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New Stony Brook president's emphasis is on research

A global infectious disease expert who runs a biodefense center and manages a half-billion-dollar research fund will become the fifth president of Stony Brook University, school officials announced Thursday.

Dr. Samuel Stanley, vice chancellor for research at Washington University in St. Louis, is expected to start July 1, pending formal approval by state university trustees.

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