This document provides information about an event for prospective students at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University. It highlights that Stony Brook students have access to world-class research facilities at Brookhaven National Lab, including opportunities to work alongside faculty researchers. The keynote speaker at the event is Dr. Joanna Fowler, a 2009 Medal of Science winner known for her contributions to brain imaging research using positron emission tomography.

1. AERIAL VIEW OF BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY

2. For this year’s freshman
class:
• We received more than
27,000 applications for a
class of only 2550!
• Students applied from all
50 states and 72 countries
YOU ARE AMONG A VERY SELECT GROUP OF STUDENTS

3. Students attending this event
have:
• Average combined SAT Math
and Critical Reading scores of
1405
• Average grade point average
of 95
You are the next generation of
leaders in science and research!
YOU ARE AN ACHIEVER

4. You travelled from:
California
Connecticut
Georgia
Kansas
Indiana
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York (Upstate)
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Virginia
MANY OF YOU TRAVELLED A DISTANCE TO BE HERE TODAY

5. Your intended majors include:
Astronomy
Biochemistry
Biology
Biomedical Engineering
Chemical and Molecular Engineering
Chemistry
Mechanical Engineering
Computer Science
Electrical Engineering
Engineering Chemistry
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Physics
Psychology
YOU ARE A FUTURE SCIENTIST

6. One of the Nation’s Elite
In 2001 Stony Brook University became
a member of the prestigious American Association
of Universities (AAU), an invitation-only
organization composed of the top 61
research universities in North America.

7. THE TOP 1%!
That’s where Stony Brook sits
among all the world’s universities.
- Times Higher Education World University Rankings
THE TOP 100!
That’s Stony Brook’s ranking
among public national universities.
- U.S. News & World Report
AMONG THE TOP 1% OF UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD

8. Stony Brook University has been named one of the
100 best values in public colleges by Kiplinger’s.

9. “Top-notch programs
in the hard sciences”
- Fiske Guide to Colleges
TOP-NOTCH PROGRAMS IN THE HARD SCIENCES

10. Prize-winning professors
who have made
incredible discoveries,
are terrific mentors, and
are equally passionate
about research and
teaching.
PRIZE-WINNING PROFESSORS

11. Top-notch facilities include:
• Top-rated medical center and teaching
hospital
• Centers for Molecular Medicine and
Biology Learning Laboratories
• Center of Excellence in Wireless and
Information Technology
• The Advanced Energy Research and
Technology Center
STONY BROOK HAS A WEALTH OF TOP-NOTCH FACILITIES

12. At Stony Brook, you will
have access to many
outstanding research
opportunities and mentors,
along with all the resources
of a world-class university
research center.
ACCESS TO RESOURCES OF A WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITY

13. Stony Brook’s Undergraduate
Research and Creative Activities
(URECA) program will actively
encourage you to get involved in
doing research.
WORK SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH FACULTY DOING REAL RESEARCH

14. Research opportunities and
mentors will be available on
the Stony Brook campus,
CEWIT, AERTC, in various
locations around the world,
and here at BNL.
Available during the
academic year, the summer,
and winter intersession.
LOCAL & GLOBAL RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

15. • Brookhaven National Laboratory was
founded in 1947 at Camp Upton
• In 1963 Stony Brook University was
relocated near BNL with the mission to
participate in and profit from the vast scientific
resources offered by BNL
• Since March 1998 Stony Brook co-manages
BNL in partnership with Battelle Memorial
Institute under the umbrella of Brookhaven
Science Associates for the U.S. Department
of Energy
A JOINT MISSION

16. • Stony Brook is the nearest 20 miles
university to BNL
• Stony Brook is the largest user
(over 600 scientists at all levels)
• Many Stony Brook faculty hold
joint appointments with BNL
SBU
• 10% of BNL’s employees are
Stony Brook alumni
BNL
• We provide a complimentary
daily shuttle bus year-round
CLOSE PARTNERS

17. Today you will learn about some of the
outstanding research opportunities and
mentors available to you here at
Brookhaven National Laboratory as a
Stony Brook student:
• Tour of facilities
• Keynote speaker
• Student poster session
OUTSTANDING RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AND MENTORS

18. TODAY’S KEYNOTE SPEAKER,
TODAY’S KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
DR. JOANNA FOWLER:
DR. JOANNA FOWLER,
2009 MEDAL OF SCIENCE WINNER
• Major contributor to brain research and the
study of diseases such as addiction, which
Ashe hascontributor toan imaging technique
major studied using brain research
and thepositronof diseases such as (PET).
called study emission tomography
addiction, which she has studied using
an imaging technique called positron
•In 1976, Fowler and her colleagues
emission tomography (PET).
synthesized 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG),
a radiotracer used in PET.
•Today, FDG is widely used in hospitals and
research centers throughout the world to
diagnose and study neurological and
psychiatric diseases and to diagnose cancer.
2009 MEDAL OF SCIENCE WINNER

19. The more you learn about Stony Brook University and our special relationship
with BNL, the more you will come to appreciate that we offer an education in
the sciences second to none.