SBU Resident Ensemble, The Emerson String Quartet Wins Grammy For 'Best Chamber Music Performance'
The Emerson String Quartet, Stony Brook University’s resident ensemble, won its ninth GRAMMY Award for Best Chamber Music Performance for its May 2009 recording "Intimate Letters," released by Deutsche Grammophon. The recording, honored at the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards Sunday, is an exploration of the works of two great Czech composers: Leos Janácek's String Quartet No. 1 "after Leo Tolstoy: The Kreutzer Sonata"; String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters"; and Bohuslav Martinu's Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola.
Feb 4, 2010 - 3:55:26 PM
Stony Brook University-BNL Research Team Receives DOD Grant To Develop Botulism Antidote
The Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery (ICB&DD) at Stony Brook has been awarded a $1.4 million grant by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency of the Department of Defense to develop an antidote to botulism, a rare but potentially fatal disease that could potentially be used in biowarfare.
Jan 29, 2010 - 3:31:36 PM
SBU Computer Science Professor Was Part of College Team that Designed an Early Version of Apple's iPad Tablet Computer
If Stony Brook University Computer Science Professor Steven Skiena was a bit more excited than most people about today’s announcement about Apple’s new iPad tablet computer, it was understandable. He’s been waiting for it for 22 years.
Jan 27, 2010 - 4:33:49 PM
Stony Brook University President "Tremendously Excited" about Governor's Executive Budget Proposal
Stony Brook University President, Dr. Samuel L. Stanley, Jr., today said he was “tremendously excited” about Governor David Paterson’s announcement that the Executive Budget would include one of the most sweeping reforms to SUNY system for public higher education. President Stanley was joined by SUNY Trustees Michael Russell, Stony Brook Foundation President, Richard Gelfond, and Stony Brook University Council Member, Diana Weir, in the thorough endorsement of the new “Public Higher Education Empowerment and Innovation Act,” indicating that it categorically provides high-impact, zero-cost solutions that will create jobs, build the foundation for tomorrow’s economy and strengthen public higher education – while saving millions of taxpayer dollars.
Jan 15, 2010 - 5:43:40 PM
Stony Brook University Alumna Named Commissioner Of New Jersey Department Of Health And Senior Services
Stony Brook alumna Dr. Poonam Alaigh has been named commissioner of the New Jersey Health and Senior Services Department by Gov. Chris Christie.
Feb 8, 2010 - 4:23:37 PM
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