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October 6, 2026
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked Stony Brook at number 188. Stony Brook attributed the jump in rankings to John Pardon's Fields Medal and an increase in researchers' peer-reviewed publications. Read more: Stony Brook University Ranks Top 200 Worldwide as a Research University.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University manages sponsored research and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Michael A. Weber is presenting his research at AHA Hypertension 2026. Coverage of his upcoming presentation accounted for 130 (76%) of the 170 mentions of SUNY research over the last 24 hours. Read more: Efficacy of Aprocitentan in Patients Across the Cardiometabolic Disease Spectrum, Including Obesity, To Be Presented at AHA Hypertension.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University manages sponsored research and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Victoria Palmer, a second-year resident at Downstate, published with colleagues from Florida State and Wake Forest in the Archives of Dermatological Research. Read more: Conditioners for Textured Hair Carry Hidden Allergens and a Steep Price Premium.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Brockport manages sponsored research grants for Professor Jacques Rinchard and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Graduate researcher Colin Clark and Dr. Rinchard, working with colleagues from the University of Vermont and Oregon State, published in Scientific Reports. Read more: Lake Trout Embryos Absorb Vitamin B1 Directly From Lake Water, Study Finds.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Professor Lauren Hale and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Senior Post-Doctoral Researcher Gina Marie Mathew and Dr. Hale, working with colleagues from Emory University, published their findings in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. Read more: Sleep Does Not Explain Racial Gaps in Grades and Absences Among Georgia Ninth Graders.
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. Four researchers will give Pathbreaking Research Talks on day 3 of Research & Entrepreneurship Week. Read more: Public Impact Headlines UAlbany Research & Entrepreneurship Week 2026.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for SUNY Empire Innovation Professor Pavlos Kollias and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Kollias was awarded a distinction that "...reflects career-long outstanding contributions to the field of meteorology." Read more: Pavlos Kollias Named a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society.
October 5, 2026
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants for Professor Adam Laats and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Laats' contributions to reporting about the value of higher education accounted for 57 (40%) of the 143 mentions of SUNY research over the last 48 hours. Read more: Americans Increasingly Question the Importance of a College Degree.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research at the Center for Behavioral Health Promotion and Applied Research and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Jessica Martin, the director of the center, commented on her research studying gambling and the lack of federal funding available for problem gambling. Read more: Sports Gambling Is Everywhere. Is It Harming Young Adults?
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants for Professor Carl Lipo and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Lipo and a colleague from the University of Arizona published their research about Easter Island in the Journal of Archaeological Studies. Read more: Easter Island Moai Were Moved Upright, Study By Researchers Says.
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 Gloria Aidoo-Frimpong and five colleagues published their research on the WISE WOMAN study in BMC Health Services Research. Read more: Young Women in Ghana Co-Design New Paths to HIV Testing and Prevention.
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. Rehman Basharat and Javed Iqbal published a research letter on rosacea in the Archives of Dermatological Research. Read more: Massive Real-World Data Study Tracks Rosacea Rates Across the United States.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Assistant Professor Robin Costello received a four-year, $1.16M grant from the National Science Foundation. Read more: UB Receives NSF Grant Aimed at Making Scientists More Relatable to Students.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry manages sponsored research and workforce development initiatives and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. New York State is investing in the Lands and Forests Internship Program to provide SUNY students with hands-on experience, while advancing the Department of Environmental Conservation's mission. Read more: SUNY ESF, DEC Expand Statewide Internship Partnership with $6.7 Million Agreement Through 2030.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research for Clinical Associate Professor Amanda B. Hassinger and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Hassinger was named to the Pediatric Gold Standard Panel of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine’s Sleep Inter-Scorer Reliability program. Read more: UB Pediatric Sleep Expert Is One Of Five Named To International Panel That Guides Sleep Treatment.
October 2, 2026
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Research Assistant Professor Ritwik Banerjee and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Banerjee updated Consul General Binaya Srikanta Pradhan on Stony Brook's addition to Project Tapestry. This coverage accounted for 209 (53%) of the 395 mentions of SUNY research over the last 48 hours. Read more: Project Tapestry Gains Momentum for Sovereign AI During UN General Assembly Week.
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 and Laura Gruenburg from Stony Brook University, working with colleagues from three other institutions, published in Climate Dynamics. Read more: Coral Skeletons and Ocean Models Reveal Hidden Decades of Change in the Indonesian Seas.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants for Professor Brandon Gibb and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Gibb and two colleagues published in the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. Read more: Children At Risk for Depression Get “Stuck” On Sad Faces.
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. Four researchers from UB, working with colleagues from three other institutions, published in Nature Communications. Read more: UB Researchers Grow Salivary Mini Organs From Pluripotent Stem Cells and UB Researchers Grow Salivary Mini Organs from Pluripotent Stem Cells.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research grants for Professor Brian Tang and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Tang wrote an article for The Conversation about the recent storm on the East Coast. Read more: Why The Nor'easter’s Storm Surge Was So High, And What It Says About The El Niño Winter Ahead.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Professor Ulas Sunar and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Sunar and Irfan Dar, working with colleagues from two other institutions, published in Neurocritical Care. Read more: Blood Flow and Brain Waves Combine to Detect Consciousness in Severely Injured Patients.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Cortland manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. A research team led by Dr. Xiaoye Xu published a study in PLOS One on the impact of different parenting patterns. Read more: How Parenting Profiles are Associated with Children’s Behavioural and Emotional Problems.
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 launched a new Cyber-Physical AI Trust and Integrity research cluster. Read more: New Research Cluster To Take Real-World Approach For Detecting ‘Deepfake’ Videos And Images and Research Cluster Takes Real-World Approach to Detecting Deepfakes.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Distinguished Professor Alexander Zamolodchikov and Professor John Pardon and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Both Professors were elected as members of the Fundamental Sciences and Mathematics Division of the European Academy of Engineering. Read more: Pardon, Zamolodchikov Inducted into European Academy of Engineering and Stony Brook University Professors Inducted into European Academy of Engineering.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Upstate Medical University manages sponsored research grants for Distinguished Professor Julio Licinio and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Licinio co-authored a conceptual paper in Brain Health. Read more: ‘Criticome’ Review Says Childhood Experiences Can Permanently Shape the Brain.
The Research Foundation for SUNY provides staffing services to New York Sea Grant and administers and manages its grants to Stony Brook University, ensuring compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Two Stony Brook students completed internships with New York Sea Grant over the summer. Read more: SoMAS Students Reflect on Their Summer Science Fellowships with Sea Grant.
and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Upstate medical research community gathered for the Biomedical Sciences Retreat, which included a poster session where students could present their research. Read more: From Cancer to Cell Biology, Upstate Researchers Share Discoveries at Annual Retreat.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Alexander Khmaladze and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Khmaladze teamed up with the UAlbany quarterback coach to explain the physics behind throwing a football. Read more: UAlbany Experts Explain the Science of a Perfect Pass.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Assistant Professor Jujun Huang explains the implications of using artificial intelligence to influence investment decisions. Read more: Will AI Make Corporate Communication Sound The Same?
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. Upstate is hosting the 31st Annual Central New York Psychopharmacology Update on October 2, 2026. Read more: Upstate Experts to Share the Latest in Psychopharmacology.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Brockport manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Professor Jennifer Ratcliff and Associate Professor James Witnauer are exploring the use of deepfake technology for social modeling. Read more: Deepfakes for Real Change.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Professor Mark Bartholomew and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Professor Bartholomew explores the future of artificial intelligence in a new article in William and Mary Law Review. Read more: Will AI spell an end to shopping?
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Professor Lav Varshney and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Varshney, the Director of Stony Brook's AI Innovation Institute, led a discussion on the impacts of artificial intelligence. Read more: Lav Varshney Discusses AI and the Physical Economy of Intelligence.
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. Researchers at Upstate have co-developed a Dengue Human Infection Model. Read more: Florida Dengue Outbreak Highlights Importance of Upstate Research.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Dean Marcelo W.B. Araujo and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Araujo was elected to an international professional organization for dentists. Read more: Marcelo W.B. Araujo elected to FDI World Dental Federation Science Committee.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Geneseo provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Distinguished Professor Michael Oberg published his research in a new book. Read more: Distinguished History Professor’s Book Explores 500-Year History of Onondaga Nation.
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.
- Farmingdale State College: Methods for evaluating potential pathogenicity of mutations in BRCA2 BRC repeats.
September 30, 2026
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. Governor Hochul announced $945K for Stony Brook to train students in nuclear-aligned welding; heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration; and radiation. The funding also includes four paid internships at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Read more: Governor Hochul Announces $10 Million in NYPA Funding To Support Advanced Nuclear Workforce Development Programs Across New York State.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Holly Jean Buck and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The MacArthur Foundation awarded Dr. Buck a "genius" grant of $800K over the next five years. Coverage of the award accounted for 73 (30%) of the 244 mentions of SUNY research over the last 24 hours. Read more: UB’s Holly Jean Buck named MacArthur Fellow and The Macarthur Foundation’s ‘Genius’ Fellows: The Full 2026 Class List.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants for Assistant Professors Eliza Grames and Lindsey Swierk and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Grames, Dr. Swierk, Suyeon Jang, Julianna Yager, and 16 colleagues from other institutions published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity. Read more: Insects Are Essential To Vertebrate Life — As Food, Shelter And Medicine and Insects Play Critical Role in Ecosystems Beyond Just Providing Food, New Research Shows.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research grants for Professor Shawn Bushway and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Bushway co-authored an article about the research that he co-authored in the Annual Review of Criminology. Read more: New UAlbany Research Shows Steep and Continuing Decline in Prison Population and The Unheralded End of Mass Incarceration.
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. Dr. was one of four recipients of the prestigious Fields Medal for outstanding mathematical achievement in existing work and the promise of future achievement. Read more: From Overcoming Childhood Fears to Winning the Fields Medal: How Math Shaped American Mathematician John Pardon's Life.
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 Kenneth McLeod wrote an article about his team's research at the Clinical Science and Engineering Lab. Read more: Understanding Low Blood Pressure's Impact on Aging Brain.
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. Stony Brook researchers participated in Climate Week events. Read more: Stony Brook University, New York Climate Exchange Take Center Stage at Climate Week NYC.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Morrisville manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Professor Elisa Livengood and her students are helping to restore a creek. Read more: SUNY Morrisville Aquaculture Students Have A Hand In Restoring Native Habitat.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Professors Paschalis Alexandridis and Marina Tsianou and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Alexandridis, Dr. Tsianou, Dr. Jacob Licht, and Dr. Christian Ferger presented their research and published it in the journals Resources, Conservation & Recycling, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, and Polymers. Read more: Chemical Engineering Faculty Develop Paths To Recycling Multilayer Plastic Films.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Cortland manages sponsored research grants and workforce development programs and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. A Cortland senior is conducting undergraduate research through a partnership with The Migrant Education Tutorial and Support Services Program. Read more: Health Research Project Puts Empathy into Action.
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. Albany researchers will participate in a clean energy workshop. Read more: UAlbany to Convene New York Energy Leaders for 2026 Clean Energy Pathways Workshop.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. An endowment will support future research at the Ronald M. Miles Acoustics Core, a lab honoring the professor and his research. Read more: Naming Of Watson College’s Acoustics Core Honors Longtime Professor And His Groundbreaking Research.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Upstate Medical University manages sponsored research grants for Assistant Professor Marie Bechler and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Bechler and eight colleagues published their research findings in PLOS Biology. Read more: Upstate Researchers Uncover Clue to How the Brain Wires Itself.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Cortland manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Cortland researchers mentored students participating in a summer research program. Read more: EOP Scholars Participate In Research Program.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Dean Brenda Jonotha and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded her $2.9M over four years. Read more: Brenda Janotha Secures HRSA Award to Boost Rural Nursing Education and Brenda Janotha Secures HRSA Award to Boost Rural Nursing Education.
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. The National Institutes of Health awarded Zhibin Cui and Harim Tavares dos Santos two-year, $320K grants for separate projects. Read more: Early Career Oral Biology Researchers Receive NIH Funding For Disease-Oriented Projects.
September 29, 2026
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. Governor Hochul announced legislation that includes funding for the New York Climate Exchange, a non-profit consortium led by Stony Brook that will promote climate education and research. Read more: Governor Hochul Signs Legislation to Advance Climate Action and Protect Environment.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Alfred State College manages sponsored grants for research and workforce development programs and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Congressman Nick Langworthy announced nearly $3M in federal funding for the college. Read more: Alfred State awarded $3 million Title III Grant and Press Release: Nick Langworthy Announces Federal Funding for Alfred State College Workforce Programs.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Seokheun Choi and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Choi, Guangya Yuan, and Yang Gao published the results of their study in Advanced Energy Materials. Read more: Wallpaper That Generates Power? Binghamton University Researchers Have Developed It and Binghamton Researchers Develop Power-Generating Wallpaper.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages the sponsored research grants at the Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab ("the UB Food Lab") and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Research from the UB Food Lab is informing the efforts of a new initiative to support underserved communities. Read more: Highmark, Buffalo Bills Foundation Unveil Victory Table Initiative.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Upstate Medical University manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Jana Shaw and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr Shaw contributed to media coverage of changes in childhood vaccination rates. Read more: Why More New York Children Are Falling Behind On Childhood Vaccinations.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY College of Optometry manages sponsored research grants at the University Eye Center and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The center's director, Dr. Marina Su, received a 2026 Professional Achievement Alumni Award from Marhsall B. Ketchum University. Read more: Marshall B. Ketchum University Honors Alumni With 2026 Distinguished Alumni Awards.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Oneonta manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Professor Matthew Hendley led the research and refurbishment of the gravesite of a formerly enslaved man who became a free Black landowner. Read more: Plaque, New Headstone Honor Formerly Enslaved Man In Otsego County.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Professor Joshua Plotkin and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Plotkin was the senior author of a study published in Neuron. Read more: New Research Reveals a Specific Brain Circuit Implicated in OCD and Research Reveals a Specific Brain Circuit Implicated in OCD.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Distinguished Professor Daniel Klein and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Klein received an award from the Association for Psychological Science. Read more: Daniel Klein Receives 2027 Mentor Award from the Association for Psychological Science.
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. Researchers will participate in the 2026 Albany Nanotechnology Symposium on October 22-23, 2026, as a part of Albany's Research & Economic Development Week. Read more: 2026 Albany Nanotechnology Symposium at UAlbany Spotlights Metrology Advances.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Upstate Medical University manages the sponsored research grants of Clinical Assistant Professor Lisa Lai and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Lai is co-director of Upstate’s Breast Cancer Program, which is hosting mobile mammography events. Read more: Upstate Mobile Mammography Van brings breast cancer screening to communities this October.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants at the Building and Environment Visualization Lab and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The lab is generating new knowledge, supporting student-driven research, supporting design education, and deepening design integration. Read more: Making the Invisible Visible: UB Lab Links Data to Design.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Polytechnic Institute manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Derek Taylor, John Reade, and Whitesboro High School teachers Michael Eramo and Sean Ryan received a $50K grant from the National Science Foundation. Read more: SUNY Poly, Whitesboro Educators Partner to Expand AI and Computer Science Learning.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Empire State University manages sponsored research grants for and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Professor Jason Russell provides context to increase understanding of the United States and Canada's trade relations. Read more: Decoding the U.S.–Canada “Trade War” with Faculty Expert Jason Russell.
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 Jiawei (Joe) Zhou; PhD students Haoyan Yang, Solha Park, Huajian Zhang, and Yiyang Feng; and master’s students Mario Xerri and Sai Akhil Kogilathota, had their research accepted for publication in Transactions on Machine Learning Research. Read more: Stony Brook Researchers Develop a Blueprint for Self-Improving AI.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Brikena Kukaj and Nini Dzotsenidze will participate in a 15-month mentored research experience. Read more: Binghamton’s Beckman Scholars Find Their Futures In Research.
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. SUNY Upstate Medical University is hosting a full-day event at the Central New York Biotech Accelerator on October 8, 2026. Read more: Upstate To Showcase Medical Innovation, Entrepreneurship At CNYBAC 10th Anniversary Celebration.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Assistant Professor Elizabeth Bowen and Associate Professor Jangmin Kim and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Bowen, Dr. Kim, and Dr. Samantha Koury received a $200K grant from the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports to test a new program. Read more: UB Social Work Researchers Partner With Local Agency To Test Innovative Addiction Recovery Program.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Stanley Bak and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Bak led a team of researchers who designed a software tool named vibecheck. Read more: Bak’s Team Places Second, Wins Best Newcomer Award at 2026 VNN-COMP.
September 28, 2026
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research grants for Professor Paul Roundy and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. His contributions to media coverage of storms accounted for 115 (52%) of the 222 mentions of SUNY research over the last 72 hours. Read more: The Pacific is churning with hurricanes. The Atlantic is quiet. Blame El Niño.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Julien Panetier and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Panetier and Christina Zeng, working with colleagues from Ohio State, Yale, and Hebrew University, co-authored a sponsored study in Nature Catalysis. Read more: Chemists Design Novel Method For Generating Sustainable Fuel.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Professor Jun Qu and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Qu and Jie Pu, working with colleagues from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Translational Research Institute, co-authored a study in Clinical Proteomics. Read more: New Mass Spectrometry Assay Tracks 42 Obesity Biomarkers in a Single Blood Test.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Professor Timothy Glotch and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Glotch, a participating scientist on the Artemis lunar surface science team, discusses the implications of a crater on the moon. Read more: SBU Geology Chair Timothy Glotch Discusses New, Rare Lunar Crater.
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. Researchers from Albany co-authored a National Science Foundation-funded study that developed a new capability to assist with preparations for storms. Read more: New Tool Gives Officials Up To Five Extra Days To Prepare Before A Hurricane Suddenly Intensifies.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Distinguished Professor Chunming Qiao and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Qiao and Xuerui Li co-authored a study in Applied Intelligence. Read more: Smarter Client Selection Cuts Federated Learning Costs and Thwarts Privacy Attacks.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Daniel Holstein and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Holstein and colleagues from four other institutions published in Coral Reefs. Read more: Ocean Currents That Heal Reefs Also Spread Coral Disease, Simulations Reveal.
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 leads the National Science Foundation-funded Energy Storage Engine in Upstate New York, a coalition that includes over 60 academic, industry, nonprofit, government, and community partners. Read more at: Photon Marine Receives $1 Million Inaugural MegaBoost Award to Launch Marine Electrification Ecosystem in Upstate New York.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Professor Lav Varshney and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Varshney led a discussion based on his work as the Director of Stony Brook's Artificial Intelligence Innovation Institute. Read more: Lav Varshney Discusses AI and the Physical Economy of Intelligence.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Fredonia manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Fredonia Program Evaluation Center has a new research-focused pilot internship. Read more: New Internship Offers Student Chance To Apply Knowledge.
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.
- SUNY Polytechnic Institute: Lateral SiC HV MOSFET design and Isolation technique.
- University at Albany: Community Asset Tracker.
September 25, 2026
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Professor Liliana Davalos and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Davalos was the senior author of a study involving 137 researchers from 64 countries. This coverage accounted for 165 (36%) of the 459 mentions of SUNY research over the last 48 hours. Read more: New Genomic Research Reveals Bats Originated in Europe and Where Did Bats Originate From? New Research Reveals Answer.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Professor Jonathan Lovel and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. His contributions to international media coverage of a survey measuring receptiveness to a dementia vaccine accounted for 50 (11%) of the 459 mentions of SUNY research over the last 48 hours. Read more: Dementia vaccine: 72 percent would take it - but one group is particularly hesitant.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Five researchers published their findings on the use of a new method for locating landmines in Remote Sensing. Read more: Researchers Use Drones, Machine Learning To Detect Dangerous 'Butterfly' Landmines.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research grants at the Center for Technology in Government and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Research at the center examined the role of libraries in understanding and evaluating artificial intelligence tools. Read more: UAlbany Study Examines Public Library AI Programs and Public Libraries' Role in AI Technology Evaluation.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY Update Medical University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Thomas Frazier is speaking before a Florida task force examining therapy provided to children with autism. Read more: Autism Speaks Chair, Managed Care Plans Up on Next ABA Task Force Agenda.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY College of Optometry manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Researchers at the college are participating in a meeting hosted by The Choroideremia Research Foundation on a rare eye disease that causes vision loss. Read more: Choroideremia Research Foundation to Host Free Blindness and Low Vision Community Event in New York City.
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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Plattsburgh manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Former Professor David Franzi, who retired in 2024 after nearly 40 years of research and teaching at Plattsburgh, is still contributing to the field. Read more: Massive Lakes Formed as Glaciers Retreated From Northern New York. A Geologist Thinks They Need New Names.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Professor Sophie Nowicki and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The American Geophysical Union elected Dr. Nowecki as a fellow. Read more: UB Ice Sheet Expert Sophie Nowicki Elected AGU Fellow and UB ice sheet expert Sophie Nowicki elected AGU fellow.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Professors Devinder Mahajan and Alexander Orlov and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Board of Directors of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers elected both professors as fellows. Read more: CEAS Professors Mahajan and Orlov Elected Fellows of AIChE.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research grants for Assistant Professor Walid Redjem and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The National Science Foundation awarded Dr. Redjem a $588,285 CAREER Award to advance his work in quantum photonics. Read more: NSF Award Supports UAlbany Researcher’s Mission to Make Quantum Accessible.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Upstate Medical University manages sponsored research grants for Clinical Professor Reza Saidi and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Saidi and Dr. Phuoc Le Nguyen participated in a rare three-way exchange transplant surgery. Read more: Three kidneys, three states, one lifesaving chain.
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. The Center for Advanced Technology in Big Data and Health Sciences is working with industry to fund research and development projects. Read more: UB CAT launches $900,000 in R&D projects, building on $262 million in economic impact.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Downstate is receiving $1.5M to establish a new center. Read more: Governor Hochul Awards SUNY Downstate $1.5 Million To Establish Lifespan Neural Dynamics Center.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Professor Anatoly Frenkel and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Frenkel is assuming new responsibilities in addition to his research. Read more: Genesis Mission Award Recipient and AI Expert Named Chair of Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Maksim Royzen and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Undergraduate researcher Christina Casey is a member of his lab at the RNA Institute. Read more: For Undergrad Researcher Christina Casey, Chemistry Always Clicked.
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. Stony Brook is expanding its relationship with the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a nonprofit specializing in biomedical research and education. Read more: Stony Brook, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Deepen Research and Graduate Education Partnership.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. PhD candidate Neda Amiri Rad is researching the genes contributing to rheumatic diseases. Read more: To Honor Her Mother’s Memory, Phd Student Researches Autoimmune Diseases.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Research Associate Professor Daniel Kruger and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Kruger, working with colleagues from five other institutions, published the results of his research in Psychedelics. Read more: Study: Obscure 1967 Guide For LSD Use Still Relevant As Psychedelics Gain In Popularity.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Assistant Professor Kyle Artelle presented the results of his research on potential tool use by wolves, which was published in Ecology and Evolution. Read more: ESF's Dale Travis Lecture Explores Groundbreaking Wolf Research and Indigenous Partnerships.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Cobleskill manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Assistant Professor Mairi Meehan and undergraduate student Tiffany Miele conducted research funded by a $400K National Science Foundation grant. Read more: Reading 30 Years of Otsego Lake History, One Zooplankton at a Time.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Cortland provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Professor Christopher Badurek and Associate Professor Karen Lister joined the second cohort of SUNY AI for the Public Good Fellows. Read more: Two Cortland Faculty Members Earn SUNY Fellowships.
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. Aditya Upadhyay founded a company to allow people to speak with the International Space Station. Read more: Aditya Upadhyay ’25 Launches ‘Call a Satellite’ and From Stony Brook to the Stars: Aditya Upadhyay ’25 Launches Call a Satellite.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Professor Gregory Homish and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The American Public Health Association awarded him with a mentoring award. Read more: SPHHP's Homish receives American Public Health Association’s Public Health Mentoring Award.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Professor Stephanie Kelton and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Kelton is appearing on Join the Conversation with correspondent David Brancaccio. Read more: Stephanie Kelton Appearing on WSHU’s ‘Join the Discussion’ on the Economy and Our Future.
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.
- University at Buffalo: A Novel 14-3-3 Inhibitor to treat chronic pain.
- SUNY Polytechnic Institute: New Ligands for Metal-Containing EUV Resists.
September 23, 2026
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. A recent briefing brought together researchers and Congress to discuss quantum science and workforce needs. Read more: Stony Brook Brings Quantum Leadership to Capitol Hill and Stony Brook Hosts Congressional Briefing on Quantum Technology.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages Professor Kristen Corbosiero's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Her contributions to media reporting about storms accounted for 367 (65%) of the 562 mentions of SUNY research over the last 24 hours. Read more: Hurricane Polo Intensifies to Category 5 Off Mexican Coast.
The Research Foundation for SUNY provides staffing services to New York Sea Grant and administers and manages its grants to SUNY Morrisville, ensuring compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The New York Sea Grant program is a partnership between the State University of New York and Cornell University and is one of 34 university-based Sea Grant programs administered through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. SUNY Morrisville partnered with New York Sea Grant and Michigan Sea Grant to deliver a workshop. Read more: SUNY Morrisville Aquaculture Center Hosts Hands-On Workshop For Educators and Summer Workshop Provides Hands-On Aquaponics Training to NYS Educators.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. ESF's overall score on a recent award reflects its comprehensive approach to integrating environmental stewardship through research. Read more: SUNY ESF Earns STARS Platinum Again, Secures No. 1 Rankings in Curriculum and Investment.
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. Strategic Partnership with the University at Albany is a central feature of the new Ramaiah Institute of Science and Management. Read more: Ramaiah Group Expands Bengaluru Campus with New Science and Management Institute.
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. CurePSP expanded its Center of Care network to include Stony Brook University, enabling research for neurodegenerative diseases. Read more: CurePSP Expands Center of Care Network to Europe, Adding Eight New Institutions Worldwide.
The National Association of Higher Education Systems (NASH) announced the launch of the NASH AI Advisory Board. Mike Christakis, Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment at the University at Albany, is a member of the steering committee and is chairing the governance, ethics, and risk working group. Read more: NASH Launches First National AI Advisory Board Built Exclusively for Public Higher Education Systems.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Altera announced that Downstate is the first organization to use its AI system to capture patient-provider conversations. Read more: Brooklyn’s University Hospital at Downstate Taps Altera Digital Health’s Sunrise Thread AI to Free Clinicians from the Keyboard and Reconnect with Patients.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Assistant Professor Jamir Marino and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Marino, working with colleagues from three other institutions, published in Physical Review Letters. Read more: Physicists Crack The Math Connecting Ultraslow Quantum Magnetism To Ultrafast Black-Hole Physics.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. The Postdoc LINK Research Symposium, "... brought together postdocs, faculty, campus partners and university leaders for a day of research presentations, interdisciplinary exchange, professional connection and recognition of postdoctoral achievement." Postdoctoral researchers receive employee appointments with The Research Foundation for SUNY to conduct advanced research and provide training in a field of expertise after earning a PhD or MD. Read more: LINK to Success: Symposium Celebrates Stony Brook Postdocs.
The Research Foundation for SUNY manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures at SUNY Upstate Medical University and Binghamton University. A research team from both universities received a new grant. Read more: $3.3M NIH Grant Will Study Opioid Treatment During Breastfeeding.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Empire State University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Assistant Professor Diane Shichtman was named a fellow. Read more: Professor Diane Shichtman Named to Second Cohort of SUNY AI for the Public Good Fellows.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Fredonia provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Professor Tai Yi is serving as the President of a Korean-American association whose objectives include promoting research. Read more: Faculty member contributes to the Korea-America Finance Association.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Cobleskill provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Cobleskill became the fourth research institution to take a pledge. Read more: College Takes “100% Great Lakes Fish Pledge,” Part of Ongoing Commitment to Fully Use Each Fish.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Fredonia provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Dr. Jessie Norris published the results of his research on homicides commited while under the influence of psychedelic drugs in the Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. Read more: Article Published by Faculty Member.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Polytechnic Institute manages sponsored research grants for Assistant Professor Shing-Chi Leung and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Leung and his student, Quintin Weigand, published in Physics Education. Read more: Dr. Shing-Chi Leung, SUNY Poly Student Publish Research on Quantum Simulators.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Fredonia provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Dr. Natalie Gerber published the results of her research on Robert Frost in the Robert Frost Review. Read more: Gerber article published in Robert Frost Review.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. The foundation looks forward to supporting the future research of a new fellow. Read more: Schwenderman-Randall Selected as a Dr. W. Burghardt Turner Fellow.
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.
- SUNY Polytechnic Institute: New Ligands for Metal-Containing EUV Resists.
September 22, 2026
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. Governor Hochel announced new capabilities that will expand access to data for meteorologists and emergency managers. This coverage accounted for 38 (11%) of the 348 mentions of SUNY Research over the last 72 hours. Read more: Governor Hochul Announces Launch of State University of New York at Albany's Mesonet Climatology Portal as Part of Climate Week and New York Mesonet Opens Public Portal For Decade Of Weather Data.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research grants at the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The New York State Mesonet is launching a new capability. Read more: UAlbany's New York State Mesonet Marks a Decade of Weather Monitoring with Launch of Climatology Website.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Upstate Medical University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Dr. Andrew Cutler's comments about a new drug accounted for 123 (35%) of the 348 mentions of SUNY Research over the last 72 hours. Read more: AbbVie Highlights New Real-World Data Supporting the Effectiveness of VRAYLAR® (cariprazine) at Psych Congress 2026.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Potsdam manages sponsored research grants for Professor Michael Rygel and Associate Professor Page Quinton and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The National Science Foundation awarded Dr. Rygel and Dr. Quinton $412K to further their research on sedimentary rocks. Read more: SUNY Potsdam Geoscientists Awarded National Science Foundation Grant.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Assistant Clinical Professor Sarah Marshall was recognized for her achievements. This coverage accounted for 14 (4%) of the 348 mentions of SUNY Research over the last 72 hours. Read more: Dr. Sarah L. Marshall Selected as a Lifetime Achievement Honoree and Showcased on Times Square Billboards by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Plattsburgh provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Associate Professor Mary Alldred from the Center for Earth and Environmental Science spoke on a talk show about her research on salt water marshes. Read more: Late Night Builds Environmental Awareness.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Geneseo manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Mackenzie Gerringer and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Gerringer, working with colleagues in Montana and Hawaii, used a remotely operated underwater robot to identify previously unknown marine life. Read more: Miles Below the Surface, a Small Pink Fish with Bumpy Skin Turned Out to be Something Science Had Never Seen Before and it was Hiding in Plain Sight On Camera Footage Collected A Decade Earlier While Drifting Silently Through The Crushing Darkness Of Monterey Canyon.
The New York Sea Grant program is a partnership between the State University of New York and Cornell University and one of 34 university-based Sea Grant programs administered through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Research Foundation for SUNY provides staffing services to New York Sea Grant and administers and manages its grants to SUNY campuses to ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: New York Sea Grant to Launch Support Network for Shoreline Municipalities.
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. 12 Albany researchers published in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology about a dangerous combination. Read more: When Floods and Blackouts Strike Together, Heart Hospitalizations Surge.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Lisa Cook and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases awarded Dr. Cook $1.8M for a new study. Read more: Research Could Lead To Better Prevention For A Common Cause Of Newborn Meningitis and Research Could Lead to Better Prevention for a Common Cause of Newborn Meningitis.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants for Professor Chuan-Jian Zhong and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Zhong, Assistant Professor Safa ElKefi, and PhD candidate Duxiao Hao, published the results of a study in Cancer Causes & Control. Read more: Trust and Information Habits Drive Public Enthusiasm for Blood Tests That Screen Many Cancers at Once.
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. Four UB researchers, working with colleagues from the Rochester Institute of Technology, published the results of a study in the American Journal of Criminal Justice. Read more: Suburban Arrests Surged After COVID, With Sharp Racial Disparities.
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. An independent assessment ranked UB among the top 25, with an AI readiness score of 9 out of 10. Read more: UB Among Nation’s Top AI-Ready Universities, According To New Ranking and UB Among Nation’s Top AI-Ready Universities.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Eleonora Botta and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics selected Dr. Botta for its Class of 2027 Associate Fellows. This coverage accounted for 66 (19%) of the 348 mentions of SUNY Research over the last 72 hours. Read more: AIAA Announces its Class of 2027 Associate Fellows.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Aidai Kokonova, a business analyst with Albany's Division for Research and Economic Development, published an article in NCURA Magazine on responsible AI adoption in research administration. Read more: SCALE Framework - Scan, Collect & Curate, Align & Architect, Launch & Learn, and Evaluate & Expand.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants from the New York Health Foundation and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. UB is expanding its Mobile Vaccine Initiative, a community health program aimed at improving childhood vaccination rates. Read more: School of Nursing expands mobile vaccine initiative to reach underserved children across WNY.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Distinguished Professor James Glimm and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Glimm reflects on his career and recent developments in mathematics. Read more: Solving for Tomorrow: James Glimm on Mathematics, AI and Life.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Distinguished Professor Jean Wactawski-Wende and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Wactawski-Wende testified before Congress in hearings on menopause. Read more: Wactawski-Wende Testifies During First Congressional Hearing on Menopause.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Eight projects from across the university were awarded AI Seed Grants. Read more: Binghamton University Projects Awarded AI Seed Grant Funding To Advance Teaching, Research, and Public Engagement.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Sayanti Mukherjee and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Mukherjee participates in a question-and-answer session about her research and career. Read more: Building Stronger Communities Through Research and Mentorship.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry provides administrative support to researchers on campus. ESF is leading a partnership to monitor air quality. Read more: ESF-Led Air Monitoring Network Gives Real-Time Data During I-81 Construction.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY Oswego provides the Rice Creek Field Station with administrative support that enables staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored research and activities. The station is inviting the public to a series of events. Read more: Art, Science, Nature Discovery This Fall At Rice Creek Field Station.
September 18, 2026
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants for Professors Carl Lipo and Thomas Pingel and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Lipo and Dr. Pingel are partnering with the Defense Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Accounting Agency. Read more: Discovering a lost WWII battlefield in the Solomon Islands and Discovering Lost WWII Battlefield In Solomon Islands.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Principal Research Support Specialist William J. Bauer and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Associate Vice President, Health Sciences Research Administration and Finance, Jill Szczesek and Dr. Bauer are co-principal investigators on a new award. Read more: Maximizing The Impact Of Science And Technology Centers Is The Focus Of NSF Grant Awarded To UB Associate Vice President and NSF Grant Backs UB Study On Science And Technology Center Leadership.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce manages sponsored research grants for Professor Jeffrey Errington at the University at Buffalo and for Professor Devinder Mahajan at Stony Brook University. The Board of Directors of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers elected them as Fellows. Read more: Introducing Some of AIChE’s Recently Elected Fellows.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Assistant Professor Hyeongrak “Chuck” Choi and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The National Science Foundation awarded Dr. Choi a $600K grant. Read more: Choi Co-Leads Research on Next Generation Quantum Sensors.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Nancy Guo and Assistant Professor John Fetse and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Both were recipients of Technology Accelerator Fund awards managed by The Research Foundation. Read more: Binghamton Researchers Receive SUNY Funding To Advance Technologies That Could Improve Patient Care.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Sreyasee Das Bhattacharjee and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Bhattacharjee and four collaborators are working on a project funded by a $1M National Science Foundation grant. Read more: UB Engineers Teach Local Teens About Emerging STEM Technologies.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Oswego manages sponsored research grants for Assistant Professor Alanna Ossa and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Ossa is giving a public talk highlighting the findings from her summer program. Read more: 'Digging History' public presentation of Archeological Field School findings scheduled for Sept. 26.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University provides administrative support to researchers on campus and 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 foundation looks forward to supporting graduate student Darla-Ena Boyer in her future research. Read more: Boyer Honored with Turner Dissertation Fellowship Award.
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. The 2027 Stony Brook Women’s Health Conference on March 31, 2027, "...will spotlight groundbreaking research taking place at Stony Brook University to improve healthcare for women." Read more: Stony Brook Women’s Health Conference Opens Call for Research, Art.
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.
- University at Buffalo: Smartphone-Based Objective Hearing Disorder Screening.
- University at Buffalo: Objective Multimodal Screening for Auditory-Related Disorders.
September 17, 2026
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Professor Susan Hedayati and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Hedayati, working with colleagues from 22 other institutions, published a new clinical guideline in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Read more: How to Treat Anemia if You Have Chronic Kidney Disease.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants for Professor Mohammad Younis and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Younis received a $335K grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a new sensor with a colleague at UC-Berkeley with implications for New York State energy storage and battery initiatives. Read more: Researchers to Develop Smarter, Smaller Microsensor for Potentially Dangerous Gas Emissions, and Team Crafts Compact, Smart Microsensor for Gas Detection, and Researchers to Develop Microsensor for Potentially Dangerous Gas Emissions.
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. Researchers, working with Persona, launched a Digital Taxonomy of Fraud. Read more: Beyond ‘Deepfake’: Persona, University at Buffalo Taxonomy Maps How Selfie Fraud Actually Happens.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures across 30 operating locations spread across New York. Researchers at Buffalo State College, the University at Buffalo, SUNY Fredonia, SUNY Geneseo, and Erie County Community College have benefited from access to the Tifft Nature Preserve. Read more: Buffalo Transformed A 264-Acre Dump In 1976; 50 Years Later, 260+ Bird Species Are Recorded.
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. Dr. Andrew Cutler is the lead author of a paper he is presenting September 17-18, 2026, in New Orleans. This content accounted for 14 (21%) of the 68 mentions of SUNY research over the last 24 hours. Read more: Axsome Therapeutics Presents Ten Posters Exemplifying its Innovative Psychiatry and Neurology Portfolio at Psych Congress 2026.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Clinical Associate Professors Collin Clark and Robert Wahler, and Associate Professors Ranjit Singh and David Jacobs, and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. These researchers, working with Haowen Hsu and Steven Feuerstein, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Read more: Study: One-Third of Older Adults with Cognitive Disorders Taking Prescription Drugs That Could Harm Them.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Assistant Professor Yi Liu and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Liu is leading two related projects. Read more: Yi Liu Leads NSF Project on Molecular Design and Advances Battery Design with BNL.
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. The foundation looks forward to supporting Dr. Elyse Zavar's research as she assumes her new role with the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity. Read more: Introducing UAlbany's Information Science PhD Program Director: 5Qs with Elyse Zavar.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants for Laurie Miroff and Associate Professor Amber Simpson and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Miroff and Dr. Simpson are leading a new project funded by a $730K National Science Foundation grant. Read more: NSF-Funded Projects to Introduce High School Students to Geoarchaeology.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research grants for Professor Gary Ackerman and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Ackerman and Assistant Professor Alessandra Buccella analyze AI risk. Read more: UAlbany Experts Discuss AI Risk After Tech Leaders Call for Slowdown.
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.
- SUNY Polytechnic Institute: A neural net to identify impacts of synaptopathies in complex neurological disorders.
- SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry: Tissue culture-free ("ex vitro") transformation method for trees.
- University at Albany: Meniere's Disease diagnosis from fatty acid levels in earwax.
- University at Albany: An inducible CAG repeat selective small molecule screening cell line.
September 16, 2026
The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. A Colombian biotechnology company announced an agreement with Codagenix for an exclusive license to its yellow fever vaccine candidate. Codagenix was founded based on technology developed in the laboratory of Professor Emeritus Eckard Wimmer. This content accounted for 169 (79%) of the 214 mentions of SUNY research over the last 24 hours. Read more: Advance a Next Generation Yellow Fever Vaccine.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Amber Simpson and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Simpson, Sawsan Werfelli, and a colleague from Indiana University published in the Research Journal for Engineering Education. Read more: Sibling Interactions Key to Early Engineering Education.
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, Jie Zhu, and colleagues from four other institutions published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Read more: CDI’s Kreiswirth Laboratory Tackles Antibiotic Resistance Across Multiple Fronts in New Trio of Studies.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry manages sponsored research grants for Distinguished Professor James Gibbs and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Gibbs led an expedition. Read more: These 'Alien Tortoises' Are Back On A Galapagos Island Where They Had Been Extinct Since The 19th Century.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Assistant Professor Carleara Weiss and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Weiss applies her research to advise travelers. Read more: Flying with a CPAP? A Sleep Scientist Breaks Down the TSA Rules and Everything Else Travelers with Sleep Apnea Should Know.
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. A National Science Foundation award to the University of Rochester will support research at UB. Read more: UB Part Of NSF OPAL Laser Facility Advancing Toward Construction-Ready Design.
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. NY Creates established a quantum foundry organization at its Albany NanoTech Complex. Read more: Statement from NY Creates President & CEO Dave Anderson on the Establishment of IBM Anderon.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants for Professor Shyam Sharma and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Sharma received a fellowship. Read more: Shyam Sharma Returns for Second Cohort of SUNY AI for the Public Good Fellows.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research grants for Assistant Professor Amber Churchill and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Churchill applies her research. Read more: The Science Behind Greener, Healthier Lawns.
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. Nine UB researchers, working with additional colleagues in Germany, published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Read more: Drug Molecule Finds Way To Make Square Peg Fit Round Hole.
September 15, 2026
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Associate Professor Ian McDonough published an article in The Conversation about his publication with Destaw Mekbib in Cerebral Cortex. This content accounted for 20 (26%) of the 76 mentions of SUNY research over the last 24 hours. Read more: Why Does Your Brain Mix Up Memories? A New Study Examines How Memories Are Misplaced in Your Brain’s Filing Cabinets.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Plattsburg manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Akanksha Misra and Joel LaLone will present the results of their research study. Read more: CCS Presentation 'What Shapes (Women's) Health in the North Country?' to be Held September 17, 2026 and Center for Community Studies to host presentation - ‘What Shapes (Women’s) Health in the North Country’ on Sept. 17.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY College of Optometry manages sponsored research grants for Professor Mark Rosenfield and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Rosenfield is participating in a webinar examining how digital lifestyles affect the early onset of age-related loss of the ability to focus clearly on close-up objects. Read more: Presbyopia and Digital Lifestyles.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Sayanti Mukherjee and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Mukherjee is the lead principal investigator on a $2M study funded by the National Science Foundation. Read more: UB To Lead $2 Million National Science Foundation Project On Wildfire Resilience and UB To Lead $2 Million NSF Project On Wildfire Resilience.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Guy German and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. German, Abraham Ittycheri, and Alejandro Wiltshire published in the Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. Read more: Scientists Finally Figured Out Why Wrinkles Get Deeper as You Age.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Professor Andrew Gulik and the workforce at Stony Brook for Associate Professor Michael Airola. The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology recognized Dr. Gulick and Dr. Airola for, "...exceptional dedication through the quality, timeliness and consistency of their reviews." Read more: Celebrating Outstanding Reviewers Across ASBMB Journals.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY College of Optometry manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. This research will inform discussions taking place at the SUNY College of Optometry Foundation Advancing Vision Summit in NYC. Read more: SUNY College of Optometry Foundation Features AI and Myopia Leaders at Inaugural Advancing Vision Summit on September 25 and AI and Myopia Speakers Announced for Advancing Vision Summit.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Professor Emeritus Ronald Pies and a colleague published an article in Psychiatric Times. Read more: Debunking the Top 10 Misleading Claims About Antidepressants.
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. The institute is working with partners in Buffalo to expand, "...community, connection and health equity, bringing residents, healthcare professionals, researchers and community leaders together to continue doing the work our city needs." Read More: Health Equity Event Returns to Buffalo This September.
Stony Brook University President Andrea Goldsmith serves on the Board of Directors for The Research Foundation for SUNY. Dr. Goldsmith delivered her State of the University address on September 14, 2026. Read more: A Bold Vision: President Andrea Goldsmith Delivers State of the University Address.
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. The New York State Mesonet is working with a Finnish weather technology company. Read more: New York State Mesonet Tests GPS-Based Atmospheric Data to Improve Extreme Rainfall Forecasting.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants for Research Professor Amanda Ziegler and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Ziegler is the principal investigator on a new award. Read more: Making Healthy Lifestyle Change Accessible for Teens is Goal of American Diabetes Association Grant Awarded to UB Investigator.
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. NY Creates is working with MIT on a new fabrication process. Read more: MIT Scientists Collaborate with NY Creates and AIM Photonics for Flexible, Next-Gen Photonic Chips.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Morrisville manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Jennifer Gilbert-Jenkins and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Gilbert-Jenkins incorporates her research into her teaching. Read more: SUNY Morrisville Students Get Hands-On with Pasture Study.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Fredonia manages sponsored grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Angela McGowan-Kirch received a new grant. Read more: Innovations In Democracy Grant Funds New Student Leadership Fellowship.
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 foundation looks forward to supporting Dr. Haladay's future research. Read more: Douglas Haladay Named Dean of Upstate’s College of Health Professions.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research grants for Associate Professor Matt Vogel and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Vogel responds to a question in Ask an Expert. Read more: Matt Vogel Explains Why You See the Same 5 People on Campus, Over and Over Again.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Fredonia provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Dr. Jessica Hillman-McCord published a new book. Read more: Theatre Professor Publishes Book on Musical Theatre Fandom.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Cortland provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Shreya Dhital and Camilla Piano completed a summer research program at Binghamton University. Read more: Student researchers join AI for Public Good initiative.
September 14, 2026
The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. Chancellor King announced the 2026 Technology Accelerator Fund awards. Read more: SUNY Chancellor King Announces Funding for Groundbreaking Technologies to Improve Lives and Protect New Yorkers.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages Professor Kristen Corbosiero's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Her contributions to media reporting about storms accounted for 260 (67%) of the 390 mentions of SUNY research over the last 72 hours. Read more: Where Have All the Atlantic Hurricanes Gone? El Nino Might Bring Record Slow Storm Season.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Nancy Guo and Assistant Professor John Fetse and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Research Foundation for SUNY also provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. Read more: AI Cancer Detection, RNA Therapy Research at Binghamton Backed by SUNY Fund.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages Professor Gary Saulnier's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Research Foundation for SUNY also provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. Read more: UAlbany Engineer is Heading to the FDA for Approval of Noninvasive Lung Monitor for Premature Infants.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The National Postdoctoral Association awarded Dr. Alexandra Kuvaeva a fellowship. Postdoctoral researchers receive employee appointments with The Research Foundation for SUNY to conduct advanced research and provide training in a field of expertise after earning a PhD or MD. Coverage accounted for 30 (8%) of the 390 mentions of SUNY research over the last 72 hours. Read more: Six Postdocs Selected for NPA IMPACT Fellowship Program Class of 2027.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Morrisville manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Researchers have access to new resources. Read more: New Cameras Track Owls on New York Campus.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages Professor Mark Seery's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Seery's led a national study in 2010 that was published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Read more: Gen X and Boomers Who’ve Been Through A Divorce, A Layoff, and a Parent’s Funeral No Longer Have Patience for 8 Things Younger People Call a Crisis.
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. Media coverage of Dr. Chakrabarty paper on the use of generative artificial intelligence in publishing continues. Coverage accounted for 7 (2%) of the 390 mentions of SUNY research over the last 72 hours. Read more: AI Books Are Flooding Amazon.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages Associate Professor Philip Goyal's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Goyal published in Foundations of Physics. Read more: Reconstructing Quantum Theory: From Complementarity to Quantum Properties Operationally.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Three months after a campus news release, there is continued media coverage of a team of researchers who published a paper in the Northeast Journal of Complex Systems using information theory to solve Wordle with a 99% success rate. The coverage accounted for 11 (3%) of the 390 mentions of SUNY research over the last 72 hours. Read more: Researchers Use Math to Ensure a Wordle Win 99% of the Time.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants at the National AI Institute for Exceptional Education and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. 6 researchers at the institute published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Read more: AI Coach Helps Parents of Autistic Children Boost Communication During Storytime.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages Professor Sean Clouston's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Media coverage of the World Trade Center Health Program at Rutgers University cites Dr. Clouston's 2024 paper in JAMA Network Open. Coverage accounted for 28 (7%) of the 390 mentions of SUNY research over the last 72 hours. Read more: Philly 9/11 Responders Inhaled A ‘Witch's Brew' Of Toxic Dust. Now They're Sick with Deadly Diseases.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Dr. Hadar K. Shimshon published his study on changes to licensing in the Archives of Dermatological Research. Read more: Pass/Fail Step 1 Reshapes the Research Race for Top Dermatology Residency Spots.
Binghamton University President Anne D'Alleva serves on the Board of Directors for The Research Foundation for SUNY. Her inauguration is on October 2, 2026. Read more: Binghamton University to Inaugurate Anne D’Alleva as Eighth President, Celebrate 80 Years of Excellence.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages the sponsored research grants of Associate Professor Hassan Arbab and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Research Foundation for SUNY also provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. Read more: Stony Brook Receives Seed Funding Through SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. "Lisa Gilroy, associate vice president for research and Research Foundation operations manager, said the research spending figures represent an exciting milestone." Read more: Binghamton Surpasses $100M In Research Spending.
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. NY Creates and Micron held a signing ceremony. Read more: The NY Creates and Micron Technology Joint Apprenticeship Program Welcomes First Cohort.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Shira Gabriel and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Gabriel was a guest on a university podcast. Read more: Shira Gabriel And The Science Of Belonging.
Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) manages and operates the 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. Stony Brook will work with the lab on an eighth Genesis Mission award associated with the university. Read more: Brookhaven Lab to Lead $14M AI Project for Nation’s Electric Grid Through Genesis Mission.
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.
- University at Albany: Research Highlighter-MatchMaker Project.
- University at Albany: Close-In and Reciprocal Mixing Phase Noise Compensation.
- SUNY Upstate Medical University: Direct rescue of segmented negative-sense RNA viruses from complementary DNA in monkey kidney Vero cells.
September 11, 2026
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany provides administrative support to researchers on campus. The University provided technical training that enabled the Dominican Republic to develop its first microchip as a part of its STEM Transforma RD initiative. Read more: The First University Microchip Developed in the Dominican Republic Was Presented.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages Professor Sean Clouston's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Tom Llamas interviewed Dr. Clouston about his work helping Ground Zero responders. Mentions of this interview accounted for 61 (42%) of the 146 mentions of SUNY research in the last 24 hours. Read more: The Cost of Denial.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages Distinguished Professor Michel Bruneau's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Bruneau reflects on his work near the World Trade Center. Read more: The 9/11 Responders From WNY: UB Civil Engineer Studied The Buildings That Didn’t Fall.
The Research Foundation for SUNY's workforce at Stony Brook University provides administrative support, enabling staffing, benefits, and payroll for research assistants. Olivia Mickles reflects on her time as a research assistant with the World Trade Center Health Program. Read more: Remembering the stories they carry, 25 years later. Read more: Remembering The Stories They Carry, 25 Years Later.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Associate Professor Susan Appe wrote an article in The Conversation about her research. Mentions of this article accounted for 16 (11%) of the 146 mentions of SUNY research in the last 24 hours. Read more: How Diaspora Groups In The US Are Responding To Disasters In Nepal, Colombia, Venezuela and Other Homelands.
The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. Inventors from SUNY Upstate Medical University have a new technology available for licensing. Read more: Cardiologist Leads Team in Developing Bleeding Risk Scoring System.
The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. Inventors from Stony Brook University have a new technology available for licensing. Read more: New Electrochemical Method Boosts Ocean Alkalinity to Capture Carbon.
The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. Inventors from SUNY Upstate Medical University have a new technology available for licensing. Read more: Avoiding Antibody-Dependent Enhancement Enables Dengue Prevention And Treatment.
The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. Inventors from Stony Brook University have a new technology available for licensing. Read more: Graphene Oxide Film Enables New Dew Point Meter Design.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Research Scientist Cheng Zhang was a co-author of a paper that received Best Paper Honorable Mention from the European Conference on Computer Vision. Read more: Just Now, The Winners Of ECCV Best Paper Awards Have Been Announced.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages Professor Ruth Van Dyke's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Madison Cardiel, a student in her lab, spent the summer conducting field work. Read more: Digging Into History: Archeology Student Investigates World War II Internment Camp.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Governor Hochul announced a new initiative, "...led by the University at Buffalo...[that will]...connect researchers and specialized facilities at Binghamton University, SUNY Downstate, SUNY College of Optometry, and SUNY Upstate Medical University." Read more: SUNY Brain Institute awards $500k grant to Binghamton for advanced dementia research.
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. Governor Hochul announced a new initiative, "...led by the University at Buffalo...[that will]...connect researchers and specialized facilities at Binghamton University, SUNY Downstate, SUNY College of Optometry, and SUNY Upstate Medical University." Read more: SUNY Optometry Awarded $1.5 Million Through SUNY BRAIN Institute to Establish First-in-Nation SUNY Eye Biobank.
September 10, 2026
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures across 30 operating locations spread across New York. Governor Hochul announced a new initiative, "...led by the University at Buffalo...[that will]...connect researchers and specialized facilities at Binghamton University, SUNY Downstate, SUNY College of Optometry, and SUNY Upstate Medical University." Read more: SUNY Launches $10 Million Brain Institute Network and UB Awarded $5 Million To Lead SUNY Brain Institute Network On Age-Related Brain Disorders and UB Receives $5 Million For Brain Disorder Research and Governor Hochul Announces First Phase of the SUNY Brain Institute to Fuel SUNY Excellence in Life-Saving Research.
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. The Syracuse City Council approved a $55K contract with the university on August 24, 2026, to complete a formal study on suspension of the residency requirement for the Syracuse Police. Read more: ‘Beyond Urgent’: Syracuse Tries To Rebuild A Rapidly Shrinking Police Force.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages Assistant Professor Cosan Daskiran's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Daskiran's work with colleagues at Georgia Tech is supported by a $590K grant from the National Science Foundation. Read more: Oil-bubble research could lead to technological breakthroughs for the environment, medicine, and more and Oil-Bubble Study May Spark Tech Advances in Environment.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages Associate Professor Yekaterina Bezrukova's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Bezrukova's study was published in the Research Handbook on Group Decision Making. Read more: Successful Teams Are About More Than Individual Talent and Successful Teams Are About More Than Individual Talent.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Siemens and the Binghamton-led Battery-NY initiative are working to apply research outcomes to a production environment. Read more: Siemens & Battery-NY Build Digitalized Pilot Factory for U.S. Battery Manufacturing.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages Associate Professor Emanuela Gionfriddo's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Gionfriddo is scheduled to appear on next episode of Concentrating on Chromatography. Read more: Concentrating on Chromatography.
The New York Sea Grant program is a partnership between the State University of New York and Cornell University and one of 34 university-based Sea Grant programs administered through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Research Foundation for SUNY provides staffing services to New York Sea Grant and administers and manages its grants to SUNY campuses to ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: New York Sea Grant Launches Coastal Resilience Network For Local Governments.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages the sponsored research grants of Professors Sukanta Baus and Xin Li, and Associate Professor Junhong (June) Wang, and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. They are working with colleagues from the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and the University of Alabama at Huntsville. Read more: UAlbany Researchers Partner with NASA to Build AI Tool for Predicting Power Outages.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages Assistant Professor Siyuan Rao's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Two of the PhD candidates who work in her Neurobiological Interfaces Lab, Chen Lin and Zuer Wu, received predoctoral fellowships from the National Institutes of Health and the New York State Department of Health, respectively. Read more: Biomedical Engineering Phd Students Win Research Fellowships to Study Spinal-Cord Injuries.
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. NY Creates is working with industry stakeholders on a new initiative. Read more: NY Creates Announces Participation in 12-Inch Mask Industry Initiative to Advance High NA EUV Lithography Ecosystem.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Old Westbury manages Assistant Professor Renu Balyan's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Business-Higher Education Forum selected Dr. Balyan as a 2026 Faculty Innovation Fellow. Read more: Business-Higher Education Forum Tabs Computer Science
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Assistant Professor Matthew Emory is the co-author of a study in Molecular Ecology. Read more: Ancient DNA reveals 1,000 years of human–environment interactions at Crawford Lake.
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.
- University at Albany: Engineering phytoremediation for removing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from various environmental matrices.
- University at Albany: MyQL: the Retrieval Augmented Tutor.
- University at Albany: SiC Lateral High Voltage Bi-directional Field Effect Transistor.
- SUNY Oneonta: Cross-Cultural Leadership Story Puzzle Game.
- University at Albany: An Agentic AI Platform for Continuous Cardiovascular Monitoring and Autonomous Clinical Decision Support.
- University at Albany: AI-Driven System and Methods for Integrated Patent Valuation, Marketability Assessment, and Prior-Art Intelligence.
- University at Albany: Methods for Mitigating Ultraviolet Radiation-Induced Shrinkage of Photoresists During Plasma Processing.
- University at Albany: SafeSeal: Certifiable Watermarking for LLM Deployments.
- University at Albany: GrantsMate.
- University at Albany: Contrasting Time-Frequency Representations for Unknown Waveform Detection.
- University at Albany: Learning Weight Perturbations during Neural Network Training.
September 9, 2026
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages Associate Professor Sharon Bryant's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Bryant, Assistant Professor Rosemary Collier, and Postdoctoral Researcher Danielle Ongondo published in the Journal of Sickle Cell Disease. Postdoctoral researchers receive employee appointments with The Research Foundation for SUNY to conduct advanced research and provide training in a field of expertise after earning a PhD or MD. Read more: Study Finds Social, Financial, and Healthcare Factors Shape Resilience in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease.
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. Nine researchers at Stony Brook published their findings in Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids. Read more: HMN 2026: How New therapy shrinks tumors to treat lung cancer.
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. The Research Foundation looks forward to supporting Dr. Ludmil Katzarkov's work. Read more: Internationally Renowned Algebraic Geometer Named Director of Stony Brook’s Simons Center for Geometry and Physics.
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. Albany credits its growing research enterprise for its ranking by Money. Read more: UAlbany Earns National, Global Recognition in Latest College Rankings.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Robert Thacker and Associate Professor Elizabeth Watson and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Both received separate awards from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Read more: Stony Brook University Professors Awarded More Than $270K by New York State DEC.
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.
- AIM Photonics: Ultra Defect free Germanium Photodiode in SOI substrates.
- AIM Photonics: Aluminum Nitride, Alumina (Saphire) and thick Silicon Nitride Integration into SUNYRFs quantum Platform.
- AIM Photonics: Method for fabricating thick silicon nitride waveguides.
- AIM Photonics: Wafer Scale Bonded Active Photonics Interposer.
- AIM Photonics: Integrated Photonics Process on SOI Wafers.
- AIM Photonics: Fabricating Photonics Structure Conductive Pathways.
- AIM Photonics: SiCN over Photonics Structures.
September 8, 2026
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY New Paltz manages sponsored grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Students participating in the AC² Summer Research Program used the Hudson Valley Additive Manufacturing Center for their project. Read more: SUNY New Paltz Students Build Device To Curb Data Center Water Use.
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. Thomas Dyer and Kevin Fealey, working with colleagues from MIT, published in Optica. Read more: Transparent Silicon-Photonics Chips Enable Advanced Curved Displays.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Dr. Mohamed Rami Nakeshbandi and Dr. Enitza George contributed to an article analyzing the implications of technology. Read more: ‘Technology Must Earn Its Place’: 32 Clinical IT Leaders’ Watchouts.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry manages Associate Professor Chang Geun Yoo's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Yoo and Nara Han, working with colleagues from Cornell and the Georgia Institute of Technology, published in Waste Biomass Valor. Read more: Agricultural Waste Turned Into Sustainable Supramolecular Fibers Via Wet Spinning.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Oswego manages sponsored research grants at the Lake Effect Storm Prediction and Research Center and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. 14 students in the Storm Forecasting and Observation Program learned how to chase storms and forecast weather. Read more: Chasing Storms For Real-Life Experience.
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. Researchers from MIT and NY Creates created a semiconductor fabrication process. Read more: Fabrication Platform Could Enable Flexible, Transparent Next-Generation Photonic Chips.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages Assistant Professor Kristen Brock-Petroshius' sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Russell Sage Foundation awarded Dr. Brock-Petroshius a grant to research inequality. Read more: Kristen Brock-Petroshius Receives Russell Sage Grant.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Cobleskill manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Cobleskill a $30K grant. Read more: College Awarded USDA Grant to Develop Virtual Reality Course in Agricultural Engineering.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Upstate Medical University manages Assistant Professor Mobin Karimi's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr Karimi received a new award. Read more: $3.3 Million NIH Grant Funds Upstate Research Into New Immunotherapy For Leukemia.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages Professor Benjamin Luft's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Luft reflects on his work with the Stony Brook World Trade Center Health and Wellness Program. Read more: 25 Years After 9/11, Benjamin Luft Reflects on a Legacy of Healing and Listening.
The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. NewYorkBIO will host a mini-pitch day at the University at Buffalo. Read more: Media Advisory: 10 Life Sciences Companies to Pitch Emerging Health Technologies at UB On Sept. 10.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Five faculty members received grants to support their research. Read more: Five Faculty Win Stony Brook University Trustees Faculty Awards.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages the sponsored research grants of Research Professors Marcus Thomeer and Christopher Lopata and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Thomeer and Dr. Lopata, working with colleagues from Canisius University, published in Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Read more: Autistic Children Ages 4-6 Showed Improved Social Skills After Summer Program Conducted By UB’s Institute For Autism Research.
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. The Sloan Foundation "...supports high-quality, impartial scientific research, fosters a diverse scientific workforce and promotes the health of the institutions of scientific endeavor." Read more: Stony Brook Receives Sloan Foundation Grant to Strengthen Doctoral Education.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored grants from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The grants help address disparities in oral health care. Read more: Mobile Dental Van (S-Miles To Go).
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. Stony Brook is building a new platform to support research. Read more: Stony Brook Building Digital Twin Studio to Advance Grid Research and Resilience.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Empire State University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. The campus awarded grants to Yanqing Sun and Lisa Unangst to support their research. Read more: Introducing the 2026-2027 Scholars Across the University.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Fredonia provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Dr. Josal Diebold published in Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work. Read more: Faculty Member Publishes Study.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages the sponsored research grants of Associate Professor Lisa Cook and Christopher Lopata and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Cook is working on a genome sequencing project with the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Wisconsin. Read more: Research Explores Why Strep Throat Can Linger, Even After Treatment With Antibiotics.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Old Westbury provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Stephanie Velez and Marco Liverman, who were mentored by those researchers, received awards for their research. Read more: 2026 Teoh Awards Presented To Outstanding Bio Students.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Oneonta provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Faculty members provided guidance to students conducting research overseas. Read more: Tyler Center Fellows Complete Hands-On Research Abroad.
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. Stony Brook hosted a visit to increase Congressional awareness of the important public and societal impacts of that research. Read more: Congressional Staff Get an Inside Look at Stony Brook’s Research, Innovation and Patient Care.
The Research Foundation offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more about the new world-class SUNY discoveries that are AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING.
- University at Buffalo: Methods and Apparatus to Allocate Physical Qubits to Support Distributed Quantum Error Correction (QEC) Codes.
- SUNY Polytechnic Institute: Template for Selective Area Growth of Group III-Nitride Devices.
- SUNY Oswego: Dual complementary four-switch three-phase inverters.
- University at Buffalo: High-Density Neurostimulation System.
- University at Buffalo: Methods for Low-Overhead, Fault-Tolerant CNOT Operations.
- University at Buffalo: Novel Small Molecule Anabolic Agents for Osteoporosis.
September 3, 2026
Representative Nick Langworthy introduced a bill that could, "...connect federally supported research with commercialization, investment, and domestic manufacturing." Read more: Congressman Langworthy Introduces American Quantum Competitiveness Act.
Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) manages and operates the 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. The Department of Energy selected Brookhaven to lead a Genesis Mission Phase II project. Read more: Brookhaven Lab to Lead $14M AI Project for Nation’s Electric Grid.
The National Science Foundation announced that it is establishing an operations center, "...to strengthen the nation's capacity for AI research and AI-enabled scientific discovery." Read more: NSF Establishes Operations Center For The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource.
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. The Times Union featured NY Creates in a recent article. Read more: NY Creates featured in Times Union: “Region Making Photonics Quantum Computing Gains” and Patent data shows growth in photonics, quantum computing in Capital Region.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages Professor Bradley Peterson's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Peterson is working with Greg Metzer to study sharks. Media coverage of this topic accounted for 187 (38%) of mentions of SUNY research over the last 72 hours. Read more: Researchers Catch Sharks Off NY’s Hamptons, Attach Trackers to Toothy Predators.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Since the ESF news release on August 31, 2026, about the USDA designation of a genetically modified chestnut tree developed by ESF as unlikely to pose a threat to other plants, media coverage of the topic accounted for 125 (25%) of mentions of SUNY research over the last 72 hours. Read more: USDA Approval Advances Efforts to Restore the American Chestnut.
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. The National Institutes of Health awarded the National Crystallization Center a five-year, $5.5M award. Read more: NIH awards UB-HWI’s National Crystallization Center $5.5 million to advance scientific research nationwide and NIH Awards UB-HWI Crystallization Center $5.5 Million.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Plattsburgh manages sponsored research grants at the Lake Champlain Research Institute and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Institute has taken delivery of a new research vessel. Read more: New Research Catamaran Goes to Work on Lake Champlain.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Cobleskill manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded SUNY Cobleskill funding to maintain and expand their capacity. Read more: NIFA Invests $5M to Support Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-grant Colleges of Agriculture.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Oswego manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The National Association of Geoscience Teachers awarded Kaitlin Farrell with the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. Farrell participated in the Lake Effect Electrication project funded by the National Science Foundation. Read more: National Teaching Assistant Award Recognizes Oswego Student Researcher.
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. The nonprofit New Music USA Creators Fund awarded Associate Professor Phyllis Chen with funding for a project. Read more: Associate Professor Of Music Phyllis Chen Receives Award From National Organization To Support Collaborative Music Project.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Brockport manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Jennifer Ramsay and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Ramsey led a team to Petra. Read more: Digging Into Petra’s Past.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. PhD student Aishwarya Sriram published an article in The Conversation about her team's research. Media coverage of this topic accounted for 116 (24%) of mentions of SUNY research over the last 72 hours. Read more: Caterpillar Twitches In An Ultraquiet Chamber Are Helping Biologists Understand How These Insects Hear Without Ears.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Upstate Medical University manages the sponsored research grants of Assistant Professor Levi Todd and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Todd and six colleagues published a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Read more: Aging Blocks The Retina's Ability To Regrow Lost Neurons, A First-Of-Its-Kind Upstate Study Finds.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Theresa Selfa and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Rural Sociological Society awarded Dr. Selfa with the 2026 Excellence in Research Award. Read more: ESF Professor and Department Chair Theresa Selfa Receives Rural Sociological Society's 2026 Excellence in Research Award.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages the sponsored research grants of Professors Andrew Singer and Joseph Warren's and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Students and researchers benefited from their Office of Naval Research-funded project. Read more: Stony Brook Southampton Hosts Third Ocean Acoustics Summer in School (OASiS) Bootcamp.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Ramaswamy Ramesh and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Ramesh co-edited a special issue of the INFORMS Journal on Computing. Read more: Responsible AI Must Be Built In From The Start, Researchers Say.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Justin Minder and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Minder provided insights into mountain weather in an interview. Read more: Ask an Expert: Why is it Foggy on Mountaintops and Not Close to the Ground?
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Associate Professor Mary Youssef is working on a new book. Read more: Forgotten Literature: Research Brings New Attention To Sudanese Writers.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages the sponsored research grants of Assistant Professor Cirro Riccio and Distinguished Professor Chang Kee Jung and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities program recognized Stone Chou, who works with both professors, as its Researcher of the Month. Read more: URECA Researcher of the Month: A Passion for Physics and Discovery.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages the sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The National Science Foundation supported the Research Experience for Undergraduates program. Read more: From Niagara Falls To Greenland, Students Explore Climate And Geological Hazards.
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. A team of researchers at Albany is working on the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Read more: UAlbany Physicists Study Unexplained Signal in Dark Matter Search and Searching For The Invisible: UAlbany Researchers Report They May Have Found Dark Matter.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages the sponsored research grants of Professors Eric Hoffman and Yetrib Hathout and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Hoffman and Dr. Yetrib, working with Michael Ziemba and colleagues from multiple institutions, published in Scientific Reports. Read more: New Blood Biomarkers Reveal How Common Muscular Dystrophy Treatment May Impair Overall Growth.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Tzu-Chieh Wei and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Wei and Hongye Yu, who recently completed their PhD at Stony Brook, published in Nature Communications. Read more: SBU-led Paper in Nature Explores the Stability of Quantum Systems.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages the sponsored research grants of Distinguished Professor Mathias Vuille and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Vuille's analysis of flooding in Nepal was widely covered. Read more: UAlbany Video Interview on Nepal Flooding Draws International Coverage.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Researcher Seulki Lee-Geiller provided insights into the impacts of digital technology and artificial intelligence on democracy. Read more: 5 Questions with CTG UAlbany Researcher Seulki Lee-Geiller.
August 31, 2026
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Dr. Ekenedilichukwu Nnadi was the lead author of a study that used the TriNetX Global Research Network to study the risk of heart failure associated with melatonin use. Media coverage of the study accounted for 37 (20%) of the 182 mentions about SUNY research over the last 72 hours. Read more: Taking Melatonin Every Night? You Might Have A 90% Higher Risk of Heart Failure, According to New Study.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Upstate Medical University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Seven researchers at SUNY Upstate Medical University published the results of their study on cancer in Oncotarget. Read more: Rare KRAS G12C Mutation Emerges as Potential Target in Genitourinary Cancers.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. PhD student Modinat Wuraola Akinboade, working with colleagues from the University of Birmingham and multiple organizations in Nigeria and Ethiopia, published the results of a study of breast cancer therapy in the Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Read more: Nigerian Scientist Leads AI Research Team on Safer Breast Cancer Treatment.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages Associate Professor Mustafa Aksoy's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Aksoy worked with sophomore Collin Flynn over the summer as part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Program at the College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering. Read more: UAlbany Summer: Student Research Helps Scout Landing Sites in Race to Return to the Moon.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY Upstate Medical University manages Professor Cynthia Taub's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Taub is also the President of the American Society of Echocardiography, which released a new guideline. Read more: New Guideline Aims to Protect Long-Term Health of Cardiac Sonographers.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Assistant Professor Óscar F. Gil-García's research explores state border policies and their impacts on individuals and families. Read more: For This UB Anthropologist, Research Is Personal.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry provides administrative support to researchers on campus. That research led the U.S. Department of Agriculture to designate a genetically modified chestnut tree developed by ESF as unlikely to pose a threat to other plants. Read more: USDA Approval Advances Efforts to Restore the American Chestnut.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo provides administrative support to researchers on campus. The university is hosting a one-day symposium on October 2, 2026, to foster discussion of research findings on, " Rethinking Persuasion: From Social Media to AI." Read more: UB Symposium To Explore How Social Media And AI Persuade.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY Oswego manages Professor Scott Furlong, Emily Estrada, and Lillian Evans' sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: SUNY Oswego Leaders Selected as Interfaith America Pluralism Fellows.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo provides administrative support to researchers on campus. 2026-2027 Eberhard Research Fellow Bikram Aditya Das is exploring research to benfit children with autism. Read more: Eberhard Fellow Explores Inclusive Design Solutions For Kids With Autism.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Polytechnic Institute provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Associate Professor Lisa Berardino and Assistant Professor Katie Matt published the results of their research in the Business Education Innovation Journal. Read more: College of Business Faculty Explore Role of Ethics Education in Accounting Fraud Prevention.
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. The National Institutes of health awarded Joseph Basalla, a postdoctural scholar, with the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship. Read more: UB Postdoc Earns Prestigious NIH Fellowship To Study How Proteins’ Disordered Regions Help Control Genes.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Fredonia provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Professor Birger Vanweseenbeeck published a new book as part of a SUNY Press series that is, "...the result of a decade of research and teaching." Read more: Professor Has Book Published.
The Research Foundation offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more about the new world-class SUNY discoveries that are AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING.
- SUNY Upstate Medical University: Use of Probenecid as an Anti-Virulence Agent Against Listeria monocytogenes.
- University at Albany: Method And Device For Fabricating Step-Index Hydrogel Optical Fibers Using Hydrodynamic Microfluidic Focusing.
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University: Intestinal Apom Inhibition As A Specific Approach To Reduce Plasma Chylomicron And Triglyceride Levels.
- University at Buffalo: Potent Melatonin Receptor Ligands.
August 27, 2026
The Research Foundation for SUNY manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Governor Hochul's remarks at The Great New York State Fair included an announcement that the fair will showcase SUNY research. Coverage included 36 online mentions, accounting for 17% of SUNY coverage over the last 48 hours. Read more: Video, Audio, Photos & Rush Transcript: Governor Hochul Celebrates the Opening of the 2026 Great New York State Fair.
DMC EDUCATION recognized SUNY Maritime as the #6 Engineering College in New York City in 2026. Read more: Top 10 Engineering Colleges in New York City 2026 | Best Engineering Schools.
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. NY Creates announced a new partnership with Princeton. Read more: NY Creates Joins Princeton-Led NSF Quantum Institute to Advance Next-Generation Quantum Computing.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Morrisville manages their sponsored research grants. SUNY Morrisville joined a program providing eligibility for grant funding to provide AI-assisted collections processing designed to expand access to campus and local history materials that will benefit researchers. Read more: SUNY Morrisville Joins JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services Charter Program.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY College of Optometry provides research administration services on campus. The college released information about its Advancing Vision Summit on September 25, 2026. The theme for the daylong summit is "The Intersection of AI, Eye Care, and Public Health. Read more: SUNY College of Optometry Unveils Agenda for Inaugural Advancing Vision Summit.
The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. R&D World Magazine awarded the University at Buffalo with two 2026 R&D 100 Awards. One of the projects also received an R&D 100 Special Recognition: Corporate Social Responsibility Award. Read more: UB technology wins two prestigious R&D 100 Awards and UB Technology Wins Two 2026 R&D 100 Awards.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) provides administrative support to researchers on campus. ESF participated in a Penn State research project that included establishing gardens in Syracuse. Read more: An Invasive Beetle Wiped Out Black Ash Trees Across Parts Of North America; Scientists Germinated 22,000 Seeds, Including Genetic Material From Three Populations That No Longer Survive In The Wild.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo provides administrative support to researchers on campus. After an initial mention in online media on August 20, 2026, Associate Professor Charles Lindsey's research on the impact of social media on consumer behavior received an additional 26 mentions, accounting for 12% of SUNY coverage over the last 48 hours. Read more: Character-Branded Vs. Basic School Supplies: The Growing Back-To-School Price Gap.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Professor Mónica Bugallo, the Interim Vice President for Research and Innovation, was recognized as a 2026 Research Fellow by the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS). The "...[f]ellowship supports researchers in creating a coherent, leadership-driven strategy that centers why research matters, how it can drive change, and how it can continue to improve society. Read more: SEBS Hosts 2026 ARIS Research Fellowship Kickoff.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Assistant Professor Leah Croll's comments about a recent study on NFL injuries received 36 online mentions, accounting for 17% of SUNY coverage over the last 48 hours. Read more: Study Suggests At Least 1 In 4 Former NFL Players May Have CTE.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Associate Professor of English Jennifer Lynn Stoever and alumni Liana Silva and Aaron Trammell published a new edited volume. Read more: New Book About Sound Explores Why Siri’s Voice Is Female, ‘Sad Girl’ Spotify Playlists, And More.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. ESF is bringing examples of that research to The Great New York State Fair in Syracuse from August 26 to September 4, 2026. Read more: SUNY ESF Puts Focus on the Future at the NYS Fair.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Oneonta provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Some provided guidance and support to 29 students participating in summer research projects. Read more: Summer 2026 Student Research Fellowship Projects and Olean Student Takes Part in Research at SUNY Oneonta.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Oneonta provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Some provided guidance and support to 17 students participating in summer research projects. Read more: Summer Research Program Reaches New Heights.
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. The American Heart Association's recognition of Stony Brook is based on their commitment to evidence-based care and research-based treatment guidelines. Read more: Stony Brook Medicine Nationally Recognized for Dedication to High-Quality Stroke and Cardiac Care.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Assistant Professor Daniela Goya Tocchetto has a study forthcoming in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Read more: Liberals And Conservatives See Different Victims and Liberals vs Conservatives: Defining Victims in Moral Compass.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Polytechnic Institute provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Assistant Professor Angelica Castro co-authored a new study with colleagues from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and El Paso. Read more: Dr. Castro Examines Discretion in Revenue Recognition Under ASC 606.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages Research Professor Michael Lamonte's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Lamonte is contributing to a national study. Read more: Study of 60,000 U.S. Adults Links Inflammatory Protein to Fatal Heart Attacks, Other Negative Outcomes.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Polytechnic Institute provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Assistant Professor Margarita Orlova collaborated on a paper published in the Journal of Chemical Ecology with a colleague from Penn State. Read more: Dr. Orlova Explores How Bumble Bee Queens Coordinate Chemical Signals.
The Research Foundation offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more about the two new world-class SUNY discoveries that are AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING.
- SUNY Upstate Medical University: Compositions and Methods for Treating or Preventing Scarring And Inflammation in the Eye.
- SUNY Upstate Medical University: A HNF4a-CaGR Fusion Transcription Factor As Potential Treatment For Inflammatory Liver Diseases And Liver Cancer.
- University at Albany: A Feedforward Cancellation Method for Receiver Nonlinearity Suppression.
- University at Albany: All Hazards Preparedness Game.
- SUNY Oswego: AI interactive Quiz Pedagogy.
August 25, 2026
FuzeHub recognized The Research Foundation for SUNY as a Headshot Sponsor of the 2026 New York State Innovation Summit. The event is from October 27-28, 2026 in Buffalo. Read more: SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT | Headshot Sponsor: SUNY Research Foundation.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo provides administrative support to Associate Professor Sunyee Noon. Dr. Noon's contributions to an article about Gen Z behavior were widely covered by the media. Read more: Gen Z's ‘Little Treat’ Habit Is Growing, But So Is The Risk Of Quietly Overspending On Small Rewards.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages Assistant Professor John Fetse's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Fetse's research on the development of peptide therapeutics contributed to this Q&A about why peptides are suddenly so popular. Read more: Peptides Are The Latest Looksmaxxing Craze – But Are They Safe? A Researcher Breaks Down The Science and Advanced Peptides Overcome Human Biological Barriers in New Cancer Medicine.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo provides administrative support to Professor John Panepinto. Dr. Panepinto's research with the University of Texas and Carnegie Mellon University was highlighted in an article. Read more: Six-Year Chase to Understand How a Deadly Mold Survives Inside Human Lungs.
Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) manages and operates the 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. Researchers at Stony Brook, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Yale University are connecting links to expand America's largest quantum network. Read more: The Quantum Watchtower: Stony Brook Sets Cybersecurity Sights on Quantum Wireless Networking and Teleportation.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages Associate Professor Mila Gascó-Hernandez's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Gascó-Hernandez, the research director at the Center for Technology in Government, participated in a Q&A. Read more: Ask an Expert: How can AI improve government decisions without losing public trust?
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University and SUNY Upstate Medical Center will manage a grant from the National Institutes of Health and ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Researchers at both schools are working with Old Dominion University to examine medication safety. Read more: Binghamton Researchers To Lead $3.3M Project To Study Opioid Treatment During Breastfeeding.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo provides administrative support to Professor Helen Wang. The European Institute for Creative Strategies and Innovation presented the Innovation Team Best Practices Award to an international research team that included Dr. Wang. Read more: UB Researcher Recognized for Work on Innovative Chatbot.
August 24, 2026
Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) manages and operates the 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. Governor Hochul announced a milestone in the partnership, which was widely covered by the media and accounted for 62% of the 199 mentions of SUNY Research over the weekend. Researchers at Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory made a significant contribution to the expansion of long-distance quantum communications. Read more: Governor Hochul Announces Milestone in Expansion in New York State's Quantum Communications Network and Stony Brook, Brookhaven Lab Researchers Demonstrate ‘Wireless’ Capability for Quantum Network and Quantum Signals Transmitted 13 Miles Through Open Air in New York.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY Downstate Health Science University administers and manages sponsored research at the university. A reporter is inferring that the Clinical Research Scholars Training Program grant from the National Institutes of Health may potentially violate the administration's DEI policies. Read more: Trump NIH Funds ‘Antiracism’ Program For ‘Underrepresented’ Doctors.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany administers and manages sponsored research at the university. Media sources are referencing research about demographic disparities in autism identification by two Albany researchers in coverage of the administration. Read more: Trump Focuses on Autism While Cutting Protections for Autistic Children.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Oneonta provides administrative support, enabling staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored activities. Assistant Professor Benjamin Kuettel, working with colleagues from Rutgers University, published in Criminal Justice and Behavior. Read more: What Actually Drives Public Support For Punishing Drug Use: Blame, Or Perceived Harm?
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University administers and manages sponsored research at the university. Associate Professor Guy German wrote a newspaper article about his lab's research on the mechanics and function of soft biological tissues. Read more: Why Do Fingers Get Wrinkly After a Long Bath or Swim? A Biomedical Engineer Explains.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany provides administrative support, enabling staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored activities. A reporter highlights Associate Professor Aubrey Hillman's work measuring environmental improvements in the Adirondacks. Read more: New York’s Environmental Miracle Could Be Coming To An End.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University administers and manages sponsored research at the university. Associate Professor Krishna Veeramah, working with a former PhD student and 17 other colleagues, published in Science. Read more: Ancient DNA Reveals How Europe Changed After the Fall of Rome.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany provides administrative support, enabling staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored activities. PhD student Jake Cordes and Assistant Professors Barbara Giunti and Zheng Wu published in Geophysical Research Letters. Read more: Scientists Develop New Framework To Track Polar Vortex Splits And Displacement.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University administers and manages sponsored workplace development programs at the university. The New York Power Authority provided a grant that is now in its third year of delivering hands-on experiences focused on renewable energy, infrastructure, and skilled trades. Read more: Taste of the Trades Gives Long Island Students a Hands-On Look at Their Futures.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures at the research labs on campus. Undergraduate students joined active research groups at seven labs for summer research experiences. Read more: Undergrads Showcase Cutting-edge AI Research at Stony Brook’s REU Summer Symposium.
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. The University at Albany has a new degree to close the semiconductor skills gap, benefiting from the proximity of the Albany NanoTech Complex, run by NY Creates. Read more: UAlbany Launches New Graduate Certificate in Semiconductor Engineering.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University provides administrative support, enabling staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored activities. Four researchers published in the Journal of Sickle Cell Disease. Read more: Binghamton Researchers Explore Resilience In Adults With Sickle Cell Disease.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University provides administrative support, enabling staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored activities. "A new book co-written by researchers at Binghamton and the University of Rhode Island provides a framework for comparing human rights practices..." Read more: New Book Offers A Scientific Look At Global Human Rights — Maybe The Last Of Its Kind.
The Research Foundation for SUNY provides administrative support, enabling staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored activities at SUNY Brockport, the University at Buffalo, and SUNY Fredonia. Assistant Professors Hoon Ha from SUNY Brockport and Joshua Khavis from the University at Buffalo, and Associate Professor Jesse Norris from SUNY Fredonia, published in the American Journal of Criminal Justice. Read more: Accounting Staff Turnover May Lead To Future Financial Reporting Problems and Norris Publishes Article on Impact of Newspaper Closures.
The Research Foundation for SUNY provides administrative support, enabling staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored activities at SUNY Fredonia. Assistant Professor Allison Manning published in Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. Read more: Manning Has Scholarly Work Published.
August 21, 2026
Sponsored research administered and managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY at Binghamton University will benefit from an agreement between Springer Nature and Binghamton that will enable researchers to share their findings widely at no cost. Read more: Springer Nature Announces Transformative Agreement with Binghamton University.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY's University at Buffalo provides administrative support, enabling staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored activities. Assistant Professor Joshua Khavis and Associate Professor Michael Dambra, working with a colleague at DePauw University, have a forthcoming publication in the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy examining the link between employee turnover and the quality of financial reporting. Read more: Accounting Staff Turnover May Lead To Future Financial Reporting Problems and New Study Finds LinkedIn Employment Data Could Help Investors Spot Risks.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY's Stony Brook University and Binghamton University administers and manages sponsored research. Associate Professors Aruna Balasubramanian and Nengkun Yu from SUNY's Stony Brook University, and a team of researchers from Stony Brook and Binghamton, won a Distinguished Paper Award. Read more: Stony Brook’s Aruna Balasubramanian Earns Quantum Networking Research Award.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Upstate Medical University provides administrative support, enabling staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored activities. Professor Emeritus Ronald Pies authored an article in Psychiatric Times reviewing research on the impact of digital versus print media on learning. Read more: Digital Amnesia and Why Print Should Be Prized.
The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research at the Innovation Technologies Complex at SUNY's Binghamton University and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Innovative Technologies Complex opened a newly modernized cleanroom and microelectronic packaging research facility as part of its Nanofabrication Laboratory. Read more: Modernizing a Cleanroom for Next-Gen Semiconductor Research.
The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY's Apprenticeship Initiative with administrative support, enabling staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored activities. Kelly Navarro, an Apprenticeship Business Developer and member of the foundation's workforce, joined representatives from The Rochester Technology and Manufacturing Association, the Genesee Valley Educational Partnership, Genesee Community College, and Genesee County Economic Development Center for a boot camp graduation. Read more: GENESEE COUNTY/RTMA Celebrates 6th Annual Graduation for Genesee Valley Mechatronics Pre-Apprenticeship Boot Camp.
The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University provides administrative support, enabling staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored activities. Stony Brook's Artificial Intelligence Innovation Institute Small Grant Program provided 10 interdisciplinary projects with funding. Read more: Stony Brook’s AI Innovation Institute Awards $450K in Small Grants.
The Research Foundation for SUNY's workforce at Binghamton University looks forward to supporting the sponsored research of the inaugural class of Simons Empire Faculty Fellows. Read more: Harpur College Welcomes Simons Empire Faculty Fellows In Mathematics And Physics.
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. NY Creates promoted the Center for Economic Growth's analysis of semiconductor patents. Read more: CEG: Photonics, Optics and Quantum Shine in Capital Region Semiconductor Patents and Photonics, Optics and Quantum Shine in Capital Region Semiconductor Patents.
The Research Foundation offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more about the two new world-class SUNY discoveries that are AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING.
- SUNY Upstate Medical University: IgA Monoclonal Antibodies as a Prophylactic and Therapeutic Treatment for Dengue Virus Infection.
- University at Buffalo: AI-Powered Mobile Oral Health Screening for Older Adults.
August 20, 2026
Two researchers from SUNY's University at Buffalo, working with colleagues from Princeton University and the Rochester Institute of Technology, published in Nature Communications about RNA. The corresponding author, Professor Priya Banerjee, is the principal investigator on five ongoing sponsored projects and five completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: RNA Droplets May Have Helped Start Life On Earth. A New Study Explains Why They Form and RNA Droplets May Have Helped Start Life On Earth.
Assistant Professor Adar Disenbruch from SUNY's Purchase College was featured in a radio interview about research on low testosterone, based on his opinion editorial in The Washington Post. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research at Purchase College and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: The Testosterone Craze Fuels Fear — Not Masculinity.
Professor Melanie Green from SUNY's University at Buffalo was featured in an online article about stories that inspire people to change, citing her research on narrative persuasion. Dr. Green was the principal investigator on three complete sponsored projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: How a Powerful Story Can Inspire People to Change.
Distinguished Professor Ronald Miles' lab at SUNY's Binghamton University was featured in an online article. Dr. Miles is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and 25 completed projects, and a collaborator on one ongoing project, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Some Spiders Have No Ears at All, But Researchers Found Their Webs Can Pick Up Sound the Way an Eardrum Does, Meaning the Spider Effectively Turns Its Own Web Into A Giant External Ear.
Inspire Higher Ed's July 2026 update on "A Framework for Artificial Intelligence in Business Education" recognized SUNY's University at Buffalo for its integration of AI into teaching, research, and operations. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research at the University at Buffalo and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: UB School Of Management Recognized For AI Leadership In Global Business Education Report and School Highlighted as an Exemplar for Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Business Education.
Assistant Professor Melissa Lyon from SUNY's University at Albany was featured in an online article on state intervention in local education in Rhode Island, for her research on the subject. Dr. Lyon is the principal investigator on two ongoing sponsored projects and one completed project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: A Clean Slate for Local Education.
Associate Professor Christopher Lowry from SUNY's University at Buffalo leads CrowdHydrology, a citizen-science project to measure how streams respond to changes in environmental conditions. Dr. Lowry has been the principal investigator on 10 completed sponsored projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: AI helps turn citizen photos into water-level data for UB researchers and AI Turns Citizen Photos Into Water-Level Data For UB.
Associate Professor Charles Lindsey from SUNY's University at Buffalo was featured in an article on back-to-school shopping for his research on the impact of social media on consumer behavior. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research at the University at Buffalo and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Social Media Pressure Can Push Families To Spend More On Back-To-School Shopping.
Two researchers from SUNY's University at Buffalo published their study on why music stays in your head in Music Perception. One of the authors, Professor Emeritus Peter Pfordresher, is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and five completed projects, and a collaborator on one ongoing project, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Finding The Source Of ‘Earworms’ – Why That Song Is Stuck In Your Head.
The National Science Foundation awarded Stephanie Tulk Jesso, Robert Wagner, and Yingzue Zhang from SUNY's Binghamton University with a CAREER Award. "The CAREER Award is the NSF’s most prestigious distinction, given to early-career faculty who are poised to become the future leaders in research and education in their respective fields." The Research Foundation for SUNY will administer and manage the awards and ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Three Binghamton University professors win prestigious NSF CAREER Awards.
The National Science Foundation awarded $412K to Associate Professor Page Quinton and Professor Michael Rygel from SUNY Potsdam. The Research Foundation for SUNY will administer and manage the grant and ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: SUNY Potsdam Professors Dr. Page Quinton and Dr. Michael Rygel Awarded $411,477 from National Science Foundation to Further Research on Devonian-Permian Sedimentary Rocks.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Energy Storage Engine, a "...coalition of universities, startups, and industry, community, and state partners..." led by SUNY's Binghamton University, will participate in the Great New York State Fair. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages the NSF Regional Innovation Engine program grant and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: NSF Energy Storage Engine Returns To State Fair.
SUNY's Binghamton University is hosting the Research Experience for Teachers program, providing middle and high school educators with experience in microelectronics. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages the National Science Foundation grant supporting the work and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Local Teachers Learn About Microelectronics Manufacturing At Binghamton University Program.
Undergraduate students at SUNY's University at Buffalo, Binghamton University, SUNY Oswego, Stony Brook University, and 15 other institutions presented their summer research at a poster session at the University at Buffalo. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research on all four SUNY campuses. Read more: College Hosts First Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Session And Reception.
Read more about the four new world-class SUNY discoveries that are available for licensing. The Research Foundation offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities.
- SUNY Upstate Medical University: An easy-to-use method for rapidly, accurately, and non-invasively assessing flavivirus immunity by measuring various antibody classes present in saliva.
- University at Albany: Significantly enhances the efficacy of aminoglycosides drugs while reducing the risk of microbial drug resistance.
- University at Albany: A DNA nanoswitch that provides a simple mix-and-read methodology to detect RNases (ribonucleases) in a biological sample.
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University: An advanced system that enables patients to better control prosthetic devices.
August 19, 2026
Chancellor King announced the inaugural class of Simons Empire Faculty Fellows. The fellowship supports 16 faculty positions at SUNY's four University Centers - the University at Albany, Binghamton University, the University at Buffalo, and Stony Brook University. The Research Foundation looks forward to supporting their sponsored research. Read more: SUNY Chancellor King Announces Simons Empire Faculty Fellows and Incoming UB faculty named Simons Empire Faculty Fellows and Inaugural Class of Simons Empire Faculty Fellows Includes Four from Stony Brook University and Incoming UB faculty researchers selected as Simons Empire Faculty Fellows and Harpur College Welcomes Simons Empire Faculty Fellows In Mathematics And Physics.
Chancellor King included comments on SUNY research in an interview highlighting challenges and opportunities for the new academic year. The Research Foundation for SUNY provides research administration services that support SUNY research. Read more: As SUNY Readies For New Academic Year, Its Chancellor Speaks of Challenges and Opportunities.
Julia Bear, the Dean of the College of Business at SUNY's Stony Brook University, working with seven colleagues from other institutions, published findings on workplace conflict in Small Group Research. The Research Foundation for SUNY provides research administration services at Stony Brook. Read more: How Expressing Workplace Conflict Shapes Team Performance.
Aleksandra Biedron from NY Creates, working with colleagues from Cornell University, published the findings of a study on manufacturing superconducting materials in Nature Materials. 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. Read more: New Tantalum Process Could Ease Manufacturing of Superconducting Quantum Chips.
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) provided an in-depth look at the efforts to build the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, "...one of the most successful nuclear physics research facilities ever built..." Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) manages and operates BNL 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. Read more: Physicists Celebrate World's Most Versatile Particle Collider.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Medical Microinstruments, Inc. to proceed to phase II of patient enrollment in a study of Robotic-Enabled Microsurgical Intervention for Neurodegenerative Disease. Professor Adnan Siddique from SUNY's University at Buffalo is the national principal investigator on the project, leads 32 ongoing sponsored projects, and is a collaborator on three ongoing projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: MMI Receives FDA Approval to Advance to Phase II of Patient Enrollment in Groundbreaking REMIND Microsurgical Study in Alzheimer’s Patients.
The Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation announced that SUNY's University at Buffalo Neurosurgery was awarded spine fellowships for the 2026-27 academic year. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research at the University at Buffalo and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: NREF Announces 2026-27 Recipients of Clinical Fellowship Grants.
Wind projects offshore of Long Island are part of a broader regional investment in energy infrastructure enabled by a research partnership with SUNY's Stony Brook University. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research at Stony Brook and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Long Island Wind Projects To Generate Over $460 Million In Economic Impact.
Research at SUNY's Binghamton University is credited for its economic impact on the region. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research at Binghamton and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: How Binghamton, the Carousel Capital, Found Its Second Spin.
Four researchers at SUNY's University at Albany are studying how to combine quantum computing and neuromorphic computing. The Research Foundation looks forward to supporting their sponsored research. Read more: New UAlbany Faculty to Explore AI, Quantum Tech and the Human Brain.
The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry announced new staff leadership appointments at the New York State Center for Sustainable Materials Management. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research at the center and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: SUNY ESF’s Center for Sustainable Materials Management Announces Staff Leadership Team to Guide Next Phase of Statewide Growth.
The National Science Foundation awarded Assistant Professor Stephanie Tulk Jesso from SUNY's Binghamton University with a CAREER Award. "The CAREER Award is the NSF’s most prestigious distinction, given to early-career faculty who are poised to become the future leaders in research and education in their respective fields." The Research Foundation for SUNY will administer and manage the award and ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Assistant Professor Wins NSF CAREER Award For Cognitive Modeling To Help Robots Assist Nurses.
Associate Professor Ankur Kalra from SUNY Upstate Medical University led a team of researchers who published their system to help treat and monitor patients after a severe heart attack in the Journal of American College of Cardiology. The Research Foundation looks forward to supporting his future sponsored research. Read more: Scoring System Could Help Doctors Identify Patients at High Risk of Intramyocardial Hemorrhage and Guide Treatment and Monitoring.
Distinguished Teaching Professor Donald Leopold at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry explains the impact of fungal diseases on Norway maples in Central New York. Dr. Leopold is the principal investigator on four ongoing sponsored projects and a collaborator on one ongoing project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. He has also participated in an additional 96 other projects. Read more: Seeing Bare Norway Maples Already? Fungal Diseases Are Mostly to Blame.
The Long Island Association (LIA), through the LIA Foundation, and SUNY's Stony Brook University are partnering to support the participation of 50 Long Island business ventures in the six-month LIA-AI Growth Academy. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research at Stony Brook. Read more: Empowering the Corner Store with Frontier Tech: The LIA-AI Growth Academy Journey.
August 18, 2026
Senator Schumer launched a push for the U.S. Department of Labor to deliver $6.2M to support SUNY's Alfred State College efforts to, "...expand healthcare education and training, strengthen career pathways to good-paying jobs, and prepare the next generation of healthcare professionals to address critical staffing shortages in rural communities across Upstate New York..." The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored workforce development and training programs at Alfred State College and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Senator Schumer Visits Alfred State College To Push For $6.2 Million To Expand Healthcare Education And Training.
After SUNY's Binghamton University posted a news release about a peer-reviewed publication to EurekAlert! yesterday, the story was picked up by 17 online sites. The story is based on the doctoral candidates Sophia Fabrizio, Rebecca Lurie, and Professor Deanne Westerman's publication in Memory & Cognition on their research on the photo-taking impairment effect. Dr. Westerman was the principal investigator on two completed sponsored projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: How To Remember What Matters.
Beginning four hours after The Research Foundation posted a SUNY Polytechnic Institute news release about a new grant to EurekAlert! yesterday, the story was picked up by 5 online sites. The Research Foundation for SUNY will administer and manage the grant and ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: SUNY Poly Receives $15,000 Grant from Health Forward to Develop Advanced Mechanical Lung Model.
Assistant Professor Alyssa Liguori from SUNY New Paltz, working with colleagues from the Marine Biological Laboratory, published the results of her postdoctoral research in The American Naturalist. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting her future sponsored research. Read more: Maternal Age May Influence Descendant's Cells via Epigenetics.
The National Science Foundation awarded Assistant Professor Marine Frouin from SUNY's Stony Brook University with an Early CAREER Award in recognition of her promise as a researcher and educator. Dr. Fouin is the principal investigator of one ongoing sponsored project and one completed project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Frouin Earns NSF Early CAREER Award for Research in the Turkana Basin.
SUNY and the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at SUNY's Stony Brook University announced the expansion of the SUNY Research Leadership Academy. The Research Foundation for SUNY will administer and manage the sponsored research grants of the participants in the academy. Read more: SUNY, Alan Alda Center Expand Research Leadership Academy to Create Leaders Across New York.
A story about private investment in campus artificial intelligence research included a segment on the Tom Secunda-led donor group supporting the establishment of the Center for AI Responsibility for Research at SUNY's Binghamton University. The Research Foundation for SUNY will administer and manage sponsored research grants at the center and ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: The Tech Billionaires Funding A.I.’s Next Chapter on Campus.
R&D World recognized six researchers from SUNY's University at Buffalo as 2026 Corporate Social Responsibility Winners for their technology for determining the percentage of recycled plastic in a plastic product that was published in Communications Engineering. The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. Read more: SUNY TechConnect and Winners Unveiled for 2026 R&D 100 Special Recognition Categories.
Researchers at SUNY's Binghamton University contributed to research in a variety of fields throughout the summer. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages the sponsored research grants they worked on and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Summer Research Fellows Advance Research Discoveries Across the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Six researchers from SUNY's University at Buffalo, working with a colleague from Eastern Virginia Medical School, published in Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology on their research on diagnostic cerebral angiographies. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research grants at the University at Buffalo and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Less Waiting, Shorter Stays, And The Same High Standards: The Future Of Outpatient Neuroendovascular Care.
Read more about the eight new world-class SUNY discoveries that are available for licensing. The Research Foundation offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities.
August 17, 2026
Three researchers from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University participated in the SUNY Research Leadership Academy hosted by the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at SUNY's Stony Brook University. Two of the researchers are the principal investigators of four ongoing sponsored projects and 27 completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Downstate Researchers Find Their Voice.
SUNY's Stony Brook University appointed Donghee Yvette Wohn as the inaugural chair of their new Department of Technology, AI, and Society. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting her future sponsored research. Read more: Wohn Named Inaugural Chair of New Department of Technology, AI and Society.
Seven researchers from SUNY's Binghamton University, working with colleagues from two other institutions, published their findings regarding self-driving vehicles in Traffic Injury Prevention. One of the researchers, Associate Professor Vipul Lugade, is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and two completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: History Of Head Injury Could Affect Your Ability To Use Self-Driving Vehicles.
Professor Keith Kirkwood and Research Assistant Professor Jonathan Bard are studying the side effects of radiation treatments for cancer. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research grant that supports their research and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: New Study Explores Why Females Experience More Side Effects From Head And Neck Cancer Radiation.
Associate Professor Conrad Kickert and Assistant Professor Kelly Gregg from SUNY's University at Buffalo, working with a colleague from the University of New Orleans, published an article in The Conversation on the homogeneity of coffee shops. Dr. Kickert was the principal investigator on one completed sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Indie Coffee Shops Are Meant To Counter Corporate Behemoths Like Starbucks – So Why Do They All Look The Same?
Doctoral candidate Sophia Fabrizio, Rebecca Lurie, and Professor Deanne Westerman from SUNY's Binghamton University published in Memory & Cognition on their research on the photo-taking impairment effect. Dr. Westerman was the principal investigator on two completed sponsored projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Digital amnesia and Screenshots Boost Forgetfulness, Study Finds.
Assistant Professor Kyle Artelle from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), working with a colleague from the University of Victoria, published in Ecology and Evolution about potential tool use by wolves. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research at ESF and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: A trail camera in British Columbia recorded a wild wolf swimming out to a buoy and hauling a fully submerged crab trap up the beach by its rope, then working the bait cup open — three minutes of footage no wild canid had ever been filmed doing.
Associate Professor Mackenzie Gerringer from SUNY Geneseo, working with colleagues in Montana and Hawaii, used a remotely operated underwater robot to identify previously unknown marine life. Dr. Gerringer is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Biologists Needed 6 Years To Name The Bumpy Snailfish and We Assume The Deepest Parts Of The Ocean Are Dark And Empty, But The Walls Of The Mariana Trench Hold Snailfish Drifting Five Miles Down Under Pressure Equivalent To A Car Pressing On Every Square Centimetre Of Skin, Their Bones Half-Dissolved Into Cartilage So They Can Bend Instead Of Shatter.
A nonprofit organization is partnering with the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary to support veterans. The work included removing trash and invasive plants from Rice Creek Field Station at SUNY Oswego. The Research Foundation for SUNY provides the field center with administrative support that enables staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored research and activities. Read more: Force Blue Ex-Combat Divers Aid NOAA With Lake Ontario Sanctuary.
The New Yorker featured Associate Clinical Professor Xiaoying Zhu from the SUNY College of Optometry. Dr. Zhu is the Lead Clinician at Myopia Management at the University Eye Center. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research at the College of Optometry and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: The New Yorker Highlights Vision Research and Patient Care at SUNY Optometry and the University Eye Center and When Middle Age Comes Into Focus.
Distinguished Professor Sharon Nachman from SUNY's Stony Brook University and Interim Vice President for Research Stephen Thomas at SUNY Upstate Medical University contributed to an article about the mRNA flu vaccine. Dr. Nachman is the principal investigator on six ongoing sponsored projects and a collaborator on two ongoing projects and has completed an additional 275 projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Dr. Thomas is the principal investigator of nine ongoing sponsored projects and 43 completed projects, and a collaborator on two completed projects, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Your Questions Answered: The New mRNA Flu Vaccine For Adults 50+.
Students at SUNY Cortland conducted aquatic research on the Great Lakes, and Associate Professor Andrea Dávalo discussed the future of funding for the program. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages the U.S. Geological Survey grant supporting the program and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: SUNY Cortland Interns Study Great Lakes Wildlife.
After The Research Foundation for SUNY posted about the new technology on EurekAlert!, an online article discussed SUNY's University at Buffalo use of a hydrogel injection to potentially increase the effectiveness of osteoarthritis medication. The delivery system also offers other potential applications. The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. Read more: SUNY TechConnect and One Injection Could Keep Arthritis Drugs in the Knee for Weeks.
Assistant Professor Tuhin Chakrabarty at SUNY's Stony Brook University wrote a paper on the use of generative artificial intelligence in publishing, which is being cited by The Atlantic and The Wall Street Journal. Dr. Chakrabarty is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: AI Has Plunged The Book Publishing Industry Into Utter Chaos.
Assistant Professor Nicholas Sard from SUNY Oswego contributed to an article about the use of environmental DNA to support invasive species management. Dr. Sard is the director of the SUNY Oswego Aquatic Conservation Lab and principal investigator on the eDNA Project. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research at SUNY Oswego; ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures; and provides the lab with administrative support that enables staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored research and activities. Read more: New Technology May Aid in Adirondack Invasive Species Management.
Clinical Associate Professors Katie McClain-Meeder and Michael Lynch, and Clinical Assistant Professor Alexander Rubin, from SUNY's University at Buffalo, published in the Journal of Technology in Human Services on their findings regarding the use of artificial intelligence in social work. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages the U.S. Department of Education grant that supports their research and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: UB Study Looks At The Current State Of Ethically Balancing AI And Social Work and UB Study Examines Ethics Of AI In Social Work and Survey Finds Social Work Needs Clearer Ethical Guidance For AI Use.
Simons Summer Research Fellow Vivian Liu at SUNY's Stony Brook University was featured in an online article. She is working in Distinguished Professor Benjamin Hsiao's lab with her mentor, doctoral candidate Eniola Arogunyo. Dr. Hsiao is the principal investigator on four ongoing sponsored projects and 75 completed projects, and a collaboration of three ongoing projects and four completed projects, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Meet Vivian Liu.
SUNY New Paltz and SUNY's University at Buffalo participated in the Japan-U.S. Interuniversity Exchange Program for Developing Individuals with the Ability to Shape the Future, enabling students to conduct fieldwork and research and propose solutions to challenges. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research at both schools. Read more: JASSO-supported Students Share What They Learned In The United States.
Entrepreneur in Residence Shashi Bellamkonda at SUNY's Stony Brook University posted a piece on how to avoid near-misses like the one in Pheonix on August 14, 2026. The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. American Airlines' Near-Miss Is a Data Problem Aviation Already Knows How to Solve.
Read more about the eight new world-class SUNY discoveries that are available for licensing. The Research Foundation offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities.
- Asymmetric Charged Vesicles with Enhanced Drug Entrapment Performance.
- Method for Electrochemical Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement.
- Leveraging Fine-Grained Occupancy Estimation Patterns for Effective HVAC Control.
- Inorganic-infiltrated polymer hybrid thin film resists for advanced lithography.
- Intermediate Nitrification/Denitrification Bioreactor.
- Dew Point Meter Based on Graphene Oxide Film.
- Power-Efficient Multiplexing for High Resolution TOF PET Modules with Intercrystal Light Sharing.
- Highly Efficient Hydrogen Storage and Separation of Hydrogen from Blended Methane-Hydrogen Mixtures in Pipelines.
August 14, 2026
Senator Schumer reflected on the impact of the CHIPs & Science Act, four years after its passage. Binghamton University's New Energy New York is in the second phase of the National Science Foundation's Regional Innovation Engines Program, Micron invested $100B in memory chip manufacturing in Syracuse, and the law provided billions for semiconductor research in the Capital Region. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research grants; ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures; and offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more: How the CHIPS Act changed Binghamton and Upstate New York.
The National Cancer Institute awarded Associate Professor Jason Sprowl from SUNY's University at Buffalo more than $410K to study the chemotherapy drug monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE). Dr. Sprowl is the principal investigator on three ongoing sponsored projects and three completed projects, and a collaborator on three ongoing projects and one completed project, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Painful Neuropathy Affects Quality Of Life – Sometimes Long-Term For Cancer Patient and Chemotherapy Drug MMAE Linked To Long-Term Neuropathy.
Researchers from SUNY's Buffalo State University, along with colleagues from 10 other institutions, are working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as its largest research vessel conducts its summer survey of the Great Lakes. Buffalo State's Great Lakes Center is an institute of researchers and educators dedicated to investigating the ecology of the Great Lakes and their tributaries. The Research Foundation for SUNY provides the center with administrative support that enables staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored research and activities. Read more: EPA Launches Summer Survey of Great Lakes Water Quality.
"For SUNY Oneonta, the Biological Field Station remains a cornerstone of applied science, community partnership, and environmental stewardship—an institution where rigorous research and transformative student experiences continue to shape the future of freshwater science in Otsego County and beyond." The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research at SUNY Oneonta and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Field Station a Regional Engine for Research, Education, Stewardship.
A delegation from Azerbaijan's National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Center is visiting SUNY's University at Buffalo to discuss AI research and education and visit the Empire AI supercomputing facility. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research at the University at Buffalo and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Media Advisory: AI leaders from Azerbaijan to visit UB on Friday.
Distinguished Professor Dmitri Kharzeev from SUNY's Stony Brook University said that a new publication in Science represents "...one of the most significant results achieved by the..." Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). The collider supported research for 25 years before being shuttered to make way for a more powerful electron-ion collider. Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) manages and operates BNL 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. Read more: Physicists Find Major Clue To Matter’s Biggest Mystery.
Associate Professor Holly Buck from SUNY's University at Buffalo, working with colleagues from seven other institutions, published in Communications Earth & Environment on approaches for climate change. Dr. Buck is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and two completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Clearing The Air: Public Prefers ‘Natural’ Approaches To Curbing Climate Change.
Professor Emerita Linda Weber from SUNY Polytechnic Institute published in Health Care Analysis about the physician-patient relationship. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research grants at SUNY Polytechnic and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Dr. Linda Weber Explores Trust in the Physician-Patient Relationship.
The National Safety Council awarded a $50K Research to Solutions grant to Ergami Endoscopy, in collaboration with SUNY's Stony Brook University, to advance development of a robotic colonoscope insertion device. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research grants; ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures; and offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more: National Safety Council Invests $300,000 in Innovative Solutions to Prevent Workplace Injuries.
Food & Wine magazine interviewed Clinical Assistant Professor John Hu of SUNY's University at Buffalo for his expertise on the cyclosporiasis outbreak. Dr. Hu is a collaborator on one ongoing sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Is Hydroponic Lettuce Safer During The Cyclosporiasis Outbreak?
August 13, 2026
Governor Hochul announced that Empire State Development is seeking regional anchors to support the commercialization of research in quantum computing, sensing, and secure communications. The initiative builds on investment in the Quantum Research and Innovation Hub at SUNY's Stony Brook University. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research grants in these areas; ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures; and offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more: Quantum Technology Commercialization Hubs and New York Opens $60M Quantum Hub Race to Bridge Industry’s Commercialization Gap.
The National Science Foundation Energy Storage Engine in Upstate New York launched the Energy Storage Engine Scholars Initiative. SUNY's Binghamton University and University at Buffalo will lead two of the four regional coalitions, "...creating a connected talent pipeline from K–12 through university training into industry placement." The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research grants at both schools and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: NSF Energy Storage Engine Launches Scholars Initiative To Grow Next-Generation Battery Talent Pipeline.
U.S. News & World Report ranked the Upstate University Hospital at SUNY Upstate Medical University as a high-performing hospital in six adult procedures and conditions. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research at Upstate and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Upstate University Hospital Recognized As High Performing In Various Procedures And Conditions.
Associate Professor Thomas A. Hegna from SUNY Fredonia, working with colleagues from West Virginia University and Centre College, published in Geology about their findings on horseshoe crabs. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting his future sponsored research. Read more: Are Horseshoe Crabs Truly “Living Fossils”?
Jeremy Varghese, a PhD student at SUNY's University at Albany and researcher in the Immersion Lab, was named a SIGGRAPH 2026 Student Research Competition winner for his work at the intersection of spatial computing, artificial intelligence, and adaptive healthcare. His advisors include Thenkurussi Kesavadas, the Vice President for Research and Research Foundation for SUNY Operations Manager at the University of Albany, and Aishwari Talhan, a Senior Research Scientist at the Research Foundation for SUNY at Albany. Read more: From Research to Recognition: Meet the SIGGRAPH 2026 Student Research Competition Winners.
The American School Counselor Association selected Assistant Professor Jacoby Loury from SUNY's University at Buffalo for the 2026-2028 cohort of its Professional School Counseling Journal Emerging Scholars Program. Dr. Loury was the principal investigator on one completed sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: GSE Faculty Member Jacoby Loury Selected for Emerging Scholar Program.
Doctor of Pharmacy student Ariel Yosha and Clinical Assistant Professor Taylor Clark at SUNY's Binghamton University are conducting a study on the availability of emergency contraception. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting their future sponsored research. Read more: PharmD Student Explores Access to Emergency Contraception on College Campuses.
Associate Professor Alessandro Sebastiani, the Director of the IMPERO Project at SUNY's University at Buffalo, led two recent archeological expeditions exploring ancient civilizations. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research at the University at Buffalo and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: UB Excavations in Ancient Italy Reveal Economic and Medieval History and UB Digs In Ancient Italy Illuminate Economy And Medieval Life.
VeDA named Clinical Associate Professor Jake McPherson from SUNY's University at Buffalo as the Chair of the Vestibular Rehabilitation Special Interest Group within the Academy of Neuroligic Physical Therapy. Dr. McPherson is a collaborator on one ongoing sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Jake McPherson Named Chair of the Vestibular Rehabilitation Special Interest Group.
Read more about the new world-class SUNY discoveries that are available for licensing. The Research Foundation offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities.
August 12, 2026
The Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized named Clinical Assistant Professor Sarah L. Marshall from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University as a Top Author. P.O.W.E.R. Magazine will include a two-page feature of her in the fall issue. Read more: Dr. Sarah L. Marshall Named a Top Author by P.O.W.E.R.
The designation of the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary is expected to draw research dollars to SUNY Oswego, which is uniquely positioned to partner with the effort through its Great Lakes Institute. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research grants at SUNY Oswego and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary.
The United States Geological Survey awarded SUNY Cortland a grant that will provide students with access to fisheries across New York State for undergraduate research. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research grants at SUNY Cortland and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Students Land Research Internships At Fisheries Across New York.
SUNY Update Medical University student AnnMarie Marquis received the Heartsaver Hero Award from the American Heart Association for performing CPR on former Milwaukee Wave coach Keith Tozer, who has become an advocate of the procedure. Read more: Silent Stalker.
Assistant Professor Maria Rodriguez and Associate Professor Kenneth Joseph from SUNY's University at Buffalo, working with a former student and colleagues from three other institutions, published the results of their study on predicting evictions in the Journal of Technology in Human Services. Dr. Rodriguez is a collaborator on one ongoing sponsored project and was the principal investigator on one completed project and a collaborator on three completed projects, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Dr. Joseph is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and five completed projects, and a collaborator on three ongoing projects and one completed project. Read more: UB researchers create early warning system to monitor housing evictions and UB Researchers Develop Early Warning System for Evictions.
A journalist published a feature on the investment in nanotechnology, semiconductor research, and life sciences at SUNY's University at Albany and NY Creates' Albany NanoTech Complex. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research grants at the University at Albany and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Building the Future at the Smallest Scale: How SUNY Albany Is Advancing Nanotech, Life Sciences, and 3D Printing.
NY Creates announced an agreement with Lam Research to collaborate on semiconductor workforce development. 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. Read more: Lam Research and NY Creates Team Up to Enable Training of University Students for the Semiconductor Workforce.
Professor Todd L. Pittinsky from SUNY's Stony Brook University writes about the impact of cuts to federal research funding on public universities. Dr. Pittinsky was the principal investigator on two completed sponsored projects and a collaborator on three completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Trump Administration’s Research Grant Cuts Hit Public Universities Hardest.
The Institute for Traffic Safety Management and Research at SUNY's University at Albany contributed to media coverage of recent New York State Police traffic enforcement action. The Research Foundation for SUNY provides the institute with administrative support that enables staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored research and activities. Read more: NYSP Issues Thousands Of Tickets In Region During Enforcement Campaigns.
The National Institutes of Health awarded Professor Zhenjia Wang from SUNY's University at Buffalo a $2M grant to investigate safer, more effective treatments using omega-3 fatty acids. Associate Professor Elsa Bou Ghanem is collaborating on the study. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research grants at the University at Buffalo and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Could salmon and other fatty fish unlock new treatments for severe lung disease? and Could Salmon And Other Fatty Fish Help Treat Severe Lung Disease?
Kelly Reed from the Clark Burn Center at SUNY Upstate Medical University spoke with New Channel 9 about increases in injuries from structure fires in 2026. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research grants at SUNY Upstate and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Upstate’s Clark Burn Center Sees Sharp Increase In Structure-Fire Admissions In 2026.
Students at SUNY's Suffolk County Community College were the first cohort to complete a pilot workforce development program led by the Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and SUNY Suffolk. Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) manages and operates BNL 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. Read more: Brookhaven Lab And Suffolk County Community College Connect With Hands-On Pilot Program.
Three students from SUNY Oneonta were among the 62 SUNY undergraduates who completed a summer research program for students pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research grants at SUNY Oneonta and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: SUNY Oneonta Students Present Research at SUNY Research Symposium.
Professor Zohar Komargodski from SUNY's Stony Brook University is one of 15 members of a new collaboration that will receive a grant of up to $2M per year from Simons Foundation International, with administrative and scientific support from the Simons Foundation. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research grants at Stony Brook and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: New Simons Collaboration Explores Defects in Physics.
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August 11, 2026
Following announcements by Governor Hochel and SUNY, the University at Buffalo announced that Empire AI Beta is now fully online, with over 300 research projects in line to use the system. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research grants associated with Empire AI and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Empire AI Beta, Housed at UB, Now Fully Online.
Associate Professor Kiyoko Yokota from SUNY Oneonta and Junhong Wang from SUNY's University at Albany, working with colleagues from 12 other institutions, published their research findings on photovoltaics in Solar Energy. Dr. Yokota is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and six completed projects, and a collaborator on one completed project, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Dr. Wang is the principal investigator on six ongoing sponsored projects and 17 completed projects, and a collaborator on three ongoing projects, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Floating PV Systems May Face Lower Humidity Stress Than Ground-Mounted Counterparts.
Distinguished Professor Leonie Huddy from SUNY's Stony Brook University provided insights into political philosophy that were cited in a South Korean article about President Lee Jae-myung. Dr. Huddy is the principal investigator on two ongoing sponsored projects and 12 completed projects, and a collaborator on one completed project, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: President Lee Jae-myung: 'Do I Know Everything?' ..."This Is Not a Country Led by the President Alone!"
Three researchers from SUNY's University at Albany, working from colleagues from two other institutions, published the results of their research about anxiety in the Journal of Clinical Psychology. Two of the researchers, Professor John Forsyth and Associate Professor James Boswell, are principal investigators on sponsored projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: How We React To Anxiety Could Be Just As Important As The Anxiety Itself.
Four researchers from SUNY's Binghamton University hosted a group project that allowed Doctor of Pharmacy students to study an innovative treatment option for schizophrenia. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored grants at Binghamton and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: PharmD Summer Research Fellows Study Novel Schizophrenia Treatment.
Six researchers from SUNY's University at Buffalo, working with colleagues from six other institutions, published the results of their research on potatoes in the Andes and human DNA in Nature Communications. The corresponding author, Professor Omer Gokcumen, is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and four completed projects, and a collaborator on two ongoing projects and two completed projects, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Potatoes May Have Given Indigenous Andeans A Digestive Superpower.
Assistant Professor Tuhin Chakrabarty from SUNY's Stony Brook University was a guest on an episode of Daniel Oppenheimer's Eminent Americans podcast, where he discussed his research on artificial intelligence and creativity. Dr. Chakrabarty is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Should Writers Be Afraid of AI Writing Better Than Them? and Birth of the A(I)uthor.
August 10, 2026
The media resumed coverage of a news release from SUNY Upstate Medical University last year about Associate Professor Jason Carbone and a colleague at the University of Oregon publishing in the Journal of Affective Disorders on the potential benefits of letting teens sleep in on the weekend. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research grants at Upstate and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Should You Let Your Teen Sleep in on Weekends? Research Has a Surprising Answer.
Assistant Professor Sarah Domoff from SUNY's University at Albany contributed to media coverage of the potential impacts of teen phone use. Dr. Domoff is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and was a collaborator on one completed project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Could Your Teen’s Phone Habits Be Affecting Their Sleep And Stress?
Adjunct Professor Whitney Marris from SUNY's University at Buffalo was a featured speaker at a national lecture series called "Profs and Pints," which accounted for 26% of mentions of SUNY research. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research grants at the University at Buffalo and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Profs and Pints: Psychedelics’ Emerging Role in Therapy.
Associate Professor Ian McDonough and graduate student Sepehr Gourabi from SUNY's Binghamton University, working with colleagues from the University of Alabama, published in Neurobiology of Aging on the impact of poor sleep on the brain. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research grants at Binghamton University and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Memory Decline Starts Earlier Than You Think, New Research Suggests and How Poor-Quality Sleep Involves Different Parts Of The Brain, Depending On Age.
The Finger Lakes Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at SUNY Brockport announced the launch of a new business growth program. SUNY administers SBDC through 20 regional centers to assist businesses with services such as startup, expansion, business advising, and training. The Research Foundation also offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more: New Initiative Helps Genesee County Businesses Access Millions in Regional Purchasing Opportunities.
Associate Professor Mark Hicar from SUNY's University at Buffalo provided expert commentary for media coverage of the impact of birth order on the likelihood of developing certain diseases. Dr. Hicar is the principal investigator on four ongoing sponsored projects and five completed projects, and a collaborator on one completed project, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: First-Borns More Likely to Develop These 4 Diseases, Scientists Say.
The media continue to cover a news release from SUNY's Stony Brook University from last month about Professors Joe Verghese and Helena Blumen's study in Neurology. The study found that people who walk fast have a lower risk of cognitive decline. Dr. Verghese is the principal investigator of four ongoing sponsored projects and two completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Dr. Blumen is the co-principal investigator with Dr. Verghese on two of those projects and the principal investigator of one completed project. Read more: A New Study Says Older Adults Should Aim To Be 'Super Movers.'
Professor Steven Lipshultz from SUNY's University at Buffalo, working with colleagues from 13 other institutions, published a study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology suggesting that the drug dexrazoxane can help reduce chemotherapy risks. Dr. Lipshultz is the principal investigator on 13 ongoing sponsored projects and 16 completed projects, and a collaborator on two ongoing projects, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Dexrazoxane Protects Children’s Hearts From Lasting Chemotherapy Damage Years After Treatment.
SUNY Downstate Health Services University posted about State Senator Zellnor Myrie and his wife, former Assembly Member Diana Richardson-Myrie, planning for the birth of their first child at the hospital. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research grants at Downstate and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Myrie Family Chooses SUNY Downstate for First Baby.
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August 7, 2026
The IEEE Information Theory Society recognized President Andrea Goldsmith from SUNY's Stony Brook University with its highest honor, the Claude E. Shannon Award, for "consistent and profound contributions to the field of information theory." Dr. Goldsmith serves on the Board of Directors of The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: President Goldsmith Honored with IEEE Information Theory Society 2027 Claude E. Shannon Award.
Associate Professor Yotam Ophir from SUNY's University at Buffalo, working with colleagues from Georgia State University and the University of Pennsylvania, published a new study in Hypertension that highlighted differences in treatment intentions among patients diagnosed with hypertension. Dr. Ophir was the principal investigator on two completed sponsored projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Hypertension Patients More Willing to Take Medication Than Change Lifestyle.
WSYR Syracuse published an interview with Dr. Stephen Thomas, the Interim Vice President for Research at SUNY Upstate Medical University, on a new flu vaccine. Dr. Thomas is the principal investigator of nine ongoing sponsored projects and 43 completed projects, and a collaborator on two completed projects, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Dr. Stephen Thomas, Upstate Global Health Institute Director, Talks New Flu Vaccine.
Outlets continue to cover yesterday's announcement by Governor Hochul that Empire AI Beta is now online, giving researchers across New York State access to the most powerful academic research computer in the country. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research grants associated with Empire AI and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Binghamton Researchers Gain Access To Powerful New AI Tool.
Sanjayan, PhD, the Chief Executive Officer of The New York Climate Exchange, will join President Andrea Goldsmith from SUNY's Stony Brook University at the next Southampton Dialogues. Dr. Goldsmith serves on the Board of Directors of The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: New York Climate Exchange CEO Joins President Goldsmith at Next Southampton Dialogues Event August 28.
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- This technology introduces a novel surgical procedure, custom implant, and wiring harness for continuous electroencephalogram (EEG) and electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring in conscious unrestrained animals.
- An additive-free manufacturing technology that uses externally applied electric fields to delay crystallization, control particle morphology, and produce denser, more uniform materials during evaporation-based processing.
August 6, 2026
Multiple news sources are covering Governor Hochul's announcement that Empire AI Beta is now online, giving researchers across New York State access to the most powerful academic research computer in the country. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research grants associated with Empire AI and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Governor Hochul Announces Empire AI Beta Fully Online as Federal Government Takes Inspiration From New York to Launch State and Regional AI Infrastructure Hubs and Governor Hochul Announces Empire AI Beta Fully Online and Empire AI Beta Begins Supporting Researchers Across New York’s Universities.
U.S. News & World Report released its 2026 Best Colleges in New York rankings. Five SUNY campuses supported by The Research Foundation for SUNY were ranked with Stony Brook University at #59, Binghamton University at #73, University at Buffalo at #75, University at Albany at #127, and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry at #158, all in the National Universities category. Read more: 2026 Best Colleges in New York.
SUNY's Alfred State College hosted high school students from across New York for a free camp on introductory robotics. A National Science Foundation grant funded the camp. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages the grant and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Alfred State Hosts Introductory Robotics Camp.
The Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) at SUNY Old Westbury hosted incoming first-year students for a hands-on learning experience studying the importance of salt marches. CSTEP is a New York State Education Department–funded initiative. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages the grant and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: From The Classroom To The Salt Marsh: CSTEP Students Dive Into Exploration.
A team of students from SUNY's Binghamton University received $50K in startup funding for their electronics project through Startup Summer School, which is an annual "...competitive program designed to support and showcase the most promising technologies and startups." The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages the program. It is one of numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more: Binghamton University Startup Developing Technology for AI Data Centers.
Professor Leonie Huddie and PhD Student Seden Yilmazturk from SUNY's Stony Brook University published in Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning on views of higher education. Dr. Huddie is the principal investigator on five ongoing sponsored projects and seven completed projects, and a collaborator on one completed project, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Stony Brook Researchers Find Americans’ Views of Higher Education Are More Complex Than Headlines Suggest.
The American Heart Association recognized SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital with several awards for its evidence-based patient care. This care uses research-based treatment guidelines to improve patient outcomes. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research grants at SUNY Upstate and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Upstate University Hospital Earns National Recognition For Excellence In Stroke, Heart Failure And Resuscitation Care.
Five researchers from SUNY's University at Buffalo, working with a colleague from Sao Paulo State University in Brazil, published in ACS Omega on methods for using artificial intelligence and optical technology to study cells. Four of the researchers are the principal investigators on 26 ongoing sponsored projects and 29 completed projects, and are collaborators on 9 ongoing projects and 4 completed projects, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: AI and ‘Ramanomics’ Could Eliminate a Major Obstacle to Studying Living Cells and AI and ‘Ramanomics’ Could Eliminate a Major Obstacle to Studying Living Cells.
Binghamton University is building a new battery research center in Johnson City, NY. The Research Foundation for SUNY will administer and manage sponsored research at the new facility and ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: JC Printing Plant Being Turned Into Battery Development Center and Work Continues on $114 Million Battery NY Complex in Johnson City.
Francis Depalo, a Doctor of Pharmacy student at SUNY's Binghamton University, will work with Assistant Professor Mia Lussier to study clinical outcomes of patients with diabetes. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages sponsored research grants at Binghamton University and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: PharmD Student Studies Diabetes Therapy Outcomes To Improve Patient Care.
62 SUNY students participated in this year's SUNY Undergraduate Educational Opportunity Program Research Program at 10 host campuses across the system. Students presented the results of their research at a research symposium. Read more: Chancellor King Highlights Undergraduate Summer Research Programs for Educational Opportunity Program Students During Research Symposium.
Students at SUNY's Binghamton University participated in an end-of-summer poster session to present research completed through several different programs. The 10-week programs matched students with a faculty mentor, enabling some to participate in sponsored research. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages that research and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Binghamton University Students Showcase Summer Research At Poster Session.
SUNY's Stony Brook University is recognizing students in the SUNY Arthur O. Eve Educational Opportunity Program who participated in the STEM Summer Research Program. Students presented the results of their faculty-mentored research at a symposium in Albany. Read more: Stony Brook EOP Students Showcase Summer STEM Research at Statewide SUNY Symposium.
Students from SUNY's Binghamton University engaged in hands-on work with students in Malawi through a College of Community and Public Affairs program. Assistant Professor Keisha M. Wint, the faculty lead on the trip, was the principal investigator on one completed sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Binghamton Students Gain Insight Through Malawi Service-Learning Trip.
CNN featured Distinguished Professor Siwei Lyu from SUNY's University at Buffalo in an article on hacking and artificial intelligence. Dr. Lyu is the principal investigator on eight ongoing sponsored projects and 10 completed projects, and a collaborator on one ongoing project, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: AI is Giving Hackers An Edge. Here’s How To Protect Yourself From Online Scams and AI is Giving Hackers An Edge
August 5, 2026
SUNY's University at Buffalo collaborated with Indiana University, the University of Toledo, Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, and the Cleveland Clinic, on a multidisciplinary research effort to use artificial intelligence to predict heart attack complications. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages research grants at the University at Buffalo and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: IU Researchers Develop Explainable AI Score to Predict Dangerous Heart Attack Complications.
Nine researchers at SUNY's Stony Brook University published their findings about a promising new potential therapy for lung cancer in Molecular Therapy. The research lead, Dr. Jingfang Ju, is the principal investigator on three ongoing sponsored projects and seven completed projects, and a collaborator on three ongoing projects and two completed projects, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Stony Brook Cancer Center Study Shows Promise of New Approach to Treat Lung Cancer and Experimental RNA Therapy Reduces Lung Cancer Tumours In Preclinical Model.
Amy Nitza from SUNY's University at Albany is working with the New York State Office of Victim Services to deliver Disaster Mental Health Preparedness Training. The program is funded by a $498K grant administered and managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Dr. Nitza is the principal investigator on seven ongoing sponsored projects and six completed projects, and a collaborator on four ongoing projects and five completed projects, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Training a Statewide Force to Administer Psychological First Aid in the Wake of Mass Violence and Helping Survivors After Tragedy.
SUNY Upstate Medical University renamed its former Flow Cytometry Core to the Immunology and Cell Biology Core in recognition of its evolution into a comprehensive research resource. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages research grants at the facility, supports procurement of instruments and equipment, and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Upstate Expands Research Core With Advanced Technologies And New Identity.
The Brain Aneurysm Foundation announced the recipients of its 2026 research grants, including Tatsat R. Patel, MS, PhD, and Kerry E. Poppenberg, PhD, from SUNY's University at Buffalo. Dr. Patel is the principal investigator on two ongoing sponsored projects and a collaboration on one project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY, which will administer and manage the grant and ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Brain Aneurysm Foundation Announces its 2026 Research Grant Recipients and Genome sequencing, neuromodulation and microperfusion projects among US BAF’s 2026 research grant recipients.
Dino Ravnic, DO, MPH, will join SUNY's Stony Brook University as the new chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, vice chair for research, and professor of surgery. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages research grants at Stony Brook University and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Surgeon-Scientist Dino Ravnic to Assume Plastic Surgery Chief, Vice Chair for Research Roles.
Yasvi Sonani, an undergraduate student at SUNY's University at Albany, is working with research labs at the RNA Institute and the New York State Department of Health to advance research projects in RNA science. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages research grants at the RNA Institute and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: UAlbany Summer: From Bioinformatics to the Bench.
The Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities program at SUNY's Stony Brook University recognized Charlotte Cain as its Researcher of the Month. Ms. Cain worked with Assistant Professor Zhichen Liu to investigate how artificial intelligence may impact engineering education learning. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting their future research. Read more: URECA Researcher of the Month Charlotte Cain Explores AI and Education.
SUNY's University at Buffalo is hosting the Rise, Response, and Rebuild Conference from September 11-12, 2026. "...[T]he conference will explore evidence-based strategies to prevent gun violence, support survivors and strengthen community resilience. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages research grants at the University at Buffalo and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Rise, Respond And Rebuild: Conference To Explore Solutions For Ending Gun Violence And Healing Communities.
August 4, 2026
A profile of Dr. Jeffrey Grace was widely covered by the media. Dr. Graced served as a Clinic Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at SUNY's University at Buffalo throughout his career. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages research grants at the University at Buffalo and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: After More Than Four Decades in Psychiatry, Dr. Jeffery Grace Continues to Show That Healing Begins by Helping People Feel Seen and Heard.
David Wang and Lun Nuam, both Doctor of Pharmacy students at SUNY's Binghamton University, are working with Assistant Professor Katie Edwards on research on the medicinal properties of plants. Dr. Edwards is the principal investigator on three ongoing sponsored projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: PharmD Students Explore Antioxidants In Invasive Plants And Root Tea.
More than 30 faculty-founded startups at SUNY's University at Buffalo have collectively raised more than $213M. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages research grants enabling these startups and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Research Foundation for SUNY also offers numerous pathways to support faculty efforts to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more: Growing Volume Of UB Research Is Finding Its Way Into Startup Companies and From Discovery To Startup Company At UB.
NY Creates announced a new apprenticeship program with Micron at the Albany NanoTech Facility and Hudson Valley Community College. The Research Foundation provides NY Creates administrative support and infrastructure that enables staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored research, industry programs, and agency activities. Read more: NY Creates, Micron Start Workforce Training Program For Chip Worker.
Professor Derek Daniels from SUNY's University at Buffalo contributed to a Fox News report on wildfire smoke. Dr. Daniels is the principal investigator on two ongoing sponsored projects and one completed project, and a collaborator on one completed project, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Can You Taste Wildfire Smoke? Scientists Say It's Complicated and Can You Taste Wildfire Smoke? Scientists Say It's Complicated.
The Health Forward Foundation awarded SUNY Polytechnic Institute a $15K grant for research on mechanical ventilation and respiratory care technologies. The Research Foundation for SUNY will administer and manage the research grant and ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. For co-principal investigator Aarthi Sekaran, this is her first sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. The other co-principal investigator, Ahmed Abdelaal, is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project. Read more: SUNY Poly Awarded $15K Health Forward Foundation Grant to Advance Respiratory Care Research and SUNY Poly Awarded Health Forward Foundation Grant For Lung Research.
Daniel Kruger from SUNY's University at Buffalo contributed to an ABC News report on why younger Americans are using alcohol and drugs less. Dr. Kruger is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Why alcohol and drug use may be declining among young Americans and Why Alcohol And Drug Use May Be Declining Among Young Americans.
August 3, 2026
SUNY announced the results of SUNY Startup Summer School, its annual "...competitive program designed to support and showcase the most promising technologies and startups." The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages the program. It is one of numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more: Chancellor King Celebrates Winners and Participants of SUNY Startup Summer School Demo Day.
Professor Hendrik Hamann from SUNY's Stony Brook University delivered a technical keynote at the inaugural U.S. Department of Energy Genesis Mission Summit. Dr. Hamann is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Stony Brook AI Expert Highlights Grid Innovation at Genesis Mission Summit.
The Whiteface Mountain Field Station at SUNY's University at Albany will receive $200K to support research from the New York State Environmental Protection Fund. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: State Funding Keeps Decades of Whiteface Mountain Field Station Research Data Flowing.
NY Creates announced the establishment of a for-profit subsidiary. The Research Foundation provides NY Creates administrative support and infrastructure that enables staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored research, industry programs, and agency activities. Read more: NanoTech Owner Creates For-Profit Arm as Albany Chip Hub Expands and Nanotech Owner Creates For-Profit Arm As Albany Chip Hub Expands.
The University Consortium for Geographic Information Science awarded Fellow status to Professor Ling Bian from SUNY's University at Buffalo for her advancement of research, education, and community service. Dr. Bian is the principal investigator on five ongoing sponsored projects and three completed projects, and a collaborator on two completed projects, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: UB Geographer Earns UCGIS Fellow Recognition.
Governor Hochul announced the annual performance results of the New York State Small Business Development Centers (SBDC). SUNY administers SBDC through 20 regional centers to assist businesses with services such as startup, expansion, business advising, and training. The Research Foundation also offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more: Governor Hochul Announces More Than 27,000 Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs Supported by Small Business Development Centers Throughout New York State and New York Small-Business Centers Served More Than 27,000 in 2025.
Assistant Professor Sundeep Venkatesan at SUNY's Binghamton University wrote an article on the impacts of spaceflight on swallowing, eating, and drinking, which was picked up by several online media outlets. The Research Foundation looks forward to supporting his future sponsored research. Read more: Spaceflight Could Change How Astronauts Swallow, Eat And Drink In Subtle Ways, Binghamton Expert Explains and Spaceflight Could Change How Astronauts Swallow, Eat And Drink In Subtle Ways.
Researchers from SUNY's Stony Brook University and the American Museum of Natural History, the University of Arizona, and Arcadia University found a new fossil that provides insights into a "longstanding scientific problem." Professor Maureen O'Leary, a Stony Brook University researcher and museum research associate, is the principal investigator on three ongoing sponsored projects and 10 completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Stony Brook Researcher Helps Reveal a Chapter of Mammal Evolution and Fossil From The Gobi Desert Rewrites The Story Of Mammal Evolution.
SUNY's University at Buffalo changed the name of their Department of Electrical Engineering to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The name change, "...reflects its longstanding research and education in computer engineering." The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to continuing to administer and manage the department's research grants and ensuring compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: UB Renames Department Of Electrical Engineering.
Summer Research Fellow Kahann Shah, a Doctor of Pharmacy student at SUNY's Binghamton University, is working with Assistant Professor Phil Hughes on a study of psychologists who prescribe medication. Fellowships are non-employment appointments with The Research Foundation for SUNY that receive non-wage payments in support of academic study or research. Dr. Hughes is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Summer Research Fellow Explores Prescriptive Authority.
Associate Professor Mackenzie Gerringer from SUNY Geneseo, working with colleagues in Montana and Hawaii, used a remotely operated underwater robot to identify previously unknown marine life. Dr. Gerringer is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Biologists Needed 6 Years To Name The Bumpy Snailfish.
Dr. Stephen Thomas, the Interim Vice President for Research at SUNY Upstate Medical University, led a talk about ticks and mosquitoes. Dr. Thomas is the principal investigator of four ongoing sponsored projects and 14 completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. He was a collaborator on one additional completed project. Read more: Infectious Diseases Expert To Talk About Ticks And Mosquitos And Lead Walk With A Doc.
SUNY Polytechnic Institute hosted a 10-week Summer Undergraduate Research Program pairing students with faculty mentors on projects. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages research grants for researchers supporting the program. Read more: Summer Undergraduate Research Program Advances Student Learning Through Research.
Four researchers from SUNY's University at Buffalo, working with a colleague from Rice University, published a study in the Journal on Migration and Human Security on employment barriers for refugee communities. The corresponding author, Associate Professor Abigail Cooke, is the principal investigator on two ongoing sponsored projects and one completed project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Lasting Employment Barriers For Buffalo’s Refugee Communities Suggest Investment In Economic Integration Needed and Buffalo, N.Y. Refugee Community Struggling To Find Better Jobs Amid Federal Cuts.
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July 29, 2026
S&P Global Ratings affirmed its "A+" rating of the Fuller Road Management Company on behalf of The Research Foundation for SUNY. The company was co-founded in 1993 as a dual-member corporation by The Research Foundation and the University at Albany Foundation to act as a real estate and infrastructure arm for nontechnology facilities. Read more: State University Of New York Research Foundation Series 2020 Lease Revenue Bonds 'A+' Rating Affirmed.
Researchers at SUNY's Stony Brook University are using artificial intelligence (AI) detection software to identify novels generated by AI. The research lead, Professor Tuhin Chakrabarty, is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: How AI Books Sneak Their Way Into Stores.
Nicholas Querques, Vice President of Innovation and Partnerships at The Research Foundation for SUNY, was a member of a panel on "Forging Academic/Commercial Partnerships" at an event hosted by The RNA Institute at SUNY's University at Albany and LifeSciencesNY. The Research Foundation offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more: Panel #2.
Vice President for Research Michael Carpenter at SUNY Polytechnic Institute is working with a research team from Rice University on a new $19.9M award from the National Science Foundation. Dr. Carpenter is the principal investigator on 12 ongoing sponsored projects and four completed projects, and a collaborator on one completed project, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: SUNY Poly Joins $19.9 Million National Science Foundation Initiative to Accelerate AI-Driven Materials Discovery and SUNY Poly Joins Initiative to Accelerate AI-Driven Materials Discovery.
A delegation from SUNY's Stony Brook University met with representatives from defense science agencies to explore future opportunities. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting future sponsored research. Read more: Stony Brook Research Leaders Deepen Ties with Defense Agency Priorities.
July 28, 2026
The RNA Institute at SUNY's University at Albany announced that it will receive $3.8M from the National Institutes of Health and $3.4M from the National Institute on Aging. The Institute's Associate Director, Distinguished Professor Thomas Begley, is the principal investigator on 11 ongoing sponsored projects and ten completed projects, and a collaborator on two ongoing projects and three completed projects, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: $7.3M in New Research Grants Mark ‘RNA Day’ at UAlbany and RNA Institute Gets $7.3 Million From NIH For Studies.
Six researchers at SUNY's Stony Brook University, working with colleagues from Duke University, published in Nature Communications on the relationship between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and chronic diseases. The study was funded in part by the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health and managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Chronic Disease, Aging Linked to WTC Responders with PTSD and Scientists Discover Possible Link Between 9/11 and Accelerated Aging.
Six researchers at SUNY's University at Buffalo and two at SUNY's Binghamton University, working with colleagues from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, published in Science on a mechanism that could lead to faster outcomes in pharmaceutical research. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages the research grants supporting their work and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: A New Mechanism May Shorten The Time Involved In Drug Discovery.
The Research Foundation for SUNY released a request for proposal inviting bids to establish a governed Power BI dashboard program to support executive decision-making, strengthen metric consistency across the SUNY research enterprise, and prepare for enterprise business intelligence scale-up. Read more: Request for Proposal for Power BI Architecture and Delivery Advisory Services.
The 2026 Upstate Power 100 named SUNY Upstate Medical University President Dr. Mantosh Dewan number 36. Dr. Dewan is the principal investigator on three ongoing sponsored projects and two completed projects, and a collaborator on one ongoing project, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Upstate Medical University President Dr. Mantosh Dewan named to City & State's Upstate 100.
The National Institutes of Health awarded Associate Professor Qiang Zhang at SUNY's University at Albany $2M to advance methods for building proteins. Dr. Zhang is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. The Research Foundation for SUNY will administer and manage the research grants and ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: UAlbany Chemist Wins $2M to Build Protein Library, Target ‘Undruggable’ Cancer Protein.
Researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio are using a chip fabricated in partnership with SUNY's University at Albany, with IBM technology at NY Creates' Albany NanoTech Complex. The Research Foundation provides NY Creates administrative support and infrastructure that enables staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored research, industry programs, and agency activities. Read more: Genesis Chip May Help AI With Its Memory Problem.
Two researchers at SUNY Upstate Medical University, working with colleagues from the University of Vermont, published findings in the Journal of Virology about how viruses evade immune defenses. One of the researchers, Associate Professor Adam Waickman, is the principal investigator on three ongoing sponsored projects and three completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Upstate, University Of Vermont Researchers Uncover New Way Dengue Virus Evades the Immune System and Dengue Virus Can Infect Immune Cells Meant To Fight Disease.
The National Science Foundation awarded Assistant Professor Yingxue Zhang from SUNY's University at Binghamton a five-year, $585K, CAREER Award. "The CAREER Award is the NSF’s most prestigious distinction, given to early-career faculty who are poised to become the future leaders in research and education in their respective fields." The Research Foundation for SUNY will administer and manage the award and ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: School Of Computing Professor Wins NSF CAREER Award For ‘Smart Cities’ Research.
Tommaso Rainaldi, a postdoctoral researcher at SUNY's Stony Brook University, builds on a nontraditional path to physics in his work using quantum computers. Postdoctoral researchers receive employee appointments with The Research Foundation for SUNY to conduct advanced research and provide training in a field of expertise after earning a PhD or MD. Read more: A Novel Approach to Studying Hadronic Structures.
Denisse Martinez, an undergraduate student at SUNY's Binghamton University, is completing a summer research program that pairs students with little lab experience with an experienced researcher. She and her mentor, Assistant Professor Azadeh Nasuhidehnavi, are studying chronic infections. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting their future research. Read more: Summer Research Fellow Studies Connections Between Inflammation And Cellular Aging.
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- A liquid biopsy assay detecting TF-Ag-α–positive tumor-derived exosomes for cancer screening, early detection and treatment monitoring.
- This technology is a modular, luminescent biosensor that rapidly detects DNA, RNA, small molecules, and proteins at the point of care, using a visible color change measurable by a smartphone, enabling fast, sensitive, and equipment-free diagnostics.
July 27, 2026
LinkedIn's 2026 "Cities on the Rise" list ranked Albany at number 12. Investment in research initiatives at SUNY's University at Albany and NY Creates contributed to the ranking. The Research Foundation for SUNY supports investment in research by administering and managing research grants and ensuring compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Research Foundation for SUNY also provides NY Creates with administrative support and infrastructure that enables staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored research, industry programs, and agency activities. Read more: UAlbany Helps Albany Earn Spot on LinkedIn's 'Cities on the Rise' for the Second Year in a Row.
Three researchers from SUNY Polytechnic Institute, working with a colleague from the Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, published in the Journal of Air Transportation on how the aviation industry compares options for reducing environmental impacts. One of the researchers, Professor Robert Edgell, is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: SUNY Poly Researchers Publish Two-Decade Review to Strengthen Sustainable Aviation Decision-Making.
Researchers from SUNY's University at Buffalo, working with colleagues from the U.S. Geological Survey, published in Science Advances about the role of genetic diversity in the success of invasive species. The study's corresponding author, Associate Professor Trevor Krabbenhoft, is the principal investigator on two ongoing sponsored projects and a collaborator on one project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: How Did Inbred Brown Tree Snakes Take Over Guam? Study Suggests Hidden Genetic Diversity and Hidden Genetic Diversity Found in Invasive Brown Tree Snakes Reveals Adaptability Despite Inbreeding.
SUNY Polytechnic Institute is collaborating with Rice University on a $19.9M award from the National Science Foundation to "lead a four-year project aimed at using artificial intelligence, robotics, and cloud-based laboratories to accelerate the manufacturing of electronic and quantum materials." The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting their research. Read more: Accelerating Discovery: Rice Receives Nearly $20M NSF Award For AI-Powered Materials Laboratory.
Associate Professor Jennifer Moffat from SUNY Upstate Medical University contributed to media coverage of the rise of shingles. Dr. Moffat is the principal investigator on 13 ongoing sponsored projects and four completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: ‘It Was Like Something Was Crawling Over Me’ – The Worrying Rise Of Shingles Among Millennial Women.
July 24, 2026
Professor John Pardon from SUNY's Stony Brook University was one of four recipients of the prestigious Fields Medal. "The Fields Medal, often described as the Nobel Prize of mathematics due to its prestige, is awarded every four years to two to four mathematicians under the age of 40. The medal recognizes outstanding mathematical achievement in existing work and the promise of future achievement." The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting his future research. Read more: John Pardon Wins 2026 Fields Medal for Outstanding Mathematical Achievement.
SUNY Upstate Medical University is hosting a conference to advance disability and assistive technology education. The conference organizers are from Upstate, SUNY Cortland, and SUNY's Stony Brook University. Two of the conference organizers are principal investigators on four ongoing sponsored projects and nine completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Upstate Hosts Statewide Conference To Advance Disability And Assistive Technology Education.
The Center for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies at SUNY's University at Buffalo named Professor Uttam Singisetti as its director. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages the center's research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Singisetti is the principal investigator on 11 ongoing sponsored projects and seven completed projects, and a collaborator on one ongoing project and one completed project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: UB Center for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies names new director.
Distinguished Teaching Professor Marci Lobel and researchers at SUNY's Stony Brook University published in Health Psychology on long COVID symptoms. Dr. Lobel is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and five completed projects, and a collaborator on one ongoing project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Study: Stress Is a Significant Factor in Women Experiencing Long COVID.
Associate Professor Nicholas Warner from SUNY Geneseo is working with four students to study Mars. Their research is funded by NASA's Mars Data Analysis Program. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: VIDEO: NASA Research—Mars Landing Site Craters.
Assistant Professor Deborah Silvis from SUNY Cortland, and colleagues from SUNY's University at Buffalo, received a $75K grant from the Spencer Foundation to study how children engage with artificial intelligence. The Research Foundation for SUNY will administer and manage the grant and ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Silvis is also the principal investigator on another ongoing sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Faculty Member Earns Grant To Research AI In Early Childhood Education.
The Computing Research Association selected Assistant Professor Xi Lu from SUNY's University at Buffalo as a CRA Trustworthy AI Research Fellow. Dr. Lu is a collaborator on an ongoing sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Xi Lu selected as AI Research Fellow by Computing Research Association.
Emily Szczublewski, a student at SUNY Geneseo, is working with Assistant Professor Jacalyn Wittmer Malinowski on research to measure the environmental conditions of two of the Finger Lakes. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting their future sponsored research. Read more: VIDEO: Geology Summer Research.
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Researchers at SUNY's University at Buffalo, publishing in JAMA, followed more than 5,000 women ages 63 to 99 over an eight-year period. Every 7 kg (15-pound) increase in grip strength was tied to a 12 percent drop in overall mortality risk. Michael Lamonte, one of the researchers, is the principal investigator on four ongoing sponsored projects and two completed projects, and a collaborator on four ongoing projects and five completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Your Grip Strength Could Reveal More About Your Longevity Than You Might Expect, Studies Say.
The future of farming could involve more diversity. That's thanks to an invention at SUNY's Binghamton University. A team there has developed a virtual reality system. Now it creates real-time interactive 3d views of physical farms. Users can put on the VR goggles, and they can see their greenhouses from anywhere. The Research Foundation offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more: AgDay.
Ticks are usually something you'd want to avoid -- but not Michael Stastny -- the Binghamton University PhD student has been researching ticks for the last five years, first working under Professor Tracy Curtis in her lab at SUNY Broome, and then continuing his work at Binghamton University as a graduate student. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting their future sponsored research. Read more: 12 News This Morning 6am.
July 23, 2026
The Department of Energy announced the first projects selected for the Genesis Mission. Across SUNY’s four R1 research universities and SUNY Polytechnic Institute, SUNY submitted 174 proposals. Researchers at SUNY's Stony Brook University received three projects, the University at Buffalo received two, and Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) received seven. Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) manages and operates BNL 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. The Research Foundation for SUNY manages sponsored projects and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Stony Brook University Researchers Chosen for Landmark DOE Genesis Mission AI-for-Science Awards and UB Scientists Awarded Genesis Mission Grants For AI-Focused Research.
Undergraduate students Prince Karmacharya and Andrianna Poznahovska from SUNY's Binghamton University are working with Assistant Professor Yuanjun "Steve" Shen on two projects. Dr. Shen is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Student Researchers Explore Frontiers In Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Research.
A two-year project between SUNY Upstate Medical University and Syracuse University led to findings improving early detection of cognitive impairment. The Research Foundation for SUNY ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Upstate, Syracuse University Study Finds Memory Screenings In Local Aging Offices Boost Early Detection.
The International Mathematical Union announced that John Pardon from SUNY's Stony Brook University was a recipient of the 2026 Fields Medal. "The Fields Medal is often described as the Nobel Prize of mathematics due to its prestige." The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting his future research. Watch his cover video: Fields Medalist John Pardon Video Cover.
The Natural Environment Change Center at SUNY's Binghamton University awarded five graduate student awards and two faculty seed grants for collaborative research. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Natural Environmental Change Center Supports Student And Faculty Research On Environmental Change And Solutions.
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Professor Vincent Lynch from SUNY's University at Buffalo contributed to a National Public Radio segment about a cancer affecting catfish in Lake Memphremagog. Dr. Lynch is the principal investigator on two ongoing sponsored projects and two completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: A Strange Transmissible Cancer Is Spreading Through The Catfish In This Lake.
The Director of Empire AI, based at SUNY's University at Buffalo, discusses the consortium of research institutions supporting efforts to "supercharge computing power to benefit academic research." The SUNY Provost and President of The Research Foundation, Ram Ramasubramanian, is a member of the Empire AI Board of Directors. Read more: Director of Empire AI Discusses Research Consortium.
Professor Erin Hatton from SUNY's University at Buffalo contributed to syndicated reporting on a rise in Medicaid and SNAP benefits among Amazon workers and those in ride-hailing and food-delivery platforms. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting her future research. Read more: Amazon, gig companies see spike in workers on SNAP and Medicaid, study shows.
Assistant Professor Shing-Chi Leung from the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, working with colleagues from the University of Tokyo, published a study on primordial black holes in The Astrophysical Journal. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting his future research. Read more: Researchers Uncover Signatures Of Primordial Black Holes When Triggering Type Ia Supernovae.
July 22, 2026
Governor Kathy Hochol announced that components of the world's most advanced semiconductor equipment arrived at the Albany NanoTech Complex operated by NY Creates. The Research Foundation provides NY Creates administrative support and infrastructure that enables staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored research, industry programs, and agency activities. Read more: Governor Hochul Announces the World’s Most Advanced Equipment for Semiconductor Chip Design Begins to Arrive at NY Creates’ Albany NanoTech Complex.
A team of researchers from SUNY's Stony Brook University published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene on a rare tick-borne infection called the Bourbon virus. One of the researchers, Charles Kyriakos Vorkas, is the principal investigator on three ongoing sponsored projects and one completed project, and a collaborator on two ongoing sponsored projects, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Study: Lone Star Tick Is Bringing Another Infection Concern and Bourbon Virus in Lone Star Ticks.
Associate Professor Courtney Wigdahl-Perry from SUNY Fredonia presented updates on her research at Chautauqua Lake. Dr. Wigdahl-Perry was the principal investigator on three completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Faculty Member Presents On Chautauqua Lake Research.
Melissa Mendoza-Seale, an alumna of SUNY's Binghamton University, is applying skills from her research experiences in school to improving medical devices in the private sector. At Binghamton, her research under Professor Gretchen Mahler focused on modeling calcific aortic valve disease. Dr. Mahler is the principal investigator on two ongoing sponsored projects and five completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Biomedical Engineering Alumna Is Making Medical Devices Safer.
Chris Gilbert, a PhD student at SUNY's University at Albany, was named a Fulbright Student Scholar. The Research Foundation looks forward to supporting his future sponsored research and technology. Read more: Atmospheric Science Student Earns Fulbright to Study Hydrometeorology in Italy.
Seven faculty members and several Research Foundation for SUNY-affiliated centers and offices at SUNY's Binghamton University supported a camp for middle- and high-school students focused on microelectronics. Four of the faculty are principal investigators on two ongoing sponsored projects and 11 completed projects, and collaborators on two ongoing sponsored projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. The Research Foundation provides staffing services to the offices and centers supporting the camp. Read more: Microelectronics Camp Introduces Students To Key Industry.
16-year-old Evan Buhain is working with Associate Professor Jennifer Gilbert Jenkins at SUNY Morrisville on an independent high school research project. Dr. Gilbert-Jenkins was a principal investigator on four completed sponsored projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: High School Student’s Search For Answers Brings Him To SUNY Morrisville Research Lab.
New York Sea Grant awarded seven grants to researchers from SUNY Oswego, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and SUNY's Stony Brook University. The Research Foundation for SUNY provides staffing services to New York Sea Grant and administers and manages grants to ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Four SoMAS Research Projects Receive Funding from New York Sea Grant and SUNY Oswego Leads Lake Ontario Fisheries Study In $1.5M Sea Grant Research Suite.
Associate Professor Guy German from SUNY's Binghamton University explains why a new FDA-approved sunscreen works. Dr. German was the principal investigator on four completed sponsored projects and a collaborator on one completed project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: A New Sunscreen Ingredient Was Finally Approved In The U.S.—Binghamton Skin Scientist Explains Why It’s Effective and First New US Sunscreen Ingredient Since 1999 Approved By FDA – A Skin Scientist Explains How Bemotrizinol Works.
The Community Health Equity Research Institute at SUNY's University at Buffalo is funding community projects and pilot studies to address social issues impacting health. The Research Foundation for SUNY manages a $3.6M National Institutes of Health grant supporting these projects and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: To Improve Health Equity On The East Side, More Than $600,000 Has Been Awarded To Community Groups, Researchers and Over $600K Awarded to Advance East Side Health Equity.
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- Three mutations that could be used as biomarkers for patient's drug responses or for tumor therapeutic targets.
- With a clear and growing unmet need, a novel mechanism of action, and demonstrated in vitro superiority over current standard-of-care agents, these novel boron-based antifungal agents represent a compelling early-stage opportunity with significant commercial and public health relevance.
Billionaire philanthropist Lauren Sánchez Bezos wants to change what your clothes are made of and help offset fashion’s materials problem by investing in research at the SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology. The Research Foundation for SUNY manages research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Lauren Sánchez Bezos put $34 million behind reinventing what clothes are made of—and stirred a debate about Amazon.
The American chestnut tree was a dominant and iconic species in many Appalachian forests until it was devastated by an introduced fungus from Asia called chestnut blight. Researchers at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are working on a solution. The Research Foundation for SUNY manages research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: New genetic approaches raise hopes for restoring the American chestnut to its former glory.
July 21, 2026
Seniors at SUNY Polytechnic Institute completed a study of the effects of banning cell phones in schools. Postdoctoral Research Dr. Winnie Mkandawire was the study's data analyst. Postdoctoral researchers receive employee appointments with The Research Foundation for SUNY to conduct advanced research and provide training in a field of expertise after earning a PhD or MD. Read more: SUNY Poly Students Conduct Real World Research on New York's Cellphone Ban in Local High School.
July 20, 2026
Assistant Professor Jian Zhou and Distinguished Professor Ronald Miles from SUNY's Binghamton University, in collaboration with a researcher at the University of Southern California, received a five-year, $1.84M grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop an ear probe that will detect otoacoustic emissions. The probe will increase understanding of how the ear works and enable more effective detection of hearing loss. Read more: New Ear Probe to Detect Hearing Issues is Based on How Spiders ‘Hear’ Through Their Webs.
WSYR TV Syracuse quoted Assistant Professor Andrew Vander Yacht from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in a story about poor air quality from the Canadian fires. Dr. Yacht is the principal investigator on two ongoing sponsored projects, a collaborator on two ongoing projects, and a collaborator on two completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Ecologist Says Central New York May Deal With Canadian Wildfire Smoke Throughout the Summer.
Bloomberg quoted Associate Professor Samantha Penta from SUNY's University at Albany in a story about the impact of reduced federal resources for emergency preparedness. Dr. Penta was a collaborator on one completed sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Overlapping Disasters Challenge US Amid Trump Cuts.
29 faculty members and staff from SUNY's Stony Brook University received Chancellor's Awards for Excellence. 10 of them are principal investigators on 41 ongoing sponsored projects, 89 completed projects, and collaborators on one ongoing project and one completed project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: 29 Stony Brook University Faculty and Staff Earn SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence.
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at SUNY's Binghamton University is looking back on its accomplishments from the last academic year. Their research accomplishments include multiple sponsored projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY, as well as technology-to-market efforts that benefit from the numerous pathways the foundation offers to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more: Mechanical Engineering Department Celebrates 2025-26 Accomplishments.
The Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education at SUNY's University at Buffalo is hosting the 2026 Teaching Black History Conference. The center's research group seeks grants and develops research projects. When research-related funding is awarded to SUNY or SUNY faculty members, the Research Foundation administers and manages those funds to ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: UB to Host 5th Annual Teaching Black History Conference.
Kuang-Ching “KC” Wang joined SUNY's Binghamton University as the Director of the School of Computer last fall. At Clemson, he directed more than $100M in sponsored research. He is currently the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: The Connector: New School of Computing Director Brings Deep Experience with Sensors, Networking.
PBS News quoted Distinguished Professor Sanjay Sethi from SUNY's University at Buffalo in a story about protecting yourself from poor air quality. Dr. Sethi is the principal investigator on four ongoing sponsored projects, a collaborator on one ongoing project, a principal investigator on 11 completed projects, and a collaborator on five completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: UB In The News What To Know About Bad Air Caused By Wildfires And How To Protect Yourself.
Summer Research Fellow Smit Patel at SUNY's Binghamton University is working with Assistant Professor John Fetse on the development of ways to deliver treatments directly to the brain. Fellowships are non-employment appointments with The Research Foundation for SUNY that receive non-wage payments in support of academic study or research. Read more: Summer Research Fellow Explores Next-Generation Brain Drug Delivery.
USA Today included comments by Associate Professor Holly Buck from SUNY's University at Buffalo in a story about El Niño events. Dr. Buck is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and one completed project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Could We Stop El Niño By Brightening Clouds? New Study Explores How.
July 17, 2026
New York Sea Grant awarded seven grants to researchers from SUNY's Stony Brook University, the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and SUNY Oswego. The Research Foundation for SUNY provides human resource services to New York Sea Grant and will administer and manage these grants to ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Four SoMAS Research Projects Receive Funding from New York Sea Grant.
SUNY's University at Buffalo named Professor Uttam Singiseti as director of its Center for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers research grants at the center to ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Singisetti is the principal investigator on five ongoing sponsored projects and 10 completed projects and a collaborator on one completed project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Center for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies Names New Director.
SUNY's College of Environmental Science and Forestry created an Advanced Certificate in Indigenous Peoples and the Environment graduate program. Assistant Professor Madeline Nyblade, one of the program's advisors, is the principal investigator on three ongoing sponsored projects, a collaborator on two ongoing projects, and a collaborator on one completed project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Another advisor, Associate Professor Jean Kayira, is the principal investigator on one ongoing project. Read more: SUNY ESF Introduces Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Peoples and the Environment.
Paul Kelly, NY Creates Chief Operating Officer and Alex Oscilowski, former President of the Tokyo Electron US (TEL) Technology Center of America at the Albany NanoTech Complex, created a podcast discussing TEL's success and how it was enabled by the complex. The Research Foundation provides NY Creates administrative support and infrastructure that enables staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored research, industry programs, and agency activities. Watch more: Now Streaming: NY Creates NanoChat – Episode 9!
Three researchers from SUNY's University at Buffalo, working with a researcher from Cornell University, published a study in Biodiversity and Conservation on the impacts on air quality on bird species. One of the authors, Dr. Adam M. Wilson, is the principal investigator on two ongoing sponsored projects and two completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Canadian Wildfire Smoke Linked to Fewer Bird Sightings in New York State.
July 16, 2026
President Andrea Goldsmith from SUNY's Stony Brook University and Eden Figueroa, Director of Stony Brook's Quantum Institute and a joint appointee with Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), explored quantum networking at the latest Southampton Dialogues. Dr. Goldsmith serves on the Board of Directors of The Research Foundation for SUNY. Dr. Figueroa is the principal investigator on four ongoing sponsored projects and 11 completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) manages and operates BNL 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. Read more: Southampton Dialogues Event Explores How Quantum Networking Could Shape the Future.
Three researchers from SUNY's University at Buffalo published findings from a study in Sociological Focus on the impacts of school choice on segregation. Dr. Himelberg was a collaborator on one completed sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Dr. Gabriel is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and one completed project, and a collaborator on one completed project. Dr. Poulin was the principal investigator on one completed sponsored project. Read more: Study Shows How School Choice May Sustain Income Segregation in U.S. Classrooms.
The American Society of Civil Engineers Long Island Branch recognized Professor Rigoberto Burgueño from SUNY's Stony Brook University as the Educator of the Year. Dr. Burgueno is the principal investigator on two ongoing sponsored projects and one completed project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Rigoberto Burgueño Named ASCE Long Island’s Educator of the Year.
The Program Evaluation Center appointed Fox Birdtail, a senior at SUNY Fredonia, as a Student Research Intern for the summer. He will support a Certified Community Behavioral Health Center - Improvement and Advancement Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services. The Research Foundation for SUNY manages the grant and provides human resource services for the center. Read more: Senior Named as Intern at Program Evaluation Center.
Four researchers from SUNY's Stony Brook University published a study in the Journal of Applied Physicsbased on their work at the onsemi Research Center for Wide Bandgap Materials. The center's director, Dr. Dudley, is the principal investigator on four ongoing sponsored projects and 24 completed projects managed by The Research Foundation SUNY. Dr. Raghothamachar is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and three completed projects, and Dr. Gersappe is the principal investigator on four ongoing sponsored projects, 25 completed projects, and a collaborator on one completed project. The Research Foundation SUNY administers and manages sponsored programs at the center to ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Stony Brook Researchers at onsemi Research Center for Wide Bandgap Materials Pave Way For Next-Generation Semiconductors.
Nathanan Tantivasadakarn from SUNY's Stony Brook University, working with colleagues from Harvard University, the University of Chicago, and Quantinuum, published a study in Nature on a new approach to quantum computing. Although this study was supported by grants to Harvard University and the University of Chicago, The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting his future research. Read more: Braided, Exotic Particles Could Build Reliable, Universal Quantum Computers.
PhD student Sydney Robinson from SUNY's Stony Brook University is conducting research to understand communication barriers and effective messaging in Queens, New York. She credits her advisor, Christine Gilbert, with supporting her academic success. Dr. Gilbert is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and one completed project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: SoMAS Grad Student Ponders the Intersection of Climate and Communications.
July 15, 2026
NY Creates posted that ASML's High Numerical Aperture Extreme Ultraviolet system will soon arrive at their NanoFab Reflection facility. The Research Foundation for SUNY provides administrative support and infrastructure that allows for staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing to conduct sponsored research, industry programs, and agency activity at NY Creates. Watch more: Driving Semiconductor Innovation at the Leading Edge: NanoFab Reflection.
Alecia Lashier, an alumna of SUNY's Binghamton University, reflects on her internship with Innovation Associates through the Strategic Partnership for Industrial Resurgence (SPIR) program. Since 1994, SPIR programs at SUNY's University at Albany, Binghamton University, University at Buffalo, and Stony Brook University have helped create and retain jobs and solve technological problems. The Research Foundation for SUNY offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more: From Intern to Vice President: Alumna’s Career Blossomed at Pharmacy Automation Company.
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July 14, 2026
The National Science Foundation awarded Early CAREER Awards to four faculty members at SUNY's Stony Brook University for their potential to serve as academic role models in research and to lead advances in research. The Research Foundation for SUNY will administer and manage these grants to ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more:
- Assistant Professor Qingyun Li, Department of Geosciences
- Assistant Professor Yifan Zhou, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Assistant Professor Jeffrey M. Lipshultz, Department of Chemistry
- Assistant Professor Quinton J. Bruch, Department of Chemistry
Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology, and Innovation selected SUNY's University at Albany as one of two recipients of the first New York Global Entrepreneurs Program. The award will expand the Research and Innovators Startup Exchange in the UAlbany Innovation Center. The Research Foundation for SUNY supports numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more: UAlbany Named Inaugural Recipient of New York Global Entrepreneurs Grant.
Reuters quoted Professor Siwei Lyu from SUNY's University at Buffalo in an analysis of the shortfalls of AI image detection. Dr. Lyu is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and six completed projects, and a collaborator on one completed project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Meta AI Image Detector Fails to Identify Some of Its Own Cropped AI Images.
SUNY named Professor Apostolos Tassiopoulos from Stony Brook University a Distinguished Service Professor, SUNY's highest faculty distinction. Dr. Tassiopoulos is the principal investigator on eight ongoing sponsored projects and a collaborator on one ongoing project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. He was also the principal investigator on 16 completed projects. Read more: Surgery Chair Apostolos Tassiopoulos Honored as Department’s First Distinguished Service Professor.
Two researchers from SUNY's Binghamton University, working with colleagues from the University of Alabama, published a study in Neurobiology of Aging on sleep quality. Although this study was supported by a National Institutes of Health grant to the University of Alabama, The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting their future research. Read more: Study: Poor-quality Sleep Involves Different Parts of the Brain, Depending on Age.
Daniel M. Holstein from SUNY's Stony Brook University, working with colleagues from Mote Marine Laboratory, the University of Miami, and the NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, published a study in Scientific Reports. Dr. Holstein is the principal investigator on two ongoing sponsored projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Naturally Immune Corals Offer a Solution to Reef Devastation.
The National Institutes of Health extended its funding of SUNY's University at Buffalo Research Training on Alcohol Etiology and Treatment program. The Research Foundation for SUNY will continue to administer and manage the grant to ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: NIH Funds Longstanding Alcohol Research Training Program for 5 More Years.
The Office of Health Equity and Climate Medicine Research at SUNY's Stony Brook University is partnering with the Suffolk County Department of Health Services on a community nature walk. Postdoctoral researchers at the Office of Health Equity and Climate Medicine Research receive employee appointments with The Research Foundation for SUNY to conduct advanced research and provide training in a field of expertise after earning a PhD or MD. Read more: Tick Safety and Local Conservation on the Agenda at Nature Walk Series.
July 13, 2026
SUNY's University at Buffalo is leading two National Science Foundation awards, totaling $950K, for artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and advanced manufacturing workforce training programs. The Research Foundation for SUNY administers and manages both grants to ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: UB Trains Future AI, Cybersecurity and Advanced Manufacturing Workforce.
Nathan St. Louis, Mitch Timerman, and Matthew Gattus from SUNY Canton placed 4th in the Forging Industry Educational and Research Foundation (FIERF) annual competition. SUNY Canton's Forging Club was built following a $5K grant from FIERF in 2025, a sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Forged in Canton: Collegiate Smiths Hammer Out 4th Place Axe in National Competition.
Seven researchers from SUNY's University at Buffalo and two from SUNY's Binghamton University joined colleagues from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in publishing the results of a study in Science. The study used visible light to build complex molecules, aiding future drug discovery efforts. Dr. Hirschi (Binghamton) is the principal investigator on two ongoing sponsored projects and a collaborator on one project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Dr. Musacchio (Buffalo) is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project. Read more: Blue lights and Textbook Chemistry Could Help Create Complex Drugs in Fewer Steps and A New Mechanism May Shorten The Time Involved In Drug Discovery.
Since 2016, researchers from SUNY's College of Environmental Science and Forestry have partnered with Cornell University and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to study fisher populations across the state. The Research Foundation for SUNY supports research by ensuring compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Fisher and Marten Trapping Seasons Expanded in Upstate NY.
The Office of Global Health Initiatives at SUNY's University at Buffalo hosted the New American Health Summit: Mental Health and Refugee Resilience. The Director, Lina Mu, who opened the event, is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and a collaborator on three ongoing sponsored projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. She was also the principal investigator of three completed projects and a collaborator on one. Read more: Annual Summit Examines Resilience of Refugees and Their Care Providers
July 10, 2026
NY Creates President and CEO Dave Anderson released a statement on Micron reaching a milestone. “Micron’s announcement that construction is already moving ahead of schedule is exciting for Central New York and for the future of domestic semiconductor manufacturing...NY Creates is proud to partner with Micron..." The Research Foundation provides NY Creates administrative support and infrastructure that enables staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored research, industry programs, and agency activities. Read more: Statement on Micron Megafab Construction Milestone and Micron's Announcement.
The International WELL Building Institute awarded SUNY Upstate Medical University's Nappi Wellness Institute a WELL Certification at Silver Level for building features that impact the health and well-being of people in the building. The Research Foundation for SUNY supports sponsored research at the institute by administering and managing grant funds to ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: Nappi Wellness Institute Earns WELL Silver Certification.
Professor Kristen Corbosiero from SUNY's University at Albany explains more about the science enabling lightning detection and the National Lightning Detection Network. Researchers at the University at Albany deployed the original lightning detection system that evolved into today's network. Dr. Corbosiero is a principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and collaborator on a second ongoing project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. She was also the principal investigator on three completed projects and a collaborator on another completed project. Watch the video: UAlbany Expert Explains How Lightning Sends Invisible Signals.
Three researchers from SUNY's University at Buffalo published a study on using engineered light to identify retinal disease in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences with colleagues from the University of Waterloo, the Centre for Eye and Vision Research, Idaho State University, Aston University, and the University of Bristol. Although this sponsored project was not managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY, the foundation looks forward to supporting the team's future research at the University at Buffalo. Read more: Quantum Optics May Turn This Rare Visual Phenomenon Into an Eye Test.
Students at SUNY Oneonta and other universities began a summer archaeology program at Hartwick College's Pine Lake Environmental Campus in West Davenport, NY. The Research Foundation for SUNY provides $500 in grants to the SUNY Oneonta students to help defray the costs of attending the Archaeological Field School. Read more: Students Dig into the Past at Archaeological Field School.
Through the Federal Aviation Administration and the NASA-funded New York Space Grant Consortium, Professor Kimberly Riegel and students Sophie Nitzberg and Jon Bouza from SUNY Farmingdale State College have been studying the effects of sonic booms. The work was part of NASA's National Space Grant College Fellowship Project. The Research Foundation for SUNY supports sponsored research by administering and managing grant funds to ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: FSC Professor’s High-Powered Research on Sonic Booms, Acoustics, and Noise Control Resounds Globally.
Seven researchers from SUNY's University at Buffalo, working with colleagues from John R. Oshei Children's Hospital and Case Western Reserve University, published a study in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons on improving trauma triage using large language models. One of the researchers, Dr. Schwaitzberg, is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and two completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Trauma Triage is Challenging: A UB Study Assesses How AI Might Help Improve Accuracy.
Xanadu Quantum Technologies Limited is expanding its operations at NY Creates' research hub, the Albany NanoTech Complex. “By co-locating with key partners, we are working to ensure rapid response times and close-knit collaboration across teams." The Research Foundation provides NY Creates administrative support and infrastructure that enables staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored research, industry programs, and agency activities. Read more: Publicly Traded Canadian Firm Expanding Operations in Albany.
Read more about the new world-class SUNY discoveries that are available for licensing. The Research Foundation offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities.
- In vitro tools for predicting clinical immunogenicity of subcutaneously administered antigens, whether for therapeutic or prophylactic applications.
- This technology presents an innovative microbial fermentation process to produce biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) using biodiesel-derived glycerol as a cost-effective carbon source (Updated from July 8, 2026 post).
- This technology uses engineered RNA switches and CRISPR to detect various biomarkers, converting their presence into glucose that can be measured with a standard handheld glucometer, enabling rapid, low-cost, and versatile point-of-care diagnostics (Updated from July 8, 2026 post).
- This technology uses a novel series of synthetic analogs derived from ferutinin, with a profile that could support longer treatment durations and a more favorable risk-benefit balance in the treatment of osteoporosis (Updated from July 8, 2026 post).
July 9, 2026
With the help of the Technology Transfer Office at SUNY's Binghamton University, Professors Nancy Guo and Tara Dhakal balance research and teaching while creating startups to commercialize their ideas. The Technology Transfer Office is part of The Research Foundation for SUNY's operating location at Binghamton University. Dr. Guo is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and a collaborator on two ongoing projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Dr. Dhakal is the principal investigator on two ongoing sponsored projects, a collaborator on one ongoing project, and the principal investigator on eight completed projects. Read more: From Idea to Startup: Entrepreneurial Spirit Drives Watson College Faculty.
A research team led by Professor Heather Lynch at SUNY's Stony Brook University and colleagues from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of California-Santa Cruz, and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has published a study in Current Biology. Dr. Lynch is the principal investigator on four completed sponsored projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Stony Brook Researchers Use Satellites to Track What Penguins Eat from Space.
Assistant Professor Nichalas Smith at SUNY's University at Buffalo is working on a project funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to address drug resistance. Dr. Smith is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and was a collaborator on two completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Phages Could Be Key to Antibiotic-Resistant Infections in Cystic Fibrosis Patients.
SUNY's Binghamton University hosted regional industry and academic leaders for a panel on STEM workforce development. The event kicked off the Research Experiences for Teacher Program to cultivate technical talent for the region's microelectronics industry. The program is sponsored by a $600K grant from the National Science Foundation managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Local Leaders See STEM Workforce Development as Critical to New York Economy.
Money ranked SUNY's Stony Brook University Hospital as the best pediatric care in New York State for the second year. When a grant or contract is awarded to the hospital, The Research Foundation administers and manages those funds to ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: SBUH Again Ranked No. 1 in New York State for Pediatric Care by Money.
Undergraduate student Mark Cortez from SUNY's Binghamton University is collaborating with Professor Yu Chen on a research project to identify artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes. Dr. Chen is a collaborator on one ongoing sponsored project and was the principal investigator on four completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Undergraduates shape the future at Watson College with innovative research.
Assistant Professor Abolfazl Karimpour from the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, working with undergraduate researcher Jared Winkens and Ellwood Hanrahan from the New York State Department of Transportation, published in Travel Behaviour and Society. Their research developed a framework to prioritize transportation investment. Dr. Karimpour was the principal investigator on three completed sponsored projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: SUNY Poly and NYSDOT Collaborate on Research to Improve Active Transportation Planning.
Thomas A. Russo of SUNY's University at Buffalo gave a grand rounds lecture on the potential health risks of eating seafood. Dr. Russo is a collaborator on one ongoing sponsored project and was a principal investigator on eight completed projects and a collaborator on three completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: UB Expert Offers Tips for Eating Seafood Safely.
Since 1994, the Strategic Partnership for Industrial Resurgence programs at SUNY's University at Albany, Binghamton University, University at Buffalo, and Stony Brook University have helped create and retain jobs and solve technological problems. Professor Sangwon Yoom and graduate student Shreya Agarwal from Binghamton University designed software to help the Endicott Police Department automate and streamline case management. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting efforts to further commercialize the technology. Read more: Detective Work: Professor, Students Help Endicott Police Develop Better Case-Management System.
July 8, 2026
SUNY's University at Buffalo established the Office of Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Integration as its single point of contact for all artificial intelligence activities across campus. "The purpose of the office is to connect people and ideas, help guide projects from concept to implementation, and ensure responsible use of AI through best practices aligned with university goals." The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting sponsored research enabled by this effort. Read more: New Office of AI Innovation and Integration centralizes all UB AI efforts.
Kinning Poon, Renu Balyan, and Basil (Bill) Karageorge from SUNY Old Westbury received Chancellor's Awards for Excellence. Dr. Poon was the principal investigator of one completed sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Dr. Balyan was also the principal investigator of one completed sponsored project. Read more: Three Faculty, Staff Members recognized by SUNY Chancellor.
Four projects at SUNY's Binghamton University received Provost Awards for Research Grants to investigate ethical, philosophical, and creative implications of artificial intelligence in the humanities. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to seeing the potential impacts of their research on future sponsored programs related to artificial intelligence. Read more: Grants Support New Research on Role of AI in the Arts.
Read more about the new world-class SUNY discoveries that are available for licensing. The Research Foundation offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities.
- This technology presents an innovative microbial fermentation process to produce biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) using biodiesel-derived glycerol as a cost-effective carbon source.
- This technology uses engineered RNA switches and CRISPR to detect various biomarkers, converting their presence into glucose that can be measured with a standard handheld glucometer, enabling rapid, low-cost, and versatile point-of-care diagnostics.
- This technology uses a novel series of synthetic analogs derived from ferutinin with a profile that could support longer treatment durations and a more favorable risk-benefit balance when treating for osteoporosis.
July 7, 2026
12 researchers at SUNY's University at Buffalo, working with colleagues from Johns Hopkins University, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Aarhus University, Kyungpook National University, and Case Western Reserve University, published a study in Science Advances on the discovery of a connection between a gene and healthy brain function. One of the authors was the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project, collaborator on a second ongoing project, and a principal investigator on four completed projects and a collaborator on two completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Gene tied to energy production in brain could lead to new treatment for cognitive disorders.
SUNY's Stony Brook University celebrated the completion of SUNY Flagship 1 Research Lab. The lab is part of the New York State SUNY Flagship Lab Modernization Program, a multi-year, $200M investment in research infrastructure at Stony Brook and the University at Buffalo. The lab houses three research groups, two of which are led by faculty who are also the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and collaborators on two ongoing projects, and the principal investigator on 21 completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Stony Brook University Opens First Renovated Flagship Research Lab Quadrant.
Professor Kristen Corbosiero from SUNY's University at Albany explains more about the science enabling lightning detection and the National Lightning Detection Network. Researchers at the University at Albany deployed the original lightning detection system that evolved into today's network. Dr. Corbosiero is a principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and collaborator on a second ongoing project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. She was also the principal investigator on three completed projects and a collaborator on another completed project. Read more: The Science Behind Lightning Detection: 5Qs with Kristen Corbosiero.
Collaborative for the Earth at SUNY's Stony Brook University will be part of a national broadcast of American Public Media on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The special will air on public radio stations in July, be digitally distributed in September, and is available on the podcast C4E Presents. The special features two Stony Brook faculty members who were also the principal investigators of nine completed sponsored projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: SBU’s Collaborative for the Earth’s 2nd National Broadcast Special Explores Forever Chemicals.
A team of five researchers from SUNY's University at Buffalo, working with colleagues from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Genentech Inc., published in Communications Medicine on their research on lesions and multiple sclerosis. Three of the researchers were the principal investigators on 12 completed sponsored projects and collaborators on 15 completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: With the Help of AI, MS Researchers Can Now See Brain Lesions They Knew Were There But Couldn’t Previously See on Scans and MS breakthrough as researchers find new way to spot previously undetectable brain lesions - as cases surge in young people and AI Can Detect Previously Invisible MS Scars In The Brain.
SUNY's Stony Brook University announced the appointment of Reuben Kline as Interim Associate Provost for Climate and Sustainability Programming and Interim Director of Collaborative for the Earth. Dr. Kline was also the principal investigator on four completed sponsored projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Reuben Kline Appointed Interim Associate Provost for Climate and Sustainability Programming.
Read more about the new world-class SUNY discoveries that are available for licensing. The Research Foundation offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities.
- A real-time control algorithm and software toolchain for physical–virtual hybrid testing systems that eliminates the need for prior specimen knowledge or specimen-specific tuning.
- Brain-penetrant small molecule agents possessing a dual targeting mechanism of action (LonP1 and CT-L proteasome inhibition) that may overcome resistance mechanisms that currently plague standard of care treatments for brain tumors such as glioblastoma.
- In vitro tools for predicting clinical immunogenicity of subcutaneously administered antigens, whether for therapeutic or prophylactic applications.
July 6, 2026
Chancellor King announced the SUNY United States 250th Anniversary Faculty Research Fellowship to support public-focused research and scholarship to understand and amplify the history of the United States and the promises and tests of democracy. Research fellows are usually non-employee appointees at The Research Foundation for SUNY and receive non-wage payments to support their academic research. The Application Can be Found Online Here. Read more: SUNY Chancellor King Announces SUNY United States 250th Anniversary Faculty Research Fellowship, and SUNY announces research fellowship for nation's 250th anniversary, and SUNY Chancellor King announces US 250th Anniversary Faculty Research Fellowship.
SUNY's Upstate Medical University is conducting its largest clinical trial ever. The trial is conducted through the Global Health Institute and is a Pfizer-led effort to develop a vaccine for C. diff infection, a common healthcare-associated infection. The Research Foundation provides agency services for the Global Health Institute and supports SUNY clinical trials with master clinical trial agreements, grant and funding management, research compliance, finance, human relations, and technology transfer services. Read more: Upstate Enrolling Seniors in Landmark C. Diff Vaccine Study.
SUNY's Binghamton University opened a new cleanroom and research facility to drive economic growth through research, workforce development, and business innovation. Senator Chuck Schumer helped secure $1M for this effort. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting research at the lab. Read more: Binghamton University Opens State-of-the-Art Cleanroom to Support Advanced Research and Workforce Training.
Associate Professor Riana Pryor from SUNY's University at Buffalo provided insights for a recent Washington Post article on exercising in the heat. Dr. Pryor is the principal investigator of one ongoing sponsored project and two completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: How to Stay Safe When Exercising in the Heat.
The SUNY College of Optometry announced that Lisa Ostrin, OD, PhD, FAAO, FARVO, and Sayan Ghosh, PhD, joined the faculty. Their arrival will strengthen the college's research activities in patient care, public health, and the future of vision science. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting their research. Read more: Dr. Lisa Ostrin & Dr. Sayan Ghosh Expand College’s Research Activity in Myopia, Ocular Development and Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization redesignated the Center on Health in Housing at SUNY's University at Buffalo as a Collaborating Centre for Research on Healthy Settings through 2030. Professor Lina Mu, the co-director for the center, is the principal investigator on four ongoing sponsored projects and four completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: WHO/PAHO Renew Collaboration Centre Designation Through 2030.
The American Society for Nutrition named Associate Professor Katarzyna Kordas of SUNY's University at Buffalo a Fellow, a high honor. Dr. Kordas was the principal investigator of one completed sponsored project and a collaborator on another completed project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Kordas Elected Fellow of the American Society for Nutrition.
Read more about the new world-class SUNY discoveries that are available for licensing. The Research Foundation offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities.
July 2, 2026
Nine researchers from SUNY's Stony Brook University, in collaboration with researchers from the University of North Carolina and Cornell University, published in Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Their study examined the dietary factors influencing inflammatory bowel syndrome. Dr. David Montrose, the lead author, was the principal investigator on five completed sponsored projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Study: Plant-Based Protein Diet May Curb Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.
The Department of Defense awarded two grants totaling $1.1M to Assistant Professor Jamir Marino at SUNY's University at Buffalo. Dr. Marino uses advanced theoretical models to study the behavior of quantum particles. The Research Foundation for SUNY will administer and manage the award to ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: UB physicist receives over $1 million in federal grants for neutral-atom quantum computing research.
The NY Post reported on a study in Neurology by Joe Verghese and Helena Blumen from SUNY's Stony Brook University, along with colleagues from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Columbia University. The study found that people who walk fast have a lower risk of cognitive decline. Dr. Verghese is the principal investigator of four ongoing sponsored projects and two completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Dr. Blumen is the co-principal investigator with Dr. Verghese on two of those projects and the principal investigator of one completed project. Read more: ‘Super movers’ have half the risk of brain decline in old age and ‘Super Movers’ Might Have a Leg Up on Brain Health.
A gift from Tom Secunda will enable SUNY's Binghamton University to create the New York Center for Artificial Intelligence Responsibility and Research. The new center will help Binghamton meet Governor Hochul's goal of doubling SUNY research. The Research Foundation for SUNY will administer and manage sponsored research at the new center. Read more: How ‘The Binghamton Bond’ is shaping the University’s future.
The City of Buffalo is partnering with SUNY's University at Buffalo Regional Institute (UBRI) on an educational campaign to build support for residents to request a free street tree for their homes. The Research Foundation for SUNY provides agency services that support UBRI. Read more: Buffalo partners with UBRI to bring trees to neighborhoods that need them most.
SUNY celebrated the winners of the annual Dr. L. Eudora Pettigrew Women's History Summer Research Excellence Grants for student researchers: Bobbi Griffith of SUNY Geneseo, Michaelangelo Hill of Buffalo State University, and Isabella Richmond of SUNY Oswego. The Pettigrew Fellowship advances research on the significant impact women have had on New York State and the region. Fellowships are non-employee appointments at The Research Foundation for SUNY and receive non-wage payments in support of their academic research. Read more: SUNY Celebrates Student Research Grant Recipients and Senior Awarded Pettigrew Women’s History Grant.
July 1, 2026
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and Amazon Web Services announced a partnership to accelerate the GridSearch project. The project uses a Grid Foundation Model to "...to provide critical decision support to stakeholders and help them accelerate the data center interconnection process with optimal affordability and minimal disruption to the electric grid.” Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) manages and operates BNL 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. Read more: Brookhaven Lab, Amazon Web Services Partner to Connect AI Data Centers and Brookhaven Lab, Amazon Web Services Partner to Connect AI Data Centers
Professor Eric Hoffman of SUNY's Binghamton University, and colleagues from the University of Calgary, University of Toronto, University of Ottawa, McGill University, the University of British Columbia, Santhera Pharmaceuticals, recently published study results in Neurology. The study tested a drug developed by Dr. Hoffman and Professor Kanneboyina Nagaraju, also from SUNY's Binghamton University. Dr. Hoffman is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and one completed project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Dr. Nagaraju Hoffman is the principal investigator on two ongoing sponsored projects and three completed projects. Read more: Binghamton University research study advances treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
SUNY Update Medical University joined a partnership with the New York Center for Excellence for Cannabis Care and Health Equity. One of the many roles Upstate will have as a partner is identifying emerging research opportunities. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting that research. Read more: Upstate joins New York's Cannabis Center of Excellence to advance clinician education.
33 faculty and staff members from Binghamton University were recognized for professional excellence. Their numbers included the principal investigators on seven ongoing sponsored projects, collaborators on two ongoing projects, and principal investigators on 20 completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Binghamton University Faculty and Staff Recognized.
Md Mohaimenul Islam, PhD, and Arinze Nkemdirim Okere, PhD, from SUNY's University at Buffalo published findings from their research in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. The research examined the effectiveness of drugs used to treat patients with atrial fibrillation and type 2 diabetes. The Research Foundation looks forward to supporting their future research. Read more: For Patients with Afib and Type 2 Diabetes, GLP-1 Drugs Outperform SGLT-2 Drugs.
Nick Bassill, Director of the New York State Weather Risk Communications Center, and June Wang, Director of the New York State Mesonet, shared insights about the dangerous heat wave expected this week. Dr. Bassill is the principal investigator of one ongoing sponsored project and five completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. The foundation provides research administration services supporting both SUNY University at Albany initiatives. Read more: UAlbany Weather Experts Share Insight on Extreme Heat Wave.
A SUNY University at Buffalo-led team of researchers published a study in Nature Communications on a process that quickly combines multiple metals into uniform nanoparticles. This allows researchers to produce more material combinations than was previously possible. The research at the University at Buffalo was supported by grants from the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation, managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: UB Researchers Unveil New Method for Rapidly Creating Advanced Catalyst Materials.
The Brain Imaging Council of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging recognized Jia Ying, PhD, who recently earned her doctoral degree from SUNY's Stony Brook University, with the First Place Young Investigator Award. Her abstract is entitled, “Structurally Constrained FDG-PET Metabolic Networks via Diffusion MRI Aid Lateralization and Outcome Prediction in MTLE.” The Research Foundation for SUNY provided research administration support to her lab at Stony Brook. Read more: SBU Alumna Ying Places First and Jia Ying Places First.
SUNY Cobleskill Agriculture and Technology received a New Holland T6 tractor through a partnership with Capital Tractor and Clinton Tractor and Implement Co. The tractor will support student research and training. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting that research. Read more: Capital Tractor and Clinton Tractor Donate and Invest.
The American Association for Women Geoscientists recognized Julia Zottola, and the Paleontological Society recognized Sofia Corsico-Sanchez, both recent alumnae of SUNY's Binghamton University, for their undergraduate research. The Research Foundation for SUNY provided research administration services that enabled the researchers who mentored them. Read more: Biology alumni receive honor for undergraduate paleontology research.
Professor Greg Boyer from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry was featured in NewsChannel 9 WSYR Syracuse reporting on algal blooms in Washington, D.C. He is the principal investigator on five ongoing sponsored projects and 27 completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Watch more: SUNY ESF Professor Greg Boyer on Algal Blooms in D.C.
Fox News reported on a study led by SUNY's Stony Brook University on the relationship between long-term health effects and post-traumatic stress disorder. The study was funded in part by the Center for Disease Control and the National Institute of Health and managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. It was also published in Nature Communications. Read more: Scientists Discover Possible Link Between 9/11 and Accelerated Aging.
June 30, 2026
Daniel J. Kruger, PhD, from SUNY's University at Buffalo, led a study on cannabis product label comprehension, published in Psychoactives, with colleagues from the University of Michigan and Premier Earth. The study found that survey participants were unable to identify the labels on cannabis packaging. Dr. Kruger is the principal investigator on a sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Millions of New Yorkers Consume Cannabis; Far Fewer Understand Details.
SUNY College of Optometry received funding through the SUNY Empire Innovation Program to hire a new faculty researcher to strengthen SUNY Optometry's research enterprise and advance work in oculomics, a field that uses the eye as a window into broader human health. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting this research. Read more: SUNY Optometry Awarded $434,522 from SUNY Empire Innovation Program to Expand Research in Oculomics and SUNY Optometry Awarded Grant.
Professors Larry Sanders and colleagues Laura Amo, Dianna Cichocki, Joana Gaia, David Murray, Yuhui Zhang, and Shambhu Upadhyaya from SUNY's University at Buffalo collaborated with colleagues from the Rochester Institute of Technology and Illinois State University on a study forthcoming in Technology in Society. The study examines how moral outlooks predict ethical or unethical actions online. Shambhu Upadhyaya is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project, a collaborator on one ongoing project, and the principal investigator on 16 completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. David Marray is a collaborator on an ongoing sponsored project. Read more: To Hack or Not to Haack, That is the Ethnical Question.
Money ranked Stony Brook University Hospital number 2 in New York State and number 16 nationwide for geriatric care in 2026. The Research Foundation for SUNY supports research at the hospital. Read more: Stony Brook University Hospital Ranked Among Nation's Best for Geriatric Care by Money.
The Tavistock Trust for Aphasia named Assistant Professor Nichol Castro from SUNY's University at Buffalo a Distinguished Scholar for her expertise in aphasia, a language disorder that affects the ability to understand and express language. Dr. Castro was the principal investigator on a completed sponsored project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Castro Honored for Advancing Aphasia Research.
Professor Saravanan Thangamani from SUNY Upstate Medical University contributed to a recent article in The Washington Post on tick-borne diseases. Dr. Thangamani is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and three completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: This Rare Tick-Borne Disease is on the Rise in the U.S.
SUNY Polytechnic Institute hosted Synergy in Partnerships, Advanced Research, and Knowledge (SPARK) Workshops. The annual event is designed to improve collaboration and expand the impact of research and innovation across disciplines and help turn innovation into real-world solutions. "The event highlighted SUNY Poly's commitment to serving as a hub where researchers, innovators, and community leaders can come together to exchange ideas, identify opportunities, and develop partnerships that drive meaningful impact." The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting future industry engagement and research efforts of this nature. Read more: SPARK Workshops Bring Together Researchers, Industry Leaders, and Community Partners.
SUNY Farmingdale State College hosted the 2026 SUNY Sustainability Conference. The three-day event brought together higher education sustainability professionals and SUNY students to discuss issues and share solutions. The Research Foundation looks forward to supporting future SUNY sustainability research. Read more: Shaping a Greener Future.
Sambandamurthy Ganapathy from SUNY's University at Buffalo appeared on The Academic Minute to discuss how the human brain can provide clues to make artificial intelligence more energy efficient. He was the principal investigator of two completed sponsored projects and a collaborator on two completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: The Human Brain Offers Clues.
Dr. Mark S. Driscoll and six of his students from SUNY's College of Environmental Science and Forestry presented their research at the 32d Annual Meeting of the Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards. The Council honored Dr. Driscoll with the Caswell Award for 15 years of contributions to the field. Dr. Driscoll was the principal investigator on five completed sponsored projects and a collaborator on two completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: ESF Students Present Research; Driscoll Earns National Radiation Award.
Lucy Mastrandrea, MD, PhD, from SUNY's University at Buffalo, will work with high school students at the Eric Pitman Annual Summer Workshop in Computational Science. Their project will focus on improving diabetes care with wearable health sensors. Dr. Mastrandrea is the principal investigator on two ongoing sponsored projects and nine completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: High Schoolers to Get Crash Course in Computational Science.
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June 29, 2026
11 researchers from SUNY's University at Buffalo, in collaboration with colleagues from POP Biotechnologies, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, and MacGill University, published a study in Science Advances. Their research found that their three-in-one vaccine triggered protective immunity against the flu, COVID-19, and RSV in animals. The work was supported by a National Institute of Health grant managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Three-in-one Vaccine Shows Promise Against 'Tripledemic'.
The International X-Ray Absorption Society presented Professor Anatoly Frenkel from SUNY's Stony Brook University with its highest award for an individual working with X-Ray absorption spectroscopy. Dr. Frenkel was the principal investigator of 11 completed sponsored projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: International X-Ray Absorption Society Honors Frenkel.
The Breast Cancer Coalition awarded a $50K seed grant to Assistant Professor Daniel S. Reynolds at SUNY's Binghamton University to advance his research toward a cure. The Research Foundation for SUNY is looking forward to supporting his research. Read more: Breast Cancer Group Awards Grant to Biomedical Researcher.
Professor James Jensen from SUNY's University at Buffalo provided technical expertise to Chemical & Engineering News for a report about algae blooms at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Dr. Jensen was the principal investigator of two sponsored projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Why the Reflecting Pool Keeps Turning Green.
Dr. Akanksha Misra from SUNY Plattsburgh worked with SUNY Jefferson Community College's Center for Community Studies to conduct a North Country health and healthcare study. "The study found a clear connection between childhood adversity and menstrual health. The Research Foundation for SUNY was one of three funding sources for Dr. Misra's data collection efforts. Read more: North Country Healthcare Survey Connects Women's Health, Childhood Trauma and Topline Summary Report of the Study Findings.
The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and SUNY Old Westbury agree to a partnership providing educational and research opportunities at SUNY's Long Island campus. Early areas of cooperation include joint research activities, and The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting that research. Read more: IIT Bombay, SUNY Old Westbury Launch Partnership Focused on Engineering Education and Research and IIT Bombay to Open Its First US Sub-Campus.
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- A self-contained device that facilitates simultaneous in vivo viewing and remotely controlled fluid delivery to the target tissue.
- This invention is a compact, insulated, vehicle-mounted shelter with sensors and a variable-speed fan that accurately measures urban air temperature and moisture at human scale, syncing data with GPS to enable precise, hyperlocal urban climate mapping.
- The Top Discharge IRG Bio-Crude Oil Production technology introduces a simplified and efficient method for producing bio-crude oil by condensing oil vapors in inclined piping while maintaining elevated temperatures to prevent water condensation.
- This technology enables radio telescopes to remove interference from cellular networks by sharing and analyzing signal patterns, allowing them to filter out unwanted noise and preserve clear astronomical data without losing valuable information.
June 26, 2026
SUNY Polytechnic Institute was awarded a $61.9M contract to equip the U.S. Army with advanced, data-driven tools. Dr. Bill Thistlon will lead the research with six other co-principal investigators and contributors. The Research Foundation for SUNY will administer and manage the award to ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: $61.9M Contract to SUNY Polytechnic and SUNY Poly to Lead Military AI Research and SUNY Poly Lands $61.9M Pentagon Contract.
SUNY Upstate Medical University announced that Dr. Stephen Thomas was named Interim Vice President for Research. He succeeds Dr. David Amberg, who is retiring after 12 years in the position. Dr. Amberg was also the Operations Manager for The Research Foundation for SUNY at Upstate. Dr. Thomas is the principal investigator of four ongoing sponsored projects and 14 completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. He was a collaborator on one additional completed project. Read more: Dr. Stephen Thomas Named Interim Vice President for Research.
SUNY Upstate Medical University and the SUNY College of Optometry are partnering to expand opportunities for education, research, and patient care. The College of Optometry will open on the Upstate campus, allowing students under the supervision of SUNY Optometry faculty to gain hospital-based clinical experience alongside Upstate Ophthalmology faculty. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting new research opportunities from this partnership. Read more: Upstate to Welcome SUNY College of Optometry.
Joan Pellegrino, MD, was named to New York's Rare Diseases Advisory Council. Dr. Pellegrino is the principal investigator on one ongoing sponsored project and the collaborator on another ongoing project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. She was also the principal investigator on two completed projects. Read more: Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital Geneticist Named to State Rare Diseases Council.
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June 25, 2026
Amy Erickson from the Long Island Manufacturing Extension Partnership (LIMEP) at SUNY's Stony Brook University was recognized as ADDAPT's 2026 Corporate Honoree for her leadership and advocacy on behalf of New York Manufacturers. The Research Foundation provides agency services for LIMEP. Read more: LIMEP's Amy Erickson Recognized.
Teresa Gentile, MD, PhD, from SUNY Upstate Medical University, was part of a clinical trial team that helped pave the way for FDA approval of a new treatment for leukemia. The team's study was published in The New England Journal of Medicine. She is the principal investigator of two ongoing sponsored projects and 17 completed projects, and a collaborator on one ongoing project and one completed project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Upstate Cancer Specialist Helps Advance FDA-Approved Oral Leukemia Treatment.
Dave Anderson, the President and CEO of NY Creates, released a statement that, "IBM's announcement of the world's first sub-1 nanometer semiconductor technology marks a truly historic milestone for the global innovation ecosystem. We are proud that this groundbreaking work was advanced at NY Creates' Albany NanoTech Complex..." The Research Foundation for SUNY provides the administrative support and infrastructure that allows for staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing to conduct sponsored research, industry programs, and agency activity at NY Creates.
The Office of Health Equity and Climate Medicine Research at SUNY's Stony Brook University brings together researchers, clinicians, community organizers, and policymakers to better understand how environmental conditions shape health outcomes and how communities can become more resilient. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to continuing to support this research. Read more: For a Healthier Long Island: New Office at SBU Links Climate, Community and Health.
Mira Krendel, PhD, was named the Chair of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at SUNY Upstate Medical University. She is the principal investigator of one ongoing sponsored project and 8 completed projects, and a collaborator on one ongoing project and one completed project managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Mira Krendel, PhD, named chair.
SUNY's University at Albany hosted a summer intensive research program for 18 students from the University at Albany, SUNY Cobleskill, and Hudson Valley Community College. The summer intensive is a pipeline for the next generation of Artificial Intelligence Researchers, and The Research Foundation looks forward to managing their future sponsored research. Read more: AI Summer Research Intensive Connects Students Across SUNY Campuses.
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- This technology is a scalable, on-chip quantum sensor that uses single erbium-ion qubits in silicon-based nanopillars, enabling high-performance, room-temperature quantum sensing and communication, compatible with standard semiconductor manufacturing and suitable for aerospace and photonic integrated circuits.
- The Single Use Minimally Invasive Orthopedic Bone Biopsy and Graft Introduction Tool Tray is an all-inclusive, innovative tool tray designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of orthopedic macro biopsies through a safe, secure, and controlled, minimally invasive approach, even in normal intact cortical bone.
- This innovation introduces a customizable implantable testicular prosthesis with an adjustable size, enabling precise fit and improved surgical outcomes.
- "Build a Case - A Cold Case Simulator" is an innovative card game that realistically simulates the investigative process of solving cold cases in a safe, educational environment.
- This extended reality (XR) system offers an innovative, interactive solution for lower-limb rehabilitation, specifically designed to improve mobility in stroke patients through dynamic mixed-reality exercises.
- This technology enables users to send and receive touch sensations during video calls using face-worn haptic devices and AI gesture recognition, making remote communication more emotionally engaging by simulating human touch in real time.
- These smart glasses use AI and augmented reality to recognize faces and emotions, then translate this information into intuitive tactile signals, helping visually impaired users navigate and interact socially with less cognitive effort and at lower cost.
- This technology uses a two-phase method to automatically correct temperature measurement errors in ground-based microwave radiometers, improving accuracy in all weather conditions without modifying existing retrieval algorithms, and can be extended to other remote sensing data.
- This technology is a new solid rocket fuel made from phase-pure metastable manganese diboride, offering much higher energy density than aluminum, enabling more powerful and efficient propulsion for rockets and aerospace applications.
- This technology uses a neural network to accurately model and adapt to hardware imperfections in sub-Terahertz wireless communication systems, enabling realistic simulations for designing and testing advanced, next-generation wireless networks without being limited to specific waveforms.
- The Direct Jet Micro Turbine is a compact and cost-effective technology that generates electricity by using pressurized air to enhance fuel combustion, eliminating the need for expensive heat exchangers.
June 24, 2026
Heather Lynch, a professor at SUNY's Stony Brook University, was honored with the 2027-2028 George Eastman Visiting Professorship at Oxford University. Her research focuses on the development and application of statistics and mathematics to conservation biology and has included innovative use of satellite imagery to track penguin populations in Antarctica. She was the principal investigator of four completed sponsored projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Heather Lynch Selected as Visiting Professor.
The New York State Department of Conservation's Environmental Protection Fund awarded SUNY's College of Environmental Science and Forestry's Center for Sustainable Materials Management with $3.25M to help advance waste reduction, recycling, and sustainable materials management across New York State. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting this effort. Read more: SUNY ESF's Center for Sustainable Materials Management Receives $3.25M.
NBC's TODAY Show featured Dr. Marina Su from SUNY's College of Optometry, where she leads the University Eye Center. Dr. Su is an expert on eye health, eyewear quality, eye exams, consumer guidance for purchasing glasses and contact lenses, artificial intelligence, and eye technology. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting her future research. Read more: SUNY Optometry Featured on TODAY Show.
Eight faculty members and one librarian from SUNY's University at Buffalo were named Distinguished Professors - the highest rank in the SUNY system. Five of the awardees are principal investigators on 9 ongoing sponsored projects and 49 completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Eight Faculty, 1 Librarian join SUNY Distinguished Ranks and Leonard Egede: Deeply Honored.
The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society recognized Professor Jason Trelewicz from SUNY's Stony Brook University with its 2026 Brimacombe Medal. The award recognizes sustained excellence and achievement in materials science and engineering. He is the principal investigator of four ongoing sponsored projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Minerals, Metals and Materials Society Honors Trelewicz.
A new study from SUNY's University at Buffalo, published in Health Psychology, used 40 years of data to show that family-based behavioral treatment for children and parents who are overweight or obese can prevent children from developing metabolic disease when they grow up. The corresponding author, Leonard H. Epstein, PhD, is the principal investigator of two ongoing sponsored projects and 19 completed projects managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Family-based Behavioral Treatment Developed at UB.
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- Novel therapeutic intervention targeting mTOR pathways combined with companion biomarkers enables personalized treatment of SLE and its liver complications.
- This technology introduces a novel method for detecting and assessing intestinal inflammation by measuring mitochondrial DNA levels in stool samples.
June 23, 2026
The Stony Brook Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors held its 2026 Annual Meeting and Induction Ceremony, recognizing the university's most inventive faculty and members of the innovation community. The Research Foundation manages grants and helps protect the intellectual property of SUNY researchers, inventors, and entrepreneurs. Read more: Stony Brook Celebrates Inventors.
Associate Professor Pritam Das from SUNY's Binghamton University conducted research to increase energy efficiency at data centers, resulting in one issued patent and another pending. He plans to found a startup to develop a commercial model for industry partners. The Research Foundation for SUNY managed the National Science Foundation grant supporting this research, helped protect his intellectual property, and looks forward to supporting efforts to help bring his technology to market. Read more: New Technology Would Boost Energy Efficiency at Data Centers.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) awarded an $80K contract to a SUNY New Paltz research team to study vulnerable montane birds in the Catskills. The study provides valuable data to shape revisions to DEC visitor policies. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting their research. Read more: SUNY New Paltz Student-Faculty Team wins DEC Contract.
Professor Rohini Srihari from SUNY's University at Buffalo appeared on The Academic Minute to discuss her work using artificial intelligence to help people with motor neuron diseases communicate. She is hoping her technology will soon be ready for widespread use. The Research Foundation for SUNY has managed her past grants and looks forward to helping to bring her technology to market. Read more: AI Can Give Voice to People Who Struggle to Speak.
Four researchers from SUNY's Stony Brook University published findings in Cell Reports Physical Science on clean electricity and the conversion of carbon dioxide emissions into valuable fuels and products. The Research Foundation for SUNY managed their grant from the National Science Foundation. Read more: Researchers Seek to Reverse Climate Change and Stony Brook University Researchers.
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- This invention is a portable cardiac monitoring technology designed for healthcare providers, athletes, and digital health companies that need continuous insight into cardiovascular performance. Using a single chest-mounted sensor, it provides non-invasive, real-time measurements of stroke volume and cardiac output during daily activities and exercises.
- This technology uses telodendrimer prodrugs combined with boronate chemistry to improve drug delivery and effectiveness.
- This technology presents a topical minocycline ointment formulated to effectively suppress allergic skin responses and reduce inflammation.
- This invention presents a topical 2% minocycline cream that significantly reduces histamine- and allergen-induced itching and swelling, offering a novel non-steroidal treatment for allergic skin reactions.
- This technology introduces novel compositions and methods that use mutated forms of TIMP-2 to precisely regulate extracellular MMP-2 activity, offering targeted control over tissue remodeling.
June 22, 2026
Researchers at SUNY's College of Environmental Science and Forestry are studying the Chittenango Ovate Amber Snail to measure its health at Chittenango Falls. The Research Foundation for SUNY managed past grants that led to two publications on this subject. Read more: Studying an Endangered Snail.
A research team at SUNY's University at Buffalo published in Communications Engineering about their work developing barcodes that can identify plastics moving on conveyor belts. This research could help increase plastic recycling rates. The Research Foundation for SUNY managed the grant from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation that supported this effort. Read more: UB Scientists Invent 'Transient Thermal Barcodes.'
Accelerate Long Island hosted a Long Island Tech & Innovation Summit on June 11, in which SUNY's Stony Brook University emerged as a central force in the region's innovation future. The Research Foundation supports the SUNY research and innovation enterprise that enables this opportunity. Read more: Regional Leaders Gathered to Examine Quantum Technology, AI, Biotech, Entrepreneurship, and the Infrastructure to Make Long Island a Global Innovation Hub.
SUNY's Upstate Medial University is adding six physicians to their team at the Upstate Cancer Center. The Center is the region's most comprehensive source for cancer care, with the goal of translating research into potential cures, technologies, and other products. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting their future research. Read more: Upstate Cancer Center Adds Six Physicians.
12 researchers from SUNY's University at Buffalo co-authored a publication in Science Advances with colleagues from Johns Hopkins University, Kyungpook National University, Rosewell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, and the Danish Research Institute for Translational Neuroscience. They found a gene linked to healthy brain function. The Research Foundation managed past grants enabling this research. Read more: Gene Tied to Energy Production in Brain Could Lead to New Treatment for Cognitive Disorders.
An interdisciplinary team of graduate students at SUNY's Stony Brook University won a $5K award from the VentureWell Foundation. Their project, OptiMargin, is designed to help surgeons detect cancer deposits. This was part of the Stony Brook Life Sciences Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program, which combines rigorous scientific training with an understanding of the business of commercializing technology. The Research Foundation supports SUNY efforts to help bring discoveries to market.
Read more: Grad Student Team Wins VentureWell Foundation Award.
SUNY's Upstate Medical University is participating in a landmark international clinical trial that could reshape treatment for patients with heart failure. The study is known as the Synchronicity trial, sponsored by Boston Scientific. The Research Foundation supports negotiation of clinical trial agreements for SUNY. Read more: Upstate Helps Lead Global Trial.
A $450K grant from The Children's Guild Foundation is supporting the relocation of the Institute for Autism Research to the SUNY University at Buffalo campus. The move will expand the institute's reach and its continued participation in research. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting future research at the institute. Read more: Autism Institute Move to UB and Children's Guild Foundation Grant Brings Institute for Autism Research to UB.
The Center for Economic Growth reported a record high of 7,761 jobs in New York's Capital Region in physical, engineering, and biological research in 2025. NY Creates is proud to be at the center of this growth—working alongside industry leaders, academic partners, and government stakeholders to drive cutting-edge innovation while strengthening our local workforce and community. NY Creates is an affiliated corporation of the Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Capital Region Tech R&D Employment Rising.
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- This technology uses machine learning to accurately determine the abundance and class of different fluorescent labels used to label biological samples.
- This technology uses machine learning to accurately classify closely related microbes that have high homology in their 16S ribosomal RNA sequences.
- This technology introduces a novel lipid nanoparticle-based CRISPR/Cas9 system designed to target the Pfkp gene to effectively treat head and neck cancer.
- This technology is a new lipid nanoparticle system that can safely, specifically, and efficiently deliver mRNA to a patient’s lungs.
- This technology introduces innovative telodendrimer nanoformulations of the anti-inflammatory agent CMT-3 that enhances its solubility and bioavailability, enabling effective control of systemic and local inflammation.
- This technology introduces a novel nano-formulation of Mithramycin A designed to improve cancer treatment effectiveness while significantly reducing associated liver toxicity.
June 18, 2026
Dr. Abdullah Eroglu at SUNY Polytechnic Institute is working on groundbreaking semiconductor inspection technology. Supported by a $60,000 grant managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY from FuzeHub’s New York State Microelectronics Innovation Challenge, the project focuses on developing a non-contact, non-destructive semiconductor inspection platform. Read more: Advanced Semiconductor Inspection Platform.
Norsk Titanium will operate from NY Creates' Plattsburgh facilities, advancing the future of additive manufacturing through a nearly $4.2M contract that supports next-generation submarine and maritime capabilities. NY Creates is an affiliated corporation of the Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Norsk Titanium Awarded Contract to Advance Additive Manufacturing for Submarine Applications.
Dr. Shing-Chi Leung and Seth Walther at SUNY Polytechnic Institute co-authored an article with colleagues from UCLA, Kavli IPMU, and Chubu University in The Astrophysical Journal on primordial black holes. The project was supported by a National Science Foundation grant managed by The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Researchers Explore Supernova Origins.
Ralph Benedict from the University at Buffalo and his team developed an app called the "Conscientiousness Coach." The app helps people identify core values and set meaningful goals as part of efforts to find difficult-to-detect symptoms and determine if this type of coaching can improve treatment outcomes. The Research Foundation supports his clinical trials and protects his intellectual property. Read more: UB Research Targets Hidden Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis.
Hilary Izatt from Binghamton University was a co-author of an article in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law with colleagues from Northwestern, the University of Michigan, American University, and Harvard. Their research found that after the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 Dobbs decision, women's health providers became more engaged compared to other politically engaged physician groups. The Research Foundation for SUNY hopes to support her future research. Read more: Abortion Decision Prompts Women's Healthcare Providers to Become More Politically Engaged.
SUNY Upstate Medical University is opening a new Bioengineering Laboratory. Nidheesh Dadheech, PhD, is joining forces with Tuncay Delibasi, MD, to potentially develop a complete treatment to cure diabetes. The Research Foundation for SUNY looks forward to supporting their research and to helping bring their discoveries to market. Read more: Update Opens Bioengineering Lab.
Years of foundational research by Iwao Ojima, Martin Maczocha, and their collaborators at Stony Brook University led to technology that has advanced through a partnership with Artelo Biosciences to develop an experimental, non-opioid treatment for pain. Stony Brook’s Intellectual Property Partners licensed the discovery to Artelo on behalf of The Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Biomedical Discovery Advances New Approach to Pain Relief.
A team of researchers at Binghamton University published a paper in the Northeast Journal of Complex Systems using information theory to solve Wordle with a 99% success rate. The Research Foundation for SUNY hopes to support their future research. Read more: Researchers Use Math to Crack Wordle.
June 17, 2026
The University at Buffalo received a 5-year, $5M grant from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to strengthen New York's leadership in scientific initiatives across the Great Lakes basin. The Research Foundation for SUNY manages grant funds and ensures compliance with university, grant sponsor, and government policies. Read more: UB Awarded $5M to Lead New Great Lakes Research Consortium and SUNY Buffalo to Serve as Host of Great Lakes Research Consortium.
The New York State Center for Clean Water Technology hosted a conference at Stony Brook University to bring together researchers across disciplines to develop solutions to improve water quality in New York. The conference highlighted the challenges of developing technologies and deploying them at scale. The Research Foundation for SUNY supports SUNY efforts to bring technology to market. Read more: Protecting Long Islands Most Vital Resource.
The University at Buffalo's Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership graduated two new classes from programs supporting entrepreneurs. The Research Foundation for SUNY supports SUNY efforts to bring technology to market, Read more: CEL Graduates Business Leaders from Core Program and CEL graduates Emerging Entrepreneurs.
Chou-Yu (Joey) Tsai from Binghamton University was a co-author of a study in the Journal of Organizational Behavior investigating the impacts of replacing human workers with robots. The Research Foundation for SUNY hopes to support his future research. Read more: Should Companies Replace Human Workers with Robots.
Researchers from the University at Buffalo were featured in the film The Memory of Darkness, Light and Ice, which won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary. The Research Foundation for SUNY managed the National Science Foundation grants funding their research. Read more: Documentary Featuring UB's Ice Sheet Research Wins Emmy.
Kelly Gair, a PhD student at Binghamton University, was lead author of a paper in the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinic Science examining how attentional patterns and depressive symptoms in children predict changes in one another over time. The Research Foundation for SUNY hopes to support her future research. Read more: Depression May Rewire How Kids Pay Attention
June 16, 2026
The Research Foundation for SUNY administered grants that led to a publication in Nature Biomedical Engineering by Assistant Professor Jungwook “Jay” Paek and PhD Student Anika Alim from Binghamton University, and their colleagues from the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Toledo, and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Read more: New research looks at how asthma attacks alter airway tissues - Binghamton News and New Study Unveils How Asthma Attacks Permanently Reshape Airways.
The Research Foundation for SUNY will administer grants supporting a team of faculty researchers led by Xiaoying Zhu, OD, PhD, MD, MS, FAAO from the SUNY College of Optometry. The Team was awarded a $500,000 Myopia Research Grant from the American Academy of Optometry Foundation (AAOF) and Meta Reality Labs Research to study how children’s everyday visual experiences may contribute to the development and progression of myopia, or nearsightedness. Read more: SUNY Optometry Faculty Awarded $500,000 Grant From American Academy of Optometry Foundation & Meta Reality Labs Research - SUNY College of Optometry.
Psychiatric Times spoke with Dr. Gina Mathew, a senior post-doctoral associate at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, about her research on teen smartphone use. The Research Foundation for SUNY helped administer her research, supported by the Della Pietra Family Foundation. Read more: Teen Smartphone Use at Bedtime Predicts Overnight Phone Activity.
The Research Foundation for SUNY will administer a $1.3M award from the National Science Foundation for Dola Saha, Hany Elgala, Aveek Dutta, and Mustafa Aksoy from the University at Albany. Their research will establish an advanced wireless testbed for cutting-edge research aimed at improving use of the electromagnetic spectrum. Read more: UAlbany Receives $13M NSF Award.
NY Creates announced that Danfoss Power Solutions plans to establish operations in Marcy, NY, bringing up to 300 jobs to the Mohawk Valley. NY Creates is an affiliated corporation of the Research Foundation for SUNY. Read more: Danfoss Power Solutions to Establish Manufacturing Operations
June 15, 2026
In just 45 days after the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Genesis Mission call for submissions on March 17, the State University of New York mobilized a system-wide response on a remarkable scale. The Research Foundation for SUNY’s pre-award and legal teams coordinated across campuses to rapidly develop proposals that met DOE requirements and stayed fully compliant with federal guidelines. Across SUNY’s four R1 research universities and SUNY Polytechnic Institute, the effort produced 174 proposals addressing 16 national priority areas—including artificial intelligence, quantum systems, and next-generation energy technologies. Read more about Stony Brook's contributions: Stony Brook Mobilizes for National AI Research Mission.
Stony Brook University researchers Peng Zhang, Zefan Tang, and Walter Krawec received a patent for a new quantum communications system designed to protect energy infrastructure from cyberattacks. The technology is jointly patented by The Research Foundation for SUNY and the University of Connecticut. Read more: Hackers Could Face A New Obstacle In Power Grid Attacks or Technology Protects Future Power Grids from Cyberattacks.
POP Biotechnologies, Inc., secured up to $9.7M in funding from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations to advance next-generation vaccines. The PoP platform, exclusively licensed from the State University of New York Research Foundation, was invented by POP BIO co-founder Dr. Jonathan Lovell at the University at Buffalo. Learn more about how SUNY is supporting start-ups: UB spinout POP Biotechnologies receives up to $9.7 million from CEPI to advance rapid-response vaccine platform - University at Buffalo.
Rose-Anne Romano, an associate professor at the University at Buffalo, received an NIH grant of $440,275 to study how salivary glands repair and regenerate after injury. The Research Foundation for SUNY will administer this grant, which could help guide the development of new treatments to restore salivary gland function and improve quality of life. Read More: UB Professors Receive NIH Grant to Study Salivary Gland Regeneration.
The Research Foundation for SUNY administered a grant enabling SUNY Oswego anthropology professor Jordan Dalton to publish in Nature Communications in collaboration with the University of Sydney. Dr. Dalton co-led an international research team that found evidence for long-distance migration along Peru's Pacific coast that began at least 800 years ago. Read more: Groundbreaking Research Unearths Details About Migration and Marriage.


