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Library Leadership, Well-Being, and the Future: A Public Talk by Kaetrena Davis Kendrick
Join us on June 11, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. in the Student Union Auditorium for Kaetrena Davis Kendrick’s public presentation,
Stony Brook University Libraries Joins AI4LAM as a Founding Member in Global AI Community
Putting human-centered AI on the global stage for libraries, archives, and museums By Nicholas Johnson, inaugural Director of Artificial Intelligence,
Stony Brook University Libraries Welcomes Hojun Son as AI Research Scientist
Stony Brook University Libraries is pleased to welcome Hojun Son, Ph.D., as our inaugural AI Research Scientist. In this newly
ClariNuts Fill the Air
The May 5 performance by Professor Alan Kay’s clarinet studio, the ClariNuts, was warmly received by listeners in the Melville
North Reading Room Refresh
We’re excited to share that one of the library’s busiest study spaces, the North Reading Room, will soon be getting
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