Education, Science and Medicine

Two major institutions are the biggest employers in the eastern half of Long Island: Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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The State University of New York at Stony Brook has over 25,000 students, and is listed among the “top 50” universities in the USA. It offers more than 200 undergraduate, over 100 master’s,  and more than 40 doctoral programs. The School of Medicine and University Hospital (towers at upper left) are at the heart of medical research, training and advanced patient care on the Island. Over 17,000 people are employed at Stony Brook University.

 

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Brookhaven National Laboratory employs over 6,000 scientists, engineers and support staff, supplemented annually by 4,000 visiting scientists.  Seven Nobel Prizes in physical science have been awarded to BNL scientists. Programs in biology and materials science add to the core of physics research utilizing several reactors, and world level particle accelerators – RHIC (Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, large circle at top center) and the new NSLS II (National Synchrotron Light Source II, flat white circular building near center).