Stony Brook
A North Shore hamlet on Stony Brook Harbor, in the Town of Brookhaven.
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Stony Brook's Health Sciences Tower is getting a new exterior, oval windows and all
by Long Island Wave ·Stony Brook University plans to replace the entire exterior of Bertrand Goldberg's Health Sciences Tower, swapping its corner oval windows for wider glass by 2031.
Santa, a Puppet Procession and a Tree Lighting: Stony Brook Village Sets Its 47th Holiday Festival
by Long Island Wave ·The Ward Melville Heritage Organization holds its 47th Holiday Festival in Stony Brook Village on Sunday, Dec. 6, with Santa, choirs, a puppet procession and a tree lighting.
Stony Brook University's Campus Is Now an Accredited Arboretum, and It Is Planting a Tree to Mark It
by Long Island Wave ·Stony Brook University's trees along the Academic Mall now form a Level I ArbNet arboretum, with a self-guided tour and a public tree planting on Nov. 16.
More Than 100 Long Island Artists Paint America at the Long Island Museum in Stony Brook
by Long Island Wave ·The Long Island Museum's American Palette show of 100-plus member artists opens Nov. 27 in Stony Brook, after a November gala honoring the Stony Brook Fire Department.
Stony Brook University Hospital Makes Healthgrades' Top 100 for Stroke Care a 12th Straight Year
by Long Island Wave ·Healthgrades named Stony Brook University Hospital one of America's 100 Best for stroke care for a 12th year, and added pulmonary care and joint replacement for 2027.
Stony Brook's Hell Chicken Is the First Dinosaur Known to Have Been Built for Eating Fruit
by Long Island Wave ·A Stony Brook University paleontologist led the team naming Infernogallus jamesi, a turkey-size dinosaur whose skull was built to chew fruit like a parrot.
Suffolk County's First Ronald McDonald House Is Rising Next to Stony Brook Children's Hospital
by Long Island Wave ·Construction is under way on the $34 million, 30-suite Ronald McDonald House at Stony Brook Children's Hospital, the first in Suffolk County.
A Stony Brook Virologist Whose Work Helped Decode HIV Wins Yale’s Highest Alumni Honor
by Long Island Wave ·Carol Carter, Distinguished Professor of microbiology at Stony Brook, received Yale’s Wilbur Cross Medal, the top honor for graduate alumni, on October 19.
A Stony Brook Physicist Just Won a Packard Fellowship Worth $985,834
by Long Island Wave ·Stony Brook University assistant professor Nathanan Tantivasadakarn is one of 20 scientists nationwide named a 2026 Packard Fellow, with $985,834 over five years for quantum research.
Stony Brook Built One of the Country's First AI and Society Departments, and Classes Have Begun
by Long Island Wave ·Stony Brook University launched a Department of Technology, AI and Society with a $5 million SUNY grant. Its first chair started Sept. 1 and classes are underway.
A Quantum Device Born in a Stony Brook Basement Lands on TIME's Best Inventions List
by Long Island Wave ·Qu-MEM, a room-temperature quantum memory built on Stony Brook University research, has been named to TIME's Best Inventions of 2026.
Vote for Stony Brook Village's Scarecrows by Oct. 25, Then Come Back for a Halloween 5K and Festival
by Long Island Wave ·Vote in Stony Brook Village Center's 36th Scarecrow Competition through Oct. 25. Winners are named Oct. 31 at a free festival that follows a new village 5K.
The First James Baldwin Biography in 30 Years Came From a Stony Brook Professor
by Long Island Wave ·Nicholas Boggs, an English professor at Stony Brook, wrote Baldwin: A Love Story, the first major James Baldwin biography in three decades. On November 4 it could take Britain's top nonfiction prize.
Stony Brook Is Opening a One-Stop Medical Practice in Southampton Village
by Long Island Wave ·Stony Brook Medicine cut the ribbon at 630 Hampton Road in Southampton, putting family medicine, cardiology and vascular care under one roof starting in November.
Blue Öyster Cult's Albert Bouchard Brings His Imaginos Saga Home to Stony Brook
by Long Island Wave ·The Blue Öyster Cult co-founder celebrates 'Imaginos IV' at the Long Island Music Hall of Fame on Oct. 17, with a film preview and a meet and greet.
Dylan, Cash and Baez at Newport: The Film Built From a Greenport Archive Screens in Stony Brook Tonight
by Long Island Wave ·Produced by Greenport archivist Joe Lauro from unseen 1960s Newport Folk Festival reels, the award-touring documentary closes LIMEHOF's film festival at 5:15 tonight.
Six Weekend Plans That Can Take the Rain, From a Film Marathon in Stony Brook to a Title Chase in Central Islip
by Long Island Wave ·A storm is headed for the weekend, so here are six Long Island plans that can handle it: a music film festival, the Ducks at home, the 184-year-old Long Island Fair and more.
The Hip-Hop Pioneers Long Island Forgot Are Getting Their Movie Saturday in Stony Brook
by Long Island Wave ·Archie Snowden came up in the scene the history books skipped. His film on Long Island's underground hip-hop pioneers screens Saturday in Stony Brook.
Everybody Still Loves Raymond: The Barone Living Room Is Staying in Stony Brook Into 2027
by Long Island Wave ·LIMEHOF is keeping its walk-in Barone house exhibit in Stony Brook Village into 2027, just as Everybody Loves Raymond turns 30 this Saturday.
Foundation Poured, Steel Due in October: Suffolk's First Ronald McDonald House Is Rising at Stony Brook
by Long Island Wave ·The $34 million house beside Stony Brook Children's Hospital is out of the ground, with steel arriving in October and 30 family rooms opening late 2027.
A Billy Joel Interview From 1971, Lost for Half a Century, Premieres as a Film in Stony Brook
by Long Island Wave ·A reel-to-reel of Billy Joel at 22, taped at WCWP in 1971 and lost for decades, opens LIMEHOF's documentary film festival in Stony Brook September 25.
A Painkiller That Is Not an Opioid Came Out of a Stony Brook Lab. This Month It Got New Data.
by Long Island Wave ·ART26.12 was invented in two Stony Brook labs and is the first selective FABP5 inhibitor in human trials. New data presented this month extends it to spinal cord injury pain.
Pirates and Mermaids Family Fun Day at the Long Island Museum in Stony Brook
by Long Island Wave ·A free afternoon of pirate and mermaid adventure, a live stage show, crafts, and a food drive comes to the Long Island Museum in Stony Brook on July 26.
Bubble Tea Chain Tai Chi Bubble Tea Opens Stony Brook Location
by Long Island Wave-Photo Credit: Tai Chi Bubble Tea On March 28, 2021, Tai Chi Bubble Tea opened its doors in Stony Brook at 2460 Nesconset Hwy. Unit 3 in Smith Point Plaza. Tai Chi is a chain across the United States consisting of 13…
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