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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