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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) today announced it is providing $1.5 million to establish a Clean Energy Business Incubator Program (CEBIP) on the campus of Stony Brook University. The Long Island High Technology Incubator, Inc. (LIHTI, www.LIHTI.org), which will receive this funding over the next four years, will provide business support to accelerate the successful development of early-stage, clean energy technology companies on Long Island.

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Meigan Aronson, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University, has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to be one of 11 distinguished scientists and engineers forming the 2010 class of its National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship program. The fellows were chosen from an initial pool of 800 nominees.

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The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected Stony Brook University’s Eric W. Kaler, Provost, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Vice President of Brookhaven Affairs, as one of 68 new members and nine foreign associates, announced NAE President Charles M. Vest today.

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Researchers developed mathematical formulas for scheduling procrastinators.

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International honor recognizes lifetime body of work and numerous contributions to field.

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Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery will collaborate with Brookhaven National Laboratory on Multidisciplinary Research Project.

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Exquisite new fish & water pendant designed exclusively for Institute for Ocean Conservation Science and modelled on Institute’s logo; 50% of net proceeds go to support Institute’s initiatives.

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President Samuel L. Stanley, Jr., M.D. announced today that John H. Marburger, III has agreed to serve as the Interim Vice President for Research at Stony Brook University effective January 21, 2010.

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Millions of shark fins are sold annually to satisfy the demand for shark fin soup, a Chinese delicacy. Now, scientists using DNA tools have traced sharks’ fins from the Hong Kong market back to the sharks’ homes, and find that endangered populations are still being exploited. CITES will consider better protecting sharks from international trade, at its March meeting in Qatar.

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A team of six computer-savvy Stony Brook University undergraduates won first place honors in the SC09 Student Cluster Competition during the annual, internationally-acclaimed Supercomputing Conference held at Portland, Ore., November 14-20, 2009.

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Physicists from the Japanese-led multi-national T2K neutrino collaboration announced today that over the weekend they detected the first neutrino events generated by their newly built neutrino beam at the J-PARC accelerator laboratory in Tokai, Japan.

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Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s recently appointed advisor, Arun Majumdar, will make his first major appearance as the keynote speaker at the 2009 New York Advanced Energy Conference. Majumdar will deliver his remarks at the Hyatt Wind Watch in Hauppauge, New York, on Wednesday, November 18 at 11:30 am.

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The Humanities Institute at Stony Brook University, in collaboration with the Alfonse M. D’Amato Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies, presents an international conference, “Migrations and Transnational Identities: Crossing Borders, Bridging Disciplines.” The event will take place on the campus of Stony Brook University, in the Charles B. Wang Center and the Humanities Building on Thursday, November 12 from 1:00 to 5:30 p.m. and Friday, November 13 from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

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Stony Brook University researchers find elevated carbon dioxide concentrations impede growth and survival of bivalve larvae.

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New York’s premiere event to feature the future of modern energy solutions.

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From detailed assessments of electronic structure, researchers at the University at Buffalo, Cornell University, Stony Brook University and Moscow State University discovered that unexpected hydrides violating standard valence rules, such as LiH6 and LiH8, become stable metals at a pressure approximately one quarter of that required to metalize pure hydrogen itself; findings that were published in an October 5, 2009 early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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When the ancestors of living cetaceans—whales, dolphins and porpoises—first dipped their toes into water, a series of evolutionary changes were sparked that ultimately nestled these swimming mammals into the larger hoofed animal group. But what happened first, a change from a plant-based diet to a carnivorous diet, or the loss of their ability to walk?

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SBU’s SoMAS joins ranks of major universities collaborating with regional aquariums and preservation foundations to advance marine research and education.

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Study may prove useful in conservation efforts for over-fished sharks.

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As part of study, SBU investigators will analyze fibrillation onset in cardiac tissue

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Temperature explains much of why cold-blooded organisms such as fish, amphibians, crustaceans, and lizards live longer at higher latitudes than at lower latitudes, according to research published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) online.

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Joint Genome Institute to sequence the genomes of four species of labyrinthulomycetes.

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Despite the harsh economy, University's first-ever capital campaign is the largest In SUNY history.

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Science Team member, Timothy Glotch will map lunar surface temperatures.

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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.

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Policy makers and environmental, planning, and engineering experts from around the world convene to compare and assess the mitigation and adaptation policies of three major world coastal cities, each with a Dutch heritage: Rotterdam, Jakarta, and New York City. Venue: Stony Brook Manhattan, Park Ave, New York City.

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Expert team of international scientists is devising solutions for sustainably managing these small prey fish; overexploitation and inadequate management are threatening the marine food web.

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Dr. Barbara Jacak has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. She is a leading member of the PHENIX collaboration at Brookhaven National Laboratories.

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Program started so toxic drinking death of Stony Brook University faculty member's son is not in vain.

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Stony Brook University will be home to the new Northeastern Chemical Energy Storage Center (NOCESC), which involves a team of experimentalists and theorists.

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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. World-Renowned Anthropologist Richard Leakey convened top researchers to separate fact from myth of "˜Flo,' the Enigmatic "˜Hobbit.'

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Research shows boredom in marriage reduces closeness and therefore, satisfaction.

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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.

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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.

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World-renowned anthropologist Richard Leakey convenes top researchers to discuss "˜Flo,' the Enigmatic "˜Hobbit'.

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Stony Brook University and Medical Center sponsor initiative to recycle pharmaceuticals.

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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.

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An international team of scientists have discovered a transparent form of the element sodium (Na).

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Louisiana State University today announced the creation of the nation's first endowed chair that will be dedicated to working with Stony Brook University's pioneering program in teaching News Literacy.

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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.

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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.

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In an intriguing 21st century example of Darwinism, researchers demonstrate that fish will again grow to larger sizes and produce more young when size-selective fishing is eased.

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Scholars and top media strategists from around the world to examine and provide blueprint for news literacy at Stony Brook University on Long Island, NY.

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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.

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As the debate rages on about whether Homo floresiensis "“ so called "Hobbit" "“ fossils discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003 represent a separate human species, researchers currently in the process of describing and analyzing the remains will all be in the same place at once to advance the discussion on Tuesday, April 21, during the 7th Annual Human Evolution Symposium at Stony Brook University.

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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.

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The Bay Scallop Bowl is an all-day competition that includes Q&A "buzzer" rounds ("Jeopardy"-style) and team challenge questions that test student knowledge of oceanography and related sciences.

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Scientists have found the first case of an ionic crystal consisting of just one chemical element "“ boron.

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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."

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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.