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101 Secrets For Your Twenties by Paul Angone: Chicken soup for the post-college soul

“101 Secrets For Your Twenties” by Paul Angone: Chicken soup for the post-college soul

Taylor Ha January 20, 2018
Angone tackles juggling expectations with reality, the struggles of forging and maintaining meaningful friendships in adulthood, navigating the work world and the late night blues of social media.
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A photo looking along the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.TIM EVANSON/FLICKR VIA CC BY-SA 2.0

U.S. veterans recount their time in service at campus Veterans Day Ceremony

Taylor Ha November 11, 2017
More than 165 people paid their respects at the annual ceremony.
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Electron movies win the second Discovery Prize Competition

Electron movies win the second Discovery Prize Competition

Taylor Ha April 17, 2017
Armed with whittled-down scientific jargon and imaginative analogies, four Stony Brook University faculty members used their scientific research to compete for the $200,000 Discovery Prize.
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A group of Stony Brook Uninversity students won a hackathon last month by building an app called ToiletGo. The was bulit using an Arduino board, like the one shown above. JAN VANTOMME/FLICKR VIA CC BY-NC 2.0

Students test computer science skills at inaugural hackathon

Taylor Ha March 19, 2017
These students didn’t hack computer systems in the traditional sense. Instead, they marshaled their computer science skills toward engineering innovative, useful software.
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Dr. Brigitte Demes, along with two others, found humans had nearly 10 more degrees of total motion than chimpanzees. LUIS RUIZ DOMINGUEZ/THE STATESMAN

Under the Microscope: Study finds distinction between human and chimp feet

Taylor Ha March 2, 2017
The principal researcher wanted to find out how mobile chimpanzees are when they’re walking on two limbs, rather than climbing or knuckle-walking.
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The student Union, one of Stony Brook Universitys oldest buildings, closed... ARACELY JIMENEZ/THE STATESMAN

Closed Student Union evokes old memories

Taylor Ha December 10, 2016
For now, only the shadows of reflections glide across the Union’s transparent doors.
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Professor proves dodo birds were not so stupid

Professor proves dodo birds were not so stupid

Taylor Ha April 21, 2016
Maria Eugenia Gold challenged the long-held belief that dodo birds were stupid and instead proposed that the dodo bird might have been about as smart as the common pigeon.
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Asian-American voices come to life in SBU student projects

Asian-American voices come to life in SBU student projects

Taylor Ha April 7, 2016
Professor Peg Christoff and 15 of her students extensively researched Asian and Asian-American groups on Long Island.
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SBU lifers recall their college experiences

SBU “lifers” recall their college experiences

Taylor Ha March 24, 2016
Recently, some Stony Brook University "lifers" recounted their college years at Stony Brook and reflected upon how they journeyed back to Seawolves Country.
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Geological campus tour attracts alumni and community members

Geological campus tour attracts alumni and community members

Taylor Ha October 18, 2015
Trekking through a landscape vastly altered by a glacier, Stony Brook University alumni and other guests absorbed both facts and scenery on a geological campus tour.
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The super moon lunar eclipse on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015. Multiple viewing events were organized, and students crowded the baseball field for a chance to see the moon up close through a telescope. MANJU SHIVACHARAN/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook witnesses the supermoon lunar eclipse

Taylor Ha September 29, 2015
Crowds congregated on the rooftop of the Earth and Space Sciences building to witness a rare phenomenon last Sunday night—a supermoon in combination with a lunar eclipse.
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Stony Brook, NY; Stony Brook University: Members of the Multilingual and Intercultural Communication Center (L-R) Agnes He (Professor of Asian Studies), Jiwon Hwang (Research Assistant Professor in Psychology and Lecturer in Asian & Asian-American Studies), Marie Huffman (Professor of Linguistics), and Ellen Broselow (Professor of Linguistics)

Study addresses understanding non-native English speaking instructors

Taylor Ha September 25, 2015
A study conducted at SBU will tackle the challenge of communication between native English-speaking undergraduates and their non-native English-speaking instructors.
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