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The C. N. Yang Institute of Theoretical Physics (YITP) is a research center at Stony Brook University.In 1965, it was the vision of then University President J.S. Toll and Physics Department chair T.A. Pond to create an institute for theoretical physics and invite the famous physicist Chen Ning Yang from Institute for Advanced Study to serve as its director with the Albert Einstein ...
James H. Simons was the chair of the mathematics department at Stony Brook from 1968 to 1976. After deciding to leave academia, he then went on to make billions with his investment firm Renaissance Technologies. On February 27, 2008 he announced a donation totaling $60 million (including a $25 million gift two years prior) to the mathematics ...
Leonard E. Merrell Center Katy School 1899-1909 Elementary School 1909-1927 Katy High School building 1909-1947 Elementary School addition 1927-1951. The Katy Independent School District (KISD) is a public school district based in Katy, Texas, United States with an enrollment of over 85,700 students.
The Stony Brook School is a private, Christian, co-educational, college-preparatory boarding and day school for grades 7–12 in Stony Brook, New York, United States. It was established in 1922 by John Fleming Carson and fellow members of the Stony Brook Assembly. Its founding headmaster was Frank E. Gaebelein.
Stony Brook University is a public research institution, classified as "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". [14] It is one of 71 member universities of the Association of Universities ( AAU ) and one of 94 members of the Universities Research Association ( URA ), both representing the leading North American research ...
The Stony Brook University Research and Development Park is a research and development park located in Stony Brook, New York owned by Stony Brook University, which acquired the land through eminent domain in 2005. The park is located a mile from the center of campus along Stony Brook Road on an area spanning over 240 acres in size. [1]
The school was named for James "Jimmy" Edgar Taylor (1912–1997), superintendent of the Katy ISD for 31 years. [3] During his tenure, Katy ISD grew from a Class A district to one with two 5A high schools. [4] Taylor High is a 1996 Blue Ribbon School, [5] and was ranked 1,499 out of all U.S. high schools by U.S. News & World Report in 2022. [6]
The Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science is a cross-disciplinary organization founded in 2009 within Stony Brook University's School of Communication and Journalism, in Stony Brook, New York. [1] Its current director is Laura Lindenfeld. [1]