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A penguin. ANDREW SHIVA/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS VIA CC BY SA 4.0

Stony Brook researchers find chinstrap penguin population plunged nearly 60%

Deidre Redhead February 16, 2020
Recorded in breeding pairs, researchers found the total numbers of pairs to be 52,786 — nearly 60% less of their total of 122,550 pairs in 1971.
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Flowers blooming during the early summer in Jordan Pond at Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine. LUIS RUIZ DOMINGUEZ/THE STATESMAN

Make the best of your break

Andrew Goldstein January 5, 2018
We are exposed to so much noise both metaphorical and real that even on long, scheduled breaks we may be just as busy as when we are at work or school.
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Apple simulates the Titanic by removing Jack

Apple simulates the Titanic by removing Jack

Jager Robinson September 18, 2016
This lack of inventiveness at Apple is leading the Titanic that is the company into the iceberg that is the consumer market.
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FEATURED IMAGE CREDIT: BEN LARCEY/FLICKR

Hoverboards banned from Stony Brook campus buildings

Jessica Chin February 18, 2016
Hoverboards are now prohibited from being stored, charged and used in all Stony Brook University buildings.
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A dong-heon, or main office building, of the provincial government complex in the Korean Folk Village. The dong-heon was where the governor performed his duties as administrator. (CHRISTOPHER CAMERON / THE STATESMAN)

A close-up look inside SUNY Korea: Part III

Christopher Cameron August 27, 2015
Take a look as the Study Abroad program visits the cultural attractions of the Korean Folk Village and marvels at technological advancements in the Samsung Innovation Museum.
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PHOTO CREDIT: TOM WOODWARD

It is good to look back to see how far we have come

Hunter David Frederick March 12, 2015
As anyone who has a long term goal or project will tell you, it’s important to look back and see just how far you’ve come from where you started.
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Reality Deck is about half the size of a basketball court. (FRANK POSILLICO/THE STATESMAN)

University home to giant Reality Deck

Frank Posillico May 8, 2013
Stony Brook is home to a new reality: the Reality Deck, a room about half the size of a basketball court whose walls are plastered with 416 Samsung LCD monitors. When they're all turned on and showing one image, the monitors surround the viewer in a near realistic experience. Charilaos Papadopoulos is a PhD candidate who works with the Reality Deck and was one of the few who helped build it. Papadopoulos, along with Kal Petkov, is one of only two graduate students who work with Arie Kaufman, the head of the project and chair of the computer science department.
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