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Tech Spotlight: Duolingo Bots

Posted on by Laura Costello

Duolingo, the language learning site, has recently come out with a new feature that pairs chat bots with learners who want a native speaker experience without the scheduling and cost. The feature lets learners chat with bot characters drawn from…

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Posted in Emerging Technology, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Creative Commons: Some Rights Reserved

Posted on by Darren Chase

Creative Commons is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting an open and accessible internet that is enriched with free knowledge and creative resources for people around the world to use, share, and cultivate. Creative Commons provides free tools that…

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Posted in Health Sciences Library, Scholarly Communication, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Writer’s Spotlight: Lia Purpura

Posted on by William Blydenburgh

November 16, 2016 Author Lia Purpura will be the fourth guest in the fall Writers Speak Wednesdays series of free talks and readings open to the public at Stony Brook Southampton. Purpura will read from and talk about her work on Wednesday, November 16, at…

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Posted in Southampton

SBU Libraries Celebrates Native American Heritage Month

Posted on by Dana Haugh

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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Posted in Events, Library Outreach, Melville Library, Stony Brook University

Tech Spotlight: Sensay

Posted on by Laura Costello

Sensay is a platform that helps connect people with questions to people with answers across many fields. Instead of letting bots answer questions, Sensay puts AI to work to decode users’ natural language queries and connect them automatically to a…

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Posted in Emerging Technology, Mobile Technology, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Digital Humanities Open Mic Event, October 31st

Posted on by Kate Kasten-Mutkus

Yesterday afternoon faculty and students gathered in the Center for Scholarly Communications at Melville Library to discuss the digital humanities and to explore new possibilities for research.  Emphasizing practices and tools, scholars presented projects which used technology to reveal new…

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Posted in Arts & Humanities, Digital Humanities