12:14:56 PM
12th Stony Brook Film Festival, July 19-28, 2007
STONY BROOK, N.Y., June 5, 1007, -- The 12th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival opened on Thursday, July 19 with ten days of new independent features, documentaries, and shorts screened in the Main Theatre of Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University, Long Island, NY.
Jun 5, 2007 - 11:53:05 AM
Clinical Trial Investigates A Dietary Supplement To Improve Insulin Resistance, A Complication of HIV+/AIDS Treatment
The Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, at Stony Brook University Medical Center sought HIV+ and/or AIDS patients to participate in a clinical trial investigating the effectiveness of chromium picolinate, a dietary supplement, in the treatment of complications of current HIV therapy, particularly insulin resistance.
Jun 6, 2007 - 11:07:28 AM
Stony Brook's Belensky and Rafailovich Named To Ranks Of Distinguished Professors
The State University of New York (SUNY) Board of Trustees has approved the appointments of four Stony Brook University professors to distinguished ranks.
Jun 6, 2007 - 1:57:33 PM
SUNY Chancellor John R. Ryan Honors Student Excellence
SUNY Chancellor John R. Ryan honored 283 college students from SUNY campuses throughout the state with the 2007 Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, on Wednesday, April 18.
Jun 6, 2007 - 3:22:05 PM
SBUH Receives Highest Award for Environmental Quality from U.S. EPA
As part of its broad celebration of Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized Stony Brook University Medical Center for its outstanding efforts to protect the environment.
Jun 8, 2007 - 9:12:34 AM
The Shock That Saves Lives: SBUMC Installs 25 Defibrillators In The Health Sciences Center In Case Of On-Site Cardiac Arrest
Safety and preparedness are the code words behind Stony Brook University Medical Center installing automated external defibrillators ( AEDs) on every floor of Health Sciences Center (HSC), the research and academic building connected to Stony Brook University Hospital.
Jun 8, 2007 - 10:44:09 AM
Stony Brook Graduate Student Wins 2006 ACM Award; Student Designs Web Browser for the Blind
A Stony Brook University student has won First Place in the highly competitive 2007 Student Research Competition held by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Jun 8, 2007 - 1:37:55 PM
SBU Community Takes Big Steps Against Autism And Developmental Disabilities At Annual Cody Walk
Children with autism, families, and the Stony Brook University community gathered at the second annual Cody Walk for Developmental Disabilities to raise awareness of the thousands of children with autism and other developmental disabilities on Long Island.
Jun 8, 2007 - 5:13:00 PM
Stony Brook Southampton's "Sustainable Pleasures" Brings Opera And Broadway To The East End
"Sustainable Pleasures," a series of summertime recitals showcasing leading artists from the worlds of opera and Broadway, kicked off on Saturday, July 14 at Stony Brook Southampton when tenor Anthony Dean Griffey performed at 7:30 PM at the Avram Theatre on campus
Jun 14, 2007 - 1:54:36 PM
Stony Brook and Brookhaven Lab Unveil New York Blue Supercomputer
Stony Brook University and the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory today unveiled one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world.
Jun 15, 2007 - 11:29:43 AM
New York university unveils potent supercomputer (IHT)
One of the world's 10 most powerful supercomputers should start running this summer at a Long Island laboratory, a university official said. The $26 million machine -- which can perform 102 trillion calculations per second -- has been tested and is due to start operating July 1, said Robert McGrath, provost of Stony Brook University, which was to unveil the machine Friday.
Jun 15, 2007 - 12:06:48 PM
School Of Marine And Atmospheric Sciences Introduced At Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University announced today that its education programs in marine and atmospheric sciences are being formed to create the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SOMAS).
Jun 18, 2007 - 1:03:45 PM
Carol Gomes Appointed Examiner for 2007 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
Carol A. Gomes, Associate Director for Quality Management and Director, Continuous Quality Improvement at Stony Brook University Medical Center, has been appointed by William Jeffrey, Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), to the 2007 Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The Award, created by public law in 1987, is the highest level of national recognition for performance excellence that a U.S. organization can receive.
Jun 19, 2007 - 12:36:40 PM
Newly Appointed Director Of SBUMC Sleep Disorders Center Expects To Bring The High-Tech Facility Into National Standing
Jorge M. Mallea, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine and a specialist in Sleep Medicine, has been named Medical Director of the Sleep Disorders Center, a Stony Brook University Medical Center state-of-the art facility located in Smithtown, N.Y.
Jun 19, 2007 - 2:33:22 PM
SUNY-Wide Essay Competition Won By Stony Brook Student
Mitchell Fourman of Stony Brook, a student at Stony Brook University, is the recipient of the Benjamin and David Scharpes Award, given to the winner of a SUNY-wide essay competition open to all juniors and seniors. Fourman's essay on the legal topic Individual Privacy vs. National Security was the only one cited in the competition.
Jun 20, 2007 - 3:48:29 PM
Nathan, Stony Brook benefited from each other (Newsday)
It's easy to make the argument that Joe Nathan played a very significant role raising the profile of Stony Brook University's baseball team. Only four years after the Giants drafted him in the sixth round, Stony Brook made the leap from D-III to D-I. But what's funny about Nathan's story is he didn't choose Stony Brook solely for baseball.
Jun 21, 2007 - 1:54:59 PM
24 MDs From Stony Brook University Medical Center Featured in New York Magazine's "Best Doctors In New York"
New York Magazine's annual "Best Doctors in New York" issue features 23 physicians in a wide range of specialties from Stony Brook University Medical Center. They were selected from more than 50,000 physicians in the Greater New York Metropolitan Area. The June 18 issue hits newsstands this week.
Jun 22, 2007 - 12:59:22 PM
SBU Cancer Specialists To Advance Molecular Research Through Instrumentation Grants From "LILAC"
Three Stony Brook University Cancer Center researchers received grants from the Long Island League to Abolish Cancer (LILAC) to purchase sophisticated equipment essential to finding better diagnostic and treatment techniques for many forms of cancer.
Jun 27, 2007 - 1:34:00 PM
More Children Being Hospitalized for Bipolar Disorder
The rates of American children hospitalized for a psychiatric illness with a primary diagnosis of bipolar disorder jumped from 1.3 per 10,000 in 1996 to 7.3 per 10,000 in 2004. This is one of numerous findings on the prevalence of bipolar disorder in hospitalized patients completed by Joseph Blader, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, and Gabrielle A. Carlson, M.D., Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Jun 27, 2007 - 3:20:50 PM
Port Jefferson Station Veteran Served His Country Also Donates Blood Products To Serve Those In Need
On the surface, Dennis Walker may look like just another Long Islander. A retired Port Authority Police Officer with a wife, Carol Ann, of 32 years, two grown sons and two grandchildren, he's an upstanding citizen who has fulfilled many of life's standard obligations.
Jun 27, 2007 - 3:27:14 PM
Drug That Helps Adult Diabetics Control Blood Sugar To Be Tested In Children To Reduce Insulin Needs
Children with recently diagnosed type 1 diabetes may reduce their insulin dependence by enrolling in a clinical trial at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Jun 27, 2007 - 3:30:13 PM
A Place to Share the Burden of MS (Providence Journal)
The National Pediatric MS Center at Stony Brook Hospital runs a camp for MS patients with money from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Jun 30, 2007 - 10:34:15 AM
July 2007
Kids Health and Safety Expo
On Wednesday, July 11, from 10 AM- 3 PM Stony Brook University Medical Center hosts the annual Kids Health and Safety Expo at Flowerfields in St. James.
Jul 2, 2007 - 11:38:10 AM
New Literary Magazine to Launch at Southampton Writers Conference
Stony Brook Southampton's Master of Fine Arts Program in Writing and Literature announced today it will launch its literary magazine, The Southampton Review, at its annual Writers Conference, (July 18-29).
Jul 2, 2007 - 1:29:57 PM
Distinguished Alumni Awards Announced By Stony Brook University Alumni Association
Five graduates of Stony Brook University have been selected to receive Distinguished Alumni awards and will be honored by the Stony Brook Alumni Association later this year, as part of the University's 50th Anniversary celebration.
Jul 2, 2007 - 1:45:31 PM
Roger Rosenblatt Tries His Hand at Fiction (The Independent)
After writing 10 nonfiction books Quogue's Roger Rosenblatt thought it was time to do what he'd always dreamed of; write fiction. Rosenblatt, who teaches in the Writing Program at Stony Brook Southampton, earned a PhD from Harvard, where he taught writing and modern literature from 1968 - 1973. He was, at age 29, the youngest House Master in Harvard's history. More than three decades later Rosenblatt wrote his first novel, Lapham Rising [Harper Collins], which went to paperback in June.
Jul 4, 2007 - 4:50:56 PM
These Special Horses Don't Require Saddles (The Southampton Press)
Little is known about the sea horse, though researchers at the Stony Brook Southampton Marine Sciences Research Center say they are trying to do their part to change that.
Jul 5, 2007 - 10:12:59 AM
Patient Survey Says: SBUMC Room Service Ranks Best Among LI and UHC Hospitals
Seven years ago, Stony Brook University Medical Center faced a patient satisfaction crisis in its food service program. Press Ganey, the health care industry's leading independent vendor of satisfaction measurement and improvement services, reported that Stony Brook's inpatient food services ranked in the 3rd percentile range when compared to hospitals in its national database.
Jul 11, 2007 - 2:20:53 PM
A Partner To The Community: SBU Cancer Center Team Honored For Outreach, Research And Specialized Care
The Stony Brook University Cancer Center team received the Heritage Partner Award from the Ward Melville Heritage Organization (WMHO) at its 14th Annual Long Island Golden Eagle Award Dinner on June 28. The event celebrated the outstanding achievements of individuals who have shown leadership and generosity to WMHO and the Long Island community through their respective organizations.
Jul 13, 2007 - 9:10:08 AM
Humans Beat Chimps at Walking Efficiently (National Geographic)
The bent-over gait of the chimpanzee drains much more energy than our upright walk, a new study reports. Energy savings could be invested in other activities that ensure survival and improve fitness, such as reproduction and caring for offspring, said William Jungers, an anatomist at New York State 's Stony Brook University.
Jul 16, 2007 - 11:13:33 AM
Stony Brook Southampton Names Darren Johnson Media Manager
Stony Brook University today named Darren Johnson Media Relations Manager for Stony Brook Southampton, the 82-acre campus with a curriculum focused on environmental sustainability, marine sciences, and the arts.
Jul 16, 2007 - 12:19:24 PM
The Data Are In Bones And Teeth: SBU Researchers Say Anatomy Just As Important As DNA In Reconstructing Evolution
Researchers at Stony Brook University point out in a new study that a closer and more detailed analysis of primate anatomy produces evolutionary relationships congruent with those suggested by DNA analysis. Their findings are published online and in the July 17 edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Jul 17, 2007 - 10:41:15 AM
The man behind the Stony Brook Film Festival (Newsday)
These days, when he's not booking eclectic acts ranging from the Emerson String Quartet to jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis to guerrilla comic Sandra Bernhard to appear at Stony Brook University's Staller Center, Alan Inkles, the center's director, gets phone calls from people, on and off Long Island, on the best way to set up their own film festival.
Jul 18, 2007 - 11:16:17 AM
A New Review to Go With The Writers Conference (Sag Harbor Express)
The Southampton Writer's Conference, a 30-year staple of arts culture, synonymous with the Hamptons, moved up island last summer while its home here was changing hands and being renovated. The writer's conference was held at Stony Brook University last July while the college, which was formerly part of Long Island University, was being transferred to Stony Brook and it is now Stony Brook Southampton. Though the university's name has changed, the renowned Masters of Fine Arts program that sponsors the annual conference has not and this year it unveils a literary journal, The Southampton Review, with an all-star cast of contributors.
Jul 19, 2007 - 4:48:20 PM
Time To Reassess Electroshock Therapy: Studies Reveal Need To Improve Practice, Understand Why Therapy Works
In a July 18 Journal of the American Medical Association article, author Max Fink, M.D., Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology at Stony Brook University Medical Center, cites hallmark studies that show Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is effective and safe in treating severe depression and suggests the medical community pay greater attention to ECT and seek ways to improve it.
Jul 23, 2007 - 10:06:31 AM
Hundreds Learn About Summer Safety and Pick Up Improtant Health Tips at the 2nd Annual SBUH Kids Health & Safety Expo
Flowerfield in St. James was the site of the 2nd annual Kids Health & Safety Expo held on July 11, 2007 and visited by 800 community members, some who came as far as St. Albans, Queens, and points further to attend.
Jul 25, 2007 - 2:36:41 PM
SBUMC Heart Center Echocardiography Laboratory Achieves Trifecta In Accreditation Designation
Under the leadership of Smadar Kort, M.D., FACC, FASE, Director of Cardiovascular Imaging and Director of the Echocardiography Laboratory at Stony Brook University Medical Center has achieved the trifecta in accreditation by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL) to include the following specialties: Adult Transthoracic, Adult Transesophageal, and Adult Stress.
Jul 26, 2007 - 3:37:59 PM
SBUMC And PBMC Introduce EMS First Responder Vehicles
As part of its affiliation agreement with Peconic Bay Medical Center, Stony Brook University Medical Center established a first responder EMS program to enhance local ambulance corps service in eastern Suffolk County.
Jul 27, 2007 - 1:12:07 PM
College Prep For Teens With Autism Spectrum Disorders
High school students with autism spectrum and related disorders have potential to succeed in college. This is the message that area educators and autism experts brought to the Pre-College Summer Program, developed by the Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities at Stony Brook University, in collaboration with Eastern Suffolk BOCES and Suffolk County Community College.
Jul 27, 2007 - 1:50:55 PM
Experimental Drug That May Relieve Neuropathy
HIV-positive patients suffering from HIV-associated neuropathy of the feet may get relief from their symptoms by enrolling in a clinical trial at Stony Brook University Medical Center. The trial evaluates an experimental drug, capsaicin, which is a synthetic version of a peppery substance found in chili peppers. Capsaicin been shown in previous studies to reduce painful symptoms like burning and "pins and needles" of the feet experienced by patients who have neuropathy associated with other diseases.
Jul 27, 2007 - 2:20:56 PM
Assemblyman Bob Sweeney Honors SBUMC Prostate Care Program
In a special tribute to the Prostate Care Program at Stony Brook University Hospital, NYS Assemblyman Robert K. Sweeney presented program Medical Director, Dr. Howard Adler, with a citation of recognition on July 24 during one of three annual screening events at North Lindenhurst Fire Department (NLFD).
Jul 27, 2007 - 3:18:40 PM
Who's Here - Robert Reeves (Dan's Papers)
In a community overflowing with airs and one-upmanship, Robert Reeves' humility is reassuring. His talent as a writer, skill as a professor and his ability to nurture artistic and emotional growth has offered Reeves enough success to warrant some arrogance, but it just isn't there. With his accomplishments as an author and his current position as the Founding Director of the Creative Writing MFA Program at Stony Brook Southampton and Director of the Southampton Writers Conference, Reeves' full contribution to the field of American literature is fully underway.
Jul 27, 2007 - 4:46:24 PM
Avram Theater At Stony Brook Southampton To Be Substantially Renovated Starting In Fall
The Avram Theater at Stony Brook Southampton, for over two decades one of the leading venues for the arts on the East End, will be substantially renovated beginning this September.
Jul 30, 2007 - 12:09:00 PM
Stony Brook Music Professor Wins Sackler Prize Awarded By UConn
Composer Sheila Silver of Stony Brook University has been named the recipient of the sixth Raymond and Beverly Sackler Music Composition Prize. The competition, organized by the School of Fine Arts at the University of Connecticut, supports and promotes composers and the performance of their new musical works.
Jul 30, 2007 - 1:52:15 PM
How Did SUNY Stony Brook Southampton's Literary Mag Snag a Frank McCourt Excerpt? ( New York Magazine)
How did a new literary journal from SUNY Stony Brook Southampton snag an excerpt of Frank McCourt's forthcoming first novel? The Southampton Review, launching July 27, isn't your average scrappy college ' zine : Its 80-plus contributors include Jules Feiffer, Ursula Hegi, David Rakoff, Melissa Bank, and former Random House editor Daniel Menaker, among others.
Jul 30, 2007 - 4:44:17 PM
"Sustainable Pleasures" Brings Opera And Broadway To The East End
"Sustainable Pleasures," a series of summertime recitals showcasing leading artists from the worlds of opera and Broadway, continued on Saturday, August 4, at Stony Brook Southampton as opera star Kristine Jepson performed at 7:30 PM at the Avram Theatre on campus.
Jul 31, 2007 - 3:09:16 PM
Alexander Retakh to Join Stony Brook Southampton Faculty
Stony Brook Southampton Interim Dean Martin Schoonen today announced that mathematician Alexander Retakh will join the campus as Lecturer.
Jul 31, 2007 - 3:12:16 PM
August 2007
World Expert in Cerebrovascular Surgery to Head Up New Center at SBUMC
Henry H. Woo, M.D., a cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgeon, has been appointed Director of the newly established Cerebrovascular Center at Stony Brook University Medical Center, announced Richard N. Fine, M.D., Dean of the School of Medicine. Dr. Woo holds dual appointments in the Departments of Neurosurgery and Radiology at SBUMC.
Aug 3, 2007 - 3:12:38 PM
Stony Brook Football Aiming High (Newsday)
Scholarship football at Stony Brook University is full speed ahead. It better be, with the schedule facing the Seawolves. This season could be considered a dress rehearsal for what will come when Stony Brook joins the Big South Conference in 2008 and begins to build toward an NCAA post-season bid in the new Football Championship Subdivision, formerly 1-AA.
Aug 6, 2007 - 11:21:14 AM
SBUMC's Department of Urology Named to US News & World Report Top 50 Hospitals List
The Department of Urology at Stony Brook University Medical Center joined the ranks of Johns Hopkins, Cleveland Clinic, and the Mayo Clinic, when it was ranked among the top 50 in the "America's Best Hospitals," issue of US News & World Report. It was one of only four hospitals highlighted in New York State and the only Long Island hospital so ranked, with the second highest survival rate out of the top 50 programs include on the ranking list in that category.
Aug 6, 2007 - 1:38:12 PM
World's Leading Scholars To Examine Human Evolution At Stony Brook Symposium
Although the fossil hominid, Australopithecus was first discovered in South Africa over 80 years ago, its place in human evolution has been the subject of ongoing debate for a quarter of a century. Subsequent discoveries have led to the identification of at least five species that lived all over Africa between about 4 and 2.5 million years ago. How are all these species related?
Aug 7, 2007 - 2:13:39 PM
Broadway's Liz McCartney, Opera Star Christine Goerke in "Sustainable Pleasures"
"Sustainable Pleasures," a series of summertime recitals showcasing leading artists from the worlds of opera and Broadway, continued on Wednesday, August 15, at Stony Brook Southampton as Broadway cabaret star Liz McCartney performed songs from "Funny Girl," "Gypsy," "Light in the Piazza," "Peter Pan," "Taboo" and "Wicked."
Aug 7, 2007 - 3:57:16 PM
The Human Family Shrub? (Newsweek)
A new discovery suggests that Homo erectus may not have evolved from Homo habilis -and that the two may have been contemporaries.The evidence that Homo habilis and Homo erectus lived at the same time in the Turkana basin makes it "unlikely that Homo erectus evolved from Homo habilis," says Meave Leakey, a research professor at Stony Brook University in New York.
Aug 9, 2007 - 10:48:14 AM
Center Of Science And Mathematics Education Created At Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University announced today that it is establishing a Center for and Science and Mathematics Education designed to create the highest quality educational opportunities possible for elementary, middle-school, and high school students.
Aug 9, 2007 - 12:17:49 PM
SBUH Takes First Place Trophy in March of Dimes "Hospital Challenge"
The March of Dimes presented Stony Brook University Hospital with an impressive trophy for raising the most money the first annual "Long Island Hospital Challenge."
Aug 9, 2007 - 1:08:41 PM
Learn about Celiac disease from experts in the field
On Thursday, Oct. 11 and Thursday, Oct. 18 at 7 pm, Stony Brook University Medical Center is offering free informational lectures on Celiac Disease, a little known medical condition originating in the digestive system.
Aug 10, 2007 - 11:49:41 AM
Stony Brook Southampton Names Anamaria Cobo de Paci as Dean of Students
Stony Brook Southampton Interim Dean Martin Schoonen today announced Anamaria Cobo de Paci as the campus' first Dean of Students. In that role, she will welcome incoming students later this month and develop student-life programs centered on Stony Brook Southampton's curriculum of sustainability.
Aug 10, 2007 - 12:09:00 PM
Stony Brook University's Lifelong Learning Program Receives $100K Grant, Eligible for $1 Million Endowment
Stony Brook University's Round Table, a lifelong learning program for adults of retirement age within the School of Professional Development, has received a renewable $100,000 grant from the Bernard Osher Foundation.
Aug 13, 2007 - 11:34:30 AM
Stony Brook Southampton Appoints James Quigley to Faculty
Stony Brook Southampton Interim Dean Martin Schoonen today announced that James Quigley, an environmental and political scientist with an expertise in Sustainability - the academic centerpiece of the new campus - will join the faculty this fall as Lecturer.
Aug 13, 2007 - 5:05:02 PM
SBUMC Heart Failure Study Includes Free Evaluation & Consultation with Specialists; Seeks to Empower Patients
More than five million Americans are living with heart failure, and many are not taking the medications they need to treat this dangerous condition. To improve patient knowledge and promote compliance, specialists at the Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Center at Stony Brook University Medical Center are offering a free consultation and evaluation for heart failure patients through the OPTIMAL (Outpatient Trial Investigating Medications that Add Longevity in Heart Failure) study.
Aug 14, 2007 - 1:25:00 PM
SBUMC Forms Minority Health Coalition to Address Disparities in Healthcare Within Long Island Communities
Physicians and researchers from the Center for Public Health and Health Policy Research at Stony Brook University Medical Center held a Mini-Summit on Minority Health, bringing together 40 regional professionals to discuss ways to address health disparities and improve care in minority communities on Long Island.
Aug 14, 2007 - 2:56:05 PM
SBUMC Forms Minority Health Coalition to Address Disparities in Healthcare Within Long Island Communities
Physicians and researchers from the Center for Public Health and Health Policy Research at Stony Brook University Medical Center held a Mini-Summit on Minority Health, bringing together 40 regional professionals to discuss ways to address health disparities and improve care in minority communities on Long Island.
Aug 14, 2007 - 2:56:05 PM
Minister Of Sudan To Lecture At Stony Brook
Aug 15, 2007 - 12:19:23 PM
Nationally Recognized Geneticist and Expert Of a Rare Childhood Disorder Named Chair of SBUMC Pediatrics
Margaret M. McGovern, M.D., Ph.D., a nationally known pediatric geneticist and medical educator, has been named Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Stony Brook University Medical Center, effective September 1. Appointed by Richard N. Fine, M.D., Dean of the School of Medicine, Dr. McGovern will oversee the continued clinical mission of the Department in providing expert care to pediatric patients.
Aug 15, 2007 - 1:06:53 PM
Stepping Out Against Breast and Prostate Cancer 2007 Walk For Beauty, Walk For Life Unites SBUMC and Community
Stony Brook University Medical Center physicians and staff will join forces with cancer survivors and the community on September 30 at the "Walk for Beauty, Walk for Life." The event raises funds for breast and prostate cancer research at SBUMC. Co-sponsored by SBUMC and the Ward Melville Heritage Organization (WMHO), the Walk has raised around $800,000 since its inception in 1994.
Aug 15, 2007 - 1:45:18 PM
Sustainable Campus Set to Open Doors (Sag Harbor Express)
Slightly less than a year after the campus was purchased from Long Island University, the new Stony Brook Southampton will open its doors for classes on September 4. In that year the university has embarked on a public relations campaign promoting the college's foundation in sustainability as one that will become a model for other campuses in the very near future.
Aug 16, 2007 - 10:13:02 AM
SBUMC Researcher Identifies Tumor Suppressing Role for Existing Gene Important to Normal Development
Stony Brook University Medical Center researcher Ute M. Moll, M.D., and colleagues have identified that p73, a cousin to the well-known tumor suppressing gene, p53, steps in as a tumor suppressor when p53 is lost, according to study published in the August 17 issue of Molecular Cell. Dubbed the "guardian of the genome" because it blocks cells with damaged DNA, p53 stops these cells from dividing by orchestrating growth arrest or programmed cell death, which prevents cancer. Therefore, p53 is the most commonly mutated (inactivated) gene in human cancer.
Aug 16, 2007 - 10:58:33 AM
SBUMC Neonatologist Named Top Young Innovator Worldwide In Prestigious List By Technology Review Magazine
Shetal I. Shah, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics at Stony Brook University Medical Center, has been named by Technology Review magazine as one of the top innovators worldwide under the age of 35. The "TR35" award recognizes Dr. Shah's creation of a device to measure forces imparted on patients during transport or trauma.
Aug 16, 2007 - 11:16:42 AM
Stony Brook Again Receives International Recognition; Named One of Top 100 Universities and Top 50 Publics
Stony Brook University has been ranked among the top 100 national universities in America and among the top 50 public national universities in the country in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey released today. The survey marks the sixth time in three years that Stony Brook has received either worldwide or national recognition in such a poll.
Aug 17, 2007 - 12:01:36 PM
Agnes T. O'Connor and Stony Brook University Medical Center Honored by Johnson & Johnson and UCLA's Anderson School of Management
Stony Brook University Medical Center and Agnes T. O'Connor, administrator, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, and resident of Miller Place, N.Y., are the 2007 recipients of the Johnson & Johnson Community Health Care Improvement Project (CHIP) Award. O'Connor was recognized for work in helping to develop the Clinical Trials Unit, which provides cutting edge treatment while reducing the cost to patients. The CHIP Award is given yearly to prior graduates of the Johnson & Johnson/UCLA Health Care Executive Program who demonstrate success in developing and implementing strategic planning initiatives for their organization.
Aug 20, 2007 - 4:47:44 PM
Stony Brook Southampton Presents Marine Science Talk
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y., August 22, 2007-Stony Brook Southampton hosted a marine science talk on Friday, September 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Duke Lecture Hall. The event was free and open to the public.
Aug 22, 2007 - 2:39:51 PM
Stony Brook Receives $4 Million Grant from Department of Homeland Security
A Stony Brook team led by Dr. Serge Luryi, Director of the NY State Center for Advanced Sensor Technology (Sensor CAT) and Chairman of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, has received $682,000 for the first phase of the development of a "Semiconductor high-energy radiation detector with excellent isotope identification and directional capability."
Aug 24, 2007 - 10:46:13 AM
Department Of Defense Awards $2.1 M Grant To Stony Brook's Computer Science Department
Stony Brook University 's Computer Science Department, through the efforts of Professors Scott D. Stoller, R. Sekar, and C.R. Ramakrishnan, will receive $2.1 million from the Office of Naval Research for Advanced Research on Software Security.
Aug 24, 2007 - 10:49:49 AM
Big names light up the new Southampton Review (Newsday)
Robert Reeves, the Director of the Master of Fine Arts Program in Writing and Literature at Stony Brook Southampton, is also the driving force in the new literary journal, The Southampton Review.
Aug 24, 2007 - 1:09:12 PM
Stony Brook Southampton Adds Jim Hoffmann to Faculty
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y., August 24, 2007-Stony Brook Southampton Interim Dean Martin Schoonen today announced that Jim Hoffmann will join the faculty this fall as Lecturer.
Aug 24, 2007 - 1:31:38 PM
SUNY Southampton Goes Green Forever In 10 Days (Dan's Papers)
September of this year will be host to an exciting rebirth on the old Southampton College campus as Stony Brook Southampton inaugurates its first full year with the opening of the still being renovated campus.
Aug 24, 2007 - 4:11:41 PM
Nobel Winner Paul Lauterbur Focus Of Memorial Symposium At Stony Brook
Paul Lauterbur, whose pioneering work on the development of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) while a Stony Brook University faculty member in the 1970s earned him a Nobel Prize, will be the focus of a memorial symposium, on Friday, September 7 that will kick off the celebration of the University's 50th anniversary. The event will pay tribute to Lauterbur and include participation of former Stony Brook colleagues.
Aug 27, 2007 - 11:08:21 AM
Stony Brook Southampton Hosts Wine Expertise Course
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y., August 27, 2007-An innovative, new non-academic course at Stony Brook Southampton introduces adult students to area winemakers while teaching them to interpret nuances in fragrance, texture, color and bouquet in wines from the world's leading regions.
Aug 27, 2007 - 2:39:18 PM
Largest Ever Incoming Med School Class At SBU Begins Careers at "White Coat Ceremony"
The largest incoming medical school class in the history of the Stony Brook University School of Medicine, 116 students, took a major step toward their chosen profession by taking the Hippocratic Oath and wearing the doctor's white coat for the first time at the School's "White Coat Ceremony." The Class of 2011, which includes 59 men and 57 women, collectively come from 55 undergraduate institutions nationwide. Stony Brook University had the highest student representation (15), and there is representation from all Ivy League institutions.
Aug 28, 2007 - 8:50:37 AM
Stony Brook Professor Receives Three National Science Foundation Awards
Dr. Gupta, an Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University's Computer Science Department will receive a total of $1.3 million to conduct advanced research on three related sensor network projects.
Aug 29, 2007 - 12:28:09 PM
Stony Brook University Dedicates Nasti Academic Hall
Dedication ceremonies for the Thomas & Nicolina Nasti Academic Hall were held Monday evening on the campus of Stony Brook University.
Aug 29, 2007 - 1:43:00 PM
Three Stony Brook Students Awarded Fulbright Scholarships To Travel Abroad
Three Stony Brook University students have been awarded Fulbright scholarships to pursue research projects overseas, the University announced today.
Aug 30, 2007 - 2:54:44 PM
Specialist Arrives at Stony Brook Hospital In The Nick of Time for 60 Year Old Stroke Patient
Joseph Chibbaro didn't know what hit him. A former star baseball pitcher for Cortland State with a perfect game under his belt, the 60 year-old Brookhaven Hamlet resident had been the picture of health since his baseball playing days. He's been a staple as head bartender at the Bellport County Club after retiring as a Physical Education teacher in New York City schools, and he enjoys a weekly game of golf every Monday at the same club with his regular foursome.
Aug 30, 2007 - 3:09:37 PM
SBUMC Study: Unhealthy Sleep Patterns in Minorities May Be Clue to Reducing Disparities in Health
Unhealthy sleep patterns - either long or short sleep durations - in Black and other minority populations may contribute to health differentials by race. This is one of the conclusions based on sleep pattern reports from more than 30,000 participants in a study by Lauren Hale, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Graduate Program of Public Health at Stony Brook University. The study is published in the September 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.
Aug 31, 2007 - 8:54:13 AM
September 2007
Eric W. Kaler Named Provost At Stony Brook; Was Dean Of Engineering At University Of Delaware
Eric W. Kaler, Dean of the University of Delaware 's College of Engineering, has been appointed Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Stony Brook University. The announcement was made today by Stony Brook President Shirley Strum Kenny.
Sep 4, 2007 - 1:46:36 PM
Nationally Recognized Expert in Robotic Surgery Appointed Director of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Rahuldev ( Rahul) Bhalla, M.D., a urologist and specialist in minimally invasive surgery and robotic surgery, has been named Director of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery at Stony Brook University Medical Center, effective September 1. Appointed by Richard N. Fine, M.D., Dean of the School of Medicine, Dr. Bhalla will head the effort to build a world-class robotics surgery program at SBUMC.
Sep 5, 2007 - 12:32:13 PM
Former CBS News Executive Named Associate Dean At Stony Brook
Marcy McGinnis, an Emmy Award-winning former senior executive at CBS News and one of the most respected broadcast journalists in the nation, has been named Associate Dean at Stony Brook University's School of Journalism.
Sep 6, 2007 - 2:00:05 PM
Stony Brook University Medical Center First on Long Island and NYC with New State-Of-The-Art High Definition da Vinci Robotic Surgical System
Stony Brook University Medical Center became the first on Long Island and in New York City to acquire the da Vinci(R) S HD(TM) Surgical System, the most technically advanced da Vinci(R) robotic-assisted surgical system. The new da Vinci robot makes it possible for surgeons to perform complex procedures without large incisions by way of superior visualization, enhanced dexterity and greater precision, which ultimately raises the standard of care. Patients may experience less pain, blood loss and scarring resulting from procedures performed with the da Vinci robot. They also experience shorter recovery times and better outcomes, compared to conventional surgery.
Sep 6, 2007 - 5:43:26 PM
'Cosmopolitanism' Subject Of Conference At Stony Brook University On October 10-13
Leading scholars from across the nation, and from Europe, Latin America and Africa will discuss the topic of "cosmopolitanism" at the 20th Anniversary Conference of the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook.
Sep 7, 2007 - 12:06:01 PM
Stony Brook Celebrates Homecoming October 20; Alumni Activities Commemorate 50th Anniversary
Stony Brook University will host " Wolfstock 2007" - its annual Homecoming celebration - on Saturday, October 20 with activities designed for alumni, students, faculty, staff, and their families, as well as for the extended Stony Brook family of community members, neighbors, and civic organizations.
Sep 7, 2007 - 12:32:13 PM
'Critical' robot to debut in Long Island surgery (NY Daily News)
They have built a better robot for surgeons - and Stony Brook University Medical Center is the first hospital on Long Island or in the New York City area to have it under its control, Stony Brook officials said.
Sep 10, 2007 - 1:14:19 PM
Dr. Karan Singh, Leading Figure In India, To Speak At Stony Brook On September 29
Karan Singh, one of India's leading political figures for more than 50 years, will speak at Stony Brook University on Saturday, September 29. The lecture-"The Four Pillars of Learning: Education for a Global Society"-will focus on holistic and lifelong approaches to education.
Sep 10, 2007 - 3:20:46 PM
Learn About the Body's Own Form of Marijuana as Therapy, How to Stand Tall Against Osteoporosis, At SBUMC's Mini-Med School
This fall community participants will learn first-hand from medical experts and take part as "med students" at the 2007 Stony Brook University School of Medicine Mini-Med School. Held at the Health Sciences Center (HSC), the popular six-week series educates participants about various topics in medical science, research, and healthcare issues that affect them and their families.
Sep 11, 2007 - 4:42:55 PM
OSI Pharmaceuticals Science Teaching Fellowships Awarded by Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University has awarded OSI Pharmaceuticals Teaching Fellowships to Tad Sterling of Ronkonkoma and Gina Zhou of Stony Brook.
Sep 14, 2007 - 2:12:21 PM
Distinguished Lectures Program Features Cambodian Environmental Minister
Stony Brook Southampton kicked off its Distinguished Lectures Program with a very special guest: Dr. Mok Mareth, Cambodia's Senior Minister for the Environment, discussed "The Environment and Sustainable Development Actions in the Kingdom of Cambodia" at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 25, in Duke Lecture Hall. The event was free and open to the public.
Sep 17, 2007 - 10:32:25 AM
MFA in Writing and Literature Series Kicks Off With an Evening of Literature and Laughs
One of the country's hot, new humorists shared his work in Duke Lecture Hall at Stony Brook Southampton on October 3, as self-deprecating memoirist Josh Gidding hosted a night of literature and laughs.
Sep 17, 2007 - 10:36:39 AM
Stony Brook University Professor Receives Prestigious Humboldt Research Award
Jacobus J.M. Verbaarschot, a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University, has been awarded a Humboldt Research Award in recognition of lifetime achievements in research.
Sep 17, 2007 - 11:56:18 AM
Stony Brook Dental School Receives $1M Award From Health Resources And Services Administration
Stony Brook University's School of Dental Medicine has received a $1 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support the training of general and pediatric dentistry residents in direct oral healthcare of children.
Sep 18, 2007 - 1:59:36 PM
SB researcher awarded $3.2 million NIH grant to help ease arthritis pain
he Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University, through the State University of New York Research Foundation, has been awarded a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health over the next five years to conduct an effectiveness trial on "Coping Skills Training for Arthritis."
Sep 18, 2007 - 3:55:00 PM
Stony Brook University Hosting First North American Exhibition Of Work Of Young Aboriginal Artists From Australia's Tropical Northeast Oct. 12 - Nov. 16
"Our Way, Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Lockhart River," the first ever exhibition to survey the work of young Aboriginal artists from Australia's tropical northeast, will debut at Stony Brook University on Long Island (New York) from Friday, October 12 to Friday, November 16.
Sep 19, 2007 - 1:47:05 PM
Stony Brook Professors Receive NSF Grant To Protect Internet Privacy
Drs. Rob Johnson and Amanda Stent, Assistant Professors from Stony Brook University's Computer Science Department and Center of Excellence in Wireless & Information Technology have received a $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop new tools to protect the privacy of users of social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.com.
Sep 19, 2007 - 2:39:48 PM
Emerson String Quartet Premieres New Bright Sheng Composition, String Quartet No. 5 - "The Miraculous," At Stony Brook University October 18
The internationally acclaimed Emerson String Quartet, in residence at Stony Brook University, performed the World Premiere of innovative composer Bright Sheng's String Quartet No. 5, "The Miraculous," on Thursday, October 18, 8 pm, in the Recital Hall of the Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University.
Sep 19, 2007 - 3:31:39 PM
Wrist Bones are Latest Clue to Classifying The "Hobbit" as New Species --- SBU Researchers/International Team Study in Journal Science (Sep. 21)
New anatomical evidence from the wrist of the 3-foot-tall hominin skeleton, Homo floresiensis, popularly referred to as the "hobbit," reveals that the shapes of three primary wrist bones are indistinguishable from an African ape or the earliest hominins, but are significantly different from modern humans or Neanderthals.
Sep 20, 2007 - 10:19:36 AM
"Stony Brook Will Continue to Thrive and Grow" Says President Kenny in Convocation Address
Stony Brook President Shirley Strum Kenny said that "Stony Brook is red hot" yesterday at her annual Convocation Address before a crowd of 800 faculty, students, and staff -- many wearing Stony Brook Red shirts -- in a 30-minute address at the Staller Center. The theme of the University's 50th Anniversary, which it is celebrating this academic year, resonated through the presentation, which was accompanied by visual graphics charting Stony Brook's rise to international prominence as a major research institution.
Sep 20, 2007 - 10:54:33 AM
SBUMC Staff Hit the Fashion Runway for Cancer Patients (Oct 18)
On Thursday, October 18, Stony Brook University Medical Center physicians, nurses, and staff took off their white coats and scrubs to model some of the best fall fashions, from sporty clothes to formal wear, at the 7th Annual Fall Fashion Festival at Villa Lombardi's in Holbrook. The event benefited the GIFT (Giving Inspiration, Fighting Together) program at SBUMC. The GIFT program provides patients with comforting amenities, as well as access to support programs, educational materials, and other resources
Sep 21, 2007 - 9:41:44 AM
19th Annual "Run For Children" On Sunday, Oct. 14 Benefits Child Life Program at Stony Brook University Hospital
Put on your running or walking shoes and join the crowd participating in the 19th Annual "Run for Children" on Sunday, October 14, 2007. The certified 5K run/walk took place on the beautiful tree-lined, foliage-filled streets of Setauket. Registration began at 7:30 am and the run got underway at 9:30 am at Gelinas Jr. High School.
Sep 21, 2007 - 2:02:12 PM
Marine Science Talk: "Making the Great South Bay Great Again"
Stony Brook Southampton continued its marine science talks on Friday, October 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Duke Lecture Hall. The event was free and open to the public with a reception to follow. For further information, call 631-283-4020.
Sep 21, 2007 - 2:59:41 PM
Stony Brook Breaks Ground On STAR Center; $25M Research Building To Promote Biomed Technologies
Stony Brook University broke ground on a $25 million STAR research center today, paving the way for discovery-based research and technology development in the areas of functional genomics instrumentation, gene discovery, drug design and delivery, and smart micro and nano -based biomaterials and biosensors.
Sep 24, 2007 - 2:36:58 PM
Nationally Known Expert in Translational Research And Molecular Markers For Cancer Named Chair of SBUMC Pathology
Kenneth R. Shroyer, M.D., Ph.D., an expert in Surgical and Cytopathology and nationally recognized for translational studies in the development of novel molecular markers for treating cancer, has been named Chair of the Department of Pathology at Stony Brook University Medical Center. Appointed by Richard N. Fine, M.D., Dean of the School of Medicine, Dr. Shroyer heads a program that provides clinical and laboratory services in areas such as cancer, infectious diseases, and immunology.
Sep 25, 2007 - 9:38:08 AM
Stony Brook University Announces Nation's First Center For News Literacy
Stony Brook University's School of Journalism announced today that it would establish the nation's first Center for News Literacy designed to educate current and future news consumers on how to judge the credibility and reliability of news. The effort is being funded in part with a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation.
Sep 26, 2007 - 12:00:43 PM
SBU Scientist Discovers 10 Million Year Old Scratches That Link Fish Diet To Evolution
Chips and scratches from 10 million years ago have revealed new insights into fish diets and their influence on evolution, according to research featured in this week's issue of the journal Science.
Sep 27, 2007 - 4:31:29 PM
Stony Brook Researchers Co-Author Study On How Genetics Affects Teeth Development
Now, researchers at the University of Helsinki's Institute of Biotechnology and Stony Brook University show how development affects the evolution of teeth, and have devised a simple developmental model to predict aspects of teeth across many species.
Sep 28, 2007 - 2:32:03 PM
Todd Rosengart, M.D.,Elected to Board Of The American Heart Association of Long Island
STONY BROOK, NY, September 28, 2007 - Todd K. Rosengart, M.D.,., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.C., Professor and Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stony Brook University Medical Center, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Heart Association of Long Island.
Sep 28, 2007 - 3:14:26 PM
October 2007
Cardiologists and Surgeons Face Off at Stony Brook Symposium "To Stent or Not to Stent " and other Debates with Top U.S. Experts
On Saturday, October 13, the Heart Center at Stony Brook University Medical Center hosted a medical symposium entitled "Meeting of the Minds: Emergent Therapies in Cardiovascular Disease, Outcomes and Evidence-Based Medicine." Designed for cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, internists and other health care professionals with a special interest in the field of cardiovascular disease, this one-day enlightening and educational adventure took place at the Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University.
Oct 1, 2007 - 5:16:33 PM
'It bleeds my heart,' former director says of Baghdad museum (LA Times)
A sleekly genteel museum auditorium in Santa Ana filled with shocked gasps and sorrowful groans as Donny George Youkhanna, director of Baghdad's antiquities museum during the first three years of the Iraq war, described, blow by blow, the robbing of the cradle of civilization.
Oct 2, 2007 - 10:05:14 AM
Stony Brook's School Of Journalism Unveils 'Newsroom Of The Future'
One of the most technologically-advanced newsrooms in the country, was officially opened today when Stony Brook University's School of Journalism unveiled its "Newsroom of the Future."
Oct 2, 2007 - 10:59:35 AM
A Vision of the Future: Top UN and NCI Offiicials Attend "Biomedical Technology For A Global Age" Symposium At SBU
World leaders in medicine, technology, and global policy came to Stony Brook University on September 26 to discuss the purposes and priorities of biomedical technology research in the 21st Century. Assembled together for the first time, the group included the Director General, United Nations/Geneva, the President of the Geneva School of Diplomacy, the Deputy Director of the National Cancer Institute, and the former Undersecretary of Commerce.
Oct 2, 2007 - 3:37:45 PM
Spreading the Word On Breast Cancer: Witness Project of L.I. Expands To Educate African American Women on Screening, Care
The Witness Project(R) of Long Island (WPLI) is reaching out to African American women living in Suffolk County to educate them on the importance of mammograms and routine screening for breast cancer - knowledge that may help save lives. A collaborative breast health and cancer education program run by Stony Brook University Cancer Center and the Center for Public Health and Health Policy Research, WPLI expanded its reach into the Town of Brookhaven this fall and is planning to run future programs in communities on Long Island's East End.
Oct 2, 2007 - 4:24:36 PM
Helping Children With Cancer Go Back to School At The 6th Annual Back To School Conference
On Tuesday, November 6, Stony Brook University Medical Center (SBUMC) offered a FREE, one-day conference for school teachers, nurses, counselors, social workers, psychologists, other educators, and parents to educate the educators about childhood cancer, the effects of treatment, preparation for school re-entry, emerging technology and innovative distance learning for students with cancer.
Oct 5, 2007 - 1:36:47 PM
Stony Brook Acquires Collection Of Pietro Di Donato, Hailed As Grandfather Of Italian-American Literature
Stony Brook University announced today that it has acquired the papers of the late Pietro Di Donato, an American writer often referred to as the grandfather of Italian-American literature.
Oct 9, 2007 - 4:36:22 PM
World-Renowned Poet to Discuss Cancer Experience as Keynote Speaker Witness Project Of Long Island Gala
Nikki Giovanni, world-renowned poet, activist, New York Times best-selling author, and Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech University, spoke about her journey as a lung cancer survivor at the Fourth Annual Witness Project(R) of Long Island (WPLI) Annual Gala Celebration and Awards Dinner. The event honored cancer survivors and others on the frontline of battling breast cancer. It was held at the Islandia Marriott in Islandia, N.Y., on Friday, November 2.
Oct 11, 2007 - 11:02:10 AM
Stony Brook Baroque Players Recipients Of Collegium Musicum Grant Award
The Stony Brook University Baroque Players have been named winners of the 2006-07 Collegium Musicum Grant competition presented by Early Music America.
Oct 11, 2007 - 11:08:59 AM
Stony Brook Graduate Student Wins Le Roy Apker Award From APS
Bryce Gadway, a first-year graduate in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University from Rouses Point, N.Y., has been named the recipient of the 2007 LeRoy Apker Award of the American Physical Society (APS).
Oct 12, 2007 - 11:53:04 AM
Bruce A. Solomon Named Chief Operating Officer at Stony Brook University Hospital
Bruce A. Solomon, MPH, MBA, was appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Stony Brook University Hospital, announced Stony Brook University Hospital Chief Executive Officer, Steven L. Strongwater, M.D.
Oct 12, 2007 - 2:19:11 PM
Authors Charm Audiences At Stony Brook Southampton (Dan's Papers)
Overlooking the Shinnecock Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, Stony Brook Southampton's 81-acre campus is red hot with events this fall semester. Every Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Duke Lecture Hall, the M.F.A. program in Writing and Literature at Stony Brook Southampton hosts the Writers Speak series featuring some of the most interesting and emerging memoirists, novelists and poets to date.
Oct 12, 2007 - 2:34:41 PM
Grand Opening For Lockhart River Aboriginal Art Exhibit To Be Held Wednesday, October 17 At Wang Center
The Grand Opening of "Our Way, Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Lockhart River," the first ever exhibition to survey the work of young Aboriginal artists from Australia's tropical northeast, took place on Wednesday, October 17 at 4:30 PM at the Charles B. Wang Center on campus.
Oct 15, 2007 - 9:54:32 AM
Obesity Poses Strongest Risk For Colorectal Cancer In Women
Among important risk factors for colorectal cancer in women, obesity stands out as the greatest risk factor for the disease. This finding, was reported by Joseph C. Anderson, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center, and colleagues at the 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroentrology in Philadelphia.
Oct 15, 2007 - 1:29:07 PM
Stony Brook's College Of Engineering And Applied Sciences Creates Undergraduate Minor In Nanotechnology Studies
Professors from four Departments in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Stony Brook University have been awarded a $187,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop an integrated, research-intensive minor in Nanotechnology Studies.
Oct 15, 2007 - 1:55:07 PM
Stony Brook University President Shirley Strum Kenny Receives Honorary Doctorate From Konkuk University
Stony Brook University President Shirley Strum Kenny was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from one of South Korea's leading universities last week in Seoul.
Oct 15, 2007 - 2:19:55 PM
SBUMC Study Investigates Skin Product That May Help Patients With Leg Ulcers Heal
Compression bandaging is the most common form of treatment for venous leg ulcers. For patients with this type of leg wound who do not respond well to compression treatment alone, or have difficulty healing because of problems with veins, a clinical trial at Stony Brook University offers an alternative.
Oct 15, 2007 - 5:46:03 PM
Long Island Takes Lead In Alternative Energy Research; Advanced Energy Center Ground Breaking Is Oct. 16
The Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center co-chairs Shirley Strum Kenny and Robert Catell have announced that a groundbreaking ceremony will be held on Tuesday, October 16th at the Charles B. Wang Center on the Stony Brook University campus and the Advanced Energy Center site nearby.
Oct 16, 2007 - 10:26:34 AM
"Writers Speak" Continues With Two Emerging Poets
Two emerging poets, Jean Gallagher and Joy Katz, read from their collections in Duke Lecture Hall at Stony Brook Southampton on October 24. The event was part of Southampton 's MFA in Writing and Literature program and its "Writers Speak" series of literary discussions, which all take place on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at Stony Brook Southampton and are free and open to the public.
Oct 16, 2007 - 2:24:53 PM
New York Islander Richard Park To Give Keynote Address At U.S. Citizenship Ceremony
New York Islander Richard Park delivered the Keynote Address when more than 100 immigrants - including several Stony Brook University employees - took the oath of U.S. citizenship at a swearing-in ceremony on Friday, October 26 at 10:00 AM at the Charles B. Wang Center on campus.
Oct 16, 2007 - 3:53:14 PM
Cambodian Environmental Minister Visits Stony Brook Southampton
Oct 17, 2007 - 1:15:57 PM
At SBUMC First Ever Robot Assisted Surgery To Remove Prostate Helps Orient Man Quickly Return To Life As Usual
Earlier this year, David Moore didn't know much about prostate cancer except that his brother-in-law was diagnosed with it 10 years ago and subsequently underwent major surgery to have his prostate removed.
Oct 17, 2007 - 3:49:31 PM
Three Stony Brook Professors Share in Nobel Prize Awarded to Gore and Climate Change Panel
Three faculty members at Stony Brook University's School of Marine and Atmospheric Science have been recognized for their contributions to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last Friday along with former Vice President Al Gore for efforts to control global warming.
Oct 18, 2007 - 7:37:34 PM
Lawnmower Sends a Nail into Man's Heart (NBC Today Show)
The next time the conversation turns to tough old guys, you might want to save a place on the list with John Wayne for 73-year-old Dale Carman, who had a nail embedded in his heart while mowing his lawn and told his wife it was only a flesh wound probably caused by a rock. But instead of a rock, what hit him was a four-inch finishing nail - the kind that doesn't have a broad, flattened head. The fact that it had found its way into his heart was nothing short of astonishing, said the man who would extract it during nearly two hours of surgery - Dr. Todd Rosengart, the chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Stony Brook University Medical Center on Long Island in New York.
Oct 19, 2007 - 1:26:32 PM
Jets Women's Organization and Starlight Starbright Deliver "Fun" to Child Life Program at SBUMC
Children undergoing treatment at Stony Brook University Medical Center will be laughing and playing a little more, thanks to a Starlight Starbright Fun Center donated to the Child Life Program on the Pediatric Unit of the Hospital. Through the partnership of The Jets Woman's Organization, Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation NY *NJ*CT, and Nintendo of America, the Fun Center is designed to combat anxiety and wariness faced by hospitalized children. The latest Fun Center model, valued at $3,250, includes a Sharp(R) AQUOS(TM) liquid Crystal flat screen monitor, a DVD player and a Nintendo Game Cube(TM) system.
Oct 22, 2007 - 4:24:34 PM
SBU Study Shows Low Vibrations Greatly Reduces Fat Production In Mice, A New Clue To Investigating Ways To Control Obesity
Brief stints on a high-frequency low-magnitude vibrating platform appear to make mice leaner. According to lead researcher Clinton Rubin, Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Stony Brook University, the study results are striking and the method used may someday lead to a non-strenuous, drug-free method for control of obesity.
Oct 23, 2007 - 11:36:03 AM
Aboriginal art's brush with the Big Apple (The Australian)
An exhibition tracing the history and work of the acclaimed Lockhart River Art Gang, the movement at the forefront of contemporary indigenous art, is showing at Stony Brook University on Long Island.
Oct 23, 2007 - 1:53:12 PM
Stony Brook and NYS Department of State Host Conference to Assist Municipal Collaborations
Stony Brook University and the New York Department of State hosted a conference designed to assist municipal officials access nearly $14 million in grants through the State's Shared Municipal Services Incentive (SMSI) program. The conference was held on Monday, November 5 from 9:30 AM to 2:00 PM at the Charles B. Wang Center on campus.
Oct 23, 2007 - 2:24:21 PM
Fine Wine and Fine Food for Sample and Discussion at Stony Brook Southampton
A fun and exciting food and wine event, "Sublime Tastes: Southampton 2007," took place on Saturday, October 27, from 1 to 7 p.m., at the Fine Arts Center at the Stony Brook Southampton campus.
Oct 24, 2007 - 3:59:30 PM
Marine Science Talk: The Forge River, a Case Study
Stony Brook Southampton continued its marine science talks on Friday, November 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Duke Lecture Hall. The event was free and open to the public with a reception to follow. For further information, call 631-283-4020.
Oct 24, 2007 - 4:19:06 PM
MFA Series: 'Writers Speak' With Clark Blaise
Clark Blaise read from his recent work in Duke Lecture Hall at Stony Brook Southampton on November 7. The event was part of Southampton 's MFA in Writing and Literature program and its "Writers Speak" series of literary discussions, which all take place on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at Stony Brook Southampton and are free and open to the public. For further information, call 631-632-5030.
Oct 24, 2007 - 4:22:21 PM
Stony Brook Mentors 13 Regional Finalists And 12 Semifinalists In Siemens Competition
Thirteen regional finalists and 12 semifinalists in the Siemens Competition - one of the top nationwide research competitions - were mentored at Stony Brook University, it was announced today.
Oct 25, 2007 - 12:51:28 PM
74 Year-Old With 95 Percent Blockage in Carotid Artery Undergoes Innovative, Non-Surgical Treatment at SBUMC
John Davenport's daughter, Kathy Culver, a pediatric critical care nurse practitioner, was at her wits' end. At 74 years old, her father, a retired manager of the A&P in Brooklyn, was losing neurological function, and a wide array of risk factors made him a high-risk candidate for surgical intervention. John has a body mass index that qualifies him as morbidly obese. He is diabetic, suffers obstructive sleep apnea, coronary artery disease and hypertension.
Oct 25, 2007 - 5:25:30 PM
Stony Brook And Konkuk University Sign Agreement On Dual Degree Program
Stony Brook University and Konkuk University in Seoul, South Korea have signed a dual degree agreement. The documents were signed by Stony Brook President Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny and Konkuk President Dr. Myung Oh earlier this month in Seoul. Dr. Oh received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stony Brook in 1972.
Oct 26, 2007 - 12:43:09 PM
SBUMC Investigates New Bird Flu Vaccine That May Prevent Severe Disease During A Potential Human Pandemic
Scientists are seeking ways to develop a vaccine against the H5N1 Influenza A virus, which causes bird flu, a strain that is usually fatal when it strikes people. Stony Brook University Medical Center is investigating an experimental vaccine against bird flu that may prevent the infection or severe disease and possibly death associated with outbreaks. SBUMC seeks healthy volunteers for the clinical trial.
Oct 29, 2007 - 10:09:43 AM
Two better than one at Stony Brook (Newsday)
Chuck Priore does not embrace the concept of a featured running back. The Stony Brook football coach loudly denounces it. It reinforced Priore's philosophy that his backfield will always be in motion with at least two ball carriers. Of course, that can cause some friction when the two have similar ability.
Oct 29, 2007 - 1:51:19 PM
Low Buzz May Give Mice Better Bones and Less Fat (New York Times)
Dr. Clinton T. Rubin, director of the Center for Biotechnology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is reporting that in mice, a simple treatment that does not involve drugs appears to be directing cells to turn into bone instead of fat.
Oct 30, 2007 - 1:48:14 PM
November 2007
New Image-Guided Radiotherapy System Provides High-Tech Treatment Strategy For Inoperable Tumors, High-Risk Patients
A new radiotherapy system that combines high-tech imaging with precision tumor-targeting capability is helping cancer specialists at Stony Brook University Medical Center treat patients. Those with medically inoperable tumors, at high-risk for surgery, or who do not want surgical treatment may benefit most from the ExacTrac (R) X-ray 6D System for image-guided radiotherapy.
Nov 1, 2007 - 5:47:32 PM
ONR Honors Shlesinger With 2006 Dr. Fred E. Saalfeld Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Science
Chief of Naval Research Rear Admiral William Landay III and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) honored Dr. Michael F. Shlesinger as the 2006 recipient of the Dr. Fred E. Saalfeld Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Science at a ceremony at ONR's headquarters in Arlington, Va.
Nov 2, 2007 - 3:47:45 PM
Dean Of SBU School OF Medicine Receives Highest Honor Bestowed On A Temple University Med School Graduate
Richard N. Fine., M.D., an internationally renowned pediatric nephrologist and Dean of Stony Brook University School of Medicine, has been named the Henry P. Laughlin 2007 "Alumnus of the Year" by Temple University School of Medicine (TUSM). The award is the highest honor that TUSM confers on its graduates.
Nov 2, 2007 - 5:18:22 PM
Vibrations Shown to Build Bone, Reduce Fat (National Public Radio)
Standing on a gently vibrating platform for 15 minutes a day can build bone mass and reduce fat in mice, according to a new study. The changes are due to a stem cell in bone marrow that can become muscle, bone or fat.
Nov 2, 2007 - 5:29:15 PM
SBUMC Study: Revascularization Improves Survival Rates Of Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease
In an analysis of more than 10,000 patients with stable coronary artery disease, a team of specialists from Stony Brook University Medical Center concluded that revascularization of blocked coronary arteries significantly improved survival.
Nov 7, 2007 - 5:56:56 PM
Researchers Create Platform That Shakes Away Fat (CBS News)
Researchers on Long Island have made a remarkable breakthrough in weight loss. They say they've discovered a way to reduce fat and increase muscle mass by, literally, shaking away the fat.
The campus of Stony Brook University is abuzz with worldwide attention on the incredible finding.
Nov 8, 2007 - 11:47:15 AM
SBUH Recognized by U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services for High Rate of Organ Donation and For Saving Lives
Stony Brook University Hospital was presented with a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Organ Donor Medal of Honor in Nashville for substantially raising life-saving organ donor rates of eligible donors at its facility.
Nov 8, 2007 - 1:15:35 PM
SBUMC Researchers First To Image A Biomarker Of Neurogenesis ; Finding May Impact Treatment of MS, Depression, Other Diseases
Mirjana Maletic-Savatic, M.D., Ph.D., and co-investigators from Stony Brook University Medical Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory discovered a way to image a biomarker of neural stem and progenitor cells ( NPCs) in the living human brain. The discovery allowed researchers to monitor neurogenesis, the development of nerve tissues. The finding may also prove to be monumental in the diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, depression, and other disorders of the central nervous system where neurogenesis is disrupted. The investigators were the first in the world to detect NPCs in this way. Their findings were published in the November 9 issue of the journal Science.
Nov 8, 2007 - 5:26:35 PM
"Everything You Need to Know About MRSA"... A Free Public Education Forum at Stony Brook University
On Monday, November 19, from 5 pm - 7 pm at the Wang Center at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook University Medical Center presented a free public information forum on MRSA ( Methicillin -Resistant Staphylococcus aureus). Pediatric Infectious Disease specialist, Sharon Nachman, M.D., Adult Infectious Disease specialist, Susan Donelan, M.D., Jorge Benach, PhD, Director of the Center for Infectious diseases, and a representative from Suffolk County Department of Health Services provided the most up to date information and answered frequently asked questions about drug resistant staphylococcal infections.
Nov 9, 2007 - 12:36:25 PM
Scientists Find Way to Track Stem Cells in Brain (U.S. News & World Report)
The identification of a new marker made it possible to track brain stem cells for the first time, U.S. researchers report. The achievement opened doors to new research into depression, early childhood development and multiple sclerosis, the team's senior author said.
Nov 9, 2007 - 12:37:05 PM
Feeding The "Count" Is Fun For SBU Med Students
STONY BROOK, N.Y., November 12, 2007 Approximately 50 Stony Brook University medical students, as well as School of Medicine faculty, participated in the first student-run blood drive to benefit patients at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Nov 12, 2007 - 5:01:37 PM
"Writers Speak" Continues With MFA Alumni
Novelist Simon Van Booy and poet Lucas Hunt, two alumni of Southampton College's MFA program, read their recent work in Duke Lecture Hall at Stony Brook Southampton on November 14.
Nov 13, 2007 - 3:41:26 PM
National Expert In Clinical Science Research Joins SBUMC Public Health Program And Preventive Medicine Faculty
A. Laurie W. Shroyer, Ph.D., M.S.H.A., a nationally recognized clinical science researcher, is named Professor of Preventive Medicine, Division of Evaluative Sciences, at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Nov 13, 2007 - 4:54:56 PM
The Birth Of A Brain Cell: Scientists Witness Neurogenesis (Scientific American)
For the first time, researchers developed a way to view stem cells in the brains of living animals, including humans a finding that allowed scientists to follow the process neurogenesis (the birth of neurons). The discovery comes just months after scientists confirmed that such cells are generated in adult as well as developing brains.
Nov 14, 2007 - 10:38:35 AM
Gastroenterology Specialist Joins SBUMC, Practice Centers on Crohn's Disease, Other Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Robert J. Richards, M.D., M.S., a gastrointestinal specialist with expertise in treating Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is named Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology/ Hepatology, at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Nov 16, 2007 - 10:14:06 AM
Stony Brook University To Host Long Island's Largest Display Of Aids Memorial Quilt
The largest display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt on Long Island this year will take place on Thursday, November 29 at Stony Brook University. Twenty-five 12x12 sections of the Quilt which is composed of more than 5,748 such sections will be on exhibit.
Nov 19, 2007 - 3:12:53 PM
Call Them Lucky, Blessed, or Miraculous (Newsday)
Today, as four families gather around their Thanksgiving tables, they will give thanks for life itself. They are among those Long Islanders who thought perhaps they wouldn't even be here to celebrate with family and friends.
Nov 23, 2007 - 3:15:24 PM
Amputee Runs Smithtown Turkey Trot (Newsday)
There was a time when few people thought Mike LaForgia would ever trot like a turkey again, much less run a marathon. But there he was Thursday morning, sprinting up the driveway at Smithtown Elementary School in the Annual Gail Gorin Memorial Turkey Trot, finished a few seconds ahead of his 30-minute goal, besting hundreds of others in the 5-kilometer race who had two things LaForgia did not.
Nov 24, 2007 - 3:18:01 PM
"Up Close Encounters" With Ocean Animals at Stony Brook Southampton
Stony Brook Southampton and its Distinguished Lectures Series will present "The State of the Oceans' Animals: Up Close Encounters With Sharks, Dolphins, Loggerhead Turtles, Penguins and More!" with Marilyn and Hal Weiner, Emmy-winning producers of PBS' Journey to Planet Earth on Thursday, December 6, at 7 p.m. in Duke Lecture Hall. The event was free and open to the public.
Nov 26, 2007 - 3:32:22 PM
MFA in Writing and Literature Series Continues With Julie Raynor
Novelist Julie Raynor read from her work in Duke Lecture Hall at Stony Brook Southampton on November 28.
Nov 26, 2007 - 3:52:23 PM
Vigilant Hand-Washing, Covering Cuts Crucial
Infectious Disease experts at Stony Brook University Medical Center held a public education forum on MRSA (Methicillin -Resistant Staphylococcus aureus), the infection-causing bacteria in the news because of cases cropping up in communities nationwide.
Nov 26, 2007 - 5:24:27 PM
Three Teens Merit Service Excellence for Volunteerism at Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook University Hospital selected three outstanding high school seniors to receive the annual Service Excellence Award for Junior Volunteers. Ravina Chawla of St. James, Vincent Leombruno of Setauket and Ashlie Tam of Hauppauge, all 17, accumulated more than 400 hours combined, and each used their volunteer experience at the Hospital to move closer to their career and life goals.
Nov 27, 2007 - 2:38:43 PM
Taking An Early Bite Out Of Childhood Obesity: SBUMC Receives $1.33 Million From DOH To Target Pregnant Women, Infants
The Department of Family Medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center received a five-year $1.33 million grant from the New York State Department of Health (DOH) to create a Center for Best Practices to Prevent and Reduce Childhood Obesity. Called the Long Island Center for Pediatric Obesity Prevention Best Practices in Heart Links Communities, the new Center is administered through SBUMC and managed by the Department of Family Medicine.
Nov 28, 2007 - 3:45:21 PM
December 2007
Editorial: Spitzer should make SUNY shine (Newsday)
The only SUNY schools that belong to the prestigious research organization, the Association of American Universities, are the university centers at Stony Brook and Buffalo. Spitzer must make sure that these two campuses get everything they need to climb even higher. For us, it's this simple: As Stony Brook goes, so goes Long Island.
Dec 2, 2007 - 3:29:27 PM
Getting Facts On MRSA (Newsday)
Even though reports of MRSA infections have nearly disappeared from the news, they haven't vanished from reality, say specialists in infectious diseases who study and treat a wide range of microbial threats. At a recent community forum on Long Island, experts from Stony Brook University Medical Center separated MRSA facts from an ever-growing compendium of myths.
Dec 3, 2007 - 11:58:18 AM
Linda L. Shanley Appointed Chief Information Officer at Stony Brook University Hospital
Linda L. Shanley, MBA, was named Chief Information Officer of Stony Brook University Hospital, announced Chief Executive Officer Steven L. Strongwater, M.D. Within this capacity, Shanley will provide secure and safe technology-based solutions to facilitate patient care. Her initial objectives include facilitating the progress of an integrated electronic medical record across the inpatient and outpatient experience, and providing connectivity and access to information systems to community physicians and Stony Brook University Hospital partners.
Dec 3, 2007 - 1:17:37 PM
Plainview 2 Take Top Science Prize (NY Daily News)
Janelle Schlossberger and Amanda Marinoff, both 17 and seniors at Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School, couldn't stop smiling after winning the $100,000 grand prize for team projects for their chemistry research on drug-resistant tuberculosis. Janelle and Amanda spent their summer vacation holed up in a laboratory at SUNY Stony Brook, taught themselves organic chemistry from a textbook and looking for new ways to attack tuberculosis.
Dec 4, 2007 - 4:54:13 PM
Editorial: Girl Power Wins Siemens Competition (Newsday)
Call it revenge of the girls. On Monday, girls swept the top awards of the prestigious Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology for the first time - proving they are just as good (or in this case, better) as boys in science.
Dec 5, 2007 - 3:18:31 PM
"The State of The Oceans' Animals" Discussion Draws Large Audience
Filmmakers Marilyn and Hal Weiner further raised the profile of Stony Brook Southampton's Distinguished Lecture Series with a presentation of their new documentary, "The State of the Oceans' Animals: Up Close-Encounters With Sharks, Dolphins, Loggerhead Turtles, Penguins, and More!"
Dec 7, 2007 - 1:38:50 PM
Stony Brook University Joins National Climate Commitment Initiative
Stony Brook University President Shirley Strum Kenny signed the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), formalizing SBU's pledge to fight global warming through enhanced campus environmental sustainability.
Dec 7, 2007 - 2:27:16 PM
The annual Windmill Lighting at Stony Brook Southampton on Dec. 7 came with an added holiday present. Along with the marching band, jazz trio, hot cocoa, cider and treats, Stony Brook University President Shirley Strum Kenny announced an anonymous gift of $100,000 toward the historic Windmill's rehabilitation and a new fundraising effort to raise $150,000 more for the area landmark.
Dec 7, 2007 - 5:30:30 PM
SUNY Recognizes Stony Brook For Sustainability Program With Outstanding Student Affairs Award" For Earthstock 2007
The EarthStock program series at Stony Brook University received the 2007 Outstanding Student Affairs Award for Emerging Programs, the SUNY Office of University Life announced.
Dec 10, 2007 - 3:10:10 PM
SBUMC Team Receives Prestigious Patient Safety Award
Stony Brook University Medical Center Anesthesiologist, Rishimani Adsumelli, M.D., M.B.B.S., F.F.A.R.C.S., and co-authors were selected to receive the Ellison Pierce Patient Safety Award for the exhibit, Maternal Hemorrhage: A Proactive Multidisciplinary Approach to Reduce Mortality and Morbidity. The award was presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists* by the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF). The award, named after its founder Dr. Ellison Pierce, is the highest award given by the APSF.
Dec 11, 2007 - 9:48:34 AM
Stony Brook President Shirley Strum Kenny Details Plans to Make Southampton a Revolutionary, Green Campus
Stony Brook University President Shirley Strum Kenny has been a frequent visitor to the new Stony Brook Southampton Campus this semester, its first semester in full operation. On December 5, she met with students, faculty and staff in a town hall-style meeting, discussing how Stony Brook Southampton will become a model of environmental sustainability nationwide. On December 7, at the traditional Windmill Lighting ceremony, she signed the Talloires Declaration, a 10-point pledge signed by university presidents worldwide focused on assuring a greener future for all countries.
Dec 11, 2007 - 3:03:21 PM
Space Travel And Cancer Linked? SBU Researcher Secures NASA Grant To Study Effects Of Space Radiation
Stony Brook University Medical Center researcher Kanokporn ( Noy) Rithidech, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Research Pathology, received a four-year $1.4 million grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research that is designed to gain a better understanding about the possible cancer risks encountered by astronauts when they are exposed to space radiation.
Dec 12, 2007 - 4:22:02 PM
Cody Center Expands Autism And Developmental Disability Services To Those In Need On The East End of Long Island
Stony Brook University recently celebrated the opening of the Cody Center-East End, expanding services provided by the Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities to residents of eastern Long Island.
Dec 13, 2007 - 4:10:17 PM
SBUMC Radiation Oncology Receives ACRO Three-Year Accreditation
The Department of Radiation Oncology at Stony Brook University Medical Center received a three-year Certificate of Accreditation by the American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO) Practice Accreditation Program.
Dec 17, 2007 - 2:15:43 PM
A Chance To Work With "America's Greatest String Quartet" At Stony Brook University Intensive Weeklong Workshop
Emerson String Quartet, the distinguished Quartet-in-Residence at Stony Brook University since 2002, is currently accepting applications from pre-professional string quartets worldwide for its International Chamber Music Workshop.
Dec 19, 2007 - 3:45:16 PM
The Iron Man: A Meningitis Miracle
How I beat a disease that almost killed me.
By Mike LaForgia, as told to Irene S. Levine, PhD (Reader's Digest)
Dec 20, 2007 - 11:33:50 AM
Top Ten Scientific Discoveries: #8 Man's Migration Out of Africa (TIME Magazine)
Early this year, an international team of scientists announced that analysis of a skull discovered in South Africa in 1952 revealed the first fossil evidence that modern humans left Africa between 65,000 and 25,000 years ago.
Dec 20, 2007 - 12:44:05 PM
Santa's Sleigh Stops At SBUMC, Brings Cheer to Children Treated For Inherited Metabolic Disorders
Brynn Mulcahy, eight years old, is a girl with a spark in her eye and an optimistic demeanor. Take that disposition and add a touch of Santa for the holiday season, and you have one happy girl. Brynn and other children treated for inherited metabolic disorders by specialists in Department of Pediatrics at Stony Brook University Medical Center received a special visit by Santa and his Med student elves.
Dec 20, 2007 - 2:00:26 PM
Union Locals And Others Working On SBUH Construction Offer Holiday Hope To A Union Brother And His Family In Need
Tom Archer of Smithtown is a single father of six with four boys still living at home. On October 5, Tom, 50, a Union Dockbuilder Local 1456 with the NYC District Council of Carpenters, received a phone call on his last day on the job before starting the next “it was a call no parent should ever have to receive. Tom's 15-year-old son, Benjamin (Ben) was struck by a car while riding his bike. Ben was taken to Stony Brook University Medical Center where he spent 46 days recovering after brain surgery. He is now undergoing physical and rehabilitative therapy at a local community hospital. Tom spends his days and nights at Ben's side while he recovers. He hasn't been to work since.
Dec 21, 2007 - 1:17:31 PM
International Team Led By Stony Brook University Professor Makes TIME Magazine's Top 10 Scientific Discoveries of 2007
The December 24 issue of TIME Magazine selected to its list of Top 10 Scientific Discoveries in 2007. The findings of a Stony Brook University-led team of international scientists that used a sophisticated method to accurately date a human skull found in South Africa in 1952.
Dec 21, 2007 - 4:48:10 PM
Drug-Eluting Stents -- More Good Than Harm For Heart Patients?
Clinical evidence suggests that drug-eluting stents in patients undergoing coronary artery revascularization procedures relieve obstructive coronary artery disease, provide durable mechanical results, and do more good than harm.
Dec 24, 2007 - 10:15:15 AM
Woman of the Year: SBU President Shirly Strum Kenny Leads the University Forward (Village Times Herald)
The Village Times Herald salutes Stony Brook University President Shirley Strum Kenny as Woman of the Year for 2007.
Dec 27, 2007 - 2:39:38 PM
Dr. Wayne Waltzer : Surgeon, Leader at SBU Medical Center (Village Times Herald; see article on page 8 of link)
The Village Times Herald names Dr. Wayne Waltzer, kidney transplant specialist, the Man of the Year in Medicine for 2007.
Dec 27, 2007 - 2:51:54 PM
Engineering Bones: Clint Rubin leads cutting edge research (Village Times Herald; see article on page 10 of link)
The Village Times Herald selected Dr. Clinton Rubin, Director of Biomedical Engineering at Stony Brook University, as Man of the Year in Science for 2007.
Dec 27, 2007 - 3:06:07 PM
Providing Guidance, Comfort and Support: SBUMC Chaplaincy Program (Village Times Herald; see article on page 9 of link)
The Chaplaincy Team at Stony Brook University Medical Center has earned The Village Times Herald's designation as the People of Year in Religion for 2007
Dec 27, 2007 - 3:16:18 PM
Woman of the Year: SBU President Shirley Strum Kenny Leads the University Forward (Port Times Record)
The Port Times Record salutes SBU President Shirley Strum Kenny as Woman of the Year for 2007.
Dec 27, 2007 - 3:32:15 PM
Three Sets of LI Twins Arrive Early for New Year (Newsday)
Three sets of twins apparently wanted to see 2007 firsthand, so they all arrived fashionably early yesterday at Stony Brook University Hospital -- all delivered by the same pair of hands.
Jan 1, 2008 - 1:07:02 PM
Long Island 's first New Year baby is a girl (Newsday)
Erin Keegan had painted the nursery blue and purchased Michael Jordan baby clothes. After all, an ultrasound test a month ago had indicated that his companion, Amanda Gonzalez, was going to have a boy around Jan. 30. But the baby didn't wait. The 12:01 a.m. birth yesterday at Stony Brook University Medical Center of what is Nassau 's and Suffolk 's apparent first child of 2008 held another surprise.
Jan 2, 2008 - 1:22:41 PM
Stony Brook University Medical Center Welcomes Long Island's First Newborn Infant Of 2008
Stony Brook University Medical Center welcomed Jes Keegan at 12:01 am on New Year's Day morning as Long Island's first newborn baby of 2008. The 4-lb., 14-ounce, 16 inch baby girl was born to Amanda Gonzalez 20, and Erin Keegan, 19, of Mastic Beach. It is the couple's second daughter.
Jan 2, 2008 - 5:04:47 PM
Staller Center for the Arts to Present "Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD"
Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University will bring the Metropolitan Opera's innovative program, "Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD," to its Main Stage Theater, starting with "Macbeth" on January 12 2007.
Jan 4, 2008 - 1:34:13 PM
SBUMC Evaluates A Dietary Supplement To Improve Glucose Metabolism In Overweight Patients With Pre-Diabetes
The Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, at Stony Brook University Medical Center is sought overweight individuals who are insulin resistant to participate in a clinical trial investigating the safety and effectiveness of chromium picolinate, a dietary supplement, to improve glucose metabolism.
Jan 4, 2008 - 5:02:33 PM
Stony Brook Hillel Honored For Strategic Alliance With University
At its annual gathering of professionals from around the world, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life presented the Vision and Values Award to Stony Brook Hillel for being an indispensable partner to the university it serves.
Jan 7, 2008 - 12:36:56 PM
An Enchanted Evening of Chocolate Delights: "Sweet Dreams" Benefits The Cody Center At SBU
The delectable scenes at a chocolate and dessert-tasting event to benefit the Matt and Debra Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities at Stony Brook University will be a dream come true for chocolate lovers. The fairy tale-themed “Sweet Dreams” took place Monday, January 28, 2008, beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the Watermill Caterers in Smithtown.
Jan 8, 2008 - 9:02:28 AM
Stony Brook University And Junior Scientist Collaborate And Secure NSF Fellowship To Further Pursue LHC Theory
Dr. Alexander Mitov, a researcher in the Department of Theoretical Physics at Liverpool University, UK, joined Stony Brook University's C. N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics (the YITP) for the spring semester as the first winner of a National Science Foundation Large Hadron Collider Theory Initiative Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Jan 8, 2008 - 3:41:55 PM
Spitzer: Stony Brook should be "flagship" school (Newsday)
Gov. Eliot Spitzer proposed designating Stony Brook University and the University at Buffalo as "flagship" institutions and called for funding to support "cutting-edge" research at public and private universities -- both of which he said would propel economic development -- at Wednesday's State of the State address.
Jan 10, 2008 - 11:19:48 AM
Governor Spitzer Sees Stony Brook University as 'Flagship' Institution in SUNY System
Governor Eliot Spitzer issued the second State of the State address of his administration. The theme of his remarks on Higher Education proved an important event for Stony Brook University in many ways, but in particular, his speech brought the first recognition in many years that SUNY should establish flagship campuses as other prominent state institutions do. He cited two SUNY campuses that are poised for that distinction; Stony Brook University was one; University of Buffalo the other.
Jan 10, 2008 - 3:57:38 PM
Stony Brook Southampton to Host Transfer Day; Adds Two New Majors
Prospective students have two more majors to choose from at Stony Brook Southampton's Transfer Day.
On Wednesday, January 23, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Chancellors Hall, Stony Brook Southampton admissions staff will be on hand to review college transcripts and in most cases give instant decisions as to whether students qualify to attend the new, sustainability-focused campus this spring or fall. Registration was available on the spot that day. For further information, visit stonybrook.edu/southampton or call 631-632-5035.
Along with the B.A. in Environmental Studies major, students may now also pursue two new B.S. majors in Marine Sciences and Marine Vertebrate Biology.
Jan 14, 2008 - 3:34:52 PM
SBU School Of Dental Medicine Offers Free Dental Care To Children During "Give Kids A Smile" Day
On February 1, 2008, the School of Dental Medicine at Stony Brook University will provided free dental exams to children ages 1 to 17 years. Called “Give Kids a Smile” Day the services provided at the Dental Care Center, located on the West Campus of Stony Brook University, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Jan 15, 2008 - 10:20:44 AM
SBU School Of Marine And Atmospheric Sciences Partners With Blue Ocean Institute for Ocean Protection
Two of Long Island's premier ocean conservation and science institutions announced a partnership today to jointly conduct marine research, education, and public campaigns for ocean protection.
Jan 16, 2008 - 4:37:48 PM
Stony Brook Faculty Mentor 28 of The 300 Semifinalists in National Intel Science Research Competition
Twenty-eight high school students who worked with Stony Brook University faculty were named Semifinalists in the 67th Intel Science Talent Search, the prestigious nationwide research competition.
Jan 17, 2008 - 4:42:10 PM
Does Culture Effect Brain Function? SBU Joint Imaging Study Suggests Cultural Influences Play a Role In Neural Activation
People from East Asian cultures use their brains differently than people from American culture when solving the same mental task based on simple visual perception. This finding was based on the results of a brain imaging study by researchers from Stony Brook University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford University. The finding showed for the first time that the culture one is raised in and the extent to which one identifies with that culture influences brain activity patterns. The study appeared in the January issue of Psychological Science in a research report titled "Cultural Influences on Neural Substrates of Attentional Control."
Jan 18, 2008 - 1:46:06 PM
Linkup for Science (Newsday)
Gov. Eliot Spitzer urged labs at Stony Brook, Cold Spring Harbor and Brookhaven to join in a peerless "research engine." How might this work? A stem cell study published recently in Science came from just such collaboration. Here, the scientists tell their story.
Jan 20, 2008 - 9:45:03 AM
World Population Will Age With Increasing Speed Over The Next Few Decades Then Slow Down, Says SBU Researcher & Colleagues
The world will experience a significant acceleration in the speed of population aging over the coming years but slow down by mid-century, according to a study by Warren Sanderson, Professor and Co-Chairman of the Department of Economics, Stony Brook University; and colleagues from the World Population Program at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria.
Jan 21, 2008 - 9:17:10 AM
Stony Brook University Receives $871,000 Grant From New York State For Stem Cell Research
The State University of New York at Stony Brook was awarded a one-year $871,000 development grant for stem cell research. The funding is part of New York State 's new $600 million, multi-year stem cell research initiative.
Jan 22, 2008 - 5:17:51 PM
Stony Brook Southampton Adds Two New Faculty Members
As the new Stony Brook Southampton continues to grow and take shape, Dean Martin Schoonen announced two more full-time faculty hires. Alan Rice will teach Chemistry, Physics and Mineral Resources, and Elizabeth Newman will teach Anthropology and Archeology courses starting this spring semester. Classes begin January 28.
Jan 25, 2008 - 5:03:22 PM
ALS Clinic At SBUMC Receives $50,000 From ALSA of Greater NY
The ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) Comprehensive Care Clinic at Stony Brook University Medical Center received a $50,000 grant from the ALS Association, Greater New York Chapter, made possible by "Ride For Life, Inc.," to expand its multi-faceted care for patients with the progressive neurolomuscular disorder, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Jan 28, 2008 - 5:01:27 PM
New skin disorder drawing attention (Newsday)
When federal health officials announced earlier this month they would begin looking into a relatively new, unexplained illness, biochemist Vitaly Citovsky of Stony Brook University had been studying the unusual condition for a year.
Jan 29, 2008 - 4:08:34 PM
Stony Brook University Faculty Mentor a Record Five Finalists In Nationwide Intel Science Talent Search Competition
A record five of the 40 high school students selected nationwide as finalists in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search, also known as the "junior Nobel Prize" research competition, conducted their research at Stony Brook University under the mentoring of Stony Brook faculty. Four of the five finalists participated in the elite Simons Summer Research Fellowship program, founded in 1984 and sponsored by the Simons Foundation.
Jan 30, 2008 - 5:45:25 PM
SBU Researcher Identifies A Novel Gene In The Cell-Fate Process
A team of research scientists led by Robert S. Haltiwanger, Ph.D., Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, identified a novel gene in flies that if mutated shuts off the Notch receptor. Notch initiates an essential cell-signaling pathway involved in cell differentiation during animal development.
Jan 31, 2008 - 2:23:57 PM
February 2008
Student Activity Center Sponsors LICA- Long Island College Art Competition for 2008
The Student Activities Center (SAC) Gallery at Stony Brook University is proud to have sponsored the third annual Long Island College Art (LICA) Competition of 2008.
Feb 4, 2008 - 3:58:55 PM
Geriatric Education Center At Stony Brook Establishes Island-Wide Consortium, Expands Geographic Access To Enhance Health Care Training
To help address the specific medical needs and improve clinical assessment of more than 375,000 senior citizens on Long Island, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) issued a $1.27 million, three-year grant awarded to the Research Foundation of the State University of New York to educate a myriad of medical professionals through an Island-wide Consortium of the Long Island Geriatric Education Center (LIGEC) at Stony Brook University.
Feb 6, 2008 - 2:07:45 PM
Stony Brook Southampton Welcomes Prince Cedza Dlamini
As a part of its Black History Month presentations and Distinguished Lecture Series, Stony Brook Southampton welcomed Prince Cedza Dlamini at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 13, in Duke Lecture Hall. The events were free and open to the public.
Feb 6, 2008 - 4:49:21 PM
Casting Call: Showcase Your Inner- Performance At "Rising Stars" Talent Show Benefiting SBUH Pediatric Oncology Program
The organizers of the 2008 "Rising Stars' Talent Show “ where children treated for cancer or blood disorders sing, dance, and display other talents“ were looking for talented students, faculty, and others to join the children on stage. The show will took place on Sunday, April 27, starting at 2:00 pm at the Student Activity Center on the main campus of Stony Brook University.
Feb 7, 2008 - 2:27:36 PM
Stony Brook Only University On Long Island To Participate In Collegiate ”Recycle mania”
Stony Brook University is one of only 400 universities in the U.S. “and the only one on Long Island” to participate in Recycle Mania, which pits colleges and universities nationwide in a contest to see who can reduce, reuse, and recycle the most campus waste.
Feb 7, 2008 - 4:09:12 PM
SBUMC Study Explores the Effect of Mindful Meditation on Asthma in Conjunction with Standard Treatment
The Department of Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center conducted a clinical trial that may help asthma patients reduce their symptoms and dependence on medications. The trial tested the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation techniques on asthma.
Feb 7, 2008 - 5:27:41 PM
Stony Brook Southampton Pioneers Sustainable Eating in Modern Cafe
In only its first year of existence, Stony Brook Southampton is the only campus location in the SUNY system and perhaps the country that does not fry anything, providing not only a healthier menu but also requiring less energy and resulting in less waste.
Feb 8, 2008 - 4:32:59 PM
Top Neuroscientist Patricia Churchland To Speak On Decisions, Responsibility And The Brain
On Monday, March 10 at 4:30 pm, the Swartz Foundation Mind/Brain Lecture Series presented guest lecturer, Professor Patricia Smith Churchland at Staller Center for the Arts Main Stage.
Feb 12, 2008 - 11:56:47 AM
New Stony Brook University Endowment To Benefit Graduate Students In Music
Stony Brook University expects to increase its ability to compete for outstanding graduate students interested in its internationally renown Department of Music, thanks to a newly endowed scholarship and fellowship fund established by Long Island philanthropists and community leaders Erwin and Freddie Staller and their family.
Feb 12, 2008 - 4:40:16 PM
SBU Researcher Receives NIH Grant To Develop A "Self-Help" Program For Patients With Chronic Fatigue
Fred Friedberg, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor and Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at Stony Brook University Medical Center, through the State University of New York Research Foundation, received a $920,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to test a behavioral self-management program for people with chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).
Feb 12, 2008 - 5:45:20 PM
Writers Conference Debuts Children's Lit and Screenwriting
Two new conferences will premiere this summer, joining the much-heralded Southampton Writers Conference (July 16 th & 27 th), now in its 33rd year. The Southampton Children's Literature Conference, July 9th - 13th, and The Southampton Screenwriting Conference, July 30th & August 3rd, is firsts for the East End, given their comprehensiveness and the quality of their faculties.
Feb 18, 2008 - 11:21:02 AM
Stony Brook Southampton Students Take Sustainable Energy Tour
Stony Brook Southampton students ventured to Laurel on Long Island's North Fork for their first annual Renewable Energy Tour.
Feb 19, 2008 - 12:34:32 PM
A Fourth Stony Brook Professor Named Co-Winner of Nobel Prize Shared with Al Gore
Professor Marv Geller, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS), became the fourth Stony Brook Professor sharing the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore for his participation in the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Feb 19, 2008 - 12:52:58 PM
SBU Researcher Discovers “Giant Frog From Hell' -- Fossil Evidence Of South America/Madagascar Link
A team of researchers, led by Stony Brook University paleontologist David Krause, Ph.D., has discovered in Madagascar the remains of what may be the largest frog ever to exist. Moreover, the 16-inch, 10-pound ancient frog, scientifically named Beelzebufo, or devil frog, links a group of frogs that lived 65 to 70 million years ago to some types living today in South America.
Feb 19, 2008 - 4:55:40 PM
Surgery after brain injuries give kids new start (Newsday)
Danielle Spiciati ran around her parents' feet yesterday, happily playing with a couple of helium-filled balloons that threatened to float away from her. With a bronze-colored medal dangling from her neck, the 5-year-old Manorville girl looked like she'd won a balloon-wrangling contest.
Feb 22, 2008 - 1:47:53 PM
Paleontologists Reconstruct a Giant Frog (New York Times)
When David Krause first discovered fossil bones from a frog that lived in Madagascar in the time of dinosaurs, he could not tell much except that it was big. He and his co-workers called it the "frog from hell."
Feb 22, 2008 - 1:55:27 PM
Scientists unearth fossil of primordial frog (Newsday)
Skeletal fragments of a primordial frog that lived millions of years ago are so big, and so imposing, that its Stony Brook University discoverer has dubbed it the armored "frog from hell."
Feb 22, 2008 - 2:02:55 PM
Giant "Frog from Hell" Fossil Found in Madagascar (National Geographic)
Scientists working in Madagascar have found what may be the largest frog that ever lived.
Feb 22, 2008 - 2:32:06 PM
Scientists Find 'Devil Toad' Fossil (Associated Press)
A frog the size of a bowling ball, with heavy armor and teeth, lived among dinosaurs millions of years ago” intimidating enough that scientists who unearthed its fossils dubbed the beast Beelzebufo, or Devil Toad.
Feb 22, 2008 - 2:26:55 PM
Kenny, Simpson: "Top schools should lead the way for SUNY" (Albany Times Union)
We believe strongly it is in the interest of both SUNY and the state to chart a new course, one that unleashes the enormous potential of our two largest and most comprehensive research campuses to create a modern knowledge-based economy for New York.
Feb 24, 2008 - 9:40:00 AM
Pearly White Winter Smiles -- SBU School of Dental Medicine Gives Hundreds Of Kids Free Care At "Give Kids A Smile" Day
More than 500 Suffolk County school age children received free dental exams and cleanings at the Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine Dental Care Center and other locations during "Give Kids A Smile" Day.
Feb 25, 2008 - 10:38:42 AM
Local Fish Gender Switch Is Topic of Talk at Stony Brook Southampton
Dr. Anne McElroy, an Associate Professor in Stony Brook University's School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, will discuss "The Feminization of Fish in Urban Estuaries" at Stony Brook Southampton on March 7.
Feb 26, 2008 - 9:47:24 AM
Novelist Catherine Creedon to Kick off MFA Lecture Series
Catherine Creedon will offer useful advice for writers at Stony Brook Southampton on March 5. Her discussion is titled, "Needle in a Haystack: How to Find What You Want When You Want It."
Feb 26, 2008 - 10:04:45 AM
March 2008
Senator Flanagan helps bring a "Splash of Hope" to Stony Brook University Medical Center Pediatric Department
Senator John Flanagan (2nd Senate District) joined some of the youngest patients at Stony Brook University Medical Center to welcome Splashes of Hope to the 11th Floor Pediatric Unit. The nonprofit organization, which brings inspirational artwork to hospitals across the world, "splashed" the pediatric unit with the aid of a grant secured by Senator Flanagan.
Mar 20, 2008 - 4:14:14 PM
Stony Brook researchers eye gene's role in autism (Newsday)
A key gene involved with how brain cells "talk to each other" may be disrupted in some people with autism spectrum disorders, according to medical investigators who discovered the DNA flaw in a group of Long Island children.
Mar 21, 2008 - 1:06:16 PM
Glaucoma raises risk of death in blacks: study (Reuters)
Black people treated for glaucoma are at increased risk of dying from heart and vascular disease, particularly those treated with timolol maleate eye drops, according to data from the Barbados Eye Studies.
Mar 21, 2008 - 1:10:51 PM
New Analysis Suggests Earlier Start for Upright Walking (New York Times)
As early as six million years ago, apparently close to the beginning of the human lineage, an ancestral species had already developed the transforming ability for upright walking, scientists reported on Thursday.
Mar 21, 2008 - 1:16:18 PM
Acting like a doctor; Medical students learn their craft in dramatic skills (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
In a state-of-the-art video studio at Stony Brook University Medical Center, Sean Cavanaugh spoke quietly into a microphone. Before him on 10 monitors, 10 dramas are developed “each playing out in a gleaming white exam room” as if 10 episodes of Grey's Anatomy were being taped at once. Cavanaugh, a technology specialist, gave the characters five minutes to finish their scenes.
Mar 21, 2008 - 1:42:29 PM
Three SBU Women Honored by Town of Brookhaven at the 2008 Women's Recognition Night
T hree Stony Brook University professionals received the highest recognition by the Town of Brookhaven Office of Women's Services during its 22nd Annual Women's Recognition Night. Honorees Kathryn A. Koshansky, M.S., ATC, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine and Athletic Training Education Program Director, Nanci Rice, Ph.D., Vice Chair, School of Health Technology and Management, and Kanokporn (Noy) Rithidech, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Research Pathology, were among 15 Brookhaven residents recognized for excellence in their professional endeavors at an awards ceremony, held at Brookhaven Town Hall on March 13.
Mar 25, 2008 - 2:13:19 PM
Renowned Stony Brook Dinosaur Hunter Visits Southampton
Paleontologist David Krause discussed the dinosaur he discovered in Madagascar at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 31, in Duke Lecture Hall at Stony Brook Southampton.
Mar 25, 2008 - 2:33:40 PM
Newly Appointed Distinguished Professor Roger Rosenblatt to Read on April 2
Newly appointed State University of New York Distinguished Professor and Quogue resident Roger Rosenblatt will read from his work at Stony Brook Southampton on April 2. The event is part of Southampton's MFA in Writing and Literature program and its ‘Writers Speaks' series of literary events, which all take place on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in Duke Lecture Hall and are free and open to the public. For further information, call 631-632-5030.
Mar 25, 2008 - 2:46:18 PM
Environmental Writer Derek Owens to Read From His Work
The Writers Speak reading series will present Derek Owens, St. John's University Professor and Director of the Institute for Writing Studies on March 26. The event was part of Southampton 's MFA in Writing and Literature program and its Writers Speak series of literary events, which all take place on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in Duke Lecture Hall and are free and open to the public.
Mar 25, 2008 - 3:41:14 PM
Stony Brook "Match Day" - Med Students Get Into Top Residency Programs Around the Country
Expectations turned into many thrills at Stony Brook University School of Medicines annual Match Day ceremony, where fourth year medical students assembled on March 20 to find out where they will be assigned for their residency training following graduation in May. In total, 111 students matched to programs at major hospitals and healthcare facilities in New York, 14 other states, and Canada.
Mar 26, 2008 - 12:29:45 PM
Exhibit Highlights Sicilians' Journey (Suffolk Life)
A number of people on Long Island can trace their heritage back to Italian roots. In recognition of the contributions Italians - particularly Sicilians - have made to the area, the traveling exhibit, "Sicilian Crossings to America and the Derived Communities" will be arriving at Stony Brook University 's Wang Center this April. The pieces have been on display at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum and spent the past two months at a public library in Boston.
Mar 26, 2008 - 1:14:56 PM
SMUMC Tests Experimental Vaccine To Prevent MRSA And Related Infections Post Open-Heart Surgery
Open-heart surgery patients are at risk of developing various types of infections post-surgery. Staphylococcal aureus, bacteria frequently resistance to antibiotics, specifically MRSA ( Methicillin -Resistant S. aureus), is one cause of infection. Stony Brook University Medical Center conducted a clinical trial of an experimental vaccine designed to prevent S. aureus bacteremia and/or deep sternal wound infections following cardiothoracic surgery.
Mar 27, 2008 - 12:35:03 PM
Stony Brook Jazz Conference (Newsday)
Academic conferences can be a snore for anyone who isn't called professor. But a conference on jazz? One that includes three live performances dissects sexy revues and features an exhibit of classic photos of such icons as Billie Holliday, Charlie Parker and Count Basie? That sounds more like a celebration.
Mar 30, 2008 - 1:12:59 PM
Interdisciplinary Study (NY Times)
THEY may seem like strange academic bedfellows, but the names of Tom Cruise, Herman Melville and Toussaint L'uverture, the 18th-century Haitian independence fighter, are likely to pop up” along with performances by the tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano, the pianist Vijay Iyer and the trombonist Ray Anderson” at the three-day jazz conference and festival that starts Thursday at Stony Brook University. All events are open to the public, some at no charge.
Mar 30, 2008 - 1:21:44 PM
New Music Series Continues at Southampton With Flying Forms
The second part of Stony Brook Southampton's new, intimate Southampton Sunday Music Series will take place in the Avram Gallery with Flying Forms on Sunday, April 6. The series continues on April 20 with the Stony Brook Chamber Music Cooperative. All shows are on Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20/$10 for seniors/students. For ticket information, call 631-632-8000.
Mar 31, 2008 - 10:47:53 AM
April 2008
Siv Cedering Memorial Reading at Stony Brook Southampton
In recognition of National Poetry Month, Stony Brook Southampton hosted a special Memorial Poetry Reading from the works of the late poet Siv Cedering, an Eastern Long Island favorite who passed away in November 2007 at the age of 68.
Apr 1, 2008 - 2:56:25 PM
Stony Brook University 's 2008 Stars Of Stony Brook Gala To Honor Dr. Nancy Rauch Douzinas, President, Rauch Foundation
The annual Stars of Stony Brook Gala honored Dr. Nancy Douzinas, president of the Rauch Foundation, on Wednesday, April 9 at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York City. The Gala begins with a cocktail reception at 6:30 PM and dinner will be served at 7:30 PM.
Apr 2, 2008 - 11:58:53 AM
Earthstock 2008, A Week-Long Celebration Of Earthday With The Feel Of Woodstock, Will Culminate With A Day-Long Extravaganza Featuring Live Music, Entertainment, Food, Educational Booths And Vendor Displays
EarthStock 2008, Stony Brook University's fifth annual celebration of Earth Day, culminated with a free, day-long festival complete with a great lineup of musical acts and entertainment as well as food, refreshments and educational booths and displays, on Friday April 18th starting at 10 a.m. on the Stony Brook University Academic Mall.
Apr 2, 2008 - 2:06:30 PM
SBU Springs Into Step To Raise Awareness Of Autism at Cody Center Walk for Developmental Disabilities
The third annual Cody Center Walk for Developmental Disabilities took place Sunday, April 27, at Stony Brook University. The purpose of the walk was to raise awareness of autism and other developmental disabilities. All proceeds from the walk supported education, research and programs at the Matt and Debra Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities at Stony Brook University.
Apr 3, 2008 - 12:49:17 PM
Belly Laughs and Knee Slapping Moments to Rule the Evening at SBU's Annual Cody Comedy Festival
On May 14, 2008, at 8:30 PM, on the Staller Center stage at Stony Brook University, three hot comedians on the national circuit performed stand-up at the annual Cody Comedy Festival. The event will benefit the Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, the primary resource for information and research on autism and related disorders for Long Island.
Apr 4, 2008 - 12:56:05 PM
Stony Brook Cited Eight Times In US News & World Report Rankings
Stony Brook University was cited eight times as being among the best in the nation in the current rankings of professional schools in US News & World Reports 2009 edition of Americas Best Graduate Schools.
Apr 7, 2008 - 4:33:37 PM
Stony Brook University Researcher Achieves Breakthroughs In Mid-Infrared Diode Lasers
Stony Brook University's NYSTAR-designated Center for Advanced Sensor Technology today announced the achievement of record-breaking output performance by new electrically pumped semiconductor lasers emitting in the mid-infrared spectral region.
Apr 8, 2008 - 10:07:20 AM
Elementary Students and SBUMC Join to Help Kids With Cancer at Annual Walk-A-Thon Benefitting the Sunrise Fund
Students at the W.S. Mount Elementary School teamed up with faculty and staff from Stony Brook University Medical Center and the community to host the 6th Annual Walk-A-Thon to benefit the Sunrise Fund at SBUMC. The event was part of a Children Helping Children Campaign for the Sunrise Fund (www.sunrisefund.org), which supports the Pediatric Oncology program at SBUMC.
Apr 8, 2008 - 12:01:25 PM
Cavities In Children Reduced More Than 60 Percent by New Experimental Chewable Mint Invented by SBU Dentist
Ortek Therapeutics, Inc., and Stony Brook University announced today that new data published in the most recent issue of the Journal of Clinical Dentistry demonstrate the effects of a new chewable mint in preventing cavities in children. This investigational product, called BasicMints, contains Navistar, an innovative, fluoride-free, cavity-fighting complex. Cavistat is designed to mimic the profound cavity fighting benefits of saliva, by neutralizing harmful plaque acids and simultaneously promoting the remineralization of the tooth structure. The results showed the children who were administered BasicMints had 62 percent fewer cavities in their molars after one year compared to children in the placebo group.
Apr 8, 2008 - 4:11:56 PM
Free Melanoma Screenings and Information Sessions by SBUMC Physicians to Heighten Skin Cancer Awareness
Physicians from Stony Brook University Medical Center Departments of Dermatology and Surgery teamed up during Melanoma Awareness Month in May to provide free melanoma screenings and lectures about this most deadly form of skin cancer. An event was held on Saturday, May 10th, at the Stony Brook University Cancer Center off of Edmund D. Pellegrino Road on the Medical Center campus.
Apr 9, 2008 - 2:21:47 PM
SBU Med Student Selected By American Association For Thoracic Surgery for Intern Scholarship to Gain Exposure to the Field
Stony Brook University first-year medical student Aryeh Keehn was selected by the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) to receive the 2008 Summer Intern Scholarship in Cardiothoracic Surgery. The program introduces the field of cardiothoracic surgery to first and second year medical students. Aryeh will work under the direction of Todd K. Rosengart, M.D., Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, at Stony Brook University Medical Center during the scholarship period.
Apr 9, 2008 - 2:36:36 PM
Cavity-fighting candy helped cut tooth decay: study (Reuters)
Most children are told to stay away from chewy candies to keep their teeth cavity-free, but children in Venezuela who ate a special cavity-fighting candy had 62 percent fewer cavities than those who brushed their teeth regularly, researchers report.
Apr 9, 2008 - 2:49:50 PM
Long Island: A National Hot Spot for the Convergence of Technologies (Networking Magazine)
In 2006, co-chairs of the Advisory Board of AERTC, Robert Catell, Chairman, National Grid U.S., and Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny, President, Stony Brook University joined Dr. Yakov Shamash, Vice President for Economic Development and State Senators Kenneth LaValle and Dean Skelos announced the opening of the Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center (AERTC) at Stony Brook. The building is expected to be completed by spring/summer 2010.
Apr 10, 2008 - 10:42:14 AM
Southampton Sunday Music Series Concludes With the Works of Beethoven, Dohnanyi and Martinu
This years final installment of Stony Brook Southampton's new, intimate Southampton Sunday Music Series took place in the Avram Gallery with the Stony Brook Chamber Music Cooperative at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 20.
Apr 10, 2008 - 11:57:55 AM
Multi-Day Sustainability Symposium at Stony Brook Southampton
Stony Brook Southampton hosted a multi-day Sustainability and Global Change Symposium on April 11-13 and April 22. The public could attend any or all events, which are free. Apr 10, 2008 - 2:46:30 PM
Children's School to Celebrate 30th With Gala
One of Eastern Long Islands longest-standing early childhood education programs “ The Children's School at Stony Brook Southampton will celebrate its 30th Anniversary with a special Party and Auction. Tickets to the Party, which included both Silent and Chinese Auctions, are $75. The event took place from 7 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, at Hampton Hall on Elm Street in Southampton.
Apr 10, 2008 - 3:35:54 PM
Stony Brook University Arena to Undergo $20 Million Renovation & Expansion
The University has hired two architectural firms to prepare renovation and design plans for the current home of the Seawolves basketball teams. The project is scheduled to begin in early Fall 2008. In addition to the arena renovation, Stony Brook athletics has two other basketball enhancement related phases that are currently underway.
Apr 14, 2008 - 3:07:21 PM
A New Artificial Material Shows the Pathway To Improved Electronics Reported in April 10 Issue Of Nature
STONY BROOK, NY, April 15, 2008 - In the 10 April issue of Nature, a new artificial material is revealed that marked the beginning of a revolution in the development of materials for electronic applications. The discovery results from collaboration between the theory group of Professor Philippe Ghosez ( Belgium) and the experimental group of Professor Jean-Marc Triscone ( University of Geneva, Switzerland). One of the lead researchers on this project, Matthew Dawber, who recently joined the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University, was at the forefront of the continued effort to make and understand these revolutionary artificial materials in his new lab.
Apr 15, 2008 - 2:25:58 PM
Dean of SBU School of Medicine Honored At Spring Gala Of Organization Providing Homes For Medically Fragile Children
Richard N. Fine., M.D., Dean of Stony Brook University School of Medicine, was honored by Angelas House, a Long Island-based organization that provides special homes for medically fragile children at its Spring Gala.
Apr 16, 2008 - 12:50:10 PM
SBU Cancer Center Symposium: Top Cancer Biologists Discuss Latest In Tumor Microenvironment And Disease
On Tuesday, April 29, the Stony Brook University Cancer Center and the Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology at Stony Brook University held a one-day seminar to take close look at how tumor cells interact with other cells around them.
Apr 16, 2008 - 4:43:54 PM
Bush shifts stance on global warming (Newsday)
Shifting his long-held stance on global warming, President George W. Bush yesterday laid down a new goal - the year 2025 - for halting growth in greenhouse gases, but a local climate expert who last year shared a Nobel Prize said the proposal is far too vague.
Apr 17, 2008 - 11:50:48 AM
A pacemaker without wires or batteries (Wall Street Journal)
For people with slow or irregular heartbeats, pacemakers have become lifesavers. Doctors have implanted millions of the devices to take over the metronomic chores for malfunctioning hearts since the 1970s. But even after decades of improvement, the devices aren't perfect. They require a surgical procedure, their batteries wear out and sometimes the wires that carry their electrical signals to the heart go bad.
Apr 17, 2008 - 11:53:05 AM
SBU Radiation Oncology Researcher Receives Top Award From Long Island Technology Hall of Fame
F. Avraham Dilmanian, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Research, Department of Radiation Oncology at Stony Brook University Medical Center, along with colleagues from Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), won the 2008 Long Island Technology Hall of Fame award for Innovation for the Individual.
Apr 17, 2008 - 4:16:52 PM
Stony Brook University Holds Final Event Of Humanities Institute 20th Anniversary Celebration
On Monday, May 5, 2008, at 4:30pm, the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook University (HISB) hosted a lecture by Jay Semel, Director of the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies and Associate Vice President for Research at the University of Iowa.
Apr 23, 2008 - 10:23:32 AM
6,000 Pinwheels -- One Per Life Lost To ALS Each Year -- Highlight "Ride For Life" Check Point On SBU Campus
On May 6 in the mid-afternoon, wheelchair bound ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) patients will ride through Stony Brook University on their ‘Ride for Life,' an annual event to raise awareness of ALS and funds for ALS research.
Apr 23, 2008 - 5:15:56 PM
SBUMC Neonatologist Honored By AMA Foundation With Outstanding Leader Of Medicine Award
Shetal Shah, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Stony Brook University Medical Center, has been named a recipient of the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundations 2008 Outstanding Leader of Medicine Award.
Apr 25, 2008 - 11:50:47 AM
Stony Brook University 's Assistant Chief Honored By Asian American Cultural Festival Of LI
The Asian American Cultural Festival of Long Island, honored Stony Brook University Assistant Chief of Police, Douglas F. Little, at a celebration at the Charles B. Wang Center on March 29.
Apr 28, 2008 - 11:56:53 AM
Gifted Indian Leader And Humanitarian To Be Honored At Stony Brook University Commencement
Dr. Karan Singh received an honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Stony Brook University at its annual Commencement on May 23. Dr. Singh, who holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Delhi University, resides in New Delhi, India. He has provided regional and national cabinet level leadership in his native country throughout his long and distinguished career, and is an internationally acknowledged scholar, educator, humanitarian and diplomat.
Apr 28, 2008 - 1:49:17 PM
Stony Brook Southampton's First Annual Spring Carnival Set to Take Place May 10
Stony Brook Southampton's First Annual Spring Carnival, sponsored by the Residence Life Council, happened on campus on Saturday, May 10 from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Apr 29, 2008 - 11:34:52 AM
Stony Brook Southampton's Everyday Changes Contest Winners Announced
On Earth Day, Tuesday, March 22, 2008; the winners of Stony Brook Southampton's Everyday Changes Contest were announced. The project was sponsored by the Student Sustainability Project Fund with a $100 prize.
Apr 29, 2008 - 1:12:40 PM
Earth Day Celebration and Greenhouse Ribbon Cutting at Stony Brook Southampton
Stony Brook Southampton hosted an Earth Day Celebration and Ribbon Cutting for the new campus Greenhouse on Earth Day, April 22, with a presentation by Environmental Studies Professor James Hoffmann in Duke Lecture Hall.
Apr 29, 2008 - 2:21:56 PM
May 2008
"Survivor Stony Brook" Comes To SBU Cancer Center
On Sunday, June 1, from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, Stony Brook University Medical Center will host its fourth annual National Cancer Survivors Day at the Stony Brook University Cancer Center and Center for Outpatient Services. Called Survivor Stony Brook, the event uses the popular Survivor television show theme to bring hundreds of cancer survivors together to celebrate with their physicians, SBUMC staff, and their families.
May 1, 2008 - 11:06:58 AM
SBUMC Celebrates Hospital Week With Valuable Information For Your Health
On Wednesday, May 21, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, Smith Haven Mall, Center Court, Stony Brook University Medical Center celebrates National Hospital Week and its theme, Where Healing Happens Every Day. Get free screenings from healthcare professionals, valuable information about your health and well-being, and learn about the many innovative services available at Stony Brook.
May 1, 2008 - 1:57:07 PM
SBUMC Offers Free Stoke Screening To Raise Awareness During National Stroke Alert Month
On Monday May 5 from 10am-2:30pm, nurses from the Stony Brook University Medical Center Neurology Unit will conduct free stroke risk assessment screenings on Level 5 of the Hospital. Nurses conducted another free screening session on Wednesday, May 21 from 10am-3pm at the Center Court of the Smithaven Mall, Lake Grove during National Hospital Week.
May 1, 2008 - 2:13:50 PM
SBUMC Researcher: More Than 25 Percent Of Americans Experience Pain, Based On Novel Community- Based Diary-Survey
Based on a random survey of nearly 4,000 respondents in the United States, Arthur A. Stone, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University, and Alan Krueger, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Economics and the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, reported than more than 25 percent of American men and women experience daily pain.
May 2, 2008 - 9:45:22 AM
SBU Biochemist Wins Prestigious Award For Innovative Research From National Pharmacology Society
Craig C. Malbon, Ph.D., Leading Professor of Pharmacology and Director of the Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases Research Center (DMDRC) at Stony Brook University Medical Center, is the recipient of the 2008 Goodman and Gilman Award by the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET).
May 7, 2008 - 12:03:57 PM
One in four Americans have daily pain (Reuters)
More than a quarter of Americans have daily pain, a problem that costs the country more than $16 billion a year in pain remedies and about $60 billion a year in lost productivity, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
May 8, 2008 - 4:52:06 PM
U.S. Surgeon General, A SBU Alumnus, Addresses University
Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson, M.D., M.P.H., Acting Surgeon General of the United States, and a Stony Brook University alumnus, Class of 1978, returned to SBU on May 1 and delivered an address titled “Healthy Youth for a Healthy Future.”
May 12, 2008 - 9:44:18 AM
Farmingdale man avoids leg amputation after crash (Newsday)
Not long before dawn on July 5 of last year, Mardin Altinay was driving east on the Long Island Expressway, heading to the Stony Brook home of friends. Altinay's car hydroplaned out of control, slamming into the median, skidding back into traffic lanes before abruptly coming to rest on the shoulder.
May 12, 2008 - 11:02:40 AM
Stony Brook Southampton Hosts Trailblazer Leadership Awards
Dr. Martin Schoonen and several students, faculty and staff were honored on Thursday, May 8, at Stony Brook Southampton at the first-annual Trailblazer Leadership Dinner honoring the end-of-academic-year achievements of the campus' first class.
May 12, 2008 - 1:25:00 PM
Frey Family Foundation Establishes $1.5M Endowed Chair In Quantitative Finance At Stony Brook University
“Robert J. and Kathryn B. Frey, on behalf of the Frey Family Foundation, announced today a gift of $1.5 million for establishment of the “Frey Family Endowed Chair in Quantitative Finance” in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) at Stony Brook University.
May 12, 2008 - 3:03:09 PM
Two SBU Faculty Receive Grants From Top International Breast Cancer Organization For Promising Research
Emily Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, and Wei-Xing Zong, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology at Stony Brook University Medical Center, have been awarded Susan G. Komen for the Cure® breast cancer research grants for 2008.
May 14, 2008 - 10:51:41 AM
6,000 "Ride for Life" Pinwheels Meet Champion ALS Patients
Christopher Pendergast and several other wheelchair bound patients battling ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) rode through Stony Brook University on May 6th to raise awareness of ALS and funds for ALS research. Their “Ride for Life” was met with enthusiasm by Stony Brook University faculty, students, and friends around a display of 6,000 pinwheels.
May 14, 2008 - 11:06:19 AM
Fourteen Stony Brook University Students Among Those Honored With Chancellor's Award For Excellence
SUNY Interim Chancellor Dr. John B. Clark honored 275 college students from SUNY campuses throughout the state with the 2008 Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, on Monday, April 7. Stony Brook University has 14 students who were honored.
May 15, 2008 - 11:41:21 AM
Congressmen Visit Stony Brook's Center For Science And Mathematics Education
On Monday, May 5, Congressmen Tim Bishop (New York, Member of the House Education and Labor Committee) and Bart Gordon ( Tennessee, Chair of the House Committee on Science and Technology) visited Stony Brook University to learn about the Center for Science and Mathematics Education.
May 15, 2008 - 2:23:40 PM
Director of SBUMC Pediatric Cancer Program Honored By American Cancer Society With National Award
Robert I. Parker, M.D., Director of the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Stony Brook University Medical Center, received the 2008 American Cancer Society (ACS) Lane Adams Quality of Life Award. He received the award at a ceremony in Los Angeles on May 9.
May 16, 2008 - 4:48:55 PM
$10,000 National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Scholarships Awarded To 13 Stony Brook University Students
Thirteen Stony Brook University students each received a $10,000 National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship for 2008, announced Professor David Bynum, Director of the Center for Science and Mathematics Education.
May 19, 2008 - 2:18:05 PM
NY State Commissioner Of Health To Address SBU Med School Grads At 2008 Convocation
Richard F. Daines, M.D., the 14th Commissioner of Health for New York State, delivered the keynote address at the Stony Brook University School of Medicine Class of 2008 Convocation. This year 104 graduates received M.D. degrees and will soon be attending residency programs at major health care institutions around the United States and Canada.
May 19, 2008 - 5:29:30 PM
Stony Brook Southampton Professor Matthew Klam Wins Prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship
Matthew Klam, acclaimed short-fiction writer and faculty member of Stony Brook Southampton's esteemed annual Summer Writers Conference, was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship.
May 23, 2008 - 3:22:26 PM
Important Marine Science Talk: "Where Have All the Flounder Gone?"
Dr. Michael J. Frisk, Assistant Professor of Stony Brook University's School of Marine And Atmospheric Sciences, addressed: “Dynamics of Long Island's Fish Populations: Where Have All the Flounder Gone?”
May 23, 2008 - 3:59:11 PM
SB and SBS Professors Present "Breakthrough Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture, Land, Drought and Rural Development" at UN
Stony Brook University and Stony Brook Southampton professors and administrators were invited to present at the United Nations prestigious Commission on Sustainable Development 16 conference on Friday, May 16.
May 23, 2008 - 4:28:41 PM
Sustainable Treasures Music Series Returns to Stony Brook Southampton
Summer Concert Series Doubles Number of Events and Sets All Events on Thursday Nights in July and August
May 23, 2008 - 4:58:20 PM
104 SBU Med School Grads Join The Ranks of U.S. Physicians
Beyond the choices that the Stony Brook University School of Medicine Class of 2008 graduates will make during their medical careers, chance and charity will play major roles in the course of their careers. This message, delivered by Richard F. Daines, M.D., Commissioner of Health for New York State, was embraced by the 104 graduates, who will soon embark on residency training at institutions nationwide.
May 27, 2008 - 5:47:40 PM
Stony Brook Professor Elected To Leadership Role Of American Philosophical Association
Edward S. Casey, Distinguished Professor at Stony Brook University, is elected to a one-year term as Vice President/President-Elect, followed by a one-year term as President of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association (APA).
May 28, 2008 - 11:49:32 AM
New Stony Brook University Endowment Benefits College Of Engineering And Applied Sciences
The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) at Stony Brook University received a $500,000 endowment from Long Island business leader and philanthropist, Dr. Leo Guthart. The Leo Guthart Endowed Fund for Excellence in Engineering and Applied Sciences will fund scholarship awards for students as well as support innovative faculty teaching and research programs in CEAS beginning in the fall semester of 2009.
May 29, 2008 - 10:14:14 AM
Neurology Nurse Practitioner Nominated “Nurse of Excellence” by Stony Brook University Medical Center
Stony Brook University Medical Center nurse practitioner Ann Marie Byers, RN, MSN, CRNP, and CNRN was selected as the Nurse of Excellence candidate to represent Stony Brook University Medical Center at the annual “Nurse of Excellence” awards ceremony hosted by the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council.
May 29, 2008 - 2:04:15 PM
SBU Researchers First To Create A "Molecular Snapshot" Of A Virulence Factor On The Bacterial Surface
David G. Thanassi, Ph.D., and co-investigators from Stony Brook University, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Washington University, and University College in London, are the first to capture a view of proteins during translocation across the bacterial outer membrane.
May 29, 2008 - 4:33:15 PM
SBUMC Conducts Trial of Novel Treatment for Patients with Severe Crohn's Disease
Many patients with Crohn's disease develop advancing disease and no longer respond to therapy. To help patients' refractory to treatment, Stony Brook University Medical Center conducted a clinical trial that infuses cells derived from adult bone marrow into patients to induce disease remission.
May 30, 2008 - 12:23:12 PM
June 2008
Stony Brook University Student Named First Place Recipient Of The 2008 Benjamin And David Scharps Award
Charlotta ‘Lottie' Beavers, a summa cum laude graduate majoring in Africana Studies & Comparative Literature and minoring in Latin American & Caribbean Studies at Stony Brook University, was selected as First Place recipient of the 2008 Benjamin and David Scharps Award, announced SUNY Chancellor Dr. John B. Clark today.
Jun 2, 2008 - 9:58:56 AM
Free Chamber Concert with Emerson String Quartet Chamber Music Workshop Finalists
Stony Brook Southampton hosted a free, public concert in Duke Lecture Hall with the finalists of the very prestigious Emerson String Quarter Chamber Music Workshop.
Jun 2, 2008 - 4:56:49 PM
Living Well with MS (Montel Williams Show)
Today's show deals with a topic of great personal significance to Montel himself. Viewers will be introduced to several brave individuals whose lives have been directly affected by Multiple Sclerosis. Show featured Dr. Lauren Krupp, a professor of neurology & psychology at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Jun 3, 2008 - 11:54:01 AM
Hampton's Green Drinks Organic and Local Wine Tasting June 5th
Hampton's Green Drinks, the Sierra Club Long Island Chapter and Stony Brook Southampton today announced the scheduling of a special Hampton 's Green Drinks Gathering. The event, featuring an organic and local wine tasting, was held on June 5th 6-9 pm in the lobby and patio of Chancellors Hall at Stony Brook Southampton.
Jun 5, 2008
Stony Brook University Student Named First Place Recipient Of The 2008 Benjamin And David Scharps Award
Charlotta “Lottie” Beavers, a summa cum laude graduate majoring in Africana Studies & Comparative Literature and minoring in Latin American & Caribbean Studies at Stony Brook University, was selected as First Place recipient of the 2008 Benjamin and David Scharps Award, announced SUNY Chancellor Dr. John B. Clark today.
Jun 2, 2008 - 9:58:56 AM
Free Chamber Concert With Emerson String Quartet Chamber Music Workshop Finalists
Stony Brook Southampton is hosting a free, public concert in Duke Lecture Hall with the finalists of the very prestigious Emerson String Quarter Chamber Music Workshop.
Jun 2, 2008 - 4:56:49 PM
Living Well with MS (Montel Williams Show)
Today's show deals with a topic of great personal significance to Montel himself. Viewers will be introduced to several brave individuals whose lives have been directly affected by Multiple Sclerosis. Show features Dr. Lauren Krupp, a professor of neurology & psychology at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Jun 3, 2008 - 11:54:01 AM
29 BAE Systems Employees Complete First On-Site Stony Brook University Executive MBA Program
The first class of employees from the Greenlawn facility of BAE Systems, a global defense and aerospace company, has graduated from an on-site Stony Brook University Executive MBA program.
Jun 4, 2008 - 11:34:38 AM SBU Police Officer Honored By State University Of New York Police Chief Association
Officer Peter Thomson of the Stony Brook His dedication to the State-mandated Automated External Defibrillator program led him to promote the importance of this life saving program to the campus community.
Jun 4, 2008 - 3:55:28 PM
SBUMC Chairman Of Surgery Elected To Johns Hopkins University Society Of Scholars
Dr. John Joseph Ricotta, professor and chair of the Department of Surgery and program director of general surgery at the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Stony Brook University, has been elected to the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars
Jun 4, 2008 - 4:07:31 PM
Stony Brook’s Gelato, Hanson, Jungers And Myers Named To Ranks Of Distinguished Professors
The SUNY Board of Trustees has approved the appointments of 22 faculty to distinguished service professor and teaching professor ranks, as recommended by campus colleagues and SUNY Interim Chancellor Dr. John B. Clark. All of the distinguished rank appointments are effective immediately.
Jun 5, 2008 - 3:28:30 PM
Stony Brook Professor Honored With International Award
Dr. David Sayre, Adjunct Professor in Stony Brook University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been awarded the eighth Ewald Prize by the International Union of Crystallography.
Jun 10, 2008 - 9:47:14 AM
American Physical Society and Stony Brook University Department of Physics & Astronomy to Hold 50th Anniversary Celebration for Physical Review Letters
The American Physical Society, jointly with the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Stony Brook University, will hold a Golden Anniversary Celebration for the APS's flagship journal, Physical Review Letters.
Jun 11, 2008 - 12:36:35 PM
SBU Launches First Doctor Of Nursing Practice Program On Long Island
The Stony Brook University School of Nursing launched its Doctor of Nursing Practice Program (DNP), a clinical education program for nurse practitioners intended to broaden the clinical capacity of nurses and enhance patient care.
Jun 17, 2008 - 10:02:31 AM
"Witness Walk" And Summer Programs Expand Breast Cancer Awareness In African American Communities on L.I.
The Witness Project® of Long Island (WPLI), a collaborative breast health and cancer education program of Stony Brook University Cancer Center and the Town of Babylon, continues to educate African American communities about breast cancer.
Jun 17, 2008 - 11:15:39 AM
Stony Brook University Hospital Receives National Award For Environmental Achievement
Stony Brook University Hospital received the “Partner for Change Award” at the 2008 Practice Greenhealth Environmental Excellence Awards. Practice Greenhealth is the result of the merger of two leading organizations - Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E) and the Green Guide for Health Care (GGHC) - with a new clean energy and energy efficiency program - Healthcare Clean Energy Exchange (HCEE). The Practice Greenhealth Awards were presented in Pittsburgh in conjunction with CleanMed 2008, a global conference for environmental leaders in health care.
Jun 17, 2008 - 11:53:56 AM
Stony Brook University Medical Center Echocardiography Expert Appointed to National, Regional Organizations
Smadar Kort, M.D., FACC, FASE, Director of Non-Invasive Cardiology, Cardiovascular Imaging and Echocardiography within SBUMC’s Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, was recently nominated to the Board of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) for which she will serve as leader for its activities and initiatives relating to public education.
Jun 17, 2008 - 4:10:54 PM
Researchers to test stem cells to treat Crohn's (Newsday)
Stem cells may force Crohn's disease into retreat, say Long Island medical investigators who are embarking on a pioneering analysis that targets patients who've failed other therapies. Dr. Robert Richards, director of clinical research in the gastroenterology division at Stony Brook University Medical Center, is embarking on a clinical study involving the infusion of adult stem cells, which he and other researchers theorize may force the condition into retreat.
Jun 18, 2008 - 10:09:50 AM
Shirley Strum Kenny, Who Transformed Stony Brook University Into a Flagship Of SUNY And National Leader In Public Higher Education, Announces Retirement At End Of 2008-9 Academic Year
Stony Brook University President Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny, who, during a tenure of 14 years, has guided the institution to national and international acclaim as one of the top public institutions and who has similarly helped transform undergraduate education across the country as chairman of the landmark Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University, has announced that she will retire from Stony Brook at the end of the 2008-9 academic year.
Jun 19, 2008 - 1:54:41 AM
Stony Brook Southampton Adds "Green" BA/BS-MBA Program
“Green businesses will be the wave of the future, and I am learning all I can to make sustainability something that’s both environmentally feasible and business smart,” said Helen Gifford, an East Hampton resident who is working toward her BA in Environmental Studies at Southampton.
Jun 19, 2008 - 2:19:51 PM
Elementary Students Raise $14,000 At Sunrise Fund Walk
Plenty of music, games, and perfect June weather accompanied hundreds of students from the W.S. Mount Elementary School in Stony Brook during the annual walk-a-thon to benefit the Sunrise Fund at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Jun 19, 2008 - 2:25:10 PM
Stony Brook Southampton Adds Three Cutting-Edge, Sustainability-Focused Majors
“The approval of these new majors is an important milestone for Stony Brook Southampton,” Dr. Schoonen said. “We have worked hard on developing a truly inter-disciplinary, 21st century curriculum that closely addresses all the complicated facets of sustainability, offering students not only a world view of the issues that the planet now faces, but also hands-on experience in solving these issues.”
Jun 19, 2008 - 2:38:37 PM
Shirley Strum Kenny, Who Transformed Stony Brook University Into a Flagship Of SUNY And National Leader In Public Higher Education, Announces Retirement At End Of 2008-9 Academic Year
Stony Brook University President Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny, who, during a tenure of 14 years, has guided the institution to national and international acclaim as one of the top public institutions and who has similarly helped transform undergraduate education across the country as chairman of the landmark Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University, has announced that she will retire from Stony Brook at the end of the 2008-9 academic year.
Jun 19, 2008 - 2:52:52 PM
Stony Brook University Motorsports Team Places 2nd In Baja SAE International Design Competition
The Stony Brook University Motorsports team took 2nd place out of an international field of 120 collegiate teams at the 2008 Baja SAE competition in Montreal, Canada.
Jun 20, 2008 - 10:56:40 AM
SBUMC Researchers Link Low Level Urinary Cadmium Concentrations To Osteoporosis In U.S. Women
Researchers from Stony Brook University Medical Center have found that women in the United States who have urinary cadmium levels that are below the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration safety standard are at risk for osteoporosis.
Jun 20, 2008 - 3:40:50 PM
A Stony Brook University First: Students Receive $15,000 Carroll And Milton Petrie Foundation Awards To Teach In NYC
On June 2, five Stony Brook students each received a $15,000 Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation Scholarship-Loan. These awards, funded by a grant from the Carol and Milton Petrie Foundation, are designed to support outstanding Stony Brook students pursing graduate degrees in teaching mathematics, science or TESOL, and who will teach in New York City.
Jun 25, 2008 - 3:21:37 PM
Discovery Of A Lyme Disease Bug Clone May Explain Disease Spread
Benjamin Luft, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, and colleagues discovered that a certain clone of Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochete that causes Lyme disease, appears to be the most common strain causing Lyme disease in North America and Europe, and may account for the increase in cases for the past 20 years.
Jun 25, 2008 - 3:31:45 PM
Long Island Wine Industry Plans Major International Conference; Cool Climate/Maritime Winemaking Explored
The Stony Brook University Center for Wine, Food, and Culture announces that it is hosting a major international symposium titled “The Art of Balance: Cool Climate/Maritime Wines in a Global Context,” at its Southampton campus on August 5-6, 2008.
Jun 25, 2008 - 3:49:31 PM
SBU Team Designs Customized "Wimpy" Polioviruses, A Method That Could Be A New Path To Vaccines
A team of molecular biologists and computer scientists at Stony Brook University has designed and synthesized a new class of weakened polioviruses. They used their synthesizing method with computer software to systematically re-code the poliovirus genome. In doing so, the team is the first to demonstrate that a synthetic weakened virus can immunize an animal.
Jun 26, 2008 - 3:58:33 PM
Stony Brook University Medical Center Receives NSHC's Inaugural "Excellence In Patient Safety Award"
Stony Brook University Medical Center (SBUMC) received the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council (NSHC) selected to receive its inaugural “Excellence in Patient Safety Award,” recognizing Stony Brook’s distinguished achievements in patient safety and quality improvement in decreasing sepsis mortality. The award was presented to SBUMC at the NSHC annual meeting for its submission entitled: “Increasing Detection and Standardizing Care for the Treatment of Severe Sepsis.”
Jun 26, 2008 - 4:32:32 PM
Fake virus could make safe new vaccines (Reuters)
A "wimpy" artificial virus protected mice against polio, and the approach might be used to make a range of safer new vaccines against viruses, Stony Brook University researchers reported.
Jun 27, 2008 - 10:40:31 AM
Graduate Of SBU Public Health Program Wins National Award For Public Service
Samia Omar, M.P.H., a 2008 graduate of the Stony Brook University Graduate Program in Public Health, received an award that will enable her this summer to implement an oral health education program to children living in select villages in remote areas of Madagascar.
Jun 30, 2008 - 4:32:41 PM
New Avram Theater and Gallery Open With "Sustainable Treasures" and the Works of James McMullan
The new Avram will be officially christened next week on Thursday, July 10, from 2-6 p.m. with a special art opening in the Avram Gallery featuring the works of James McMullan, one of America's foremost illustrators, best known for the memorable theater posters he creates, and at 8 p.m. in the Avram Theater with the opening of the “Music at Southampton: Sustainable Treasures” concert series.
Jun 30, 2008 - 4:43:41 PM
SBU School of Medicine Dean Receives Top Award From The American Society of Transplantation
Richard N. Fine., M.D., a renowned pediatric nephrologist and Dean of Stony Brook University School of Medicine, received the Ernest Hodge Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Society of Transplantation (AST).
Jul 2, 2008 - 2:48:18 PM
Clue to Lyme disease seen in single bacterial strain (Newsday)
Medical investigators have identified a single bacterial strain that causes Lyme disease in patients on two continents and may be responsible for a growing number of severe, invasive cases in the United States and Europe since the 1980s.
Jul 2, 2008 - 6:14:51 PM
Southampton Children's Literature Conference Hosting Hamptons Musical Premiere of "The Phantom Tollbooth"
“The Phantom Tollbooth” features Milo, who comes to realize that life is more exciting than his wildest dreams. As Milo heads toward Dictionopolis he embarks on an Alice in Wonderland-style adventure.
Jul 3, 2008 - 5:06:51 PM
Stony Brook University Receives Additional $18M For Campus Recreation Center
Stony Brook University has received the additional $18 million dollar allocation needed for the construction of the new Campus Recreation Center (CRC) on the main campus, announced President Shirley Strum Kenny.
Jul 7, 2008 - 2:42:42 PM
Avrams Feted at Grand Reopening of Avram Theater
"This is a true Lincoln Center in the Hamptons!" Mike Avram said.
Jul 14, 2008 - 2:21:47 PM
Alan Alda and Sigourney Weaver Star in Sold-Out Roger Rosenblatt Staged Readings
After a very successful, inaugural Children’s Literature Conference, Stony Brook Southampton begins its 33rd annual Summer Writers Conference with two very special events this week in the newly renovated Avram Theater.
Jul 14, 2008 - 2:29:08 PM
SBU Scientist Receives "LILAC" Instrumentation Grant To Further Molecular Research On Breast Cancer
Wei-Xing Zong, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology at Stony Brook University Medical Center, was awarded a grant from the Long Island League to Abolish Cancer (LILAC) to purchase a powerful instrument to aide his research analyzing the molecular components of breast cancer cell metabolism.
Jul 17, 2008 - 3:28:31 PM
New York Dragons Support SBU Athletic Bands With $25,000 Scholarships Award
The Stony Brook University Athletic Bands -the official band of Arena Football League’s (AFL) New York Dragons - has received $25,000 to support scholarships from the Dragons.
Jul 21, 2008 - 3:41:58 PM
Stony Brook University Professor Named Fellow Of Executive Leadership In Academic Medicine (ELAM)
Dr. Maria Emanuel Ryan, a tenured Professor in the Department of Oral Biology and Pathology at the School of Dental Medicine and Director of Clinical Research, has been accepted as a member of the 2008-2009 class of Fellows in the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women. Dr. Ryan is also a member of the medical staff at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Jul 22, 2008 - 2:22:51 PM
Analysis Of Hudson River Fish By SBU Research Team Shows Strong Drop In Mercury
Jeffrey S. Levinton, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University and the senior author of the study done with Sharon T. Pochron, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Stony Brook University, found that mercury in common Hudson River fish including striped bass, yellow perch, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and carp, has declined strongly over the past three decades.
Jul 23, 2008 - 1:52:44 PM
SBU Collaborative Study of New HIV Drug Shows Significant Viral Load Reduction For Patients Resistant To Therapy
A study led by Roy T. Steigbigel, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Pathology, Microbiology and Pharmacological Sciences at Stony Brook University Medical Center, and colleagues worldwide demonstrated that raltegravir, a new medication to treat HIV infection, combined with other anti-HIV medications, provided superior suppression of HIV-1 in patients with highly resistant virus compared to placebo used with other anti-HIV medications.
Jul 23, 2008 - 5:02:48 PM
Mercury declining in Hudson's fish (Newsday)
Mercury levels in several varieties of Hudson River fish have declined significantly over the past three decades, Stony Brook researchers have found in an analysis that points to dramatically decreasing concentrations of industrial pollution.
Jul 24, 2008 - 1:15:11 PM
29 MDs from Stony Brook University Medical Center Included In New York Magazine's Best Doctors Issue
New York magazine’s annual "Best Doctors in New York" issue features 29 full time and voluntary physicians from Stony Brook University Medical Center. Boasting a wide range of specialties, they were selected from more than 50,000 physicians in the Greater New York Metropolitan Area.
Jul 24, 2008 - 1:56:55 PM
Former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins Helps Kick Off Southampton Review Literary Journal
Stony Brook Southampton continues its 33rd annual Summer Writers Conference with a gala launch of the heralded literary magazine The Southampton Review and an evening with former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins in the newly renovated Avram Theater on Friday,
July 25 at 7 p.m.
Jul 24, 2008 - 1:59:50 PM
Sylvia McNair to Feature the Songs of Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, Richard Rodgers, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Andre Previn, and Others
The Wall Street Journal specifically recognized Sylvia as one of only two of today’s first-rank, American classical artists who "proved adept at jazz vocals" and The Chicago Tribune hailed her cabaret show as "a stylistic breakthrough."
Jul 24, 2008 - 2:07:01 PM
SBUMC Awarded High-End Instrumentation Grant From NIH To Advance Biomedical Research Of Diseases
Stony Brook University Medical Center received a 2008 High-End Instrumentation Grant from the National Center for Research Resources, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for the purchase of a mass spectrometer with extremely high resolving power.
Jul 25, 2008 - 12:01:59 PM
Stony Brook doctors optimistic about new HIV drug (Newsday)
A drug that zeros in on a novel HIV target and disables a key link in the infection process can successfully treat patients who have failed other therapies, Stony Brook University doctors have found.
Jul 26, 2008 - 1:12:24 PM
The Sustainable Hampton (New York Times)
AN old stone and shingle windmill, atop a bluff near the breezy far end of Long Island, is the symbolic heart of the State University of New York’s newest campus. Built around 1713, the mill once harnessed wind to generate power. Later, it was a guest house where Tennessee Williams spent a summer in the 1950s. Now it is undergoing reconstruction, its rotting beams replaced and huge blades rebuilt, as the campus takes shape around it. Aptly, Stony Brook Southampton is dedicated mind and body to the pursuit of sustainability.
In recent years, just about every campus has made some commitment to learn anew how to co-exist with the natural world, to use less energy and to reduce the carbon emissions it contributes to global warming. But Stony Brook Southampton is building not only an environmentally friendly campus but also a curriculum in which nearly every course deals with sustainability. It is a public-education experiment being watched across the country.
Jul 27, 2008 - 11:48:33 AM
SBU Researchers And Colleagues Worldwide Use CT Technology To Virtually Reconstruct Skull Of A Large Extinct Lemur
Fossils recovered in a remote cave in the Southeast corner of Madagascar by William L. Jungers, Ph.D., a paleoanthropologist at Stony Brook University Medical Center, and his colleagues in Hawaii, Oregon, Massachusetts and Madagascar have been reunited and reconstructed via computed tomography (CT) technology by collaborators at Pennsylvania State University.
Jul 29, 2008 - 10:35:08 AM
"Sustainable Treasures" Continues With Jill Grove
Grove’s distinctive dramatic mezzo soprano and passionate artistry has won critical raves throughout America and Europe for her distinguished portrayals of the heroines of German and Italian opera.
Jul 30, 2008 - 2:39:51 PM
Important Wine Symposium Comes to Southampton
For two days of talks, tastings, and networking, participants will focus on wines with the unique balance, finesse, and energy fostered by cool and maritime climate viticulture.
Jul 30, 2008 - 3:04:54 PM
Southampton Screenwriting Conference Offers Two Special Events
On Friday, August 1, "A Master Class with Screenwriter and Director Robert Benton" will present an evening with the award winning director and screenwriter. Then on Saturday, August 2, "A Tribute to Director Alan J. Pakula" will also take place.
Jul 30, 2008 - 3:17:11 PM
SBU Researchers Show How Advances In High-Resolution Modeling Will Help Improve Storm Surge Forecasts
A report just released in the most recent issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society offers hope that a new high-resolution storm surge modeling system developed by scientists at Stony Brook University will better be able to predict flood levels and when flooding will occur in the New York metropolitan area.
Jul 31, 2008 - 4:10:24 PM
SBU has $4.65 billion annual impact on Long Island Economy
Stony Brook University is more than a "flagship campus" of the SUNY system, it’s also a driving force of the Long Island economy. In fact, Stony Brook’s annual economic impact on Long Island is a staggering $4.65 billion, and the University generates 59,859 jobs. Furthermore, Stony Brook accounts for nearly four percent of all economic activity in Nassau and Suffolk counties and roughly 7.5 percent of total jobs in Suffolk County.
Aug 5, 2008 - 11:06:33 AM
The Omnicon Group Establishes New Scholarship For Undergrads In The College Of Engineering And Applied Sciences At SBU
The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) at Stony Brook University has received a $50,000 gift commitment from The Omnicon Group, Inc, announced Dr. Yacov Shamash, Vice President for Economic Development and Dean of CEAS.
Aug 8, 2008 - 11:13:31 AM
FDA Approves Clinical Trial Of new Anti-Cancer Agents Developed By SBU Researchers
The lead product from a new class of agents called Altered Energy Metabolism Directed (AEMD) compounds developed by Cornerstone Pharmaceuticals, Inc., from technology licensed from The Research Foundation of the State University of New York, on behalf of Stony Brook University, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for evaluation in Phase I/II clinical trials to treat cancer.
Aug 12, 2008 - 12:04:40 PM
Nathan donates $500,000 to SBU (Newsday)
Stony Brook still was in Division III when Nathan arrived as a scrawny shortstop in 1993. He pitched less than two innings in college. Now the Twins' elite closer - who struck out the side against the Yankees in the ninth last night - has donated $500,000 to his alma mater to support the construction of a new baseball field for the successful Division I program.
Aug 12, 2008 - 12:06:55 PM
SBUMC Appoints New Director Of Endoscopy Expanding Program To Meet Growing Patient Needs, Referrals
Jonathan M. Buscaglia, M.D., an expert in advanced endoscopic procedures to diagnose and treat gastrointestinal (G.I.) diseases, has been named Director of Endoscopy in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Aug 14, 2008 - 2:33:16 PM
Grand "Player" Piano in SBUMC Outpatient Center Brings Joy and Excitement to Patient Care Experience
When Stony Brook University Medical Center opened its state-of-the-art 65,000-square-foot Center for Outpatient Services 18 months ago, the goal has been to continue to enhance the atmosphere inside the center. The most recent enhancement was the addition of a player piano in the Center lobby.
Aug 14, 2008 - 5:29:32 PM
SBU Cancer Reseacher One Of Six Nationally To Receive Fellowship Grant From The Lymphoma Research Foundation
Alice Nemajerova, Ph.D., a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Pathology, Stony Brook University Medical Center, is one of six cancer researchers nationwide selected by the Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) as a 2008 Post-Doctoral Fellowship winner.
Aug 15, 2008 - 3:01:09 PM
Celebrating the Inaugural Exhibit in the Avram Gallery at Stony Brook Southampton McMullan's Theater Posters: First Sketches to Final Art
Gallery Talk by Jim McMullan at 6:30 pm. Following the reception there will be a performance by New Jazz Generation in the Avram Theater.
Aug 19, 2008 - 2:50:46 PM
The Avram Theater Welcomes Rebecca Martin on 8/21
Rebecca Martin’s acclaimed vocals will be on display with Bass player Chris Higgins, Frank LoCrasto on piano and Greg Ritchie on drums.
Aug 19, 2008 - 3:24:12 PM
New Institute For Ocean Conservation Science At SBU To Tackle Pressing Threats To Marine Ecosystem
Stony Brook University announced the establishment of the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science within its School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) on Long Island, New York. This world-class Institute will conduct scientific research that will provide the foundation for smarter ocean policy by increasing knowledge about critical threats to oceans and their inhabitants.
Aug 21, 2008 - 10:26:00 AM
New Institute For Ocean Conservation Science At SBU To Tackle Pressing Threats To Marine Ecosystem
Stony Brook University announced the establishment of the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science within its School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) on Long Island, New York. This world-class Institute will conduct scientific research that will provide the foundation for smarter ocean policy by increasing knowledge about critical threats to oceans and their inhabitants.
Aug 21, 2008 - 12:47:17 PM
Stony Brook launches marine science initiatives (Newsday)
Ellen Pikitch seems at home aboard the R/V Peconic, a Stony Brook University research vessel. As the pontoon makes its way across Shinnecock Bay, the marine biologist picks up a stubborn hermit crab housed in the ship's on-deck tank and carefully tries to coax it out of hiding.
Aug 23, 2008 - 9:54:20 AM
Stony Brook University Students Give Back To Local And National Community Organizations
Stony Brook University students have gone above and beyond in their efforts to give back to their communities and campus life, giving over 40,000 hours of their time this year to organizations, events, causes and fundraisers.
Aug 25, 2008 - 2:19:02 PM
World Renowned Scholar Named Director Of New SBUMC Center For Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics
Stephen G. Post, Ph.D., a pioneering scholar who has conducted landmark studies in the relationship between altruism, happiness and health, as well as in ethics, religious thought and behavioral medicine, has been named Director of the new Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Aug 26, 2008 - 1:50:37 PM
CEWIT Awarded $870K Grant From NSF To Develop Secure Regulatory-Compliant Database Management Systems
Researchers from Stony Brook University’s Center of Excellence in Wireless & Information Technologies (CEWIT) have just secured $870,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the project entitled, "III-COR Medium: Collaborative Research: Achieving Compliant Databases."
Aug 26, 2008 - 2:50:28 PM
Stony Brook Again Receives National Recognition; Named One Of Top 100 Universities And Top 50 Publics
Stony Brook University has been ranked among the top 100 national universities in America and among the top 50 public national universities in the country in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey released today.
Aug 27, 2008 - 11:57:53 AM
Marine Science Lecture: The Effects of Global Warming in the Arctic
Stony Brook University Professor J. Kirk Cochran will discuss “The Arctic Ocean: Canary in the Global Warming Coal Mine” on Friday, September 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Stony Brook Southampton's Duke Lecture Hall. A reception will follow. For further information, call 631-632-5046.
Aug 28, 2008 - 6:35:17 PM
Liz McCartney Returns to the Avram Theater at Stony Brook on August 28th
Currently a member of the cast of the triumphant Broadway revival of South Pacific, Liz McCartney is a Broadway veteran who has appeared in Mama Mia, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Taboo, The Phantom of the Opera, and Les Miserables.
Aug 28, 2008 - 6:54:15 PM
Score two for Stony Brook (Newsday)
Every time Stony Brook University takes another step into the big leagues, it's a good day for Long Island. So it's hard to overstate the importance of two events that will help its Southampton campus and the whole university.
Sep 2, 2008 - 9:52:08 AM
Ovarian Cancer Survivors Group Donates $25,000 To SBUMC
Long Island OCEANS (Ovarian Cancer Education Advocacy Network & Support), an organization made up of gynecologic cancer survivors, donated $25,000 to Stony Brook University Medical Center to support research on the early detection and treatment of ovarian cancer and other gynecologic cancers.
Sep 2, 2008 - 11:03:28 AM
SBU School of Nursing Awarded Grant From Robert Wood Johnson Foundation To Expand Accelerated Degree Program
The Stony Brook University School of Nursing received an $80,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s “New Careers in Nursing” scholarship program to provide eight scholarships for students in the Accelerated Bachelor of Science Degree Program.
Sep 2, 2008 - 12:34:06 PM
SBUMC Mini-Med School: Understand The Aging Brain, Powerful Links Between Positive Psychology and Health, And More
The human brain, bones, and circulatory system take center stage at the 2008 Stony Brook University School of Medicine Mini-Med School this fall. The popular six-week education series, in which anyone can become a “med student” and learn first-hand from top physicians, researchers, and other healthcare professionals at SBUMC, begins October 16 and runs to November 20.
Sep 3, 2008 - 10:57:21 AM
Stony Brook University Medical Center Opens Playground For Child Psychiatry Patients
The young patients in Stony Brook University Medical Center’s Child Psychiatry Unit can now enjoy an outdoor playtime experience on a newly installed, state-of the art playground.
Sep 3, 2008 - 11:31:51 AM
Stony Brook to Present Public Forums on Mental Health
Stony Brook University will host "Healthy Minds Across America," a national day of free public forums on mental health, on Sunday,
September 14, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm in Wang Center 301.
Sep 3, 2008 - 12:31:43 PM
Stony Brook Hospital Opens Center for Women, Infants (Newsday)
Ronni Schultz said she can't wait to begin seeing patients at Stony Brook University Medical Center's new women and infants center. "I am totally excited," said Schultz, the associate director of nursing for women and children, as she gave tours yesterday of the new center.
Sep 5, 2008 - 8:48:59 AM
Sons of Italy Honors SBUMC Physician For Outstanding Contributions In The Field Of Radiation Oncology
Allen G. Meek, M.D., Professor and Chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Stony Brook University Medical Center, was honored by the New York Grand Lodge Foundation, Order Sons of Italy in America, for his leadership and outstanding work as a physician and researcher in the field of radiation oncology.
Sep 5, 2008 - 4:45:51 PM
Stony Brook University Medical Center Opens Phase I of $300M Modernization Project
Stony Brook University Medical Center celebrates the public opening of Phase I of its Major Modernization Project on Thursday, September 4, commemorating a new era in medical services provided at Long Island’s only academic medical center.
Sep 8, 2008 - 12:55:11 PM
SBU Medical School Class of 2012 Is Largest In History
Stony Brook University School of Medicine continues to increase enrollment to help meet a growing need for physicians nationwide. For the second straight year, the School of Medicine enrolled its largest incoming class ever.
Sep 10, 2008 - 10:25:22 AM
Student Media Briefings Online
The University's Media Relations Department holds weekly briefings intended to keep student journalists fully informed on issues of current interest. The hour-long sessions are available in podcast form and can be accessed by clicking on the link above.
Sep 12, 2008 - 10:49:39 AM
Don’t Worry About the Teeth, Sharks Still Need a Hug (NY Times)
In the nick of time, just when it seemed to make sad sense to change the name of the Great South Bay to the Great Brown Bay, it seemed a stretch to find a healthy clam or scallop harvest in the North Shore fishing fields or an iffy proposition to take a post-storm swim at the beach, Ellen Pikitch has brought her world-class Institute for Ocean Conservation Science to Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. That’s the school with the 50-foot cabin cruiser hogging the parking lot.
Sep 14, 2008 - 2:51:23 PM
Stony Brook University’s College Of Engineering & Applied Science Receives $50K Grant From Motorola
Stony Brook University announced today it will receive a $50,000 Innovation Generation grant from the Motorola Foundation.
Sep 15, 2008 - 11:48:09 AM
"Writers Speak" Continues With a Novelist and Magazine Writer
Novelist Zachary Lazar and The New Yorker magazine writer Adam Green will read from their work at Stony Brook Southampton on September 24.
Sep 15, 2008 - 3:51:17 PM
Stony Brook Southampton Grows With More Students, Classes and Majors
The student body has almost doubled in size to over 300 full-time students and approximately 400 students overall while maintaining the same rigorous admissions standards as parent Stony Brook University.
Sep 15, 2008 - 4:39:40 PM
SBU-Led Study To Examine Ways To Optimize Treatments For Children With Aggressive Forms of ADHD
Joseph C. Blader, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, and colleagues, received a $4 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to launch a study to compare treatment options for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and severe behavioral problems.
Sep 15, 2008 - 4:45:29 PM
New Co-Director Of Translational Research Laboratory To Build Cancer Biomarker Discoveries At SBUMC
Jingfang Ju, Ph.D., an expert in the field of cancer genomics, has been named Co-Director of the Translational Research Laboratory in the Department of Pathology at Stony Brook University Medical Center. Appointed by Kenneth R. Shroyer, M.D., Ph.D., Marvin Kuschner Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology, Dr. Ju will spearhead research using integrated technology to identify some of the most promising cancer biomarkers and develop them into clinical diagnostics or therapeutics.
Sep 16, 2008 - 1:35:06 PM
SBUMC Sunrise Fund Receives Historic Grant From The Bank of America Charitable Foundation To Help Kids With Cancer
The Sunrise Fund at Stony Brook University Medical Center, which benefits pediatric cancer patients and their families, received a $100,000 donation from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation. The challenge grant is the largest corporate grant received by the Sunrise Fund to date.
Sep 18, 2008 - 11:01:10 AM
The New York Marine Sciences Consortium Founded At Event Hosted By Stony Brook University
Today representatives from 26 New York colleges, universities, and degree-granting institutions with expertise and interest in marine and/or coastal science convened at Stony Brook University to found the New York Marine Sciences Consortium, a collective association that will be the voice for the marine science community and contribute through research and education to reshaping the state’s policies for stewardship of aquatic environments.
Sep 19, 2008 - 10:04:30 AM
Stony Brook University Heart Center, Emergency Department Attain Two Major Patient Safety Achievements In Cardiac Care
Cardiac services offered at the Stony Brook University Heart Center feature prominently alongside the nation’s top academic medical centers according to recent data from the University Health System Consortium (UHC).
In related news, Stony Brook University Medical Center is the first on Long Island, sixth in the State of New York, to be Accredited as a Chest Pain Center the by the Society of Chest Pain Centers (CPC).
Sep 19, 2008 - 3:28:49 PM
Helping Children With Cancer Go Back To School At The 7th Annual Back To School Conference
On Tuesday, November 4, the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Stony Brook University Medical Center is offering a free, one-day conference for school teachers, nurses, counselors, social workers, psychologists, other educators, and parents to educate the educators about childhood cancer, the effects of treatment and preparation for school re-entry following treatment.
Sep 22, 2008 - 12:23:03 PM
SBUMC Docs, Staff Take To The Runway For Cancer Patients 2008 Fall Fashion Festival Celebrates Survivorship
On Thursday, October 16, Stony Brook University Medical Center physicians, nurses, and staff will take off their white coats and scrubs to model some of the best fall fashions, from sporty clothes to formal wear, at the 8th Annual Fall Fashion Festival at Villa Lombardi's in Holbrook.
Sep 22, 2008 - 12:35:32 PM
Little Miracles: Kids Surviving Cancer Star In Their Own Fashion Show To Benefit Fellow Patients
On Thursday, November 19, children and young adults who are recovering from cancer will be the stars of a fashion show to benefit the Sunrise Fund. The Sunrise Fund benefits pediatric oncology services and research at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Sep 22, 2008 - 12:55:47 PM
Joining Forces Against Breast Cancer And Prostate Cancer At The 15th Annual Walk For Beauty, Walk For Life
Stony Brook University Medical Center physicians and staff will join forces with the Ward Melville Heritage Organization (WMHO) to raise money and awareness for breast cancer and prostate cancer on October 5 at the 15th annual “Walk for Beauty, Walk for Life.”
Sep 22, 2008 - 1:05:31 PM
SBU Administrative Professional Receives First Shirley Murray Award For Distinguished Service
Heidi Campani, Senior Staff Assistant, Vice Dean’s Office, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, received the 2008 Shirley Murray Award for Distinguished Service.
Sep 22, 2008 - 1:37:10 PM
SBU Experts, DOH, Community Leaders Hold First Suffolk County Minority Health Summit
The Center for Public Health and Health Policy Research at Stony Brook University, in conjunction with the Suffolk County Minority Health Action Coalition (SMHAC), the Suffolk County Department of Health Services, and community members/leaders will gather on October 20 at the first Suffolk County Minority Health Summit.
Sep 24, 2008 - 12:08:27 PM
SBUMC Appoints Chief Of Pediatric Surgery To Expand Services In Trauma, Cancer And Infant Care
Thomas K. Lee, M.D., a specialist in performing minimally invasive surgery in children and infants, has been named Chief of Pediatric Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Sep 24, 2008 - 2:34:25 PM
Final Stony Brook convocation for Shirley Strum Kenny (Newsday)
New York's public universities are "essential to the well-being of the state" and should be a target of investment, not budget cuts, during times of economic crisis, retiring Stony Brook president Shirley Strum Kenny said in her final campus convocation yesterday.
Sep 25, 2008 - 2:24:42 PM
Report: Nearly Twenty-Three Million American Households - Twice U.S. Poverty Rate - Are Economically Distressed
A new groundbreaking study from the Center for Study of Working Class Life at Stony Brook University (the Center) reveals that an astonishing number of households are in economic distress, and proposes economic policies that will improve their lives while strengthening the overall economy in the long run.
Sep 29, 2008 - 4:03:40 PM
Two October Events Planned for Prospective Students
Sep 30, 2008 - 4:16:47 PM
Long Island Housing Issues Discussed in Stony Brook Southampton Library
Sep 30, 2008 - 4:23:24 PM
Suffolk County Water Authority CEO to Speak in Dean Schoonen's Class
Oct 1, 2008 - 4:25:20 PM
Hundreds Attend Marmion Tribute at Stony Brook Southampton
Oct 6, 2008 - 5:00:03 PM
Stony Brook University Medical Center Palliative Care Program Selected To Receive 2008 National Quality Leadership Award
Stony Brook University Medical Center (SBUMC) has just received a Quality in Palliative Care Leadership Award from the National Consensus Project (NCP). SBUMC is one of nine first-ever recipients of the award.
Oct 7, 2008 - 3:36:45 PM
Scientists Confirm Second-Ever Case Of Virgin Birth By Shark
Scientists have confirmed the second-ever case of a “virgin birth” in a shark, indicating once again that female sharks can reproduce without mating and raising the possibility that many female sharks have this incredible capacity.
Oct 7, 2008 - 4:48:19 PM
Nation's Lead Federal Agency For Research On Health Care Issues Report That Places SBUMC's Trauma Service In Top 4 Percent
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - the Nation's lead Federal agency for research on health care quality, costs, outcomes, and patient safety - issued a new report entitled “Survival Measurement and Reporting Trial for Trauma (SMARTT) that puts Stony Brook University Medical Center’s Trauma Service in the top 4 percent of trauma centers nation-wide, with the lowest mortality for victims of injury.
Oct 8, 2008 - 10:19:04 AM
Internationally Recognized Physician Scientist Named Director Of SBU Cancer Center
Timothy J. Kinsella, M.D., an internationally recognized authority in cancer therapeutics and cancer biology, has been named Director of the Stony Brook University Cancer Center.
Oct 8, 2008 - 10:33:52 AM
Three Small Press Editors Are Focus of Round-Table Discussion
Three literary magazine editors - Herbert Leibowitz, Martin Tucker and Lou Ann Walker - will discuss the ins and outs of publishing.
Oct 10, 2008 - 3:54:07 PM
Interactive Tastings With the Center for Wine, Food, and Culture
The instructor will be James Christopher Tracy, an owner and the winemaker of Channing Daughters winery in Bridgehampton.
Oct 10, 2008 - 4:27:16 PM
Stony Brook University Achieves Highest Ranking Ever in "Top 200 World Universities" International Report
Stony Brook University achieved its highest ranking to date among universities worldwide, according to the 2008 edition of the “Top 200 World Universities” published by Times Higher Education - QS World University Ranking.
Oct 16, 2008 - 11:53:32 AM
Stony Brook Receives Two Awards And Is Recognized By Student Affairs Leadership Council For Fostering A Safer Campus
Stony Brook University is a leader among American universities working to make campuses safer according to the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and the Student Affairs Leadership Council. The two preeminent national organizations recognized Stony Brook’s Behavior Assessment Committee process as an initiative for other universities to emulate when identifying and assisting students who may exhibit safety concerns on campus.
Oct 17, 2008 - 5:11:37 PM
SBU School of Medicine Honored By Literacy Suffolk
The Stony Brook University School of Medicine received the 2008 “Leadership in Literacy” Award from Literacy Suffolk, Inc., for its continued support and ongoing programs in health literacy.
Oct 20, 2008 - 10:45:27 AM
Internationally Known Expert In Laparoscopic Surgery Named Chief Of Colon And Rectal Surgery AT SBUMC
Roberto Bergamaschi, M.D., Ph.D., recognized worldwide for his expertise in the field of laparoscopic surgery for colorectal diseases, has been named Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Oct 20, 2008 - 4:24:12 PM
New Director, New Directions for New York Sea Grant
New York Sea Grant (NYSG) welcomed the arrival of Dr. James W. Ammerman as its new director on October 15, 2008. Dr. Ammerman, an aquatic microbial ecologist and biogeochemist, will now lead the New York Sea Grant program which has brought millions of federal research dollars to Stony Brook University to address such vital environmental issues as brown tide, accurate storm and flooding prediction, and the dwindling of Long Island’s lobster and hard clam resources.
Oct 21, 2008 - 3:11:35 PM
SBUMC Radiation Oncology Joins National NCI-Funded Cancer Research Organization To Advance Therapeutics
The Department of Radiation Oncology at Stony Brook University Medical Center received approval from the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG), a national clinical cooperative funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), to join RTOG as an Affiliate Member.
Oct 23, 2008 - 4:38:21 PM
SBUMC Physician Receives Teacher Recognition Award From International Anesthesia Research Society
Christopher J. Gallagher, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology at Stony Brook University Medical Center, is the recipient of the 2008 Teaching Recognition Award for Achievement in Education from the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS).
Oct 24, 2008 - 11:05:50 AM
Stony Brook Southampton Award Winners Lunch With John Bul Dau
Oct 27, 2008 - 4:33:51 PM
Talk at Stony Brook Southampton: "Ocean Acidification and the Global Carbon Cycle"
Dr. Cindy Lee, a SUNY Distinguished Professor, will discuss “Ocean Acidification and the Global Carbon Cycle” on Friday, November 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Stony Brook Southampton’s Duke Lecture Hall.
Oct 27, 2008 - 4:42:39 PM
Stony Brook Southampton to Host Open House and Classes for Prospective Students
Stony Brook Southampton, the innovative and burgeoning newest addition to the SUNY system, is holding two events for high school students who may be considering college in the near future.
Oct 27, 2008 - 4:45:00 PM
"Writers Speak" Continues With a Short-Story Writer and Two Poets
The events are part of Southampton’s MFA in Writing and Literature program and its “Writers Speak” series of literary events, which all take place on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in Duke Lecture Hall and are free and open to the public.
Oct 27, 2008 - 4:52:58 PM
“Changing Climates, Changing Minds: Storms, Trust and Public Perception” on Tap for Upcoming Conference at Stony Brook University
Three Stony Brook departments are presenting a conference titled “Changing Climates, Changing Minds: Storms, Trust and Public Perception” on November 12 -14, 2008. This interdisciplinary event is predicated upon the belief that changing societal attitudes and practices is key to responding to the urgent issue of climate change, and to other challenges that lie at the interface of science and society.
Oct 28, 2008 - 12:47:51 PM
Former NYPD Commanding Officer Appointed Chief of Stony Brook University Police Department
Robert J. Lenahan has been appointed Chief of Police at Stony Brook University, announced President Shirley Strum Kenny. Lenahan, a 26-year veteran of the New York City Police Department, most recently served as Director of Campus Emergency Management for Stony Brook University. He brings his extensive experience as a troubleshooter in law enforcement, security, and crisis management to further fortify and oversee the Stony Brook University Main Campus, Research & Development Park, Manhattan Campus and Southampton Campus.
Oct 29, 2008 - 2:42:00 PM
SBUH Code H Team Selected by Long Island Business News as 2008 HealthCare Heroe for "Achievements in Healthcare"
STONY BROOK, NY, November 3, 2008- Stony Brook University Medical Center’s Code H Team was recognized during Long Island Business News’ annual “Healthcare Heroes” awards ceremony, as the winner in the “Achievements in Healthcare” category. Dr. Michael Lydic, Reproductive Endocrinologist and School of Medicine Clerkship Director for OB/GYN was selected as a finalist in the Physician Hero category.
Nov 3, 2008 - 2:57:31 PM
SBU Dental School Receives $3.17 Million Grant To Increase Primary Oral Care Services For Those In Need
The Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine was awarded a $3,170,000 grant from New York State Department of Health’s Health Care Efficiency and Affordability Law for New Yorkers Grant Program (HEAL NY). The grant was one of only two awarded to dental schools in the state and will result in increased access to primary oral health care services for underserved populations on Long Island.
Nov 6, 2008 - 2:26:12 PM
This Week at Stony Brook Southampton in Photos, 10-30 to 11-6-2008
Some recent scenes from Stony Brook Southampton.
Nov 7, 2008 - 1:32:16 PM
Stony Brook University Professor Named Recipient Of American Chemistry Society (ACS) Medal
Kathlyn A. Parker, a Professor of Organic Chemistry at Stony Brook University, has been named the recipient of the Francis P. Garvan- John M. Olin Award of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Nov 10, 2008 - 3:51:43 PM
Accolades Keep Coming for the Stony Brook Southampton MFA in Writing and Literature Program
Nov 10, 2008 - 4:14:27 PM
Stony Brook Southampton Adds Three New Professors, Four New Minors
Nov 10, 2008 - 4:32:45 PM
Stony Brook transformed: a campus painted with plants (Newsday)
As an undergraduate more years ago than I would like to count, I attended Boston University, aka BU, or as we not so affectionately called it, Big and Ugly - an uninspired landscape of concrete and trolley cars relieved by little more than urban street trees and the grassy banks of the Charles River. So perhaps you can imagine my joy now as an adjunct professor - it's hard to reconcile my persona with the title - at Stony Brook University, where my husband and I teach narrative journalism and hope the written word will survive texting.
Nov 17, 2008 - 9:28:45 AM
Stony Brook University Initiates Ph.D. Program In Technology, Policy And Innovation
The Department of Technology and Society in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Stony Brook University has established a new Ph.D. program in Technology, Policy, and Innovation (TPI), announced Dr. David L. Ferguson, Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of the Department of Technology and Society.
Nov 17, 2008 - 11:07:23 AM
A Unique Reunion: Donors and Recipients Gather to Celebrate SBUMC’S 1000th Kidney Transplant
An invitation-only crowd of more than 300 people overflowed the Wang Center’s theater at Stony Brook University on November 12. Ranging from infants to octogenarians, they shared one life-altering factor: All were either recipients, donors, or family members affected by the Stony Brook University Medical Center’s Kidney Transplant Program.
Nov 20, 2008 - 3:32:54 PM
Stony Brook University Students Selected To Serve On Elite New York State Youth Service Committee
Stony Brook University seniors Mark Geraci and Sana Hashmi have been selected to serve as student representatives on the Youth Service Committee, as part of the New York State Commission on National and Community Service.
Nov 21, 2008 - 2:28:49 PM
Stony Brook and Southampton Hospital Forge Alliance, Expand Health Care Services on South Fork of Long Island
Stony Brook University Medical Center and Southampton Hospital today announced that the State of New York has approved a comprehensive alliance between the two health care facilities that will bring new and strengthened clinical services to the South Fork of Suffolk County. Southampton Hospital is the third East End hospital to affiliate with Stony Brook University Medical Center that will facilitate new and strengthened services to the East End of Suffolk County- bringing to conclusion a measure set forth by the Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century (Berger Commission).
Nov 21, 2008 - 3:27:12 PM
2009 will be a big year for LI med schools (Long Island Business News)
It looks like “M.D.” is going to mean “more doctors” in terms of Long Island medical schools. As part of a national flurry of activity, Long Island’s only allopathic medical school “issuing medical doctor degrees” is expanding and a second school is in the works. Hofstra University and the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System are launching the Hofstra University Medical School, and Stony Brook University School of Medicine is growing.
Nov 24, 2008 - 9:09:54 AM
The SUNY bargain (Newsday editorial)
The out-of-state tuition rate for SUNY schools is way too low. To cite a close-to-home example, Pennsylvania residents can come to Stony Brook University, one of our four prestigious university centers, and pay less at the out-of-state rate than they'd pay with the in-state rate at Penn State.
Nov 30, 2008 - 10:12:33 AM
Country Music Star Clay Walker Donates $100,000 To National Pediatric MS Center
Country music singer Clay Walker’s non-profit charity, Band Against MS (BAMS), donated $100,000 to the National Pediatric MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Center at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Dec 1, 2008 - 11:21:32 AM
NCI Approves SBU Thoracic Surgery Program For Conducting Lung Cancer Clinical Trials
Stony Brook University Medical Center gained approval from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to conduct clinical trials of experimental lung cancer treatments. The NCI-approved status is a three-year renewal that was initially approved in 2002.
Dec 1, 2008 - 3:31:32 PM
Stony Brook University Professors Receive $1.5 Million Grant To Study Ways To Make The Internet More Accessible To People With Visual Impairments
Stony Brook University computer science professors ,Dr. I.V. Ramakrishnan and Dr. Amanda Stent, and psychology professor Susan Brennan have received a $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant to study ways to make the Internet more accessible and user-friendly to people who are visually impaired or blind.
Dec 5, 2008 - 11:24:37 AM
Scenes From Friday, Dec. 5: Low-Carbon Symposium, Windmill Lighting, Marine-Science Talk and Video Game Tourney
It was a busy Friday, Dec. 5, at Stony Brook Southampton.
Dec 8, 2008 - 12:01:48 PM
Internationally Known Periodontist, Researcher And Educator Named Dean Of Stony Brook University School Of Dental Medicine
Ray C. Williams, DMD, an internationally known researcher and educator in dental medicine, has been named dean of the Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine. Appointed by Stony Brook University President, Shirley Strum Kenny, Dr. Williams joins the University on February 1, 2009, and will oversee the educational, clinical and research components of the School.
Dec 9, 2008 - 12:14:12 PM
Cody Center Recreation Program For Kids With Autism Gets Boost with $30,000 Donation
The Recreation/Respite Program at the Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities at Stony Brook University received $30,000 from Long Island Charities on November 11.
Dec 9, 2008 - 5:25:12 PM
SBU Research On Ancient "Hobbit" Makes Discover Magazine Top 100 Science Stories of 2008
The December 2008 issue of Discover magazine included in its top 100 science stories of the year studies that back the “new species” theory of the 18,000-year-old hominid found on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2004. The discovery of Homo floresiensis, nicknamed “the hobbit” because of its diminutive size and strikingly large feet, remains controversial and could lead to rewriting the story of human evolution.
Dec 12, 2008 - 1:49:33 PM
Former Stony Brook University Faculty Members Drs. Henry and Marsha Laufer Announce $10 Million Gift To Capital Campaign
Dr. Henry Laufer, who served as a professor of mathematics at Stony Brook University for more than two decades before going on to spearhead research at a leading technology hedge fund, and his wife Dr. Marsha Laufer, also a former Stony Brook faculty member, in speech pathology, have announced a $10 million dollar gift to the University.
Dec 15, 2008 - 10:06:11 AM
SBU Welcomes Noted Professor And Scholar Dr. Arie Perliger As Schusterman Visiting Israeli Professor
The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE), funded in part through The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, awarded Stony Brook University $50,000 (matched by Stony Brook) which made it possible for Dr. Arie Perliger, noted author and scholar from Hebrew University, to be appointed Visiting Israeli Professor for the 2008-2009 academic year.
Dec 18, 2008 - 4:59:39 PM
Stony Brook East Campus to go smoke free outdoors (Newsday)
Stony Brook University's East Campus - home to the hospital, medical school and the Long Island Veterans Home - will be going completely smoke-free come Jan. 1, making it the second SUNY campus to institute an outdoor smoking ban.
Dec 19, 2008 - 9:19:00 AM
Top Ten Dinosaur & Fossil Finds: Most Read of 2008 (National Geographic News)
Bizarre prehistoric creatures “sea monsters, gargantuan rodents, a redheaded Neanderthal” are among the stars of the most read stories on dinosaurs and fossils covered by National Geographic News in 2008.
Dec 19, 2008 - 12:14:56 PM
SBU Signs Licensing Agreement With Siemens For Virtual Colonoscopy Technology
Stony Brook University President, Shirley Strum Kenny announced today that Siemens Healthcare Sector of Germany has signed a landmark non-exclusive license agreement with the University. The license agreement is for the portfolio of innovations related to performing three-dimensional virtual examination, navigation and visualization, the most common use for which is “virtual colonoscopy.”
Dec 19, 2008 - 12:17:41 PM
"Splashes of Hope" Provide Colorful Murals at SBUMC Peds Unit
The doctors, nurses, and staff of Stony Brook University Cancer Center, along pediatric cancer patients and their families, celebrated the unveiling of colorful sea-themed murals that decorate the walls and ceilings of the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Outpatient Unit.
Dec 22, 2008 - 12:32:46 PM
Powerful Holiday Ring: Bells Donated By Suffolk Fire Deps Signal End To Treatment For SBUMC Cancer Patients
Members of several Suffolk County Fire Departments gathered with the staff of Stony Brook University Cancer Center, patients, and their families, to commemorate the completion of chemotherapy for patients with a bell ringing ceremony.
Dec 22, 2008 - 12:40:18 PM
From near death to new life in a year (Newsday)
It will be a very different Christmas this year for Nick Manzo.
A year ago Monday, Manzo was riding his motorcycle and collided with a sport utility vehicle driven by an allegedly drunken driver. His injuries were so severe that doctors, police and his family thought he wouldn't live. But today, Manzo, 22, is healing, walking and is a man with a plan -- to get better, then look at architecture schools. Monday, the anniversary of the crash, Manzo, his two brothers and his parents walked into Stony Brook University Medical Center to visit the place where, they say, a miracle happened.
Dec 23, 2008 - 1:34:02 PM
Stony Brook University Hospital Auxiliary Uses Funds To Purchase State Of The Art Critical Care Transport Ambulance
Funds raised by the Stony Brook University Hospital Auxiliary were used to purchase a new 2008 state-of-the-art critical care transport ambulance for the Department of Emergency Medical Services at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Dec 23, 2008 - 3:02:30 PM
New SBUMC Surgical Group To Expand Minimally Invasive Surgery For Gastrointestinal Tumors
Stony Brook University Medical Center has formed the Upper Gastrointestinal and General Oncologic Surgery Group to broaden minimally invasive surgery for complex gastrointestinal (GI) tumors and other diseases of the GI tract.
Dec 24, 2008 - 2:02:50 PM
SBUMC Professor Receives ACS Research Scholar Grant To Study Liver Carcinogenesis
Valentina Schmidt, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center, received an $850,000 four-year Research Scholar Grant from the American Cancer Society (ACS) to conduct a study on the role of a novel tumor suppressor gene (Iqgap2) in liver carcinogenesis.
Dec 24, 2008 - 2:45:34 PM
SBU "Giant Frog From Hell" Ranks #2 In National Geographic "Most Read" List Of 2008
The discovery of a giant frog fossil by David W. Krause, Ph.D., Distinguished Service Professor, Departments of Anatomical Sciences and Geosciences at Stony Brook University, has made the 2008 Top Ten Most Read Dinosaur & Fossil Finds stories of National Geographic.
SBU Physician Publishes Book On Medical Cases From Around The Globe
Shetal Shah, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neonatal Medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center, has authored a new book titled Passport to Illness: Voyages In and Out of Medicine.
Dec 30, 2008 - 10:25:19 AM
SBU Professor Receives Young Investigator Award In Field Of Infectious Diseases
Adrianus (Ando) W. M. van der Velden, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Departments of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Pathology, and Center for Infectious Diseases at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, is a 2008 recipient of the Astellas Young Investigator Award.
2009
Stony Brook study backs claims of undying love (Newsday)
Suzanne Bernstein said she and her husband, Sidney, eat side-by-side when they go out, always walk hand-in-hand, and begin and end each day with "I love you." The couple from Weehawken, N.J., have been married 18 years and Suzanne said the relationship is as passionate as when they first met. Now research exists to support her claim. Stony Brook University researchers looked at the brains of Bernstein and 16 other people who had been married an average of 20 years and claimed to be still intensely in love. They found that their MRIs showed activity in the same regions of the brain as those who had just fallen in love.
Jan 6, 2009 - 12:45:38 PM
"Hobbit" fossil a new species LI anthropolist says (Newsday)
An analysis of an 18,000-year-old fossil, described as the remains of a diminutive humanlike creature, proves that genuine cave-dwelling "hobbits" once flourished in Southeast Asia, according to a Long Island anthropologist who conducted X-ray studies of a skull.
Jan 6, 2009 - 12:48:59 PM
Northport students raise $1M for ALS research (Newsday)
Sometimes charity begins at home, or at least that's what Stony Brook University Medical Center officials figured when they learned of a Northport High School group's fundraising to support research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Jan 11, 2009 - 9:51:21 AM
Stony Brook Southampton Expands Its Writing Programs
Jan 12, 2009 - 3:19:25 PM
Black History Celebration With Artist Richard Mayhew at Avram Gallery
Jan 12, 2009 - 3:38:21 PM
Top News : General University News
3rd Place Winner In National Siemens Competition Was Mentored At Stony Brook University
Nityan Nair, a senior at Hastings High School in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, was awarded 3rd place and a $40,000 scholarship by the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology for his individual project "Diffraction With A Twist: Forming Fractional Optical Vortices Using Spiral Zone Plates." Nair spent this past summer at Stony Brook University conducting research on optical vortices under the mentorship of Dr. John Noe, Executive Director of the Laser Teaching Center in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Jan 13, 2009 - 2:56:31 PM
World-Renowned Organic Chemist and SBU Professor Named Fellow Of Largest International Science Association
Eckard Wimmer, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology at Stony Brook University, and an internationally recognized virologist, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Jan 16, 2009 - 2:08:16 PM
Surgical Jeopardy: What Is...Building Surgical Knowledge at SBUMC
On January 15, Stony Brook University Medical Center surgical residents (surgeons in training) and attending surgeons faced off in “Surgical Jeopardy,†a game modeled in format after the popular TV show and in content by a game created by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) to test and increase surgeons’ knowledge.
Jan 20, 2009 - 4:54:07 PM
Team Of SBUMC EMS And Manorville First Responder Volunteers Help Save Breech Baby, Mom In Manorville Home Birth
It was all over the news…on January 6, Dolores Guidice, a 20-year-old Manorville woman went into premature labor in her home. When her mother, who was with her at the time, called 911, a heroic dispatcher from Suffolk County (who was pregnant herself) talked her through the difficult breech delivery. Yes, it was a deed worthy of the attention it received, but the heroics did not stop with delivery of the baby. The outcome may have been much different had first responders from Manorville EMS and first responders from Stony Brook University Medical Center not been on hand.
Jan 23, 2009 - 10:47:27 AM
Enlightening The Mind -- SBUMC Pediatric Patients Receive 700+ Books Donated By Borders To Child LIfe Program
Borders Books in Stony Brook delivered more than 700 books to Stony Brook University Medical Center on January 21 to help enlighten the minds, touch the heart, and entertain many patients cared for through the Child Life Program at SBUMC.
Jan 23, 2009 - 5:25:05 PM
Enlightening The Mind - SBUMC Pediatric Patients Receive 700+ Books Donated By Borders To Child Life Program
Borders Books in Stony Brook delivered more than 700 books to Stony Brook University Medical Center on January 21 to help enlighten the minds, touch the heart, and entertain many patients cared for through the Child Life Program at SBUMC.
Jan 27, 2009 - 11:14:03 AM
Long Island Comedy Tour Kicks Off at Stony Brook Southampton
Jan 27, 2009 - 11:30:25 AM
"Addicted to Plastic" to Kick Off New Environmental Film Series
Jan 27, 2009 - 12:25:42 PM
Excessive Discussion Of Problems Between Adolescent Friends May Lead To Depression And Anxiety
Excessive discussion of problems between adolescent friends may lead to depression and anxiety, according to research published in the February issue of the Journal of Adolescence.
Jan 27, 2009 - 2:03:00 PM
Element of Split Personality - Theoretical And Experimental Studies Find New Superhard Phase Of Boron
Scientists have found the first case of an ionic crystal consisting of just one chemical element – boron.
Jan 27, 2009 - 4:39:29 PM
SBUMC Appoints Expert in Neurobiology, Pain Research, As Chair of Children's Dentistry
Stephanos Kyrkanides, D.D.S., Ph.D., an orthodontist and neuroscientist, has joined Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine as Professor and Chair of the Department of Children’s Dentistry.
Jan 28, 2009 - 11:24:45 AM
SBUMC Pediatric Echocardiography Laboratory Secures ICAEL Accreditation Designation
The Pediatric Echocardiography Laboratory at Stony Brook University Medical Center (SBUMC) has been accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL) for Pediatric Transthoracic and Fetal Echocardiography.
Jan 28, 2009 - 4:36:53 PM
Does Your Metabolism Put You At Risk For Diabetes?
The General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) at Stony Brook University Medical Center is seeking volunteers to take part in a clinical trial to evaluate if a common dietary supplement is effective in decreasing insulin resistance, thereby improving metabolic health, in obese individuals. The study tests Chromium Picolinate in a population that may be at risk of developing diabetes.
Jan 29, 2009 - 3:19:57 PM
Little Angel Fund Celebrates 25th Anniversary Of Service
On Friday, March 6, the Little Angel Fund will celebrate its many milestones throughout 25 years of service.
Jan 30, 2009 - 4:46:11 PM
February 2009
Hobbit feud: scientists argue over mysterious bones (USA Today)
The setting was a hidden island filled with pint-size men who feasted on pygmy elephants and battled dragons. The story of paleontology's "Hobbits," the extinct human species called Homo floresiensis, packs plenty of drama.
Feb 2, 2009 - 9:07:13 AM
Nursing school applications multiply as job market slumps (Newsday)
Noopa Kurian already had a degree in travel management and a job in her field when she applied to the nursing program at Stony Brook University. What she says she didn't have was job security.
Feb 2, 2009 - 9:47:35 AM
Theory and Experiment Meet, and a New Form of Boron Is Found (New York Times)
Boron is a simple atom: five protons, five or six neutrons, five electrons. It is not as ubiquitous as hydrogen. It does not, as helium does, make your voice sound like Donald Duck. It is not as famous as carbon, its neighbor to the right on the periodic table.
Feb 3, 2009 - 7:39:49 AM
SBU Graduate Program In Public Health Receives National Accreditation
The Stony Brook University Graduate Program in Public Health (GPPH) received accreditation from the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), an independent organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit schools and programs in public health.
Feb 3, 2009 - 8:54:27 AM
Noted Neuroscientist Larry F. Abbott To Speak On Controlling The Dynamic Networks Of The Brain
Can a state of chaos actually be a good thing for the human mind? Find out on Monday, March 2 at 4:30 pm when the Swartz Foundation Mind/Brain Lecture series presents guest lecturer, Professor Larry F. Abbott at the Staller Center for the Arts Main Stage, Stony Brook University.
Feb 4, 2009 - 4:08:26 PM
Stony Brook University Faculty Mentor 3 Of 40 Finalists In Nationwide Intel Science Talent Search Competition
Three of the 40 high school students selected nationwide as finalists in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search, also known as the "junior Nobel Prize" research competition, conducted their research at Stony Brook University under the mentoring of Stony Brook faculty.
Feb 5, 2009 - 12:03:05 PM
Green Film Series Continues With "Weather the Storm"
Feb 10, 2009 - 4:10:56 PM
Stony Brook Southampton Hosts Environmental Talk With Dr. Scott Carlin
Feb 10, 2009 - 4:28:14 PM
Internationally Renowned Conservationist Named Dean Of Stony Brook Southampton
Mary C. Pearl, PhD, an internationally known and respected conservationist who has been president of Wildlife Trust since 1994, has been named the first Dean and Administrative Vice President for the Stony Brook University Southampton campus, President Shirley Strum Kenny announced today. She starts March 9.
Feb 11, 2009 - 11:42:44 AM
Internationally Renowned Conservationist Named Dean Of Stony Brook Southampton
Mary C. Pearl, PhD, an internationally known and respected conservationist who has been president of Wildlife Trust since 1994, has been named the first Dean and Administrative Vice President for the Stony Brook University Southampton campus, President Shirley Strum Kenny announced today. She starts March 9.
Feb 11, 2009 - 12:23:16 PM
Study: Foraging Behavior Of Key Antarctic Predators Unchanged After Storms That Alter Prey Distribution
Chinstrap penguins and fur seals showed persistent preferences for particular foraging areas even after a storm reduced the availability of food of choice in those areas, according to a study by Dr. Joseph Warren, Assistant Professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University and colleagues, published in the January issue of Marine Biology.
Feb 11, 2009 - 2:20:59 PM
Biologist Named Dean (Newsday)
An internationally known wildlife biologist and conservationist will become the first dean of Stony Brook University's Southampton campus, which is reinventing itself by focusing on environmental sustainability. Mary Pearl, executive director and president of the Wildlife Trust, a nonprofit conservation group involved in projects in more than 20 countries, will start on March 9.
Feb 12, 2009 - 10:55:24 AM
Long Island is at the center of a new frontier (Newsday Editorial))
The science frontier was once a simpler place. It was often compared with the American West, where small bands of hardy pioneers pushed into the unknown, leaving behind civilization. In the same way, it was said, scientists used new instruments to open up unexplored regions of knowledge, without worrying about real-world applications.
BY ROBERT P. CREASE | Robert P. Crease is chairman of the Philosophy Department at Stony Brook University and the author, most recently, of "The Great Equations: Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg."
Feb 12, 2009 - 3:43:08 PM
Mt. Sinai High School Wins 8th Annual Bay Scallop Bowl At SBU; Will Represent NY State In National Competition
Mt. Sinai High School defeated rival Churchville-Chili High School to win the 8th Annual Bay Scallop Bowl held at Stony Brook University.
Feb 18, 2009 - 12:24:54 PM
Stony Brook University Humanities Institute Presents "Point of View Cinema"
The Humanities Institute at Stony Brook, now in its twenty-first year, has inaugurated the “Point of View Cinema†project, a film and discussion series.
Feb 18, 2009 - 2:00:14 PM
New Ultrasound Device Created By SBU Researcher May Lead To Early Prediction Of Bone Loss, Accelerate Healing
A new form of ultrasound that assesses multiple parameters of hard tissue like bone may lead to early prediction of bone loss, a hallmark of osteoporosis, a disease affecting millions of Americans. Developed by Yi-Xian Qin, Ph.D., Director of the Orthopaedic Bioengineering Research Laboratory at Stony Brook University, and colleagues at Stony Brook and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) in Houston, the technology will first be used to assist astronauts during long-duration space flights.
Feb 19, 2009 - 10:51:47 AM
"Writers Speak" Returns With Jules Feiffer
Feb 20, 2009 - 1:36:20 PM
Marine Science Lecture Series Continues at Stony Brook Southampton
Feb 20, 2009 - 2:48:09 PM
Stony Brook Southampton's First Annual Green Film Series Continues
Feb 20, 2009 - 3:24:32 PM
SBU Joins Recyclemania Contest Where Students, Faculty, And Staff Compete For Reduce, Reuse And Recycle Crown
Stony Brook University is one of 514 universities internationally and the only one on Long Island to participate in RecycleMania, which pits colleges and universities nationwide in a contest to see who can reduce, reuse, and recycle the most campus waste. For the first time, Stony Brook Southampton has joined the main campus in this collaborative effort.
Feb 20, 2009 - 3:39:16 PM
Hospitals depending on computer records more (Newsday)
Dr. Thomas Lee doesn't use much paper at work anymore. When the chief of pediatric surgery at Stony Brook University Medical Center wants to order a prescription, he goes to one of the hospital's 422 computers on wheels -- COWS is the industry acronym -- and types it in. Concerned that patients might not like the sound of "COWS" in their rooms, Stony Brook prefers the acronym RICS -- roaming interactive computers.
Feb 21, 2009 - 9:40:28 AM
SBU Center For Public Health And Literacy Suffolk Receive NIH Grant to Address Minority Community Health Needs
The Center for Public Health and Health Policy Research (CPHHPR) at Stony Brook University, in collaboration with Literacy Suffolk, received a $100,000 two-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to work with communities throughout Suffolk County to promote a better understanding of health disparities and community health needs, as well as increase health literacy.
Feb 23, 2009 - 12:48:49 PM
SBU School Of Journalism Partners With PIX 11 On XIP NEWS, PIXS Flip Ultra Video Camera News Collection Program
This month, PIX 11, Tribune Broadcasting's New York CW affiliate, introduced XIP NEWS, a student journalism program, with Stony Brook University School of Journalism signing on as the station's first program participant.
Feb 23, 2009 - 2:02:04 PM
Women's Initiative for a Sustainable Earth: WISE
Feb 26, 2009 - 2:24:28 PM
Stony Brook Southampton's First Annual Green Film Series Continues
Feb 27, 2009 - 4:16:51 PM
March 2009
News Literacy: Setting a National Agenda
A select group of internationally respected journalists and media figures, including Ted Koppel, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., Andrew Heyward, Alexandra Wallace, and Vivian Schiller, will join university presidents, journalism school deans, and professors from some three dozen institutions across the country to examine, discuss and provide a strategy on how to teach News Literacy to undergraduate and high school students during the nation's first-ever conference on the topic at Stony Brook University on Long Island, NY, March 11 to 13.
Mar 2, 2009 - 9:14:10 AM
TV news outlets seeking out youthful eyes and ears (Associated Press)
NEW YORK (AP) After talking to journalism students at Stony Brook University recently, John Houseman of New York's WPIX-TV left behind 18 new video cameras.
Mar 2, 2009 - 9:24:41 AM
LI doctors testing heated chemo for rare cancer (Newsday)
Long Island cancer doctors have borrowed a page from medicine's past to write a new chapter on how to address a rare malignancy by infusing heated chemotherapy directly into the abdomen using a heart-lung machine. The treatment is being tested at Stony Brook University Medical Center as a therapy for cancer of the appendix, a malignancy so rare it is known as an orphan cancer. The American Cancer Society has no statistics on its prevalence.
Mar 2, 2009 - 9:39:20 AM
Stone Tool Making 101: The Mind of a Modern Knapper (Science)
A recent Science essay suggested that symmetrically shaped hand axes are precursors to symbolic behavior because making one requires holding a mental image of the finished product in your head. Origins asked a modern knapper, Steven Goldstein, an undergraduate anthropology major at Stony Brook University in New York state, to describe his thoughts as he created a stone tool.
Mar 4, 2009 - 9:01:23 AM
Slow Recovery for Shrinking Fish (Scientific American)
As people continue to go after the biggest fish in the sea, global fisheries are shrinking both in number and the actual body size of their catches. But that rapid evolution can be reversed, according to a new 10-year study published today in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Mar 4, 2009 - 9:22:32 AM
“Undesirable†Evolution Can Be Reversed In Fish, Stony Brook University Scientists Show
Undesirable evolution in fish which makes their bodies grow smaller and fishery catches dwindle -- can actually be reversed in a few decades’ time by changing our “take-the-biggest-fish†approach to commercial fishing, according to groundbreaking new research published today by Stony Brook University scientists in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Mar 4, 2009 - 10:40:41 AM
Stony Brook University Hosts The Fourth Annual Long Island College Art Competition
On Thursday March 19, 2009, the Long Island College Art competition opening reception and awards ceremony will take place, in the gallery of the Student Activities Center at Stony Brook University from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
Mar 5, 2009 - 4:28:50 PM
Stony Brook University To Host First SAAB Northeastern Regional Conference
On March 20 – 21, 2009, the Stony Brook University Chapter of the Student African American Brotherhood National Organization (SAAB) will host the first SAAB Northeastern Regional Conference titled "Embracing Excellence: Realizing the Vision of Success," at the Student Activities Center.
Mar 9, 2009 - 11:03:56 AM
Stem Cell Research: The Science, The Ethics, The Promise A Scientific Symposium At Stony Brook University
On Wednesday, March 25, from 4:30-6:30 pm, the Brooke Ellison Project and Stony Brook University will present a scientific symposium, Stem Cell Research: The Science, the Ethics, the Promise. Held in the Student Activities Center Auditorium, and open to community members, the symposium will provide an educational framework by which to better understand the basic science, ethical considerations, and legislative factors inherent in the issue of stem cell research.
Mar 9, 2009 - 2:50:25 PM
Developing Fruit Fly Embryo Is Capable Of Genetic Corrections
Animals have an astonishing ability to develop reliably in spite of variable conditions during embryogenesis. New research, published in parallel this week in PLoS Biology and PLoS Computational Biology, addresses how living things can develop into precise, adult forms when there is so much variation present during their development stages.
Mar 10, 2009 - 9:47:01 AM
NSF Awards Stony Brook University More Than $500K In Scholarships For Students Majoring In Science And Mathematics
Stony Brook University received a $520,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for undergraduate scholarships in science and mathematics. Funds will be used to support outstanding students with high financial needs pursuing majors in science, technology, engineering or mathematics.
Mar 10, 2009 - 1:16:56 PM
NY Islander Bruno Gervais Boosts Spirits Of Pediatric Patients During SBUMC Visit
During New York Islander Bruno Gervais visit to the Pediatric Units at Stony Brook University Medical Center, Jacqueline Guevara, 10, of West Babylon, told him she wants to be a hockey player when she grows up. Though Gervais came on a cold February day, he warmed the hearts of approximately 20 patients as he talked hockey and sports with them, autographed pictures, and wished each patient a speedy recovery.
Mar 12, 2009 - 9:40:03 AM
Bright Smiles In Winter: Hundreds Of Kids Receive Free Dental Care At SBU's "Give Kids A Smile" Day
Dental students, residents, hygienists, and faculty of the Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine provided free dental screening and care to approximately 225 children during this year’s “Give Kids a Smile†Day.
Mar 12, 2009 - 9:56:07 AM
Team Discovers Metal that Becomes Transparent Under High Pressure
An international team of scientists have discovered a transparent form of the element sodium (Na). The team, led by Artem Oganov, Professor of Thoretical Crystallography at Stony Brook University, and Yanming Ma, the lead author and professor of physics at Jilin University in China, was able to demonstrate that sodium defies normal physical expectations by going transparent under pressure. The results are published in the March 12 edition of the journal Nature.
Mar 12, 2009 - 4:12:40 PM
Stony Brook University to Participate Exclusively in the Federal Direct Loan Program for Academic Year 2009-2010
Beginning with the 2009 Summer Session, Stony Brook University on Long Island will participate exclusively in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program for the administration of federal student loans. With direct lending, all students will be borrowing directly from the Federal Government.
Mar 13, 2009 - 10:49:06 AM
Stony Brook Southampton's First Annual Green Film Series Continues With "Black Diamonds"
Mar 13, 2009 - 3:38:04 PM
Stony Brook Southampton Continues Its Sustainability Speaker Series
Mar 13, 2009 - 3:53:21 PM
"Writers Speak" Continues With Steve Hamilton, Emma Walton Hamilton and Guests
Mar 13, 2009 - 4:06:23 PM
Freud Conference At Stony Brook Manhattan Presented By Humanities Institute
On Saturday, April 4, 2009 from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook will present a one-day conference “Remembering Freud: Psychoanalysis Today at Stony Brook Manhattan, 401 Park Avenue South, New York.
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:13:20 AM
First-Ever Casts Of Hobbit To Be Unveiled At 7th Annual Human Evolution Symposium At Stony Brook University
Prototype casts of a Hobbit skeleton will be publicly displayed for the first time ever at Stony Brook University's 7th Annual Human Evolution Symposium on Tuesday, April 21, courtesy of the National Research and Development Centre for Archaeology in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Mar 20, 2009 - 10:00:51 AM
Historian's New Study Of Cocaine: U.S. Drug Plague Of 1980s Was Spurred By Earlier Interventions In Andes
Paul Gootenberg, Professor of History and Co-Director of Latin American Studies at Stony Brook University in New York, published a controversial new book on the history of modern cocaine, the illicit drug that menaced U.S. cities during the 1980s and prompted an Andean "War on Drugs" which is now in its third decade.
Mar 20, 2009 - 3:14:28 PM
Stony Brook Southampton's First Annual Green Film Series Continues with "Water First"
Mar 20, 2009 - 3:29:40 PM
Marine Science Lecture Series Continues at Stony Brook Southampton
Mar 20, 2009 - 3:40:15 PM
"Writers Speak" Continues with Julie Sheehan
Mar 20, 2009 - 4:22:34 PM
Stony Brook Southampton Students Lead the Charge for "Earth Hour"
Mar 20, 2009 - 4:36:11 PM
Jack Macrae and Paula Cooper Donate Forge River Property In Support of SBU School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Stony Brook University today announced that Jack Macrae and Paula Cooper have donated a four-acre residential property on the banks of the Forge River to support the programs of the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS).
Mar 24, 2009 - 7:52:07 AM
Stony Brook University School of Health Technology & Management Starts Five-Week Basic EMT Certification Course
The School of Health Technology and Management (HTM) at Stony Brook University will hold a full-time certification course for anyone interested in becoming a certified emergency medical technician (EMT). The five-week program will run from the end of June through the beginning of August, and can accommodate a maximum of 50 students.
Mar 24, 2009 - 10:40:48 AM
Teen Desperate for Bone Marrow Match (NBC-4)
A Long Island family needs your help. They are searching for a bone marrow match for their 15-year-old son who has a rare and aggressive form of leukemia.
Mar 24, 2009 - 1:06:09 PM
Bone marrow drive set for Longwood High student (Newsday)
Longwood High School sophomore Alex Mele has set his goals for June: He will be well, having eluded the grasp of the leukemia that has taken over his life since November, and he will be well enough to suit up and play for the Brentwood Bandits, his summer baseball league.
Mar 25, 2009 - 9:16:05 AM
Stony Brook Poll Documents Deep-Rooted Economic Concerns on Long Island; Majority Think Recovery will Take More Than Two Years
The Center for Survey Research at Stony Brook University polled Long Islanders on their opinions about the economy in February and early March, 2009, and uncovered widespread concern about economic conditions amidst beliefs that an economic recovery is not imminent. Roughly 800 Long Islanders were interviewed for the study.
Mar 25, 2009 - 9:33:45 AM
SBU Finding Of A Mechanism That Processes A "THC" Type Brain Compound May Lead To New Medicines For Pain, Addiction
Dale Deutsch, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Stony Brook University and colleagues discovered a new molecular mechanism for the processing of endocannabinoids, brain compounds similar to THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, and essential in physiological processes such as pain, appetite, and memory. Reported online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the finding could pave the way for new medicines for pain, addiction, appetite control and other disorders.
Mar 25, 2009 - 9:53:12 AM
Support SBUMC Breast Cancer Research With A Toast: Lieb Cellars Donates Sales Of New White Merlot
The Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund, Inc., has teamed up with Lieb Cellars of Mattituck, N.Y., to support research at Stony Brook University Medical Center investigating the causes, prevention, and treatment of breast cancer.
Mar 25, 2009 - 10:35:57 AM
SBU Orthopaedic Research Team Wins National Award For A New Treatment Of Debilitating Hand Disorder, Frozen Shoulder
A team of Othopaedic faculty researchers at Stony Brook University Medical Center are the recipients of the 2009 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Clinical Research Award, a prestigious award sponsored by the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) and Kappa Delta Sorority.
Mar 25, 2009 - 11:00:01 AM
Don't Foreclose On Our Future: Invest In Public Higher Education (Huffington Post)
President Barack Obama declared in his first speech before a Joint Session of Congress that the answers to America's economic crisis "exist in our laboratories and our universities..." Yes, but.... Higher education is itself jeopardized by the recession, and its ability even to cope with the next few years is threatened.
Mar 26, 2009 - 3:01:16 PM
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Exhibition "Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race" to Open at Stony Brook University
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s traveling exhibition, Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race, makes its debut at Stony Brook University on Monday, April 6 at the Charles B. Wang Center. The exhibition examines how the Nazi leadership, in collaboration with individuals in professions traditionally charged with healing and the public good, used science to help legitimize persecution, murder and, ultimately, genocide. This traveling version of Deadly Medicine is based on the acclaimed exhibition of the same name that originally opened at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. in April 2004.
Mar 26, 2009 - 3:06:03 PM
Stony Brook Southampton to Host Blood Drive
Mar 27, 2009 - 11:49:30 AM
Stony Brook Southampton's First Annual Green Film Series Concludes
Mar 31, 2009 - 2:51:08 PM
Stony Brook Southampton Co-hosts 1st New York Women's Conference on Sustainability
Mar 31, 2009 - 4:06:33 PM
April 2009
New SBU High-Tech Rehabilitation Research Laboratory To Help Individuals With Spinal Cord Injuries, Major Diseases
Administrators and faculty from the Stony Brook University School of Health Technology and Management (SHTM) gathered in the center of what will be a high-technology laboratory dedicated to rehabilitation research at a March 11 groundbreaking ceremony.
Apr 1, 2009 - 12:50:27 PM
114 SBU Med Students Meet Their Match: Residency Assignments Span 17 U.S. States
Shouts of joy were commonplace at the 2009 Stony Brook University School of Medicine Match Day, when 114 SBU medical students learned where they will spend their first year of residency training beginning in July. On March 19, more than 24,000 medical students nationwide learned of their residency match.
Apr 2, 2009 - 12:55:57 PM
SBUMC Receives Three-Year ACS Accreditation And Highest Approval Rating As A Teaching Hospital Cancer Program
Stony Brook University Medical Center received the highest approval rating from the American College of Surgeon's (ACS) Commission on Cancer (CoC) for a Teaching Hospital Cancer Program.
Apr 2, 2009 - 1:35:02 PM
Stony Brook Southampton to Host its First-Ever 5k Run/Walk
Apr 2, 2009 - 3:40:46 PM
Roar With Laughter From the Puns Of Top Comics At SBU's Cody Comedy Festival
On May 13, 2009, at 8:00 PM, at the Staller Center stage at Stony Brook University, three top comedians in television entertainment will perform at the annual Cody Comedy Festival.
Apr 3, 2009 - 1:15:05 PM
Stony Brook University And The Medical Center Spearhead Environmental Initiative To Be Modeled By Others
On April 18, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook University Medical Center, and the surrounding community are sponsoring a special pharmaceutical recycling event where residents can safely dispose of unwanted/expired medicines.
Apr 6, 2009 - 12:27:17 PM
Stony Brook University Professional One Of 11 Honored At Annual Women's Recognition Celebration
Vanessa J. Herman, Assistant Director, Governmental Relations at Stony Brook University, was honored by the Town of Brookhaven at the 23rd Annual Women's Recognition Night. One of 11 women honored at the ceremony for demonstrating excellence in a variety of areas, Herman was recognized for outstanding work in the field of Government.
Apr 6, 2009 - 3:08:35 PM
SBU Earthstock Festival Kicks Off On Earth Day With Sustainability & Global Climate Change Themes
Earthstock, Stony Brook University’s 8th annual week long awareness-raising celebration of Earth Day, kicks off at 10 am on Friday, April 17 with a full day of entertainment, food, refreshments, environmentally-oriented activities and visual displays situated all around the Academic Mall.
Apr 9, 2009 - 11:33:43 AM
At. Stony Brook University: Remembering the Nazi's War on the 'Genetically Unfit' (NY Times)
BEFORE the Nazis began the mass murder of Jews, they started to sterilize or kill hundreds of thousands of their own — non-Jewish Germans, including children, who were considered mentally or physically defective. They even issued a “Ten Commandments for Choosing a Mate that advised against marrying a person with an undesirable characteristic, or the possibility of inheriting one: “Never marry the one good person from a bad family.
Apr 10, 2009 - 8:25:38 AM
CUNY and SUNY students are facing a taxing education issue (NY Daily News)
Public higher education in New York suffered two major blows under the new state budget: first came the draconian cuts sustained by the State University of New York, and now the hijacking of tuition paid by students at SUNY and City University of New York schools in order to pay down the state deficit.
Apr 13, 2009 - 8:08:38 AM
Stony Brook Southampton's Inaugural Manhattan Workshop
Apr 14, 2009 - 3:05:45 PM
Stony Brook Southampton's Inaugural "YAWP" Middle School Playwrights Performance
Apr 14, 2009 - 3:09:31 PM
"Writers Speak" Continues With Jones, Maazel and Wray
Apr 14, 2009 - 3:11:13 PM
Stony Brook Southampton Opens Several Earthstock Events to the Public
Apr 14, 2009 - 3:12:36 PM
Stony Brook Southampton's Avram Gallery to Host Glaser Exhibit
Apr 14, 2009 - 3:38:06 PM
Stony Brook Professor Named Recipient Of Prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship
STONY BROOK, N.Y., April 16, 2009 Stony Brook University professor Alice C. Harris has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, one of the most prestigious honors in academia. Edward Hirsch, President of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, announced the results of the 85thannual U.S. and Canadian competition earlier this month.
Apr 16, 2009 - 3:06:41 PM
Marine Science Lecture Probes Local Waterways
Apr 17, 2009 - 4:27:21 PM
Important International Climate-Change Symposium at Stony Brook Southampton
Apr 19, 2009 - 2:22:14 PM
SBU Professor Named President Of International Association For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Fred Friedberg, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University, has been elected President of the International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (IACFS).
Apr 20, 2009 - 3:09:54 PM
Stony Brook Southampton Continues its Sustainability Speaker Series
Apr 21, 2009 - 2:59:27 PM
First Annual Green Film Series Concludes
Apr 21, 2009 - 3:09:21 PM
Ancient "hobbits" may have met humans (USA Today)
"Hobbits", the pint-sized primitive human species discovered on an Indonesian island, may have interacted with humans, suggest researchers at a scientific conference. At the "Seventh Human Evolution Workshop" at Stony Brook (N.Y.) University, researchers also unveiled a fossil casting of the vanished hobbits, Homo floresiensis.
Apr 22, 2009 - 7:12:22 AM
A First Look at the Bones of a 'Hobbit' (NY Times)
A hobbit will be making its public debut on Tuesday at Stony Brook University on Long Island. A cast of the skull and bones of the hominid Homo floresiensis, its diminutive size inspiring the hobbit nickname, will be displayed for the first time at a public symposium on human evolution, titled "Hobbits in the Haystack."
Apr 22, 2009 - 7:15:11 AM
College Choices - An Interview with Shirley Strum Kenny (WNYC Radio)
As students and their parents decide which college to attend in the fall, Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny, retiring president of Stony Brook University, says SUNY and CUNY students are being hit with unfair tuition hikes.
Apr 22, 2009 - 7:32:57 AM
SBU Research Team: Boredom In Marriage Today Leads To Reduced Satisfaction Even Nine Years Later
Feeling bored in marriage leads to substantially less marital satisfaction even nine years later, according to a study published in the April 14, 2009 issue of Psychological Science.
Apr 22, 2009 - 1:10:54 PM
Two Stony Brook University Students Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
— Two Stony Brook University students have been named Goldwater Scholars, one of the most prestigious honors given nationwide to college undergraduates. Kevin Knockenhauer (21), a junior Biochemistry major from Bayshore, New York, and Yan Leyfman (19), a sophomore Biology major from Brooklyn, will each receive scholarships to cover the cost of tuition, fees, books, and room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 per year.
Apr 22, 2009 - 4:48:54 PM
Success for Stony Brook Southampton's First Annual 5k Run/Walk
Apr 23, 2009 - 2:49:46 PM
Discovery Of A Group Of Proteins Associated With Pediatric MS Could Lead To New Disease Diagnostics
A group of 12 proteins associated with pediatric multiple sclerosis (MS) have been discovered for the first time by a team of neurology and pathology researchers at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Apr 24, 2009 - 10:56:18 AM
Sponsored by "Alternatives Counseling" and in Conjunction With Southampton Town Agencies, Stony Brook Southampton Hosts a Seminar on Teen Drinking and Parental Hosting Laws
Apr 24, 2009 - 3:06:31 PM
A Tiny Hominid With No Place on the Family Tree (NY Times)
STONY BROOK, N.Y. Six years after their discovery, the extinct little people nicknamed hobbits who once occupied the Indonesian island of Flores remain mystifying anomalies in human evolution, out of place in time and geography, their ancestry unknown. Recent research has only widened their challenge to conventional thinking about the origins, transformations and migrations of the early human family.
Apr 27, 2009 - 11:12:12 PM
Stony Brook University Professor Recipient Of The Sir Bernard Katz Award
Stony Brook University Professor Gary G. Matthews was recently honored by the Biophysical Society in Boston where he received the Sir Bernard Katz Award for Excellence in Research in Exocytosis and Endocytosis.
Apr 28, 2009 - 12:25:32 PM
United States Department of Energy to Establish Frontier Research Center at Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University will be home to the new Northeastern Chemical Energy Storage Center (NOCESC), which involves a team of experimentalists and theorists including Director, Clare P. Grey, Associate Director of The Center for Environmental Molecular Science and Peter Khalifah, Assistant Professor in the Chemistry Department at Stony Brook University; Jason Graetz and Xiao-Qing Yang of Brookhaven National Laboratory; and additional collaborators from Rutgers University, Binghamton University, MIT, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of Michigan, Argonne National Laboratory, and University of Florida.
Apr 30, 2009 - 11:53:42 PM
May 2009
Stony Brook University Displays First-Ever Cast Of Hobbit at 7th Annual Human Evolution Symposium
Prototype cast of a Hobbit skeleton was publicly displayed for the first time ever at Stony Brook University's 7th Annual Human Evolution Symposium on Tuesday, April 21, courtesy of the National Research and Development Centre for Archaeology in Jakarta, Indonesia.
May 1, 2009 - 4:25:49 PM
World Renowned Biomedical Researcher And University Administrator Named New President Of Stony Brook University
The Board of Trustees of the State University of New York voted unanimously today to name Dr. Samuel L. Stanley Jr., Vice Chancellor for Research and professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology at Washington University in St. Louis, as the new President of Stony Brook University.
May 5, 2009 - 1:10:56 PM
The "Hobbit" Foot Like No Other In Human Fossil Record SBU Researchers Detail Its Ape And Human-Like Features
An international team of paleoanthropologists, anatomists and archeologists have published the first scientific analysis of the foot of Homo floresiensis, the fossil found in Indonesia in 2003 and popularly referred to as the Hobbit.
May 6, 2009 - 1:55:03 PM
The Society For Industrial And Applied Mathematics Names Stony Brook University Mathematician To Initial List Of Fellows
A Stony Brook University mathematician was named by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) as one of the nation's leading applied mathematicians to be named in the initial list of Fellows.
May 7, 2009 - 12:58:10 PM
Feet Offer Clues About Tiny Hominid (NY Times)
The extinct hominids commonly known as hobbits may have been small of body and brain, but their feet were exceptionally long, and they were flat. Scientists, completing the first detailed analysis of the hominid's foot bones, say the findings bolster their controversial interpretation that these individuals belonged to a primitive population distinct from modern humans that lived as recently as 17,000 years ago on the Indonesian island of Flores.
May 7, 2009 - 7:18:33 PM
Hobbit Foot, Hippo Skulls Deepen Ancestral Mystery (U.S. News & World Report)
Fossil hobbits followed a simple motto: Walk, don't run. That's the implication of a new analysis of foot bones from an 18,000-year-old partial skeleton assigned to the controversial species Homo floresiensis, or hobbits.
May 7, 2009 - 7:24:49 PM
Hobbits DID belong to a new species - just check out their feet, say experts (Daily Mail, UK)
Hobbits did exist as a separate race and not just in Middle Earth, a scientific study of their feet has concluded. Debate has raged in the scientific community about where they came from after the remains of Homo floresiensis were first discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003.
May 7, 2009 - 7:29:57 PM
Stony Brook students learn to prevent alcohol deaths (Newsday)
When Stony Brook University junior Samsad Pavel found a friend nearly passed out in a dorm room after a party, he wasn't sure what - or how much - the boy had drunk. But he was certain what to do: Call 911.
May 8, 2009 - 9:11:14 AM
Stony Brook professor's tragedy raises awareness (Newsday)
In a condolence letter to Dr. Suzanne Fields, Stony Brook president Shirley Strum Kenny made this offer: "If there's anything I can do to help you through this . . ."
May 8, 2009 - 9:36:48 AM
The four "Ts" to aid alcohol poisoning victims (Newsday)
What Stony Brook University tells students in the Red Watch Band program to do when someone appears to be suffering alcohol poisoning:
May 8, 2009 - 9:40:19 AM
National Red Watch Band Movement Launches At Stony Brook U. To Combat Toxic Drinking And Change Culture About Helping Fellow Students Passed Out From Drinking
Stony Brook University has launched the Red Watch Band Movement, a national grassroots educational and intervention program designed to teach students to recognize the signs of toxic drinking, provide them with necessary tools to take action in cases where someone is at risk for acute alcohol poisoning, and to actually step in when help is needed.
May 8, 2009 - 10:25:04 AM
Stony Brook Alumni Association Announces Recipients Of 2009 Distinguished Alumnus Awards
The Stony Brook Alumni Association announced today that it has selected four Stony Brook University graduates as recipients of the 2009 Distinguished Alumnus Awards, the Association's highest honor. The recipients will be honored at a special ceremony and dinner on Friday, November 20, 2009 at the University's Charles B. Wang Center.
May 8, 2009 - 1:01:37 PM
Hobbit's Big Feet Offer Clues To Its Origin (NPR)
Talk of the Nation, May 8, 2009 · Homo floresiensis, the mysterious hominid uncovered on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003, continues to raise questions about human evolution. Ira Flatow and anthropologists discuss two new studies in Nature that support the idea that the "hobbit" fossils represent a new species.
Guests:
William L. Jungers , professor and chairman, Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY
Daniel E. Lieberman, professor, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
May 11, 2009 - 11:50:43 AM
Stony Brook University Campus Dining Service Contract Awarded To Lackmann Culinary Services, Inc.
The Stony Brook University Faculty Student Association (FSA) Board of Directors has contracted Lackmann Culinary Services, Inc. (LCS), of Woodbury, Long Island, to operate West Campus Dining Services at Stony Brook University.
May 11, 2009 - 12:40:26 PM
Meet The Kernel: Stony Brook University's First Vegetable Oil-Powered Bus Gets A Name
The Stony Brook University Department of Transportation & Parking Operations randomly selected Nicole Hadley’s winning entry to Earthstock’s “Name This Bus†contest. Nicole submitted the name “The Kernel†for the University Bus Service’s first vegetable oil powered bus, which is utilized on various routes on campus.
May 14, 2009 - 11:48:21 AM
Carol M. Baldwin Breast Care Center At SBUMC First In New York State To Receive National Accreditation
The Carol M. Baldwin Breast Care Center at Stony Brook University Medical Center has been granted three-year/full accreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC).
May 14, 2009 - 2:17:53 PM
The Southampton Writer's Conference Gears Up for a High-Profile Summer
May 15, 2009 - 10:27:55 AM
Stony Brook University's College Of Engineering & Applied Science TechPREP Program Sparks Awareness Of Technology And Engineering Among Middle School Girls From Brentwood And Longwood School Districts
The TechPREP program, funded through a $50,000 Innovation Generation grant from the Motorola Foundation, was inaugurated on March 21st. TechPREP is a collaborative effort between the Liberty Partnership, the Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP), Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), the Department of Technology and Society and the Outreach Program for Long Island Technology Education (OPLITE).
May 15, 2009 - 12:17:24 PM
Frozen Finger Fix (Foxnews.com)
The segment features a patient treated at Stony Brook University Medical Center for Dupuytren's Disease by Drs. Lawrence Hurst and Marie Badalamente.
May 18, 2009 - 12:45:46 PM
SBU Distinguished Professor And Internationally Renowned Nuclear Physicist Elected To The National Academy Of Sciences
Barbara V. Jacak, (pronounced yacht-sock) Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
May 18, 2009 - 4:58:01 PM
Three Stony Brook Faculty Members Named To Rank Of Distinguished Service And Teaching Professor
Three faculty members from Stony Brook University have been appointed to the rank of Distinguished Service and Distinguished Teaching Professor, the State University of New York has announced. Henry Bokuiewicz was among the ten SUNY professors approved for appointment to Distinguished Service Professor. SUNY also approved the appointment of Steven Skiena and Joseph Lauher to Distinguished Teaching Professors. The honor is one of the highest that SUNY bestows and is awarded for exemplary teaching.
May 20, 2009 - 10:29:51 AM
Marine Science Symposium Dissects Bivalves
May 22, 2009 - 10:45:43 AM
Retiring SBU President Shirley Strum Kenny Confers Degrees At Her Final Commencement Ceremony
Shirley Strum Kenny conferred the final 5,421 degrees of her 15 year career as President of Stony Brook University at the annual University Commencement ceremony today. The Commencement, Long Island's largest, will conferred 3,391 undergraduate degrees, 1,290 Masters, 294 doctoral, 223 Doctor of Medicine/Doctor of Dental Surgery/Doctor of Physical Therapy, and 223 certificates.
May 26, 2009 - 12:34:27 PM
SBU Post-Doctoral Research Fellow In Ecology And Evolution Publishes First Book Detailing Life Of Prairie Dogs
Jennifer L. Verdolin, a postdoctoral research fellow at SBU, has published her first book--Prairie Dogs: Communication and Community in an Animal Society. Verdolin co-authored the book along with Con Slobodchikoff, a professor of biology at Northern Arizona University, and Bianca S. Perla, who has a doctorate in ecology from the University of Washington.
May 28, 2009 - 9:43:33 AM
Summer Workshops for Teen Writers at Stony Brook Southampton
May 29, 2009 - 10:47:41 AM
Lenfest Forage Fish Task Force Launched
The Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University has launched the Lenfest Forage Fish Task Force, a team of 13 preeminent scientists from around the world that will develop management plans to tackle the unprecedented depletion of forage fish from our oceans.
May 29, 2009 - 10:54:04 AM
June 2009
Connecting Delta Cities: International Workshop Focuses on Strategies for Adapting and Mitigating Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Cities at Stony Brook Manhattan
By 2040, more than 50% of the global population is expected to live in urban coastal areas. Yet climate change and sea level rise have made many coastal cities even more vulnerable to flooding due to rising sea level, storm surges and extreme weather-related river floods. On June 9-10, 2009, an international group of 75 scientists, engineers, city planners, port, transportation and emergency managers will convene at Stony Brook Manhattan to discuss common challenges and innovative strategies for protecting coastal populations, port facilities, industrial centers, transportation corridors, water systems, telecommunications facilities, hospitals, schools and financial businesses in flood-prone coastal urban areas.
Jun 4, 2009 - 5:12:47 PM
Research Team Including Jin Koda at SBU's Department of Physics and Astronomy Discover New Tidal Debris from Colliding Galaxies
Astronomers are announcing today that they have discovered new tidal debris stripped away from colliding galaxies. The research will be being presented during a press conference at the 214th annual American Astronomical Society meeting in Pasadena, California by Drs. Jin Koda at Stony Brook University, Long Island, New York; Nick Scoville of California Institute of Technology; Yoshiaki Taniguchi of Ehime University, Ehime, Japan; and, the COSMOS survey team.
Jun 8, 2009 - 9:40:47 AM
Stony Brook University Center For Science And Mathematics Education Receives Toyota USA Foundation Award
Stony Brook University received a $493,000 grant from the Toyota USA Foundation to provide workshops and laboratory opportunities for secondary school teachers and students in biology, chemistry, earth science, physics and mathematics.
Jun 10, 2009 - 11:57:47 AM
Stony Brook University Breaks Ground On Campus Recreation Center
Inclement weather could not put a damper on the celebratory event that was the official ground breaking ceremony for the new Campus Recreation Center (CRC) at Stony Brook University on June 5. The $37.5 million 85,000 square-foot CRC is a student-oriented facility featuring contemporary work out space, space for a quality intramural program and for sports club team practice and competition.
Jun 10, 2009 - 3:55:33 PM
Opinion: Reinventing science at Brookhaven National Laboratory (Newsday)
Laboratories, like many cultural institutions, periodically have to reinvent themselves to stay vital. New discoveries and social needs constantly threaten to render labs that stick to the same path obsolete. One remarkable reinvention is being commemorated on Monday, when Brookhaven National Laboratory is celebrating the start of construction of a new energy research facility, the $1 billion National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II).
Jun 11, 2009 - 7:45:24 AM
Stony Brook Southampton MFA in Writing Student Named Suffolk County Poet Laureate
Jun 12, 2009 - 12:39:05 PM
Red Watch Band friends don't let friends get too drunk (USA Today)
When Suzanne Fields' son died of an alcohol overdose last year, a few days after completing his first year of college, she decided she wanted to keep other students from suffering the same fate. "I thought at the time my son died that his death was preventable, that I wanted to do something to prevent other students from dying the way he did," she says.
Jun 15, 2009 - 7:39:01 AM
Red Watch Band drinking program keeps growing (Northwest Arkansas Times)
She wanted some information. Nothing more. Nothing less. The intent of Mindy Campbell was not to officially register the University of Arkansas with the Red Watch Band, a national drinking education program - but that's what happened about three weeks ago.
Jun 15, 2009 - 7:45:08 AM
Stony Brook Southampton Windmill Reopens to Fanfare and a Special Dedication
Stony Brook Southampton's iconic Windmill reopened with a special celebration and dedication.
Jun 15, 2009 - 4:30:50 PM
SBU Scientist Participates In First U.S. Lunar Mission In More Than A Decade
The launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) on June 18 marks the first step in NASA's return to the Moon, and the first U. S. lunar mission in more than a decade.
Jun 22, 2009 - 3:37:30 PM
Stony Brook University Mourns the Passing of Edward G. Carr, Ph.D., Leading Professor in the Department of Psychology
It is with great sadness that the University learned of the passing of Edward (Ted) Carr, Ph.D., 61, Leading Professor of Psychology, and his wife, Ilene Wasserman, Ph.D., 58, following an automobile accident in Wading River, N.Y., on Saturday, June 20, when they were returning from a nature drive.
Jun 23, 2009 - 2:54:37 PM
Stony Brook University President Shirley Strum Kenny Announces Capital Campaign Raises Nearly $360 Million
Stony Brook University President Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny announced today that the University has received gifts and pledges totaling nearly $360 million in its first-ever capital campaign, The Emergence of Stony Brook. The seven-year campaign, with an original goal of $300 million, is the largest ever of any campus of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. The campaign officially ends on June 30, the end of the University's fiscal year and also the effective date of Dr. Kenny's retirement, following 15 years as Stony Brook's fourth president.
Jun 24, 2009 - 8:29:15 AM
Climate Change Report: Warming Causes Rain (ABC World News)
U.S. Goverment says extreme weather and global warming linked. (Malcolm Bowman, Professor of Oceanography and Distinguished Service Professor, SBU School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS), comments.)
Jun 24, 2009 - 8:41:08 AM
Southampton Writers Conference Opens Several Events to the Public
Jun 25, 2009 - 11:26:34 AM
Summer Workshops for Young Writers at Stony Brook Southampton
Jun 25, 2009 - 11:35:08 AM
Cody Walk At SBU Continues Success In Raising Awareness, Funds For Autism And Developmental Disabilities
The 4th annual Cody Center Walk for Autism and Developmental Disabilities took place Sunday, May 3, at Stony Brook University. The event raised more than $28,000 for the Matt and Debra Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities at SBU, which will be used to support research, education and community programs at the Cody Center.
Jun 26, 2009 - 11:47:01 AM
Stony Brook University Hospital Wins National Award For Environmental Achievement
Stony Brook University Hospital was honored today with a “Partner for Change Award†from Practice Greenhealth, a national membership organization for health care facilities committed to environmentally responsible operations.
Jun 26, 2009 - 12:03:56 PM
SBUMC Opens New Lab For Neonatal Research Named In Honor Of Patient Brady William Russell
On June 19, Stony Brook University Medical Center held a dedication of the Brady William Russell Laboratory in the Department of Pediatrics that is devoted to research in neonatal lung development.
Jun 26, 2009 - 12:16:46 PM
SBUMC Patient Receives A Special Birthday Gift: A New Kidney And Restored Health
After suffering for years with diabetes and high blood pressure, Charlie Wright was not sure if he would ever feel healthy again. But the Central Islip, N.Y., resident received a unique gift a few days shy of his 69th birthday – a new kidney. On May 23, 2009, Dr. Frank S. Darras, a renal transplant surgeon at Stony Brook University Medical Center, performed the kidney transplantation.
Jun 26, 2009 - 12:50:46 PM
Little-Known Marine Decomposers Attract The Attention Of Genome Sequencers
The Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute (JGI) announced today that they will sequence the genomes of four species of labyrinthulomycetes.
Jun 26, 2009 - 2:40:18 PM
Southampton Writers Conference Kicks Off With Amazing Adaptations and Two Events for the Whole Family
Jun 29, 2009 - 10:21:27 AM
SBUMC Cancer Investigators Receive "Lilac" Grant For DNA Imager To Advance Research
Cancer researchers in the Department of Pharmacological Sciences at Stony Brook University Medical Center received a $9,995 grant from the Long Island League to Abolish Cancer (LILAC) to purchase an essential piece of laboratory instrumentation.
Jun 29, 2009 - 3:49:39 PM
July 2009
Stony Brook University president begins tenure (Newsday)
Dr. Samuel L. Stanley Jr. was wandering down a quiet hallway in Stony Brook University's newest research center Wednesday when a man walked by, stopped and did a double take. "Hey, you're the new president," said 2005 graduate Tal Eidelberg, pumping Stanley's hand as he launched into the story of his start-up software company, Intrigma, which was moving into an office nearby.
Jul 2, 2009 - 12:39:18 PM
Avram Gallery to Host an Evening With Milton Glaser
Jul 2, 2009 - 12:45:47 PM
New SUNY chancellor advocates boost for Stony Brook (Newsday)
The state's four public university centers and two medical campuses "are the flagships of SUNY" and should be allowed to charge higher tuition, new SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher said Monday during a visit to Stony Brook University.
Jul 6, 2009 - 10:30:04 AM
Playwriting Conference Brings Top Names and Exciting New Works to the Avram Stage
Jul 6, 2009 - 10:48:16 AM
SBUMC Clinical Study Evaluates Ways To Treat Aggression in Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Researchers in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stony Brook University Medical Center are conducting a study of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and severe problems with aggressive behavior.
Jul 7, 2009 - 12:18:02 PM
SBU Receives Three Awards From National Association Of College And University Residence Halls (NACURH)
Stony Brook University’s Residence Hall Association and the SBU Chapter of the National Residence Hall Honorary received three awards from the National Association of College and University Residence Halls (NACURH) at an annual conference at the University of Arizona
Jul 8, 2009 - 3:43:33 PM
Regional Perinatal Outreach Coordinator For SBUMC Receives Highest Honor From NYS Perinatal Association
Adriann Combs, RNC, Regional Perinatal Outreach Coordinator for Stony Brook University Hospital, has received the L. Stanley James Award from the New York State Perinatal Association (NYSPA), which is the association’s highest honor.
Jul 9, 2009 - 1:52:32 PM
Dr. Henry Woo Of Stony Brook University Medical Center Honored By Lombardi family For Saving Patriarch
When Angela and Filomena Lombardi of Lombardi restaurant fame noticed their father Filippo was losing dexterity and strength, and he requested a nurse assistant to help him with his daily routine, they urged him to see a doctor, which he shrugged off, attributing his loss of mobility to old age. As his strength and dexterity continued to deteriorate, they felt it was something much more serious, and decided to bring him to Stony Brook University Medical Center (SBUMC).
Jul 9, 2009 - 2:13:58 PM
Influenza Immunization Bill Passed For Families Of Babies In NICU
In early June, the New York State Senate and Assembly passed the Influenza Immunization Bill (Bill A. 876-A) which requires hospitals with a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to offer flu vaccine shots to parents and family members of newborns being treated in NICU.
Jul 10, 2009 - 8:45:19 AM
Avram Gallery to Host an Evening of Milton Glaser
Jul 13, 2009 - 2:42:11 PM
Stony Brook University Hospital Receives Most Improved Award For 2009 As Part Of Hospitals And Health Networks 'Most Wired' Survey
Stony Brook University Hospital has received Most Wired Survey’s 2009 Most Improved Award. This marks the first time that the hospital has received this award, which is sponsored by Hospitals and Health Networks.
Jul 14, 2009 - 4:04:36 PM
Stony Brook University Professor Receives Prestigious White House Award for Young Scientists and Engineers
Stony Brook University Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Elizabeth M. Boon, has been selected by Barack Obama as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). In addition to receiving an invitation to the White House to receive her award from President Obama, Dr. Boon will receive $200,000 per year for up to five years to continue her research.
Jul 14, 2009 - 6:06:52 PM
Camp Adventure: Fun In The Sun For SBUMC Pediatric Cancer Patients And Siblings
From August 15 to August 21, on the grounds of Camp Quinipet on Shelter Island, 21 pediatric cancer patients treated at Stony Brook University Medical Center, along with 24 of their siblings and SBUMC physicians and staff of the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, will gather for a week of summer fun and activities.
Jul 16, 2009 - 11:22:43 AM
MFA in Writing and Literature Program's First-Time Author Signs Immediate Deal; to Address Esteemed Writers Conference
Jul 16, 2009 - 11:48:42 AM
SBUMC Department Of Urology Ranked As Top National Program In US News & World Report 'America's Best Hospitals' Listing
The Department of Urology at Stony Brook University Medical Center is again ranked among the top 50 in the “America’s Best Hospitals†August 2009 issue of U.S. News & World Report.
Jul 16, 2009 - 4:54:13 PM
Stony Brook University's Lifelong Learning Program Receives $1M Endowment
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Stony Brook University has received a $1M endowment from the Bernard Osher Foundation. OLLI is a peer-led learning network devoted to retired and semi-retired adults and sponsored by the School of Professional Development (SPD).
Jul 20, 2009 - 12:06:43 PM
The Southampton Review Honors Frank McCourt, Award-Winning Writer, Teacher, Humanitarian
Jul 21, 2009 - 11:26:20 AM
Stony Brook Southampton Screenwriting Conference Features Hedges, Baitz, Baldwin
Jul 22, 2009 - 2:27:40 PM
Researchers At Stony Brook University Show Warmer Environment Means Shorter Lives For Cold-Blooded Animals
Temperature expl