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Library events cancelled

In response to concerns over the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), we wanted to communicate to you in advance that all Library events and workshops to be held through March 31st will be cancelled or moved to an online format. Stony

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Consumer Guide for COVID-19

As there are more news stories than we can keep up with on the ever changing health infomration, the Health Sciences Library has added a page on its consumer health guide with authoritative information about COVID-19 (Coronavirus). The guide also

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Graduate Interns Join the Center for Digital Humanities

This spring, the Center for Digital Humanities will host two graduate student interns. They will work with the University Libraries’ Digital Humanities Working Group, providing expertise, instruction, and consultations within the CDH. Jon Heggestad is a fourth-year PhD candidate in

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MLA/AHA Forum Held at SBU Libraries

On February 12th, the University Libraries welcomed scholars from English, History, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies to present the talks they’d given at the Modern Language Association and American Historical Association conferences held in January. Many thanks to all

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New Timeline Chronicles the 40th Anniversary of SBU Hospital

A new timeline, which includes information drawn from historical papers and photographs from the University Archives, chronicles the history of Stony Brook Medicine. In 1980, Stony Brook University Hospital first opened its doors and became the region’s first academic medical center. Stony Brook

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My Research Life with Kiara Thomas

My Research Life is a blog series of interviews with Stony Brook people about how and where they do their research. Today’s interview was conducted by librarian Chris Filstrup. Kiara Thomas is a junior journalism major and Africana studies minor.

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Dr. Steven Skiena on “Representing Knowledge through Word and Graph Embeddings”

On February 11, 2020, Dr. Steven Skiena presented the first Spring STEM Lecture at the University Libraries about the useful representation of word and graph embeddings in data science. Dr. Skiena presented his work in an easy to understand way.

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My Research Life: Nava Berger

My Research Life is a blog series of interviews with Stony Brook people about how and where they do their research. Today, librarian Chris Filstrup talks with Nava Berger, a senior and Political Science and History double major. She is

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My Research Life: Claire Garfield

Welcome to the inaugural post of My Research Life, interviews with Stony Brook people about how and where they do their research. Today, librarian Chris Filstrup interviews Claire Garfield, a senior biology major and marine science, chemistry, and French minor.

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2020 Spring Semester: Library Physical Reference and Virtual Chat Services

Welcome to the new semester!  Need help with research? We are here to help!  During the first 3 days of the Spring semester, librarians will be at the Horseshoe desk from 8am-5pm to answer any questions.  The Horseshoe desk is

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