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  • Stony Brook University is just one of 40 public and private universities nationwide to be named a Best Buy by Fiske Guide to Colleges.
  • The prestigious Times of London ranks Stony Brook University as one of the best universities in the world and one of the 50 best in North America.
  • The Emerson String Quartet, one of the world’s foremost chamber ensembles, has joined the Department of Music as faculty and are Quartet-in-Residence.
  • We are one of 16 Leadership Institutions named by the Association of American Colleges and Universities.
  • Our Graduate School was awarded the CGS/Peterson's Award for Innovation in promoting an Inclusive Graduate Community.
  • Our School of Medicine was named one of the nation's top 50 primary care training programs by U.S. News and World Report.
  • Our Marine Sciences Research Center was given top ranking in coastal oceanography, ranked eighth overall by the National Research Council for Ph.D. programs in oceanography.
  • We are one of ten universities given a National Science Foundation recognition award for integrating research