Latest news from Stony Brook University on Newswise en-us Copyright 2025 Newswise 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/stony-brook-university-named-an-opportunity-college-and-university-by-the-carnegie-classifications/?sc=rsin /articles/stony-brook-university-named-an-opportunity-college-and-university-by-the-carnegie-classifications/?sc=rsin Thu, 24 Apr 2025 19:25:09 EST Stony Brook University has been designated as an Opportunity College and University by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education(r), recognizing Stony Brook as an institution that can serve as a model for studying how campuses can foster student success. Stony Brook University /articles/stony-brook-university-researchers-among-those-awarded-2025-breakthrough-prize-in-fundamental-physics/?sc=rsin /articles/stony-brook-university-researchers-among-those-awarded-2025-breakthrough-prize-in-fundamental-physics/?sc=rsin Thu, 10 Apr 2025 20:25:00 EST Members of the Stony Brook University Department of Physics and Astronomy were recently among the recipients of the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in recognition of their experimental collaborations with CERN's ("Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire" or "European Organization for Nuclear Research") Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The Prize - popularly known as the "Oscars(r) of Science" - was created to celebrate the wonders of the scientific age by founding sponsors Sergey Brin, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, Julia and Yuri Milner, and Anne Wojcicki. Stony Brook University /articles/stony-brook-southampton-presents-the-jazz-loft-southampton-concert-series-beginning-in-april/?sc=rsin /articles/stony-brook-southampton-presents-the-jazz-loft-southampton-concert-series-beginning-in-april/?sc=rsin Tue, 08 Apr 2025 19:00:24 EST Stony Brook Southampton, in collaboration with The Jazz Loft, will present The Jazz Loft @ Southampton Concert Series, a spring-summer lineup of five concerts featuring world-class jazz musicians. The series will include acclaimed artists including recent Grammy recipients, Dan Pugach and Nicole Zuraitis. Stony Brook University /articles/expert-available-growing-concerns-about-highly-contagious-whooping-cough-cases-on-the-rise/?sc=rsin /articles/expert-available-growing-concerns-about-highly-contagious-whooping-cough-cases-on-the-rise/?sc=rsin Fri, 04 Apr 2025 20:15:23 EST Stony Brook University /articles/expert-available-spring-allergy-season-is-in-full-swing/?sc=rsin /articles/expert-available-spring-allergy-season-is-in-full-swing/?sc=rsin Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:45:46 EST Stony Brook University /articles/clearest-and-most-precise-images-of-the-universe-s-infancy-revealed/?sc=rsin /articles/clearest-and-most-precise-images-of-the-universe-s-infancy-revealed/?sc=rsin Tue, 18 Mar 2025 20:20:32 EST Research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration has produced new images that are the clearest yet of the universe's infancy - the earliest cosmic time accessible; the images are of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation that was visible only 380,000 years after the Big Bang. Stony Brook University /articles/scientists-identify-critical-midlife-window-for-preventing-age-related-brain-decline/?sc=rsin /articles/scientists-identify-critical-midlife-window-for-preventing-age-related-brain-decline/?sc=rsin Wed, 05 Mar 2025 10:40:19 EST A landmark study published in PNAS has unveiled that brain aging follows a distinct yet nonlinear trajectory with critical transition points. The research offers new insights into when interventions to prevent cognitive decline might be most effective. Stony Brook University /articles/can-signals-in-the-brain-determine-an-attraction-to-sweet-foods/?sc=rsin /articles/can-signals-in-the-brain-determine-an-attraction-to-sweet-foods/?sc=rsin Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:15:48 EST Researchers at Stony Brook University used genetic manipulation in a laboratory brain model to demonstrate that neurosteroids can reduce the sensitivity and preference for sweet tastes when elevated within the gustatory cortex. Their findings are published in Current Biology. Stony Brook University /articles/study-provides-evidence-of-amyloidosis-in-the-brains-of-some-wtc-responders/?sc=rsin /articles/study-provides-evidence-of-amyloidosis-in-the-brains-of-some-wtc-responders/?sc=rsin Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:15:56 EST The results of a new brain imaging study led by researchers at Stony Brook Medicine indicates a link between World Trade Center (WTC) exposure duration and the presence of amyloid in the brain. The findings are published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. Stony Brook University /articles/when-human-ancestors-began-eating-meat-remains-a-mystery/?sc=rsin /articles/when-human-ancestors-began-eating-meat-remains-a-mystery/?sc=rsin Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:30:05 EST An international team of researchers including Dominic Stratford, PhD, of Stony Brook University and the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, have discovered that an ancient human ancestor found in deposits at the Sterkfontein Caves, Australopithecus, which lived more than three million years ago in South Africa, primarily ate plant-based foods. The finding, published in the journal Science, stems from an analysis of tooth enamel from seven Australopithecus fossils and is significant because the emergence of meat eating is thought to be a key driver of a large increase in brain size seen in later hominins. Stony Brook University /articles/multiple-covid-infections-associated-with-long-covid/?sc=rsin /articles/multiple-covid-infections-associated-with-long-covid/?sc=rsin Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:55:50 EST A new study that identified 475 patients with post-acute sequelae of Covid-19 (PASC), or Long Covid, revealed that nearly 85 percent (403) of these patients had multiple Covid-19 infections over the course of a four-year period. Stony Brook University /articles/study-reveals-kidney-disease-compromises-survival-of-infection-fighting-cells/?sc=rsin /articles/study-reveals-kidney-disease-compromises-survival-of-infection-fighting-cells/?sc=rsin Thu, 09 Jan 2025 09:15:36 EST A new study led by Stony Brook Medicine demonstrates that advanced kidney disease compromises the survival of B cells, a type of infection-fighting white blood cell that produces antibodies to kill microbes, and thus significantly reduces the immune response to the influenza virus. Stony Brook University /articles/stony-brook-university-phd-student-florence-aghomo-wins-the-young-women-in-conservation-biology-award-from-the-society-for-conservation-biology-africa-region/?sc=rsin /articles/stony-brook-university-phd-student-florence-aghomo-wins-the-young-women-in-conservation-biology-award-from-the-society-for-conservation-biology-africa-region/?sc=rsin Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:35:02 EST Stony Brook University doctoral student Florence Aghomo won the Young Women in Conservation Biology (YWCB) Award from the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) Africa Region. Aghomo is a doctoral student in the Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences (IDPAS) and a member of the Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments (ICTE) under the supervision of State University of New York (SUNY) and Stony Brook Distinguished Service Professor Patricia C. Wright. Stony Brook University /articles/grandma-is-still-there/?sc=rsin /articles/grandma-is-still-there/?sc=rsin Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:25:07 EST It's a challenge to celebrate the holiday season with loved ones who have dementia. But Stephen Post, PhD, a bioethicist, has a message that could change your focus when visiting these loved ones this season: There are powerful lucid moments that occur with the deeply forgetful. Hold onto them. It's worth the time. Stony Brook University /articles/study-uncovers-molecular-mechanisms-during-shrew-s-brain-changes/?sc=rsin /articles/study-uncovers-molecular-mechanisms-during-shrew-s-brain-changes/?sc=rsin Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:45:09 EST New research led by William R. Thomas, PhD, with Professor Liliana M. Davalos, PhD, in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University, shows how the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) changes its brain and bodily size throughout the year. The study, published online in eLife, reveals how changes in gene expression enable these small mammals to shrink their brain in winter and regrow it in spring, defying the typical mammalian pattern where organ size does not change. Their findings offer genetic clues to neurological and metabolic health in mammals. Stony Brook University /articles/using-matter-waves-scientists-unveil-novel-collective-behaviors-in-quantum-optics/?sc=rsin /articles/using-matter-waves-scientists-unveil-novel-collective-behaviors-in-quantum-optics/?sc=rsin Thu, 21 Nov 2024 09:30:51 EST A Stony Brook University research team has uncovered a novel regime, or set of conditions within a system, for cooperative radiative phenomena, casting new light on a 70-year-old problem in quantum optics. Stony Brook University /articles/study-identifies-pregnant-women-at-risk-for-substance-use/?sc=rsin /articles/study-identifies-pregnant-women-at-risk-for-substance-use/?sc=rsin Mon, 18 Nov 2024 15:20:31 EST A new study published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine conducted by a team of Stony Brook University researchers used the PROMOTE Prenatal Screener - a unique screening tool for use during pregnancy - to pinpoint vulnerabilities for substance use. Stony Brook University /articles/tourist-photos-can-help-gauge-ecological-changes-in-antarctica/?sc=rsin /articles/tourist-photos-can-help-gauge-ecological-changes-in-antarctica/?sc=rsin Thu, 07 Nov 2024 10:10:44 EST A Stony Brook University-led research team has created a computerized method in which photos of penguins in Antarctica taken by tourists can be analyzed by the technique to decipher the location of the photo, thereby indicating the location of penguins over time and providing a clue as to what is causing changes in their abundance and distribution. Stony Brook University /articles/expert-available-edibles-are-not-a-treat-at-halloween/?sc=rsin /articles/expert-available-edibles-are-not-a-treat-at-halloween/?sc=rsin Mon, 28 Oct 2024 13:00:35 EST Stony Brook University /articles/brain-imaging-of-neuromelanin-may-be-key-to-understanding-extensive-substance-use/?sc=rsin /articles/brain-imaging-of-neuromelanin-may-be-key-to-understanding-extensive-substance-use/?sc=rsin Wed, 16 Oct 2024 13:00:47 EST A study that used a specialized type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), named neuromelanin-sensitive MRI, showed that this type of MRI signal was increased in regions of the midbrain in young adults ages 20 to 24 who had an extensive alcohol and drug use history. The findings are published early online in the American Journal of Psychiatry. Stony Brook University