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Give a Book Take a Book – SS Melville Lives On!

The SS Melville boat will serve as a new library outreach vessel for supplying books for patrons to give and take.

Posted in Library Outreach, Melville Library, New and Notable

New for Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Check out our recent acquisitions for subjects of Environmental and Sustainability Studies research.

Posted in Environmental Art, Architecture and Design, Environmental Humanities, Sustainability

Interview with Chinese legal activist

Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng speaks about grassroots activism and the pressure for change in China.

Posted in Asian and Asian American Studies, Chinese Studies, Political Science

New Books at Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Information Center

For a long time, due to budget restrictions, we were unable to purchase new books other than the ones for class reserve requested by the faculty of the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences.     Finally this year, we are able to order some books and we

Posted in Academic Subjects, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences

Computer Graphics Pioneer Wins Kyoto Prize

Ivan Sutherland, considered the “father of computer graphics”, was awarded the Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology by the Inamori Foundation on June 22.

Posted in Computer Science

Aung San Suu Kyi finally delivered her Nobel Lecture

In 1991, Burmese Aung San Suu Kyi was under house arrest and unable to collect Nobel Peace Prize. On 16 June, 2012, she finally delivered her Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway. Watch the video presented by Nobelprize.org and read Suu

Posted in Arts & Humanities, Asian and Asian American Studies, Chinese Studies, History, Japanese Studies, Journalism, Korean Studies, Social Sciences, Sociology, South Asian Studies

The 17th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival

The Staller Center will soon be hosting the 17th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival, July 19-28, 2012.

Posted in Central Reading Room, Events, Film Studies, Stony Brook University

How Stable is China?

Hear from the experts!  Event at the New York Asia Society, June 21, 2012. Can Its Economic Miracle Continue Under Its Current Political System?    Can China enjoy a second change of leadership without crisis?  In the wake of the Bo

Posted in Asian and Asian American Studies, Business, Chinese Studies, Economics, Political Science

Responses to Pew Research Center’s Report on Asian Americans

The Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA), a national advocacy group, responds to the Pew Research Center’s report, The Rise of Asian Americans.

Posted in Asian and Asian American Studies, Chinese Studies, Comparative Studies, History, Japanese Studies, Journalism, Korean Studies, Political Science, South Asian Studies

18th-Century Shipping Mapped Using 21st Century Technology

Maps of 18th-Century shipping trade routes.

Posted in Economics, Geosciences, History, New and Notable, Technology