<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Informal Awards Contribute to Higher [b]Wikipedia Participation[/b] Newswise (press release) Newswise — STONY BROOK, NY, March 29, 2012 – When Stony Brook University Sociology Professor Arnout van de Rijt and graduate student Michael Restivo decided to find out what makes Wikipedia work, they knew they faced quite a challenge.