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🌱 Stony Brook professor lands major NSF grant and seeks student collaborators

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In today's newsletter:

  • Stony Brook professor lands major NSF grant and seeks student collaborators
  • When and where you can stargaze with Stony Brook astronomers this fall
  • How a Stony Brook teen's DIY show sparked a global music career

Also on today's calendar: SUMMER NEVER ENDS Returns with New York's Largest Dispensary Expo & Dance Party and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the man leave his watch in the bank? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Partly sunny, a shower; humid, with a high of 84 and low of 68 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 86, low: 69. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: Partly sunny, a shower or two, with a high of 82 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Frouin Earns Early CAREER Award for Turkana Basin Research (stonybrook.edu) — A Stony Brook University geosciences professor has won a major National Science Foundation CAREER award, one of the largest such grants the university has received, to study Kenya's Turkana Basin using advanced luminescence dating. Her project will expand research and hands-on training opportunities through Stony Brook's Luminescence Dating Research Laboratory and a new FIELDwork initiative, and she's actively welcoming interested STEAM students to get involved.
   

• Starry Nights: Astronomy Night Kicks Off Its 54th Consecutive Year (stonybrook.edu) — Stony Brook University's popular Astronomy Open Night series returns September 4 for its 54th consecutive year, offering free monthly public talks and rooftop stargazing on campus. Born from 1970s excitement over comet Kohoutek, the program now draws families, students, and local skywatchers to accessible lectures by Stony Brook astronomers, with the Undergraduate Astronomy Club running telescopes when weather cooperates.
   

• 2026 Impact NextGen Honoree: Rachel Hacken (pollstar.com) — A music industry honoree traces her career back to organizing shows as a teen in her hometown of Stony Brook where she first connected with a major booking agent. Now an artist manager in Los Angeles, she reflects on her path from Long Island venues to global tours and calls for greater inclusion of LGBTQ and BIPOC artists in rock and metal.
   

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    Wednesday August 19
  • Regents Exams WMHS
    Three Village Csd Stony Brook, NY 11790
  • Art Expression @ The Long Island Museum | An In the Moment program
    The Long Island Museum 1200 NY-25A, Stony Brook, NY 11790
    10:00 am
    • Thursday August 20
  • ARROW New Student Walk Through
    Three Village Csd Stony Brook, NY 11790
    9:00 am
  • SET New Student Walk Through
    Three Village Csd Stony Brook, NY 11790
    11:00 am
  • MINNE New Student Walk Through
    Three Village Csd Stony Brook, NY 11790
    12:00 pm
  • Revitalizing Mishoon Culture on Long Island with Chenae Bullock
    The Long Island Museum 1200 NY-25A, Stony Brook, NY 11790
    3:00 pm
  • Mind Magic: A Night of Laughter and Astonishment →
    Studio Theatre of Long Island, 141 S Wellwood Ave, Lindenhurst
    7:30 pm
    • Saturday August 22
  • SAT (Not at WMHS)
    Three Village Csd Stony Brook, NY 11790
    • Saturday August 29
  • 44th Annual WICC Greatest Bluefish Tournament on Earth with $25,000 Grand Prize →
    Long Island Sound
    12:01 am

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • Uniondale College Admissions Boot Camp Gives High School Seniors Head Start on College Applications (patch.com)
  • The Visionary Behind Queen of the World: Meet Founder & CEO Alice Lee Giannetta (hollywoodtimes.net)
  • Painter Mary Heilmann, Who Brought Warmth to Abstraction, Dead at 86 (artforum.com)

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