Hopi Hoekstra, Alexander Agassiz professor of zoology and curator of mammals in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, discussed scientist Charles Darwin, what he knew and what he didn’t know at the Earth and Space Sciences Building on Friday, Feb. 9, as part of the Living World Lecture Series of Science Open Nights.
About a week into the semester, he changed his major to English. “I think it’s undoubtedly the most important decision of my life because that’s when I started thinking about being a teacher,” Hammond said.
He said there is too much opinion in today’s journalism and talk shows, citing how the "The Sean Hannity Show" on Fox News and "The Rachel Maddow Show" on MSNBC are bad for journalism in America and the country as a whole.
Stony Brook students and adjuncts rally to save adjunct jobs in the university's Writing and Rhetoric program on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Due to a budget deficit of $35 million, nearly half of the program's adjuncts have been let go and will not return for the Spring 2018 semester.
As Stony Brook University moves forward with its plan to promote diversity and representation on campus, some are questioning how budget cuts could impact this initiative.
The future is unpredictable, but we know that it is going to change dramatically, futurist and keynote speaker Ross Dawson said during his “Leadership for the Future of Work” lecture at the Charles B. Wang Center on Monday, Oct. 23.
Every year, tens of millions of dollars are lost due to technical support scams, Dr. Nick Nikiforakis, an assistant professor in the department of computer science, said during his lecture on computer scamming.
The purpose of the project is to show users a collection of photos taken by NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) telescope over a certain time period; users can then help spot objects of interest.
Researchers from Stony Brook University’s Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology proposed a mechanism that could help explain the origins of life.
