billing Latest news from Stony Brook University on Newswise en-us Copyright 2024 Newswise 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/ancient-dna-sheds-light-on-the-genetic-diversity-of-post-roman-elites/?sc=rsin /articles/ancient-dna-sheds-light-on-the-genetic-diversity-of-post-roman-elites/?sc=rsin Thu, 22 Aug 2024 12:05:01 EST A new study of ancient DNA by a team of international researchers and co-led by Krishna R. Veeramah, PhD, of Stony Brook University, provides insight into the development and social structures of European rural communities following the fall of the Roman Empire. The findings, published in a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), suggest that early medieval elites, or those of higher social status, were initially made up of multiple families with distinct genetic ancestries. However, over time these families intermarried and also the local communities integrated genetically diverse newcomers from a variety of different social and cultural backgrounds. Stony Brook University /articles/halting-the-dangerous-neurological-effects-of-the-powassan-virus/?sc=rsin /articles/halting-the-dangerous-neurological-effects-of-the-powassan-virus/?sc=rsin Tue, 20 Aug 2024 09:05:23 EST While Lyme disease is the most prevalent tick-borne disease in the United States, other infections transmitted through tick bites are just as dangerous. One of these is the Powassan virus (POWV). Erich Mackow, PhD, a virologist at Stony Brook University, is conducting research in an attempt to uncover one the most dangerous effects of POWV - neurologic damage. Stony Brook University /articles/stony-brook-leads-new-program-designed-to-further-build-and-test-quantum-networks/?sc=rsin /articles/stony-brook-leads-new-program-designed-to-further-build-and-test-quantum-networks/?sc=rsin Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:05:16 EST Stony Brook University is leading a new project funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance Quantum Information Science and Technology (QIST) in the United States. The project is one the first five under the NSF's National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL) program. Stony Brook University /articles/stony-brook-university-center-turkana-basin-institute-tbi-leadership-change-effective-september-1-2024/?sc=rsin /articles/stony-brook-university-center-turkana-basin-institute-tbi-leadership-change-effective-september-1-2024/?sc=rsin Wed, 24 Jul 2024 11:05:40 EST Stony Brook University announces that noted Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist Dr. Dino J. Martins will begin serving as the director of the world-renowned Turkana Basin Institute beginning on September 1, 2024. Stony Brook University /articles/climatic-warming-has-made-toxic-algal-blooms-in-lake-erie-more-intense/?sc=rsin /articles/climatic-warming-has-made-toxic-algal-blooms-in-lake-erie-more-intense/?sc=rsin Fri, 21 Jun 2024 11:05:03 EST Climate change is causing a series of maladies by warming land and sea. A study published online in Limnology and Oceanography Letters, demonstrates that one consequence of climate change that has already occurred is the spread and intensification of toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie. Stony Brook University /articles/dr-william-wertheim-named-executive-vice-president-stony-brook-medicine/?sc=rsin /articles/dr-william-wertheim-named-executive-vice-president-stony-brook-medicine/?sc=rsin Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:05:47 EST Stony Brook University President Maurie McInnis announced today that William Wertheim, MD, MBA, has been promoted to executive vice president, Stony Brook Medicine. Dr. Wertheim, who has been serving as the interim executive vice president role will continue to report to the university's president and is a member of the senior leadership team. Stony Brook University /articles/911-responders-exposed-to-more-toxins-show-higher-incidence-of-dementia/?sc=rsin /articles/911-responders-exposed-to-more-toxins-show-higher-incidence-of-dementia/?sc=rsin Wed, 12 Jun 2024 11:05:25 EST Evidence that Word Trade Center (WTC) responders during 9/11 and its aftermath have since suffered poorer brain health than others not exposed to WTC toxins has mounted in recent years. A new study led by Stony Brook University researchers that evaluates more than 5,000 WTC responders indicates that those who had more exposures to WTC-related toxins have dementia at a higher rate than other responders with fewer WTC-related toxic exposures. Stony Brook University /articles/stony-brook-university-names-david-wrobel-as-the-new-dean-of-college-of-arts-and-sciences/?sc=rsin /articles/stony-brook-university-names-david-wrobel-as-the-new-dean-of-college-of-arts-and-sciences/?sc=rsin Mon, 10 Jun 2024 12:05:40 EST Stony Brook University has named David Wrobel, PhD as the next dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). Wrobel joins Stony Brook from the University of Oklahoma, where he currently serves as dean of the Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences. His appointment at Stony Brook begins August 1, 2024. Stony Brook University /articles/new-long-necked-dinosaur-discovered2/?sc=rsin /articles/new-long-necked-dinosaur-discovered2/?sc=rsin Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:05:27 EST Long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs, known as sauropodomorphs, a group of mainly bipedal dinosaurs that lived some 210 million years ago in the Late Triassic, provide a common image of the age of dinosaurs in the minds of people. Stony Brook University /articles/stony-brook-university-appoints-dr-michael-kinch-as-inaugural-chief-innovation-officer/?sc=rsin /articles/stony-brook-university-appoints-dr-michael-kinch-as-inaugural-chief-innovation-officer/?sc=rsin Mon, 03 Jun 2024 13:05:59 EST Stony Brook University announced today that Michael Kinch, PhD, has been appointed as the inaugural chief innovation officer (CINO) for the university. Stony Brook University /articles/vessel-strikes-drive-large-whale-strandings/?sc=rsin /articles/vessel-strikes-drive-large-whale-strandings/?sc=rsin Fri, 31 May 2024 10:05:42 EST Increased whale strandings on the east coast of the United States remain a concern for biologists and citizens alike. Why this increase has occurred over a number of years is still being debated. Stony Brook University /articles/stony-brook-university-president-maurie-mcinnis-stepping-down-to-become-next-president-of-yale-university/?sc=rsin /articles/stony-brook-university-president-maurie-mcinnis-stepping-down-to-become-next-president-of-yale-university/?sc=rsin Wed, 29 May 2024 11:05:49 EST Stony Brook University -- the number-one public university in New York and a state flagship university -- today announced that President Maurie McInnis is stepping down after a four-year tenure to become the next president of Yale University. McInnis, a Yale graduate ('90, M.A., '93 M.Phil., '96, Ph.D.) and member of its Board of Trustees, will assume her new position effective July 1. The State University of New York (SUNY) will oversee the leadership transition. Stony Brook University /articles/expert-panel-says-screen-use-impairs-sleep-health-of-children-and-adolescents/?sc=rsin /articles/expert-panel-says-screen-use-impairs-sleep-health-of-children-and-adolescents/?sc=rsin Wed, 29 May 2024 09:00:00 EST In a review of 574 peer-reviewed published studies on how digital screen time may affect sleep in children and adults, an international panel of sleep experts selected by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) has drawn up a consensus statement about digital screen use and sleep. Stony Brook University /articles/new-theory-on-free-floating-binary-planets-in-outer-space/?sc=rsin /articles/new-theory-on-free-floating-binary-planets-in-outer-space/?sc=rsin Fri, 24 May 2024 10:05:13 EST Exoplanets are planets beyond our solar system. To date, more than 5,000 of them have been identified. They are expected to form and orbit around stars, in a similar fashion to planets in our solar system. However, some appear "free-floating" in space, not bound to any host star. The puzzle to their formation was further deepened in fall 2023, when astrophysicists using the James Webb Space Telescope identified massive floating binary objects about the size of Jupiter - and dubbed them JuMBOs (Jupiter-mass binary objects). Stony Brook University /articles/many-microplastics-in-the-world-s-oceans-have-likely-escaped-detection/?sc=rsin /articles/many-microplastics-in-the-world-s-oceans-have-likely-escaped-detection/?sc=rsin Wed, 22 May 2024 15:05:38 EST A new study that investigated the presence of the smallest particles of microplastics (MPs) in ocean waters from the Caribbean to the Arctic found that the most abundant (and tiny) MPs in the ocean are not being detected by net tow surveys. Stony Brook University /articles/using-ai-and-social-media-to-track-depression-in-communities/?sc=rsin /articles/using-ai-and-social-media-to-track-depression-in-communities/?sc=rsin Wed, 08 May 2024 13:05:50 EST A study that used artificial intelligence (AI) and social media posts to assess the rates of depression and anxiety in nearly half of American counties found that the AI-generated measurements produced more reliable assessments than population surveys. The findings are published in Nature Digital Medicine. Stony Brook University /articles/stony-brook-university-appoints-kevin-h-gardner-as-vice-president-for-research/?sc=rsin /articles/stony-brook-university-appoints-kevin-h-gardner-as-vice-president-for-research/?sc=rsin Mon, 06 May 2024 14:05:11 EST Stony Brook, New York, May 6, 2024 - Stony Brook University announced today that Kevin H. Gardner, PhD, former Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation at the University of Louisville, has been appointed Vice President for Research. Dr. Gardner will report to university President Maurie McInnis and is expected to join Stony Brook August 1, 2024. Stony Brook University /articles/on-the-horizon-a-robot-to-assist-als-patients/?sc=rsin /articles/on-the-horizon-a-robot-to-assist-als-patients/?sc=rsin Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:05:09 EST A team of Stony Brook University researchers is aiming to alleviate the many difficulties that accompany advancing ALS by using computer and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, mechanical engineering, and consultation by medical experts to create a Caregiving Robot Assistant (CART) for ALS patients and their caregivers. Stony Brook University /articles/regulations-into-the-origins-of-pfas-should-be-next-step-for-new-standards/?sc=rsin /articles/regulations-into-the-origins-of-pfas-should-be-next-step-for-new-standards/?sc=rsin Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:05:12 EST Stony Brook University /articles/stony-brook-university-professor-izabela-kalinowska-blackwood-named-2024-fulbright-scholar/?sc=rsin /articles/stony-brook-university-professor-izabela-kalinowska-blackwood-named-2024-fulbright-scholar/?sc=rsin Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:05:04 EST Izabela Kalinowska-Blackwood, associate professor in the Department of English and affiliated faculty in the Department of Languages and Cultural Studies at Stony Brook University, was awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program teaching grant for the 2024-2025 academic year. Stony Brook University