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SBU Libraries & CAPS presents PALS! Stressed? Pet a dog!

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Dana Haugh

On Wednesday, December 7, 2016, SBU Libraries & CAPS, Counseling and Psychological Services, held a popular event, Pet Away Life Stress! (PALS) through animal assisted interactions. Belle, an 11 year old black lab, Jesse, a 5 year old golden retriever, and Ellie, a 4…

On-site Reference in the Humanities Building — 11/29!

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Kate Kasten-Mutkus

SBU Libraries will offer on-site reference and consultation services in the Humanities Building lobby November 29th (2-3). All members of the campus community are invited to learn more about how the Libraries support research, teaching, and learning in the Humanities…

Posted in Arts & Humanities, Library Outreach, Reference

Create Your Own Zen Garden Event

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Dana Haugh

Wednesday, November 16th, SBU Libraries invited the students to “take a moment” and create their own personal Zen Garden. Using the libraries’s promotional Frisbee, sand, “special” rocks which were collected by 5 year old Riley at local West Meadow Beach,…

Conservationist and Author Carl Safina Captivates at Writers Series

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Kristen Nyitray

In his spirited presentation and book of the same title “Beyond Words: How Elephants, Wolves, and Killer Whales Think and Feel,” Carl Safina shared how he spent time working with researchers who have dedicated decades to studying particular families of wild…

SBU Libraries & Counseling and Psychological Services Presents: “PALS”

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Dana Haugh

On Wednesday, November 9, 2016, SBU Libraries & CAPS, Counseling and Psychological Services, held a popular event, Pet Away Life Stress! (PALS) through animal assisted interactions. Beau, a border collie mix, Sophie, a golden retriever, and Lucy, a Cavalier King Charles spaniel came to…

SBU Libraries Celebrates Native American Heritage Month

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Dana Haugh

On November 2, 2016 the University Libraries hosted a display and educational exhibit as part of the First Native American Heritage Awareness Program Series. Five tables were set up on that beautiful fall day just outside the Melville Library. Jay…

Book Swap In Central Reading Room!

Posted on October 3, 2016 by kmaxheimer

Bored with textbooks? Need some adventure and can’t really escape to some exotic place? Looking for a good book to read? You only have to look as far as the Central Reading Room Book Swap stand!! Thanks to the cooperation…

Art Crawls: Guided Tours of Campus Galleries

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Kristen Nyitray

Special Collections will be participating in the Fall 2016 Art Crawl, a free event with guided tours of Stony Brook University’s galleries. A variety of art will be exhibited, including work from international artists, Stony Brook students, and digital artists…

Professors Munich and Bona “Dazzle” at Writers Series

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Kristen Nyitray

Diamonds and cloth-work were among the scholarly topics discussed by SBU professors Adrienne Munich and Mary Jo Bona, at the first program of the fall 2016 University Libraries Presents: Writers Series. A standing room-only audience of university and community guests…

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

Posted on September 27, 2016 by kmaxheimer

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…

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