Claims to Fame

Claims to Fame

Discoveries Facilities Research Our commitment to both research and Stony Brook boasts modern state-of-the-art The breadth of scholarly and creative excellence has led to many ground- facilities for the campus community. activity engaged in by Stony Brook breaking discoveries. • The Charles B. Wang Center, celebrating researchers not only generates new • Identification and cataloging of Asian and American cultures, is a confer- knowledge, but also infuses our 328 distant galaxies ence and events facility, a showcase for undergraduate and graduate the arts, and a sophisticated global com- curricula and has a substantial • The link between smoking and impact on the region’s economy. emphysema munications center allowing the worldwide exchange of ideas in real time. • Stony Brook faculty members have • Development of the drug ReoPro®, rec- been responsible for more than ommended for all cardiac angioplas- • Our Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, seat- 1,500 inventions and more than ties ing 8,300 fans, is home to Stony 450 patents. • An ultrasound method to speed up Brook’s Division I teams, including foot- healing of bone fractures ball, soccer, and lacrosse. • With 70 academic departments, Stony Brook is among the top 40 • Creation of the smallest electronic • Stony Brook Medicine is the region’s institutions funded by the National switch, using just one electron only academic medical center, providing Science Foundation. • The cause of Lyme disease advanced, specialized health care to serve the needs of Long Island residents. • Total expenditures on Organized • 3-D imaging software for 3-D Research, from external and internal colonoscopy • Our 246-acre Research and Development sponsors, have reached $210 • The golden bamboo lemur, Park is home to the Center of Excellence in million, reflecting activity in some Hapalemur aureus Wireless and Information Technology 1,200 projects involving hundreds of (CEWIT), a test bed for emerging wireless • The most primitive fossil bird, investigators and providing jobs for technologies, and the Advanced Energy 1,800 individuals. linking birds to dinosaurs Research and Technology Center. • Construction of the first nuclear • Stony Brook has been responsible magnetic resonance image of a living • Campus Residences recently completed for 95% of the licensing revenues organism a 173,000 sq.ft., 600 bed Residence Hall that have won SUNY its top 20 incorporating sustainable design strategies. national ranking in technology trans- • Homo floresiensis, a hobbit-like It is currently registered under the United 17,000 year-old hominid fer, according to the Association of States Green Building Council's Leadership University Technology Managers. • The “Giant Frog From Hell,” in Energy and Environmental Design Beelzebufo ampinga, a 10-pound (LEED) program and the university is close • Stony Brook is one of only 94 ancient frog in Madagascar to achieving a LEED Silver rating. institutions in the country to be designated a "Very High Research • Design and synthesis of a new • Completion of a new $37.5 million class of weakened polioviruses, University" by the Carnegie 85,000 square foot Campus Recreation Foundation. demonstrating that a synthetic Center is expected in 2012. The CRC is weakened virus can immunize designed to become a campus landmark • The University co-manages an animal with glass windows spanning much of Brookhaven National Laboratory, • Thermoplastic spray paint made the exterior. It will be visibly prominent joining such universities as from old plastic bottles and inviting, providing those on the Princeton, MIT, Cornell, University of • Parthenogenesis (virgin birth) in a outside with a view of the many diverse California, and University of Chicago female hammerhead sharks activities available within. that run federal laboratories. • The first commercially successful • Stony Brook Manhattan, at 401 Park • New York Blue—one of the plan- bar code reader Avenue South, is a state-of-the-art et’s most powerful supercomputers— • A new species of mouse lemur facility featuring classrooms for under- links Stony Brook’s New York Center Microcebus mittermeieri graduate and graduate classes, confer- for Computational Sciences with ence rooms, offices, a new Center for Brookhaven National Laboratory. Wine, Food, and Culture, and a recep- New York Blue is capable of 102 tion space for special events. trillion calculations per second. Claims to Fame

Faculty Education Schools & Colleges Stony Brook’s distinguished faculty, cel- As a leading public university, we Stony Brook offers more than 150 under- ebrated for their exceptional scholarship are proud of our exceptionally strong graduate programs, more than 100 mas- and innovative thinking, continue to academic programs and policy of ter’s programs, and more than 40 doctoral receive the highest recognition. selectivity that bring the best students programs. The University is divided into 12 academic units: Honors, Prizes, and Awards to Stony Brook. • The College of Arts and Science offers ★ Nobel Prize in Economics • One of only 9 public institutions recog- nized for its undergraduate research pro- degree programs in fine arts and humanities, ★ Nobel Prize in Physics gram by U.S.News & World Report. biological and physical sciences, mathemat- ★ Nobel Prize in Medicine ics, and social and behavioral sciences. • The prestigious London Times Higher ★ Pulitzer Prize Education World University Rankings • The School of Journalism is the first and ★ Crafoord Prize places Stony Brook University in the only undergraduate school of journalism in New York State’s public university system. ★ Fields Medal in Mathematics top 1% of universities worldwide. ★ Abel Prize in Mathematics • A member of the invitation only • The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences is one of the ★ National Medal of Science (5) Association of American Universities leading coastal oceanography institu- ★ (AAU). We are one of only 61 mem- National Medal of Technology (2) bers, joining such institutions as tions in the world. ★ Benjamin Franklin Medal Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins, • The College of Business offers a major in ★ National Book Critics Circle Award Princeton, and Stanford. business management, an MBA programs, ★ Grammy Award • We are one of 16 Leadership and an MS degree in Management and Policy. ★ Chevalier de l’Ordre National de Institutions named by the Association • The College of Engineering and Applied Merit de la France of American Colleges and Universities. Sciences offers a wide range of programs, ★ Chevalier de l’Ordre National de • Our Graduate School was awarded including seven ABET-accredited majors. Madagascar the CGS/Peterson's Award for • The School of Nursing offers full- and part- ★ Obie Award Innovation in promoting an time educational opportunities in preparation Inclusive Graduate Community. ★ Howard Hughes Medical Institute Award for professional nursing practice. ★ Humboldt Research Award for • Our School of Medicine was • The School of Health Technology and Senior U.S. Scientists named one of the nation's top 50 Management offers baccalaureate, mas- primary care training programs by ★ Principe de Asturias Prize ter’s, and doctoral degrees in both clinical U.S. News and World Report. and non-clinical areas. ★ Fellows of the Royal Society (5) • Our School of Marine and ★ MacArthur Foundation Fellows (3) • The School of Social Welfare offers Atmospheric Sciences was given top undergraduate and graduate degree pro- ★ Members of the National Academy ranking in coastal oceanography, grams in social work. of Engineering (3) ranked eighth overall by the National ★ Members of the National Academy Research Council for Ph.D. programs • The School of Medicine consists of eight of Sciences (18) in oceanography. basic science and 18 clinical departments providing preclinical and clinical education ★ Members of the American • We are one of ten universities given of medical students. Academy of Arts and Sciences (15) a National Science Foundation recog- ★ Guggenheim Fellows (87) nition award for successful linking of • School of Dental Medicine offers the ★ research and education at all levels, Doctor of Dental Surgery degree. Fulbright Fellows (54) and in creating a “discovery-rich ★ Sloan Foundation Fellows (46) environment” on campus. • The Graduate School offers advanced degree programs in many fields leading to ★ Rockefeller Foundation Fellows (13) • We are eighth among public institu- the master's and doctoral degrees. ★ Institute of Medicine Members (3) tions placing students in graduate pro- • The School of Professional ★ NASA Exceptional Scientific grams in medicine, law, and business, Development provides part-time gradu- Achievement Award according to a Wall Street Journal survey of undergraduate programs. ate education for working adults. ★ NASA Distinguished Service Medal • Payscale.com ranked us 22 among all public universities by salary potential. Claims to Fame

• Christoph Carl H. Adami ‘91 PhD, • David Hillel Gelernter ‘82 PhD, • Russell T. Lewis ‘69, Former CEO and Professor, California Institute of Professor of Computer Science at Yale President, The New York Times Company Technology; Recipient of the NASA University and author of Drawing Life: • Steven Mackey ‘80 MA, Grammy Award Exceptional Achievement Medal Surviving the Unabomber Winner 2012, Professor and Chair of the • Craig Allen ‘79, Chief Meteorologist, CBS • Richard Gelfond, ’76, Co-Chairman and Department of Music at Princeton University “This Morning” & WCBS Newsradio 88 Co-CEO, IMAX Corporation • Lynn Matthews, ‘98, Astronomer, • Michael Anastasio PhD, Director of the • Christine Goerke, ’94 BA, Opera Singer, Haystack Observatory Los Alamos National Laboratory recipient of the 2001 Richard Tucker • Matthew A. Moskowitz ‘95, Editor/Producer • Josephina Victoria "Joy" Behar, ‘66 MA, Award, 1999 & 2003 Grammy Award for at CNN Best Choral Performance Co-host of the talk show The View • Joe Nathan,‘97, Closer for Minnesota Twins • Mark Bridges, ‘83 BA, Oscar Award • Dario Gonzalez ‘79 MD, Medical Baseball Team Director of New York’s Urban Search and Winner 2012 for Best Costume Designer • Jon Oringer, ‘97 BS, Founder/CEO of Rescue Team - Task Force One - at • Linda A. Capuano, Vice President, Shutterstock; Pioneered the subscription- “Ground Zero” for 9/11 World Trade Emerging Technology, for Marathon Oil based microstock photography business Center Tragedy Corporation model when he created Shutterstock in 2003 • Kedar P. Gupta, ‘73, Founder of • Wen-Ping Chen; ‘90, Professor, National Advanced Renewable Energy Company, • Sandy Pearlman ‘66 BA, Music producer, Central University, Taiwan producing energy-efficient LED bulbs manager, poet, and songwriter, best known for • “Jack” Chuanjie Song, CIO, Agricultural his work with the band Blue Oyster Cult • Gail S. Hackett, ‘85, MasterCard Bank of China Shandong and Shandong International Executive Vice President, • Hanspeter Pfister, Professor, Harvard provincial legislator General Manager, Citibank Global Team University; chief architect of VolumePro, • Daniel Corbett ‘90 BS, Weather Mitsubishi Electric’s award-winning real-time forecaster on the BBC News at Six • John Harris ‘78, Professor of Physics, volume rendering hardware for PCs. Yale University, Spokesperson for STAR • Patricia S. Cowings ‘70, Director of • Terry Pinkard, ‘74 PhD, noted Hegel Pyschophysiological Research at NASA's • Julia R. Heiman, ‘75 PhD, American scholar and Professor of Philosophy at Ames Research Center; the first American sexologist and psychologist; fifth Director Georgetown University woman astronaut of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction at • Carolyn Porco, ’74, Leader of Imaging Team • Barry Cozier, ’71, former Associate Indiana University for the Cassini Mission to Saturn Justice of the Appellate Division of the • V. Ramanathan ‘73, Distinguished Professor New York State Supreme Court • John Hennessey ’77 PhD,President, Stanford University of Atmospheric and Climate Sciences at the • Jane Delgado, ‘81 PhD, President/CEO Scripps Institution of Oceanography of National Alliance for Hispanic Health • Scott Higham ’82, Investigative Journalist for The Washington Post and • Jef Raskin ‘64 BS, ‘65 BA, Author and • Theodore G. Eppenstein ‘68, Lecturer on winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize Co-Creator of the Macintosh Computer at Arbitration, argued landmark McMahon Apple Computer, Inc. case before the U.S. Supreme Court • David S. Joachim, ‘93 BA, Weekend Editor in the Washington Bureau of The • John Reiner ‘78, Syndicated cartoonist, • Diane Farr BA, Actress best known for New York Times. Laugh Parade, Howard Huge, The Lockhorns role as FBI agent Megan Reeves in CBS • Stuart Rosenblum, ‘87 PhD, named a "Hero series NUMB3RS. • Stephen Kaplan, MA, Founder/Director of the Vampire Research Center and of Chemistry" by the ACS in 2004, for his role • Jacqueline Fischer, ‘81, head of Parapsychology Institute of America in the discovery of cholesterol-lowering drug Naval Research Laboratory’s Infrared- Zetia as part of a Schering-Plough team Submillimeter Astrophysics & Techniques • Perry Kivolowitz, ‘81 BS, Won an Section in the Remote Sensing Division. Academy Award for Scientific & Technical • Tamara Schnurr, ‘96 MD, former flight Achievement in 1996 for invention of surgeon for the U.S. Navy Blue Angels • Lee A. Fleisher, ‘86 MD, Professor and shape-driven warping and morphing Chair of Anesthesiology and Critical Care • Laura Schlessinger, BS, Nationally syndicat- and Professor of Medicine at the University • Hyun-Soon Lee, ‘79 MS, ‘81 PhD, Vice ed radio talk show host of the Dr. Laura show of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Chair of the Research and Development • Abraham Silberschatz, PhD, Professor and Division, Hyundai Motor Company • Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson, '78, Chair of the Computer Science Department at former Acting U.S. Surgeon General • Hal Lieberman ‘75 BA, Former presi- Yale University dent of production for Universal Pictures • Robert Geary ‘68, Senior executive vice • Dan Slepian, ‘93, NBC Dateline producer president of business affairs at Columbia • Scott Wolk, ‘96, Astrophysicist, Harvard- TriStar Motion Picture Group Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Claims to Fame

• Education, Arts, and Culture • Biomedical Sciences Center for India Studies ALS Comprehensive Care Center Center for Italian Studies Carol M. Baldwin Breast Care Center Center for Lifelong Learning Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Center for Teaching, Bioethics Center for Science, Math and Technology Education Center for Biotechnology Center for Wine, Food, and Culture Centers for Molecular Medicine and Biology Learning Laboratories Charles B. Wang Center Center for Developmental Genetics Humanities Institute Center for Infectious Diseases Language Laboratory and Research Center Center for Structural Biology Latin American & Caribbean Studies Center Cerebrovascular and Stroke Center Poetry Center Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Point of Woods Laboratory and Parenting Clinic Heart Center Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center Institute for Cell and Developmental Biology-Biochemistry Reinvention Center Institute for Medicine in Contemporary Society Staller Center for the Arts Institute for Mental Health Research- Psychiatry Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery • Social and Behavioral Sciences Long Island Cancer Center Center for Global History Long Island State Veterans Home Center for Study of Working Class Life Lyme Disease Center Center for Survey Research Molecular Toxicology Center Turkana Basin Institute Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Center Stony Brook Medicine • Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering Trauma Center Center for Thermal Spray Research Garcia Center for Polymers at Engineered Interfaces • Environmental Sciences NYS Center for Advanced Technology in Sensor Systems Center for Environmental Molecular Science and Diagnostic Tools Coastal Ocean Action Strategies Center C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics Institute for Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheres Institute for Mathematical Sciences Institute for Ocean Conservation Science Laser Teaching Center Living Marine Resources Institute Mass Spectrometer Facility Long Island Groundwater Research Institute Mineral Physics Institute Marine Sciences Research Center (MSRC) Nuclear Theory Institute New York State Sea Grant Institute Nuclear Structure Laboratory Waste Reduction and Management Institute Proteomics Center Simons Center for Geometry and Physics • Technology and Business Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center Center for Emerging Technologies Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology New York Center for Computational Science Small Business Development Center

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