Stony Brook University

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook University, also known as the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public research university founded in 1957 located in Stony Brook, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island, about 60 miles (97 km) east of Manhattan.
Stony Brook University is one of the four university centers and is considered a flagship campus of the SUNY system. The main campus is home to more than 24,500 students,[4] and 138,560 alumni.   The University is organized by schools and colleges, including the Medical, Dental, and Graduate School, and several branch campuses including Stony Brook Manhattan and Stony Brook Southampton. Stony Brook is one of 63 leading research universities in the American Association of Universities (AAU). Stony Brook University Medical Center is Suffolk County’s only tertiary hospital and Level 1 Trauma Center, and is the only academic medical center on Long Island. The University also co-manages Brookhaven National Labs under a contract from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Stony Brook University Rankings in 2010

• BEST MEDICAL SCHOOLS – PRIMARY CARE RANKINGS
• MEDICAL SCHOOL RANKINGS – BEST RESEARCH MEDICAL SCHOOLS
• WORLD’S BEST UNIVERSITY RANKINGS – TOP 400 UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD
• TOP RANKING COLLEGE FOR ARCHAEOLOGY
• TOP 100 EDUCATION COLLEGES / UNIVERSITIES IN 201
• TOP NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES RANKING BY HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR
• TOP 100 COLLEGES IN THE UNITED STATES
• BEST UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY RANKING
• TOP 100 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING GRADUATE SCHOOL RANKING IN 2010
• BIO CHEMICAL / BIOENGINEERING GRADUATE SCHOOL RANKING
• BEST BUSINESS SCHOOLS (MBA PROGRAM) RANKING IN 2010
• TOP 100 FINE ARTS COLLEGE RANKING IN 2010
• TOP MUSIC SCHOOLS RANKING IN 2010
• ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING GRADUATE SCHOOL RANKINGS

Stony Brook University Rankings in 2011

• TOP 100 GRADUATE COMPUTER ENGINEERING SCHOOL RANKINGS IN 2011
• MATERIALS GRADUATE SCHOOL RANKINGS IN 2011
•  TOP ENGINEERING GRADUATE SCHOOLS RANKING IN 2011-2012
• 2011 TOP MUSIC SCHOOL RANKING
• 2011 TOP PUBLIC COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY RANKINGS IN UNITED STATES

Stony Brook University Tuition and Fees

Graduate (1 To 6 Credits)

Graduate (7 To 12+ Credits)

Tuition and Fees for Non-Resident Graduates

Graduate (1 To 6 Credits)

Graduate (7 To 12+ Credits)

Schools and Colleges of Stony Brook University

• College of Arts & Sciences
• College of Business
• College of Engineering & Applied   Sciences
• Graduate School
• Honors College
• School of Dental Medicine
• School of Health Technology &   Management
• School of Journalism
• School of Marine & Atmospheric   Sciences
• School of Medicine
• School of Nursing
• School of Professional Development
• School of Social Welfare
• Stony Brook Manhattan
• Undergraduate Colleges

Stony Brook University News

• Carl Safina Wins 2012 Orion Book Award - Wed, 16 May 2012
  Professor Carl Safina, founding President of the Blue Ocean Institute who teaches in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University, and is a visiting professor in the Center for Communicating Science there, has been named the winner of the 2012 Orion Book Award for “The View From Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an Unnatural World.”

• SUNY Medical Campuses Team to Expand WTC Health Program Services in Clinical Center of Excellence - Mon, 14 May 2012
  Stony Brook University’s Long Island Clinical Center of Excellence (LI-CCE), which is part of the World Trade Center Health Program, has expanded to SUNY Downstate Medical Center. The new clinic site enables a dedicated team of healthcare professionals to care for thousands more non-FDNY 9/11 responders living or working in Brooklyn (Kings County). On May 14, an official opening celebration will take place at the satellite location to mark its opening.
  
  

• Medical Schools at SBU, NYU Announce Collaboration with Nostrum Pharmaceuticals on New Pulmonary Treatment - Thu, 10 May 2012
  Medical schools at Stony Brook and NYU, announced an exclusive license agreement with Nostrum Pharmaceuticals for the development of aerosolized interferon gamma for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).

• Overuse Injuries, Rehab Techniques, Among Topics at Stony Brook Sports Medicine Symposium - Wed, 09 May 2012
  With thousands of children and teens participating in sports year-round, overuse injuries are commonplace. Healthcare experts in sports medicine will tackle this issue and other topics at Stony Brook Orthopaedic Associate’s Sports Medicine Update: Controversies in Sports Medicine. The continuing medical education (CME) symposium for healthcare professionals is also open to the community. It takes place on May 11, from 7:00 a.m., to 2:30 p.m., at the Student Activities Center on the Stony Brook University Campus.

• SBU Researchers Discover Significant Water Anomaly - Wed, 09 May 2012
  A team of researchers from the Stony Brook University Department of Physics & Astronomy along with colleagues from the Department of Condensed Matter Physics at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) in Spain, explain a puzzling water anomaly in a paper published in the May 9 edition of Physical Review Letters entitled, “Anomalous Nuclear Quantum Effects in Ice.”

• Laufer Family and Dignitaries Join SBU Officials and Faculty to Commemorate Opening of New Physical and Quantitative Biology Academic and Research Center - Mon, 07 May 2012
  The new home of the Louis and Beatrice Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology at Stony Brook University was officially dedicated at a celebratory event on May 7. Nearly 40 extended members of the Laufer family from across the United States joined Stony Brook officials, research faculty and staff, and local elected representatives for the commemorative ceremony.

• World-Renowned Scientist and Stony Brook Professor Named to National Academy of Sciences - Fri, 04 May 2012
  Eckard Wimmer, PhD, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, and internationally recognized for his poliovirus research, has been named to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).

• SBU Partners with SC Transit to Expand Saturday Bus Service for Students - Fri, 04 May 2012
  A new sustainable partnership between SBU Transit and Suffolk County Transit will soon provide Stony Brook University students expanded Saturday bus service to more off-campus locations for shopping, dining and leisure activities between Stony Brook University, Smith Haven Mall, Port Jefferson Village and points in between. The new Saturday service is being made available at no additional cost to students and requires only a student identification card for access.

• Is Eating Seafood Good or Bad? - Thu, 03 May 2012
  Is eating seafood a good or bad thing? The answer could be both from the information that will be presented at a public lectured sponsored by Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS). “Public Health Implications of Seafood Consumption,” presented by Dr. Jaymie R. Meliker, Assistant Professor, Graduate Program in Public Health, Department of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, on May 4. The lecture is open to all and a reception follows. It will be held at 7:30 PM on SBU’s Southampton Campus in the Duke Lecture Hall-Chancellors Hall.

• Martian Rover 'Opportunity' Finds Evidence Of Water Flows At Ancient Impact Crater Endeavour - Thu, 03 May 2012
  Evidence of ancient water at a Martian crater is the latest in a long series of discoveries by a surprisingly long-lived Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, according to a paper published in the May 4 edition of the journal Science entitled, “Ancient Impact and Aqueous Processes at Endeavour Crater, Mars.” The latest discovery was made at the rim of the Endeavour Crater, a large ancient impact crater on Mars measuring 14 miles in diameter.