Chris Kretz

Art in Focus Recap

The Art in Focus Lecture Series got off to a riveting start last night with a talk from Susan Davidson and Carol Stringari of the Guggenheim Museum. The topic was the conservation of Jackson Pollock’s 1947 masterpiece, Alchemy.   Susan walked through the painting’s early history and the role Peggy

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Come Learn the Art of Alchemy at Southampton

The Southampton library is proud to help kick off SBU Libraries Art in Focus series with a lecture on a fascinating topic: the restoration of Jackson Pollock’s 1947 painting Alchemy.   Please join us Tuesday, September 12th at 7 pm on the Southampton campus as Susan Davidson and Carol Stringari of

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Welcome Back, Southampton!

Welcome back to all of our OT, PT, Health Informatics, SOMAS, and MFA students! And in a few days, we’ll say hello to the new Health Administration program. It’s an exciting time to be on the Southampton campus and we wanted to highlight a few of the ongoing developments at

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One Last Look at Therapy Dogs

In case you missed last week’s visit from the therapy dogs Chip, Lucy, Jesse, and Hans, here they are again to get you through that last bout of finals. A great big thanks to CAPS and their PALS program and our partners at Southampton Student Life. But most of all,

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Therapy Dogs Return to Southampton

Through the efforts of CAPS and the PALS program, SBU Southampton Library and Southampton Student Life are happy to be hosting a night of therapy dogs again.   If you’re feeling the stress of a packed semester or just miss a pet you’ve left at home, please join us May

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Community Tea

Thanks to everyone who came out to the community tea yesterday at SBU Southampton library. Students from all of the Southampton programs along with faculty members got to mingle, converse, and sample a fine variety of teas. As an added bonus, many also took the opportunity to participate in our

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Take the Hemingway challenge, he dared.

A story in six words, that’s what they say Ernest Hemingway wrote. Taken as a challenge, he came up with the tragic: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Since then countless others have worked to pack just the right combination of meaning, emotion, and impact into a half-a-dozen words.  

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Tea Time Conversations at SBU Southampton Library

Although we’re a small campus, it can be hard to meet and interact with people outside of our usual orbits. We all have busy schedules and places we need to be. What’s needed is a chance to slow down and experience the beautiful campus and interesting people around us. So

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Three Dog Night at SBU Southampton

A trio of intrepid canines provided stress relief and welcome diversion last night at SBU Southampton Library.  Through CAPS and their PALS program, along with Southampton Student Life, we were able to bring Crystal, Jesse and Lucy to spend some quality time with our students in the midst of their

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How Do You Have Fun with Reference Books?

The answer: Trivia Night! SBU Southampton Library played host on Tuesday, February 21 to dedicated teams of SOMAS, Occupational Therapy and MFA students as they vied to answer questions on categories ranging from The Wild West to Total Obscurities.  Other then their own knowledge they had one lifeline – a

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