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“One of SUNY's great strengths is that we are not simply 64 individual institutions. We are a system — one with extraordinary expertise, talent, and capacity across our campuses.”

-SUNY Oswego President Peter O. Nwosu

November 4, 2026

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Professor Marcelo Araujo and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Araujo is also Co-Chair of the Sunstar Mouth-to-Body Institute. Coverage accounted for 181 (49%) of the 372 mentions of SUNY research over the last 24 hours. Read more: New Global Mouth-To-Body Health Institute Aims to Turn Oral-Systemic Science into Better Prevention and Care.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for the Stony Brook University Hospital Cancer Center and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Canon U.S.A.'s efforts to promote its contributions to cancer care accounted for 150 (40%) of the 372 mentions of SUNY Research over the last 24 hours. Read more: Canon U.S.A., Inc. Celebrates 28 Years of Making Strides Against Breast Cancer in Support of the American Cancer Society.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Old Westbury manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Assistant Professor Sara Williamson will present her findings on consumer trust at the PLMA Trade Show. Read more: PLMA Launches Shopper Intelligence Initiative.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY New Paltz manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Associate Professor Joseph Diamond is uncovering the history of Kingston. Read more: Unearthing Kingston’s Past: Archaeologists Uncover Centuries of Indigenous Life, Colonial Settlement and Forgotten Burial Grounds.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for the Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The center is hosting a conference in New York City that is expected to make a case for renewable liquid fuels. Read more: Heating Fuel Industry Unites Behind Renewable Fuels in New York2026 Advanced Energy Conference (AEC).

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Professor John Pardon and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Stony Brook honored Dr. Pardon for his achievements. Read more: Discovery, Research and Excellence: Stony Brook Celebrates Fields Medal Winner John Pardon.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored grants for the O'Connor Office of Rural Health and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The office is supporting a National Rural Health Day event. Read more: Decker College Celebrates National Rural Health Day With A Community Event.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Jacob Neiheisel and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Neiheisel and Professors Manoj Mate and Conor Dowling will provide commentary on the elections. Read more: UB Experts To Provide Post-Election Day Analysis On Wednesday Morning.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry manages sponsored grants for Associate Professor Leanne Powers and Dr. David Kieber and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Doctoral student Emily Friden earned second place at the 2026 Norma Slepecky Symposium for research she co-authored with Dr. Powers, Dr. Kieber, and Abigail Geschwindt. Read more: Award-Winning Ocean Research Raises Questions About Global Carbon Estimates.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Assistant Professor Lu Dong and a colleague from RAND published the findings of their research on sleep duration in adolescents in JAMA Network Open. Read more: Study Suggests Later School Start Times Bring More Sleep for Teens.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry manages sponsored grants for Assistant Professor Andrew Vander Yacht and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Vander Yacht's students learned how prescribed burns contribute to ecosystem research. Read more: At ESF, Where There’s Smoke, There’s Prescribed Fire Being Taught.

November 3, 2026

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Assistant Professor Guanyu Huang and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Huang is a co-principal investigator with Dr. Jessica Terrien at Spelman College on a $400K NASA project that is helping Spelman create a STEM graduate school pipeline with Stony Brook. Coverage accounted for 124 (59%) of the 210 mentions of SUNY research over the last 24 hours. Read more: Spelman College Receives Nearly $400,000 From NASA To Investigate Climate Change Impacts.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research grants for the Center for Technology in Government and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Researcher Seulki Lee-Geiller published findings on artificial intelligence and politics in the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties. Read more: UAlbany Researcher Calls for Transparency and Digital Literacy as AI Spreads in Politics.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Assistant Professor Tim Thomay and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Thomay and colleagues at two other institutions published their findings on photon fluctuations in Quantum Physics. Read more: Researchers Link Photon Fluctuations to Electron Spin Control.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Distinguished Professor Carol Carter and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Yale Graduate School of Arts & Sciences named Dr. Carter a 2026 recipient of the Wilbur Cross Medal. Read more: Carol Carter Honored with Yale’s Highest Graduate Alumni Award and Stony Brook Microbiologist Receives Highest Honor as a Yale Grad School Alumnus.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY provides NY Creates administrative support and infrastructure that enables staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored research, industry programs, and agency activities. Jacqueline Goralczyk, the Chief Compliance Officer at NY Creates, explored IBM's cybersecurity risks from quantum at the Zywave Cyber Risk Conference. Read more: IBM’s Quantum Safety Lead Doesn’t Expect a Cyber Catastrophe. If One Comes, He’s Watching Payments.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Assistant Professor Quintin Gorman, Jr., and two colleagues from other institutions published in Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race. Read more: W.E.B. Du Bois’ Groundbreaking Theory Gets First Validated Measures By UB Researcher and W.E.B. Du Bois Theory Gets First Validated Measures.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. 17 researchers published their findings on the use of artificial intelligence to create discharge summaries in npj Digital Medicine. Read more: SBU Study: AI May Improve Patient Discharge Summaries and How AI Improves Accuracy Of Hospital Discharge Summaries.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. President Rodriguez' university address discussed Albany's efforts to advance research for the public good and investing in the future of research. Read more: President Rodriguez Reflects on a Decade of Progress in Fall University Address and UAlbany Fall Address 2026: A Decade of Progress.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, students, and affiliated organizations with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. Two seniors at Binghamton University received a $110K prize during the FuzeHub Commercialization Competition at the NYS Innovation Summit. The Research Foundation was a Headshot Sponsor of the 2026 Summit. Read more: SOM Students Win New Prize for EMS Software Company.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, students, and affiliated organizations with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. Two juniors at SUNY Cortland pitched their startups to Entrepreneurs’ Organization New York. Read more: Student Startups Featured in New York City Business Competition.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Professor Derek Taylor and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Taylor and Dominic Tringali published their findings on how beetles shape evolution in Molecular Biology and Evolution. Read more: Beetle Poop May Have Helped Shape Millions of Years of Yeast Evolution.

November 2, 2026

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. President Genco discusses the local impacts of research. Read more: What University at Buffalo's New President Thinks About AI, Research and Local Impact.

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Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) manages and operates Brookhaven National Laboratory on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. BSA is a partnership between Battelle and The Research Foundation for SUNY on behalf of Stony Brook University. Distinguished Professor Abhay Deshpande and colleagues from 70 other institutions published their findings in Physical Review Letters. Read more: From Brookhaven Lab’s Relative Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) : ‘Oxygen Collisions Quench Jets’ Energy at RHIC.’

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Professor Roberto Pili and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Pili is leading a new Advanced Prostate Cancer Clinic in Olean, NY. Read more: Olean General Launches Advanced Prostate Cancer Clinic With UB Oncology Leader.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Upstate Medical University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Baldwin Fund is trying to raise $50M to build a National Cancer Institute at Upstate and support research. Read more: Syracuse's Baldwin Fund Chases $50M to Build a National Cancer Institute at Upstate.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Brockport manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. SUNY Brockport will oversee scientific research and water quality monitoring in partnership with the Town of Greece, which has $539,185 from the Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes Restoration Community Grant Program. Read more: Greece Ramps Up Fight Against Invasive Water Chestnuts Threatening Local Waterways with Grant.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Chancellor King visited Stony Brook researchers. Read more: SUNY Chancellor King Visits Stony Brook University to Highlight Research Excellence.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Sean Massey the Brain and Swallow Laboratory and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Massey and three colleagues from other institutions had work appear in The Oral History Review and the American Journal of Public Health, with Eden Lowinger. Read more: Project Adds to the History of One of The World’s First HIV/AIDS Service Organizations.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research grants for the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity's Drone Lab and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The College is entering into a new partnership with the Albany Police Department. Read more: Ready for Takeoff: New Partnership Offers Students Hands-On Drone Training.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry manages sponsored research grants for Assistant Professor Cole Gross and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Gross is leading a research initiative studying the integration of trees into pastures. Read more: SUNY ESF Plants First Trees in Multi-Farm Silvopasture Research Initiative.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants for the Brain and Swallow Laboratory and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The lab's co-director, Assistant Professor Sundeepkumar Venkatesan was recognized for a new film. Read more: New Film from Decker College Professor Humanizes a Patient’s Struggles with Swallowing.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, students, and affiliated organizations with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. The Research Foundation offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more about the new world-class discoveries that are AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING on SUNY Tech Connect and inpart.

October 30, 2026

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Binghamton joined the Battery Manufacturing (BattMan) Accelerator, a new national consortium to deliver energy storage innovation. Online coverage of this story accounted for 136 (46%) of the 297 mentions of SUNY research over the last 48 hours. Read more: Binghamton Joins DOE-Backed U.S. Battery Consortium.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Amber Silver and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Silver contributed to media coverage of storms and disaster management. Read more: Extreme Weather Is Creating a Perfect Storm of Misinformation.

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After the activation of the Empire State VII disrupted coursework at SUNY Maritime, the U.S. Maritime Administration is considering changes. The administration is concerned that colleges are using the vessels as a substitute for having sufficient capacity to conduct instruction ashore. Read more: US Maritime Administration Weighs National Security Vessel Hot Standby Option.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Professor Liang Chen and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Chen and his colleagues in Taiwan published their findings on drug-resistant bacteria in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read more: Discovery of Drug-Resistant Bacteria Strain in Taiwan Raises Global Health Concerns.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Sharon Bryant and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Bryant, Associate Professor Rosemary Collier, Professor Serdar Atav, and Postdoctoral Fellow Danielle Ongondo published the findings of their research about sickle cell disease. Read more: HMN 2026: How Social, Financial and Health Care Factors Shape Resilience in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Professor Roberto Pili and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Pili and Professor Saby George, working with colleagues from eight other institutions published their research on kidney cancer treatments in The LANCET Oncology. Read more: Dual Vegf-Targeted Therapy Extends Kidney Cancer Survival.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Lina Begdache and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Begdache wrote in The Conversation about the impact of shorter days on mood. Read more: Shorter Days Affect The Mood Of Millions Of Americans – A Nutritional Neuroscientist Offers Tips On How To Avoid The Winter Blues and Shorter Days Affect the Mood of Millions of Americans – A Nutritional Neuroscientist Offers Tips on How to Avoid the Winter Blues.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Elizabeth Bowen and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism awarded Dr. Bowen a $2.135M grant to study alcohol recovery. Read more: UB Researcher Wins $2.1M Grant to Study Alcohol Recovery.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Professor Rodney Gabel and doctoral student Ladan Khoshbin published their findings on stuttering therapy in the Journal of Fluency Disorders. Read more: Personal Stories Offer New Insights Into Stuttering Therapy, Binghamton Researchers Find and Binghamton Researchers Find Personal Stories Aid Stuttering Therapy.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Chancellor King met with researchers at Stony Brook. Read more: Chancellor King Visits the State University of New York at Stony Brook to Highlight Research Excellence.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Shenglong Zhang and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The National Human Genome Research Institute awarded the RNA Institute $1.5M to join a multi-institution collaboration. Read more: UAlbany Joins $10 Million Effort to Map RNA Modifications in the Human Body.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Professor Liliana Dávalos and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Three of her former students credit her world-class research lab for preparing them. They recently published their research on bats in Nature. Read more: Ecology and Evolution Alumni Explore Bat Longevity.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Upstate Medical University manages sponsored research grants for Professor Cynthia Shannon Weickert and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The National Institute of Mental Health awarded Dr. Weickert $3.4M to investigate brain inflammation and schizophrenia. Read more: $3.4 Million Grant Will Explore New Theory About Schizophrenia.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants at the Community Health Equity Research Institute and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Researchers participated in a conference exploring ways to improve health outcomes. Read more: UB Hosts Inaugural Regional Health Equity Conference.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Canton manages sponsored research grants at the Community Health Equity Research Institute and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Associate Professors Michelle Johnston and Charles Robinson won the C. Edward Shaffer Award for Best Research Presentation. Read more: SUNY Canton Criminal Justice Faculty Win Research Award.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Carlos Colosqui and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Colosqui's grant from the National Science Foundation supports workforce development initiatives and complements a new UB Co-Op. Read more: Department of Mechanical Engineering Launches Co-Op Program.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research grants for Assistant Professor Sujata Murty and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Murty explains her team's research on extracting climate history from coral skeletons. Read more: Oceans, on The Record: What Corals Can Tell Us About Our Past and Future Climate.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Distinguished Professor Ramana Davuluri and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The American College of Medical Informatics named Dr. Davuluri a 2026 Fellow. Read more: Internationally Recognized Molecular Data Scientist Named ACMI Fellow.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Stephanie Anzman-Frasca and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health awarded Dr. Anzman-Frasca $4M to study a family-based approach to obesity prevention. Read more: Could Online Grocery Shopping Help Families Eat Healthier?

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Lecturer Rita Nezami and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Nezami discussed her research in a recent event on campus. Read more: A Room of Their Own, Under the Open Sky.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Zachary Morris and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Investor Education Foundation awarded Dr. Morris a grant to develop a consumer price index for people with disabilities. Read more: Zach Morris Receives Grant to Build First Inflation Measure for People with Disabilities.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Christina Balderrama-Durbin and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. More than half of Dr. Balderrama-Durbin's students support veterans. Read more: Serving Those Who Served: Binghamton Psychology Graduates Support Veterans.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, students, and affiliated organizations with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. The Research Foundation offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more about the new world-class discoveries that are AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING on SUNY Tech Connect and inpart.

October 28, 2026

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The Research Foundation for SUNY manages sponsored research grants for the State University of New York and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Chancellor King discussed Empire AI and integrating AI into the curriculum. Read more: Chancellor King: SUNY Weighs AI Promise and Risks as Campuses Adopt New Tools.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Assistant Professor Gregory Funston, working with seven colleagues from other institutions, published his research on a new dinosaur species in Nature Communications. Read more: Stony Brook Paleontologist Dinosaur Discovery Reveals a Specialized Fruit Eater and New Dinosaur Species Infernogallus Jamesi Identified As First Known Fruit-Eater.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Researchers from Stony Brook and two other institutions published their findings on blood proteins in Geromedicine. Read more: Plasma Proteins Offer Clues to Biological Aging and Mortality Risk.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Old Westbury manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Adjunct Professor Deborah Heiser contributed to an online article about children leaving home. Read more: 7 Things Boomer Mothers Do After Their Children Leave That Look Like Moving on but Are Actually Quiet Acts of Holding On.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Oneonta manages sponsored program grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Students from SUNY Oneonta and SUNY Geneseo comment about their participation in a SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College summer archaeology program at Hartwick College's Pine Lake Environmental Campus. Read more: Pine Lake Archaeological Discovery Spurs New Questions.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Geneseo manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Professor Katherine Cann published her findings on climate adaptation sciences in PLOS Climate. Read more: Why Collaborative Climate Research Keeps Falling Short of Transforming Adaptation.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages Assistant Professor Tuhin Chakrabarty's sponsored research grant and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Chakrabarty's research on the use of artificial intelligence in publications continues to receive coverage. Read more: Can scientists reliably tell if a novel is written using AI?

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Professor Benjamin Luft and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Luft and Distinguished Professor Nancy Tomes are presenting on "9/11: Front Event to Legacy." Read more: November 19 Provost’s Lecture to Explore the Legacy of 9/11.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Distinguished Professor Barry Smith and Assistant Professor John Beverley and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Smith and Dr. Beverley are conducting a lecture on “Why AI Will Not Steal Your Job.” Read more: UB Experts to Discuss AI’s Impact on the Future Workforce.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry manages sponsored research grants at Tully Field Station and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Willow from the station was used to create a public art installation at Thornden Park. Read more: From Research Field to Public Art: ESF-Donated Willow Shapes New Thornden Park Installation.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Oswego manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. SUNY Oswego is hosting a technology conference. Read more: 87 Years of Innovation: SUNY Oswego’s Technology Conference Brings Diverse Ideas to Life.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Assistant Professor Jorge Mendez-Mendez secured SEED funding for his lab to develop models that help robots interact. Read more: ECE Project Helping Robots Better Interact with the World.