On September 18, Dr. Heather Lynch, of the Department of Ecology and Evolution, presented the first lecture of the fall 2018 University Libraries STEM Speakers Series with her talk, “How many Adélie penguins are there? and other mysteries solved by…
Monthly Archives: September 2018
Dr. Heather Lynch on “How many Adélie penguins are there? and other mysteries solved by satellites”
Posted in Biology, Computer Science, Ecology and Evolution, Mathematics, Technology Tagged with: Ecology and Evolution, research, statistics
Professor Benjamin Tausig presents “Bangkok is Ringing,” Tuesday, October 2
Professor Benjamin Tausig will talk about the ethnographic fieldwork he conducted during the antigovernment Red Shirt protests of 2010-2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. This movement foreshadowed the sonic and media tactics which would soon be employed by the Arab Spring, Occupy…
Posted in About Us
Deported: An American Division Exhibit and Panel Discussion
On September 26th, University Libraries welcomed photographer Rachel Woolf and her award winning photos to Central Reading Room. Nancy Hiemstra, Geographer; Assistant Professor, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Author of Deportation and Detention (forthcoming, 2019); Irma Solis, New York Civil Liberties Union (Suffolk County);…
HealthTech Fair
On Wednesday, September 26, the Health Sciences Library hosted its first HealthTech Fair. We had representatives from eight companies talking about the great products they offer, which are all available through the HSL. A representative from the National Network of…
North Reading Room Student Art Show
Stop by the second floor of North Reading Room in Melville Library to see the new installation of the Fall 2018 Student Art Show: Biosphere. Art work submitted by the Fine Arts Organization. Thank you to Cici Lampa for organizing…
Ninth Street Women
Six women were speaking as Mary Gabriel gave her Art in Focus lecture last night at the Southampton campus library. Gabriel, the author of Ninth Street Women, was telling the lives of five artists who navigated the exhilarating, exhausting, and…
Posted in Art, Southampton
“Chinese and Diasporic Food, Identity, and Memory” Draws Full House
On September 24, SBU students, faculty, staff and neighbors gathered for a panel discussion on “Chinese and Diasporic Food, Identity, and Memory: A Panel Discussion.” Dr. Jacqueline M. Newman delivered opening remarks and SBU professors and scholars Timothy August (Department…
University Libraries Colloquium Event 9/20
On 9/20, Kathleen Kasten, Head of Humanities and Social Sciences and Laurel Scheinfeld, Health Sciences Librarian, presented their research on ways the library can provide services and support for our military service members: Welcoming Those Who Served: Library Outreach to…
Posted in Health Sciences Library, Library Outreach
SBU Hacks
University Libraries teamed up with the College of Engineering & Applied Sciences to host the first all-campus and intercollegiate, space-themed hackathon–the hugely successful SBU Hacks–in the Central Reading Room of Melville Library, September 14-15, 2018. For 24 hours, over 300 students…
Posted in About Us
Special Collections Hosts Culper Spy Day Event!
More than 80 history enthusiasts visited Special Collections on Saturday, September 15 as part of the fourth annual Culper Spy Day. Personalized guided and interpretative tours were hosted to showcase Stony Brook University’s two original George Washington spy letters written during the…
