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Stony Brook University Libraries Showcases AI-Powered Technologies for Incoming Students

On Tuesday afternoon, Stony Brook University Libraries welcomed incoming students to the Library Galleria for a hands-on showcase of emerging artificial intelligence technologies. Nearly 100 students attended the lively two-hour event, where they explored eleven demonstrations spanning robotics, 3D model generation, and interactive games that pitted humans against machines. The

Nicholas Johnson August 19, 2026

Mapping Eight Decades of Long Island Land-Use Change with AI

How can a historical library collection help us understand Long Island’s changing landscape, while also testing the capabilities of emerging artificial intelligence technologies? During a six-week Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program hosted by Stony Brook University’s AI Innovation Institute (AI3), students Walter Ramos, Olivia Nehring, and Ashraf Sangi worked

Nicholas Johnson August 6, 2026

Special Collections Welcomes AIM 100 Students!

This week, we were delighted to welcome students enrolled in Alec Lurie’s section of AIM 100, who will be beginning college this fall at Stony Brook, for a visit to the library’s Special Collections. During their visit, students built on their coursework by exploring the local and national history of espionage in Stony Brook and Setauket during

Kristen Nyitray July 9, 2026

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, “Fractals of the Low-Morale Experience Phenomenon: Implications for Humane Library Futures”. Kaetrena Davis Kendrick is a trailblazer and leading scholar in Library and Information Science. Her work focuses on

Sam Horstmann June 5, 2026

Study Room Time Machine

To avoid any confusion, no – the library does not have a time machine in a study room. At least, not in this century. We do, however, have a virtual game called Study Room Time Machine that we would like you to try out. It’s modeled on virtual breakout rooms,

Chris Kretz August 26, 2020

SBU Spotlights Max Fink Papers and Digital Collection

Stony Brook University is highlighting the pioneering career and papers of Max Fink, MD. Dr. Fink, Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology Emeritus at SBU is a world-leading expert and defender of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and the focus of a new collection at the Stony Brook University Libraries. A feature article currently

Kristen Nyitray February 26, 2018

University Libraries Presents: “INCIPIENT” 2016 Fine Arts Organization Student Exhibition

University Libraries is honored to exhibit the talented works of Stony Brook student artists as part of the grand opening of the renovated reading rooms, the Stony Brook Foundation Knowledge Commons. To highlight the student-centered vision for the recently completed renovation, University Libraries designated student art exhibit space on the second floor of the North Reading Room. Inaugurating

kmaxheimer September 27, 2016

Alec Baldwin Among Esteemed Faculty for Southampton Theatre Conference

You may have heard about Stony Brook University Libraries official partnership with the world renowned Southampton Writers Conference (if you haven’t read the article!). But what you might not be aware of is that the Southampton Theatre Conference happens right alongside the Writers Conference. The Hamptons have long been

mstill June 22, 2016

SBU Libraries Partners with Prestigious Southampton Writers Conference

For over 40 years (41 to be exact), aspiring and prestigious writers have flocked to Southampton to take part in what is now one of the most well-known writers conferences in the world. While over those years the landscape has shifted significantly out at Southampton, the Southampton Writers Conference has

mstill June 13, 2016

Extended Hours – Major Changes Coming to the SBU Southampton Library

In an effort to provide extended services to a budding enrollment, the Stony Brook Southampton Library has, and will continue to make major changes to their services and online resources. The changes started late in April when the Southampton branch extended its hours to be able to provide a more

mstill May 6, 2016

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