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SBU researcher wins $2 million to research treatment for teenage depression

Maya Brown December 1, 2019
On Nov. 22, Jessica Schleider, a researcher at Stony Brook University (SBU), received the President’s New Researcher Award by the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, based on the promise of developing theoretical or practical applications that represent advances to the field.
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Cars parked in South P, the commuter student parking lot. PAULA PECEGO/STATESMAN FILE

Looking for parking at SBU? There could be an app for that

Todd L. Pittinsky March 8, 2016
As Stony Brook grows in size, stature and impact, one great way to differentiate ourselves within SUNY is to make the most smart, creative, and human use of technology.
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Virtual distance: Life through the screen

Christopher Leelum April 9, 2015
Early last month, 15-year-old Ariana Taylor was beaten by four other girls at a McDonald’s in Flatbush while at least a dozen people looked on.
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PHOTO CREDIT: ROB NUNN

Under the Microscope: researching silver matrix batteries to power a new frontier

Ricardo Raudales February 17, 2015
From smartphones to electric vehicles, lithium-based batteries seem to make the digital world go round.
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(PHOTO CREDIT: MCT CAMPUS)

Google’s Project Ara: Piecing it together in the right direction

Hunter David Frederick June 21, 2014
Last month, Google revealed a prototype of a smartphone. Not just any smartphone, but Project Ara, a kind of smart phone that was built to last.
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Smartphones: an integral part of society

Hunter David Frederick April 15, 2014
I have been without a phone this past week. Apparently, I dropped it and left it underneath a seat in my dad’s car, where it had fallen. As a result, I have been without the ability to text people, call people or check Instagram. I can only access Facebook and emails while in front of a computer. This makes certain things, like trying to set up interviews for a story or coordinating with academic advisers, very difficult. I have been resigned to using the computers in the library on almost a daily basis to check emails. I am unaware of changes to classes or appointments because I do not have my online life in my pocket. People talk about the times changing when they mention how social media has become a part of our lives, but it goes deeper than that.
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Social media: a blessing or a curse?

Simran Gupta October 1, 2013
As students take their first steps into a new semester of college, they realize that socializing is a gradual, yet significant, process that can direct the course of their lives at Stony Brook University for the next four years or so. In the age of technological communication, we have never seen a greater emphasis placed on knowing what’s what and who’s who through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other forms of social media. Ask a typical student how he or she makes friends, and an immediate response will be: “Through Facebook.” In a mere decade, technology has taken the form of a medium through which we can share every moment of our lives as we experience them. Although Facebook offers networking opportunities, long-term problems remain hidden under a thick layer of status updates, likes, comments and tweets.
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Andy Wong, left, and Vincent Dai, right, scan for points using the Phewtick app. (MIKE RUIZ / THE STATESMAN)

Phewtick app for smartphones gains popularity at SBU

Rebecca Anzel March 4, 2013

Each Wednesday in the Student Activities Center, Stony Brook University students gather in small, ever-changing groups huddled over their phones. These students attend the weekly Phewtick meetups to...

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