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Stony Brook University’s Pre-College Summer Program is a week-long residential learning experience where ambitious high school students can ignite their academic passions and experience life at a top-tier research university. The program offers non-credit courses in dynamic subject areas such as pre-dentistry, health professions, machine learning, journalism, and more. ..(more)
Do you like to write and tell stories, or shoot photos and videos? This summer, learn what it takes to be a multimedia journalist as part of the Greene Summer Institute for High School Journalists. In this residential program, you will work with experienced journalists from Stony Brook’s School of Communications and Journalism to explore the fundamentals of text-based and visual storytelling. Outside class, you will experience campus life and meet new like-minded people...(more)
Do you want to own your own business? Start your journey toward being an entrepreneur this summer by working with Stony Brook’s Center of Entrepreneurial Finance. Increase your awareness, excitement, and confidence about emerging technology and entrepreneurship while learning the foundational steps necessary to commercialize inventions based on proven processes used by successful entrepreneurs. You will learn the questions that are fundamental to starting a successful business...(more)
Explore the diverse and growing field of Biotechnology this summer! The field of biotechnology uses living organisms or their parts to create products or processes. It is used in many fields, including agriculture and medicine. During this one-week residential program, you will work with green fluorescent protein (GFP). GFP was discovered in the Aequorea victoria jellyfish and developed for use in research by a team of scientists who won the 2008 Nobel Prize for their work...(more)
Learn how to build robots this summer! In this Robotics Engineering course, you will work in a small collaborative team to build and program robots that move, spin, and respond to commands. You will learn the fundamentals of practical electronics, mechanical design, and microcontroller programming, build problem-solving skills, advance critical thinking, and broaden creative and innovative reasoning. Outside class, you will experience campus life and meet new like-minded people...(more)
This summer, you can explore the intersection of science, technology, and health. Learn how to use data and technology to improve health outcomes. Biomedical informatics (BMI) is an interdisciplinary field that strives to improve human health by studying the uses of biomedical data, information, and knowledge for scientific inquiry, problem-solving, and decision-making. In this experiential course, you will gain skills using analytical SQL queries and the fundamentals of machine learning...(more)
Are you ready to chart your path in environmental sustainability? This summer, learn how you can create a sustainable future. This week-long residential program reviews the needs of the current population and future generations, trends that affect our ability to provide for those needs while addressing climate change, and possible environmentally, economically, and socially acceptable solutions. You will learn about local, regional, national, and international efforts at sustainability...(more)
Are you interested in a career in law? This summer you can explore three different topics in law through courses designed to deepen legal knowledge, sharpen speaking and analytical skills, and teach the art of advocacy. Choose from three week-long residential programs: Crime, Courts and the Constitution, The First Amendment and You; and a Mock Trial Skills Seminar. All courses are presented by a licensed attorney and long-time educator in the fields of law and civics...(more)
Do you wonder what a career in dentistry would be like? This summer you can join Stony Brook’s School of Dental Medicine for a weeklong, residential pre-college program. Obtain hands-on experience in an advanced preclinical laboratory and discover what it's like to be a dental student. You will work with Stony Brook Dental School faculty as well as current students. Outside class, you will experience campus life and meet new like-minded people...(more)
This summer experience ecological science in action. You will step away from the classroom and into an ecotoxicology lab. You will design and conduct a unique project in ecotoxicology covering experimental design, data collection, and analysis. Projects will involve ecotoxins such as acid rain, pesticides, plastics or herbicides, and organisms such as planaria, cockroaches, or earthworms. This ecotoxicology lab teaches you how to conduct science based on soil ecology and ecotoxicology...(more)
Are you fascinated by the world of artificial intelligence? In this interactive program, you will learn basic self-driving concepts, machine learning algorithms, neural network architecture, and data analysis techniques. You will be exposed to deep neural networks such as CNN and RSNET in the deep neural networks platform PyTorch. Outside class, you will experience campus life and meet new like-minded people...(more)
Are you interested in exploring healthcare careers? There are so many options! Careers in healthcare are expected to grow 30% over the next ten years. But which path is right for you? At Stony Brook’s residential Pre-College Health Professions program, you will learn what it takes to be part of an interprofessional healthcare team. You will be exposed to more than a dozen different fascinating fields. Outside class, you will experience campus life and meet new like-minded people...(more)
