Justin Fincher, PhD, vice president for advancement at The Ohio State University, has been appointed vice president for advancement, effective August 23, 2021, announced Stony Brook University President, Maurie McInnis. Reporting directly to President …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New Drug for Alzheimer’s Patients Provides Hope With Caution
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Study of Wild Geladas Reveals Mid-Size Group Living is Best for Survival and Fitness
A research team that includes Anthropology researchers from Stony Brook University has used 14 years of demographic data on multiple groups of wild geladas to determine that mid-size group living is best for fitness, essentially optimizing survival and…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Stony Brook Conferred Degrees to Class Of 2021 in Person at LaValle Stadium Between May 19-21
After experiencing a year of hybrid learning as the COVID-19 pandemic continued, it was finally time to celebrate. Stony Brook University students became alumni in 10 2021 Degree Conferral Celebration ceremonies. The ceremonies took place at LaValle St…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Covid-19 Pandemic Results in 40,000 Children Losing a Parent
A letter published in JAMA Pediatrics, co-authored by Rachel Kidman, PhD, of the Program in Public Health at Stony Brook University, presents a statistical model showing that around 40,000 children (est. between 37,000 and 43,000) had lost a parent due…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Would Geoengineering Impact Nature?
Should humans use technology to put the brakes on global warming? Stratospheric aerosol intervention (SAI) is a climate intervention that has been studied as a way to help cool the Earth. But what would be the consequences to natural systems of SAI? Th…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Scientist Receives TAF Award for a Nitrogen Sensor Technology to Advance Septic Systems
Qingzhi Zhu, PhD, Associate Professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) at Stony Brook University, has received a SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund (TAF) award for his research to develop a low-cost, high-accuracy nitrogen detecti…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Stopping Mutant KRAS Could Lead to Enhanced Therapies for Pancreatic Cancer
A collaborative study by Stony Brook University scientists, published in Nature Communications, takes an initial step toward better understanding how KRAS drives immune evasion and demonstrates a lowering of the KRAS activity resulting in a more favora…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Clean Water Technology Center Reveals New Approach to Removing Toxins in Wastewater
The New York State Center for Clean Water Technology (CCWT) at Stony Brook University has made a series of critical discoveries regarding a new approach to protecting Long Island’s drinking water, groundwater, and surface waters. Some of the discoverie…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Study Shows Loss of Function of PLD1 Gene is Causal to Congenital Heart Disease
A team of researchers co-led by Michael Frohman, MD, PhD, of Stony Brook University, has identified an important cause of congenital heart disease. They discovered that certain loss of functions in the PLD1 (Phospholipase D1) gene causes congenital rig…
