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Vol. 5 No. II – Spring 2008
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Top Stories SUNY Research Foundation Recognizes Four Stony Brook Faculty The SUNY Research Foundation acknowledged four Stony Brook faculty members who extend the boundaries of human knowledge and drive economic development in New York . Drs. Elizabeth Boon, Marie Gelato, William Lennarz, and Eckard Wimmer were among 20 people recognized at a recognition dinner on April 14, 2008. More>> Staller Family Create $1.7 million Endowment Fund for Music Graduate Students
American Political Science Association Awards Stony Brook Alumnae for Best Dissertation Political Science alumni, Dr. Erin Cassese, has been named the winner of the American Political Science Association (APSA) Political Psychology section's 2007 Best Dissertation Award for her dissertation “Culture Wars as Identity Politics”. Erin will be receiving the award at the APSA Annual Meeting in August. More>> President of Rauch Foundation Honored at 2008 Stars of Stony Brook Gala
Frey Family Foundation Establishes $1.5M Endowed Chair in Quantitative Finance Robert J. and Kathryn B. Frey, on behalf of the Frey Family Foundation, announced a gift of $1.5 million for establishment of the “Frey Family Endowed Chair in Quantitative Finance” in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics... More>> Department of Chemistry Professor Named Fellow of the Optical Society of America
Stony Brook Cited Eight Times In US News & World Report Rankings Stony Brook University is cited eight times as being among the best in the nation in the current rankings of professional schools in US News & World Report's 2009 edition of “ America 's Best Graduate Schools.” More>> |
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Long Island philanthropists Erwin and Freddie Staller and their family recently established an endowed scholarship and fellowship fund established for graduate students in the Department of Music's Performance Program. The $1.7 million will begin funding students majoring in performance enrolling in the 2008 fall semester. 
STONY BROOK , NY – Dr. Nancy Douzinas, president of the Rauch Foundation, was honored at the annual Stars of Stony Brook Gala on April 9 at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York City . The Gala raised more than $1.8 million to fund scholarships for undergraduate students and other university initiatives. 
Professor Trevor Sears from Stony Brook University 's Chemistry Department and the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has been elevated to the rank of Fellow in the Optical Society of America (OSA). One of 54 OSA members comprising the Society's class of 2007 Fellows, Sears was honored at the May OSA meeting in San Jose , California …