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The real-time mobile phone surveys revealed a sharp increase in the odds of intimate partner violence (IPV) when teenage boys were victims of violence within 24 hours, particularly sexual violence.  Credit: Rachel Kidman
Teenage Boys Who Experience Violence More Likely to Use Violence on Partner
A study that measured real-time violence exposure on adolescent boys (ages 15 to 19) using cell phone survey data reveals that boys who experienced recent violence were more likely to use violence directed at their partners.
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Wendy Pearson Honored as One of the Town of Southampton’s ‘Women of Distinction’
Stony Brook University Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Executive Director of Stony Brook Southampton Wendy Pearson was honored by the Town of Southampton as one of its “Women of Distinction” on March 6.
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Research Reveals Critical ‘Midlife Window’ for Preventing Age-Related Brain Decline
The research, conducted by an international team of scientists led by Stony Brook’s Lilianne R. Mujica-Parodi offers new insights into when metabolic interventions to prevent cognitive decline might be most effective.
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Distinguished Professor Marci Lobel Receives Fulbright Scholar Award
Stony Brook University Distinguished Teaching Professor Marci Lobel from the Department of Psychology has been selected by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award for 2025-2026.
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SBUH Earns Level One Geriatric ED Accreditation from ACEP
Stony Brook University Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) has received Level One Accreditation for Geriatric Emergency Care by the American College of Emergency Physicians, one of only two hospitals in Suffolk County to achieve this status.
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Presidential Lecture Challenges Us to Confront Hard Truths
Celebrated author and scholar Eddie Glaude Jr. challenged students, faculty, and other members of the Stony Brook University community to engage with the complexities of history, truth, and democracy at the Presidential Lecture on February 27.