SBU professors Celia Marshik and Sue Bottigheimer will be the featured speakers at the University Libraries Writers Series program on Tuesday, March 22 from 1-2 p.m. Only a few spaces remain for this popular series, so please RSVP to reserve…
Let’s Have a “BLAST” with Sequence Similarity Searching
One of the most widely-used tools in computational biology/bioinformatics is the NCBI’s Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST). BLAST allows rapid, easy sequence similarity searching online. However, use of BLAST is only truly effective when you understand what it does…
Posted in Health Sciences Library
Pi-Day Honors the Delicious Side of Mathematics
SBU Hospital CEO Recognizes Pop-Up in Library
Reuven Pasternak, MD, Chief Executive Officer of Stony Brook University Hospital hosts his own blog to recognize and highlight achievements throughout the hospital and medical schools. These blog posts usually focus on the clinical departments and achievements within the hospital.…
Posted in Health Sciences Library
Tech Spotlight: One Month
One Month wants to turn entrepreneurial dreams into reality with a capsule course model that delivers just enough information at just the right time. The courses are set up so that individuals or teams can, for a small fee and…
Posted in Emerging Technology
SBU Libraries Trial Historic Map Works (ProQuest)
Mathletes & Foodies Rejoice! Pi-Day Returns to the Library
Revised Event — University Libraries Present: Women’s History Month Colloquium Series
The Women’s History Month Colloquium Series talk scheduled for Monday, March 7th will be replaced by a screening of the film, Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising’s Image of Women, with discussion to follow. The revised event will take place at 12:00…
OpenStax: Students saved more than $13 million in two years
An initiative by Rice University, OpenStax is a non-profit organization with the purpose of providing access to high quality education to all students regardless of their financial capabilities. In a time when students are burdened by high textbook costs, OpenStax offers…
Posted in Scholarly Communication
Diana Chang Collection Open for Research
The papers of Diana Chang, Chinese American novelist, poet, educator, and artist, are open for research. Her first novel, The Frontiers of Love, originally published by Random House in 1956, was the first novel to have been written by an…
