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North Reading Room 1st Floor – Delayed Opening

  March 29th 2017 – Modified hours *The first floor of the North Reading Room will open at 11:45am today.*     Please be advised that all study room reservations for the 1st floor of North Reading Room will begin at 11:45am.

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*Blizzard Warning In Effect – Modified Library Hours*

Tuesday March 14, 2017 – Updated 8:50am   The following libraries are open:     North Reading Room: 8:30am – 5:00pm     Health Sciences Library: 8:00am – 11:00pm     Southampton Library: 9:00am – 5:00pm     All other libraries are closed. Please

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Blizzard Warning In Effect – MODIFIED LIBRARY HOURS

Thursday February 9, 2017 – Updated 11:30am The following libraries are open:   North Reading Room: 8:30am – Midnight Central Reading Room: 12:00pm – 8:00pm Health Sciences Library: 8:00am – 12:30am Southampton Library: 8:00am – 8:00pm   All other libraries are closed.

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Library Concert Series: Fall Chamber Music Festival 2016

SBU Libraries was proud and honored to host the final concert of the fall 2016 semester on Wednesday, December 14th in the Melville Library Galleria. These amazing musicians are graduate students from the Stony Brook University Department of Music. They

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SBU Libraries & CAPS presents PALS! Stressed? Pet a dog!

On Wednesday, December 7, 2016, SBU Libraries & CAPS, Counseling and Psychological Services, held a popular event, Pet Away Life Stress! (PALS) through animal assisted interactions. Belle, an 11 year old black lab,  Jesse, a 5 year old golden retriever, and Ellie, a 4

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SBU Libraries Presents: Pianist Shir Semmel

SBU Libraires was proud to hold our first event in the newly renovated Central Reading Room on Friday, November 18, 2016! Pianist Shir Semmel previewed her DMA recital for the students, community members and staff in attendance. Hailed as a “wonderful

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SBU Libraries Concert Series: “The Art of Violin”

SBU Libraries was honored to host a concert, “Art of Violin” featuring musicians from the Department of Music on Thursday, November 17, 2016 in the Melville Library galleria. I’d like to thank Michael Herskowitz and Jennifer Frautschi for working with

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Create Your Own Zen Garden Event

Wednesday, November 16th, SBU Libraries invited the students to “take a moment” and create their own personal Zen Garden. Using the libraries’s promotional Frisbee, sand, “special” rocks which were collected by 5 year old Riley at local West Meadow Beach,

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SBU Libraries & Counseling and Psychological Services Presents: “PALS”

On Wednesday, November 9, 2016, SBU Libraries & CAPS, Counseling and Psychological Services, held a popular event, Pet Away Life Stress! (PALS) through animal assisted interactions. Beau, a border collie mix, Sophie, a golden retriever, and Lucy, a Cavalier King Charles spaniel came to

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SBU Libraries Celebrates Native American Heritage Month

On November 2, 2016 the University Libraries hosted a display and educational exhibit as part of the First Native American Heritage Awareness Program Series.  Five tables were set up on that beautiful fall day just outside the Melville Library.  Jay

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