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Howard Margolin Creating the Best of All Possible Destinies
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (969+ words) He's an unassuming optometrist by day. But for one night a week, Howard Margolin '86 gets to indulge his science fiction dreams through Destinies, a radio show he hosts on Stony Brook University's WUSB 90. 1/107. 3 FM. He's so devoted to this labor…...
Stony Brook Medicine Receives Grant to Enhance Parkinson's Care and Support Services
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (245+ words) SBU News Stony Brook Medicine Receives Grant to Enhance Parkinson's Care and Support Services Parkinson's is the second-most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease, with men 1. 5 times more likely to have PD than women. While the incidence of PD increases…...
Doctoral Student Wins Leakey Grant To Study Coastal Primates
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (393+ words) A Stony Brook University doctoral student was awarded a significant grant from the Leakey Foundation to study how primates have adapted to living in coastal Kenya." Alex Chege, a Ph D candidate in the Department of Ecology and Evolution and…...
Exploring the Role of Mentorship in Graduate Education - SBU News
20+ hour, 18+ min ago (269+ words) What does effective mentorship look like in graduate education today? As part of the "Conversations in Graduate Education" series, The Graduate School hosted a virtual discussion on March 2 featuring Angela Byars-Winston, a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Medicine at the…...
William Wertheim Named One of Crain's New York Business 2026 Notable Leaders in Healthcare
22+ hour, 56+ min ago (392+ words) SBU News William Wertheim Named One of Crain's New York Business 2026 Notable Leaders in Healthcare Recognition highlights leadership in advancing Stony Brook Medicine as an integrated academic health system serving Long Island William Wertheim, MD, MBA, executive vice president of…...
South Pole to SBU: Ice Cube Masterclass Inspires Students
23+ hour, 59+ min ago (339+ words) We've all looked up at the sky and pondered the mysteries of our vast universe. For most, it's a passing thought. For others, it's the first step to a career in science. Stony Brook is one of 58 Ice Cube institutions…...
Stony Brook Medicine Leader William Wertheim, MD, MBA Named a Crain's New York Notable Leader in Healthcare
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (410+ words) SBU News Stony Brook Medicine Leader William Wertheim, MD, MBA Named a Crain's New York Notable Leader in Healthcare Recognition highlights leadership in advancing Stony Brook Medicine as an integrated academic health system serving Long Island STONY BROOK, NY, April…...
National Media Demand Grows for SBU Professor Timothy Glotch
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (192+ words) Since being selected by NASA for the 2028 Artemis moon mission research team, Timothy Glotch, professor and chair of Stony Brook's Department of Geosciences, has quickly emerged as a sought-after expert in lunar science. In the two weeks following the announcement,…...
SBU Rallies for State Funding to Fix Failing Infrastructure
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (937+ words) Students, faculty, staff and elected officials gathered together with a message about the state of the campus: without sustained investment in campus infrastructure, the future of Stony Brook University and the broader State University of New York (SUNY) system is…...
Pikitch Drives Global Change from Shinnecock to Chesapeake
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (743+ words) When the Chesapeake Bay was officially named a Mission Blue Hope Spot in June, Stony Brook University's Ellen Pikitch saw it as proof that "hope begets hope." Hope Spots, founded by renowned marine biologist Sylvia Earle and her organization Mission…...