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SBU hitting its STRIDE, with NSF’s help

With Big Data piling up at an almost incalculable rate, a seven-figure National Science Foundation grant will help prepare Stony Brook University’s next generation of scientists for complex decision-making scenarios….


At SBU, Rocking the Space Vibe

By GREGORY ZELLER // The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is funding a five-year mission that has Stony Brook University geologists exploring strange, new worlds – and gearing up for…


Commercialization grant backs brain-scan study

The National Science Foundation is backing a Long Island academic-private partnership looking to turn functional magnetic-resonance imaging technologies into new weapons against brain disease. Farmingdale-based ALA Scientific Instruments and Dr….





Gerrit Wolf is minding innovation’s business

The Innovation Center stands out from Stony Brook University’s rich selection of business incubators and entrepreneurship programs for many reasons, but the first is this: Unlike the university’s other business-development…




5 incubators, 40 startups, one big showcase

The full calendar is here. Stony Brook University’s vast business-development ecosystem will take a bow, and enjoy a healthy dose of self-promotion, during the university’s first-ever Business Incubator Showcase. The…


Feinstein joins the LI Bioscience Hub

By GREGORY ZELLER // The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research has joined the ranks of the Long Island Bioscience Hub. The Feinstein Institute, the research wing of the Northwell Health…


Updating you on: Graphometric startup Web4Sign

By GREGORY ZELLER // There are good signs at Web4Sign, where everything is proceeding as planned. The graphometrically inclined Italian import has completed its move into Stony Brook University’s Center…



Before the cure, an HIV inhibitor?

By GREGORY ZELLER A cure for AIDS? Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Few people understand the molecular world like Stony Brook prof Carol Carter, and the longtime researcher will tell…