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All Things STEM: The Value of Mentorships

All Things STEM: The Value of Mentorships

Namrata Singh January 12, 2023
In collaboration with Stony Brook University's iGem team, 'All Things STEM' is a limited-run series interested in giving students a foundational framework for everything in the study and research of the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
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Art of Science Exhibit in the Simons Center. AMAYA MCDONALD/THE STATESMAN

The Art of Science: Selections from the collection hosted by the Simons Center

Amaya McDonald October 27, 2019
On Oct. 24, the Simons Center Gallery opened “The Art of Science: Selections from the Collection,” a compilation of pieces curated by Lorraine Walsh that highlight the relationship between science and art.
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Sir Simon Donaldson, and SBU professor of mathematics, opened up a new area in the geometry of four dimensions. (PHOTO CREDIT : GERT-MARTIN GREUEL)

Under the microscope: professor wins Breakthrough Prize

Ruchi Shah November 18, 2014
Sir Simon Donaldson was awarded the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics on Nov. 9 at a star-studded event in a former NASA airship station in Moffett Field, Calif.
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(PHOTO CREDIT: GARRETT COAKLEY)

Conference aimed to celebrate Galileo’s birth is not so celebrated by the students of Stony Brook University

Peter Chen October 20, 2014
Berthed Brecht's "The Life of Galileo" was performed the 450th anniversary of the birth of Galileo Galilei. The event was organized by Stony Brook University’s Center for Italian Studies.
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Fewer women graduating with college degrees in CS

Hanaa’ Tameez April 1, 2014
When Jennifer Wong first started teaching at Stony Brook in 2006, she caught a male student in her CSE 220 class aiming a laser pointer at her rear. Even though she dismissed the student from the class, she said she did not think it would have happened if she were a male teaching the course.
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Playwriting contest merges creativity and science

Supa Oh October 8, 2012

Aside from being a well-known school, Stony Brook University has shown strength in artistic pursuits. The 2012-2013 Stony Brook University Science Playwriting Competition is expected to represent both...

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High School Preparedness Doesn’t Mean College Readiness

Philomena Bubaris March 6, 2011

In 2010, 2,700 freshmen were enrolled at Stony Brook University. Of those 2,700, how many of them were ready to take on the challenge of a college education? New statistics released this February by...

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