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LI professor finalist for nation's best college teacher (Newsday)
To this day, Roger Rosenblatt - accomplished writer and teacher of writing for nearly five decades - can still wrestle with the meaning of a text, still struggle over a concept in a work he has read and taught for many years. (Subscription required.) (Newsday, Nov 19, 2009 - 7:04:32 AM)

Tips from a masterful teacher from Stony Brook (Newsday)
To Roger Rosenblatt, the story's the thing. "We start with the story because it is basic to human nature," Rosenblatt said Wednesday to a lecture hall at Stony Brook University packed with more than 120 students, faculty and the curious who came to his talk, "You Can't Teach Writing? Nonsense." (Subscription required.) (Newsday, Nov 19, 2009 - 7:01:33 AM)

Cancer doesn't stop Setauket marathon runner (Village Times Herald)
Just four months after completing six months of chemotherapy, Gary Resnick of East Setauket ran the New York City Marathon on Nov. 1. Resnick, 47, said he began running to lose weight after retiring in June 2008 from the New York Mercantile Exchange. In five months, Resnick, who weighed 202 pounds at the time, lost 53 pounds by running and dieting. While he concentrated on trimming down, however, another health concern loomed ahead: stage three pancreatic cancer. (Village Times Herald, Nov 19, 2009 - 5:50:30 PM)

Conference eyes green energy driving LI economy (Newsday)
Can green energy become the driver of Long Island's economy? Maybe, but there's little doubt about the intense interest in the topic. More than 1,000 people turned out Wednesday at the Hyatt Wind Watch Hotel in Islandia for the opening day of a two-day meeting, the 2009 Advanced Energy Conference, hosted by IBM, Stony Brook University, National Grid and the New York Power Authority. (Newsday, Nov 19, 2009 - 7:21:32 AM)

Dr. Stanley inaugurated (Village Times Herald)
The sports complex at Stony Brook University was filled Friday to celebrate the inauguration of Dr. Samuel Stanley, the fifth president in the university's five-decade history. With SBU Senate President Michael Schwartz facilitating the inaugural ceremony, members of the university community and elected officials offered greetings to the new president. (Village Times Herald, Oct 30, 2009 - 11:57:56 AM)

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General University News
» Stony Brook University Names 2009 Distinguished Alumni
» SBU Among Three In New York To Receive Funding For Undergraduate Internship In Stem Cell Research
» Stony Brook University Educational Leadership Program Awarded $900K Grant
» First Director Of Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy To Keynote At New York's Premiere Energy Conference
» Stony Brook University's Confucius Institute Welcomes Award-Winning Chinese Choir To Wang Center
Medical Center / Health Care
» SBUMC Appoints New Surgeon Specializing In Treatment Of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Tumors
» SBU Among Three In New York To Receive Funding For Undergraduate Internship In Stem Cell Research
» "Rising Stars"-SBUMC Pediatric Cancer Patients Express Themselves Through Theater And Art At Talent Show
» Multi-Center VA Research Trial Reveals No Advantage to CABG Patients with Off-Pump Procedure
» SBUMC Study Investigates Stem Cell Treatment For Tissue Repair In Heart Attack Patients
Faculty/Student Awards
» SBU Senior from Central Islip Takes a Bite Out of Tuition with Winning Essay on News Literacy
» Stony Brook University Announces Undergraduate Research And Creative Activities (URECA) Researcher Of The Month
» Prostate Care Program At SBUMC Receives NY State Proclamation For Screening Outreach in Suffolk County
» Stony Brook University Professor Receives Prestigious White House Award for Young Scientists and Engineers
» Stony Brook University Hospital Receives Most Improved Award For 2009 As Part Of Hospitals And Health Networks 'Most Wired' Survey
Conferences & Events
» "Rising Stars"-SBUMC Pediatric Cancer Patients Express Themselves Through Theater And Art At Talent Show
» First Director Of Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy To Keynote At New York's Premiere Energy Conference
» Stony Brook University's Confucius Institute Welcomes Award-Winning Chinese Choir To Wang Center
» International Conference "Migrations and Transnational Identities" Co-presented by Humanities Institute and D'Amato Chair in Italian Studies
» The Humanities Institute At Stony Brook University Presents Exhibition And Lecture On New York City Community Murals