On September 30th, 2024, Paige Lord, Tom Costello, Musa Al-Gharbi, Klaus Mueller, and Dean Karim Boughida discussed Democracy in the Digital Age at the Wang Center Theatre. Paige Lord is an expert in AI Ethics with a focus on its…
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The Research Canvas: Filling in the Blanks with Art, Zines and Queer Techniques
On September 26th, Rena Yehuda Newman provided a 90-minute talk entitled: The Research Canvas: Filling in the Blanks with Art, Zines and Queer Techniques. The event was co-hosted by University Libraries and the LGBTQ* Services and Diversity, Intercultural and Community…
Racial Unrest of 2020: Experiences from the Stony Brook University Community
SBU Libraries New Oral History Digital Collection The Stony Brook University Libraries’ Anti-Racism Task Force, along with student workers and personnel from the Africana Studies department documented racial encounters, experiences, and perceptions around racial injustice that members of the Stony…
Posted in About Us, Africana Studies, Digital Collections, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Education, Health Sciences Library Tagged with: Black Lives Matter, oral history
Panel Discussion on the Experiences of Filipino Nurses in the United States
On the evening of October 19th, University Libraries hosted its first-ever nursing panel in honor of Filipino American History Month. Nerissa Balce, Associate Professor of Asian & Asian American Studies, moderated the panel. Panelists included: Sofia Reyes, Clinical Instructor, School…
Membership with Punctum Books
Stony Brook University Libraries now has a membership with Punctum Books. Punctum Books is a scholar-led, queer-led, and peer-reviewed diamond open-access academic book publisher of titles in the humanities, social sciences, fine arts, and architecture & design fields. A full…
Health Sciences Librarian Laurel Scheinfeld Wins Research Award
Health Sciences Librarian Laurel Scheinfeld won the 2023 State University of New York Librarians Association (SUNYLA) Excellence in Scholarship Award at this year’s conference. This honor is granted to a SUNYLA member who has published a particularly impactful research article.…
Posted in About Us, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Health Sciences Library, Research, Social Welfare Tagged with: library faculty, research, systematic reviews
Chinese American Librarians Association Northeast Chapter Conference
Five members of University Libraries attended the Chinese American Librarians Association’s (CALA) Northeast Chapter’s Spring conference, themed: “Chinese Librarianship in the Post-Pandemic Future: Personal Growth and Professional Development” in April 2023. Michael Huang, SUNY Distinguished Librarian and Director of Global…
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with 5 Library Resources
November is Native American Heritage Month, an annual time to commemorate and reaffirm Indigenous cultural legacies and histories. Celebrate with five library resources about Indigeneity and Indigenous peoples. For more ways to celebrate, visit the official Native American Heritage Month website…
Rare Civil Rights Artifact from Special Collections Exhibited at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center
A new installation at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C. features a rare pin-back button from Special Collections, SBU Libraries. The “I Am a Civil Rights Marcher” button commemorates the August 28, 1963 historic “March on Washington for…
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day 2022
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day (October 11th) with a selection of some of the Libraries’ resources on Indigeneity. Indigenous Peoples Day is a holiday on the second Monday of October that celebrates and honors Indigenous peoples, histories, and cultures.
