http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/ News site for Stony Brook University press releases. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:07:22 PST en-us http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/Research_20/levinton.shtml Research Jeffrey S. Levinton, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University and the senior author of the study done with Sharon T. Pochron, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Stony Brook University, found that mercury in common Hudson River fish including striped bass, yellow perch, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and carp, has declined strongly over the past three decades. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:52:44 PST http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/Research_20/levinton.shtml http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/New_York_Dragons_Support_SBU_Athletic_Bands_With_25_000_Scholarships_Award.shtml General University News The Stony Brook University Athletic Bands —the official band of Arena Football League’s (AFL) New York Dragons – has received $25,000 to support scholarships from the Dragons. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:41:58 PST http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/New_York_Dragons_Support_SBU_Athletic_Bands_With_25_000_Scholarships_Award.shtml http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/Stony_Brook_University_Receives_Additional_18M_For_Campus_Recreation_Center.shtml General University News Stony Brook University has received the additional $18 million dollar allocation needed for the construction of the new Campus Recreation Center (CRC) on the main campus, announced President Shirley Strum Kenny. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:42:42 PST http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/Stony_Brook_University_Receives_Additional_18M_For_Campus_Recreation_Center.shtml http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/Medical_Center_Health_Care_4/SBU_Team_Designs_Customized_Wimpy_Polioviruses_A_Method_That_Could_Be_A_New_Path_To_Vaccines.shtml Medical Center / Health Care A team of molecular biologists and computer scientists at Stony Brook University has designed and synthesized a new class of weakened polioviruses. They used their synthesizing method with computer software to systematically re-code the poliovirus genome. In doing so, the team is the first to demonstrate that a synthetic weakened virus can immunize an animal. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:58:33 PST http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/Medical_Center_Health_Care_4/SBU_Team_Designs_Customized_Wimpy_Polioviruses_A_Method_That_Could_Be_A_New_Path_To_Vaccines.shtml http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/A_Stony_Brook_University_First_Students_Receive_15_000_Carroll_And_Milton_Petrie_Foundation_Awards_To_Teach_In_NYC.shtml General University News On June 2, five Stony Brook students each received a $15,000 Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation Scholarship-Loan. These awards, funded by a grant from the Carol and Milton Petrie Foundation, are designed to support outstanding Stony Brook students pursing graduate degrees in teaching mathematics, science or TESOL, and who will teach in New York City. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:21:37 PST http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/A_Stony_Brook_University_First_Students_Receive_15_000_Carroll_And_Milton_Petrie_Foundation_Awards_To_Teach_In_NYC.shtml http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/Stony_Brook_University_Motorsports_Team_Places_2nd.shtml General University News The Stony Brook University Motorsports team took 2nd place out of an international field of 120 collegiate teams at the 2008 Baja SAE competition in Montreal, Canada. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:56:40 PST http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/Stony_Brook_University_Motorsports_Team_Places_2nd.shtml http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/Shirley_Strum_Kenny_Who_Transformed_Stony_Brook.shtml General University News Stony Brook University President Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny, who, during a tenure of 14 years, has guided the institution to national and international acclaim as one of the top public institutions and who has similarly helped transform undergraduate education across the country as chairman of the landmark Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University, has announced that she will retire from Stony Brook at the end of the 2008-9 academic year. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:54:41 PST http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/Shirley_Strum_Kenny_Who_Transformed_Stony_Brook.shtml http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/Medical_Center_Health_Care_4/SBU_Launches_First_Doctor_Of_Nursing_Practice_Program_On_Long_Island.shtml Medical Center / Health Care The Stony Brook University School of Nursing launched its Doctor of Nursing Practice Program (DNP), a clinical education program for nurse practitioners intended to broaden the clinical capacity of nurses and enhance patient care. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:02:31 PST http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/Medical_Center_Health_Care_4/SBU_Launches_First_Doctor_Of_Nursing_Practice_Program_On_Long_Island.shtml http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/American_Physical_Society_and_Stony_Brook_University_Department_of_Physics_Astronomy_to_Hold_50th_Anniversary_Celebration_for_Physical_Review_Letters.shtml General University News The American Physical Society, jointly with the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Stony Brook University, will hold a Golden Anniversary Celebration for the APS's flagship journal, Physical Review Letters. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:36:35 PST http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/American_Physical_Society_and_Stony_Brook_University_Department_of_Physics_Astronomy_to_Hold_50th_Anniversary_Celebration_for_Physical_Review_Letters.shtml http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/Stony_Brook_Professor_Honored_With_International_Award.shtml General University News Dr. David Sayre, Adjunct Professor in Stony Brook University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been awarded the eighth Ewald Prize by the International Union of Crystallography. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:47:14 PST http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/Stony_Brook_Professor_Honored_With_International_Award.shtml http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/Stony_Brook_s_Gelato_Hanson_Jungers_And_Myers_Named_To_Ranks_Of_Distinguished_Professors.shtml General University News The SUNY Board of Trustees has approved the appointments of 22 faculty to distinguished service professor and teaching professor ranks, as recommended by campus colleagues and SUNY Interim Chancellor Dr. John B. Clark. All of the distinguished rank appointments are effective immediately. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:28:30 PST http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/Stony_Brook_s_Gelato_Hanson_Jungers_And_Myers_Named_To_Ranks_Of_Distinguished_Professors.shtml http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/Faculty_Student_Awards_17/SBUMC_CHAIRMAN_OF_SURGERY_ELECTED_TO_JOHNS_HOPKINS_UNIVERSITY_SOCIETY_OF_SCHOLARS.shtml Faculty/Student Awards Dr. John Joseph Ricotta, professor and chair of the Department of Surgery and program director of general surgery at the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Stony Brook University, has been elected to the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:07:31 PST http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/Faculty_Student_Awards_17/SBUMC_CHAIRMAN_OF_SURGERY_ELECTED_TO_JOHNS_HOPKINS_UNIVERSITY_SOCIETY_OF_SCHOLARS.shtml http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/SBU_Police_Officer_Honored_By_State_University_Of_New_York_Police_Chief_Association.shtml General University News Officer Peter Thomson of the Stony Brook His dedication to the State-mandated Automated External Defibrillator program led him to promote the importance of this life saving program to the campus community. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:55:28 PST http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/SBU_Police_Officer_Honored_By_State_University_Of_New_York_Police_Chief_Association.shtml http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/13th_Annual_Stony_Brook_Film_Festival_Announces_Line-Up.shtml General University News The Stony Brook Film Festival, produced by Staller Center for the Arts, announced its program of new independent film from eighteen countries screening over ten days at Staller Center at Stony Brook University from Thursday, July 17 to Saturday, July 26. The well-attended, highly selective festival is in its thirteenth year. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:19:24 PST http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/13th_Annual_Stony_Brook_Film_Festival_Announces_Line-Up.shtml http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/29_BAE_Systems_Employees_Complete_First_On-Site_Stony_Brook_University_Executive_MBA_Program.shtml General University News The first class of employees from the Greenlawn facility of BAE Systems, a global defense and aerospace company, has graduated from an on-site Stony Brook University Executive MBA program. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:34:38 PST http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/29_BAE_Systems_Employees_Complete_First_On-Site_Stony_Brook_University_Executive_MBA_Program.shtml http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/Stony_Brook_University_Student_Named_First_Place_Recipient_Of_The_2008_Benjamin_And_David_Scharps_Award.shtml General University News – Charlotta “Lottie” Beavers, a summa cum laude graduate majoring in Africana Studies & Comparative Literature and minoring in Latin American & Caribbean Studies at Stony Brook University, was selected as First Place recipient of the 2008 Benjamin and David Scharps Award, announced SUNY Chancellor Dr. John B. Clark today. Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:58:56 PST http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/Stony_Brook_University_Student_Named_First_Place_Recipient_Of_The_2008_Benjamin_And_David_Scharps_Award.shtml http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/New_Stony_Brook_University_Endowment_Benefits_College_Of_Engineering_And_Applied_Sciences.shtml General University News The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) at Stony Brook University received a $500,000 endowment from Long Island business leader and philanthropist, Dr. Leo Guthart. The Leo Guthart Endowed Fund for Excellence in Engineering and Applied Sciences will fund scholarship awards for students as well as support innovative faculty teaching and research programs in CEAS beginning in the fall semester of 2009. Thu, 29 May 2008 10:14:14 PST http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/New_Stony_Brook_University_Endowment_Benefits_College_Of_Engineering_And_Applied_Sciences.shtml http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/Stony_Brook_Professor_Elected_To_Leadership_Role_Of_American_Philosophical_Association.shtml General University News Edward S. Casey, Distinguished Professor at Stony Brook University, has been elected to a one-year term as Vice President/President-Elect, followed by a one-year term as President of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association (APA). Wed, 28 May 2008 11:49:32 PST http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/Stony_Brook_Professor_Elected_To_Leadership_Role_Of_American_Philosophical_Association.shtml http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/Medical_Center_Health_Care_4/104_SBU_Med_School_Grads_Join_The_Ranks_of_U_S_Physicians.shtml Medical Center / Health Care Beyond the choices that the Stony Brook University School of Medicine Class of 2008 graduates will make during their medical careers, chance and charity will play major roles in the course of their careers. This message, delivered by Richard F. Daines, M.D., Commissioner of Health for New York State, was embraced by the 104 graduates, who will soon embark on residency training at institutions nationwide. Tue, 27 May 2008 17:47:40 PST http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/Medical_Center_Health_Care_4/104_SBU_Med_School_Grads_Join_The_Ranks_of_U_S_Physicians.shtml http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/noyce.shtml General University News Thirteen Stony Brook University students each received a $10,000 National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship for 2008, announced Professor David Bynum, Director of the Center for Science and Mathematics Education. Mon, 19 May 2008 14:18:05 PST http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/noyce.shtml