In 2001, a year before joining Stony Brook University’s prestigious Music Department, the Emerson String Quartet published its biography, Converging Lines: the Extraordinary Story of the Emerson String Quartet’s First 25 Years. The Music Library has several copies. It…
What the Health? Workshop Series Concludes
On April 5, the Stony Brook health sciences librarians concluded their three-part workshop series for Suffolk County’s public librarians, What the Health? The series focused on teaching the public librarians more about the freely available health resources from the National…
Rock Returns to Southampton
Experience the storied rock & roll history of Stony Brook University through our recently installed display at the Southampton library. Thanks to Kristen Nyitray, Director of Special Collections and University Archives, we now have a glimpse into a fascinating and…
SUNY Board of Trustees Open Access Resolution
On March 22, 2018, the SUNY Board of Trustees passed an Open Access Policy and System Repository Resolution put forward by Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson. The resolution instructs all SUNY campuses to adopt “an open access policy that recognizes each…
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Celebrating National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month! In celebration, Special Collections is featuring several of its distinctive archives of poets ranging from manuscript drafts to published books. All are welcome to explore these unique literary works that celebrate “poetry’s vital place in our…
Diverse and Inspiring Works Showcased at Art Crawl
Thank you to all who attended the Art Crawl on March 28! The tour stops featured these diverse and inspiring works. Special Collections, Melville Library – Unscattered Leaves: Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts, Western Europe, XII-XVI Century MFA student…
International Transgender Day of Visibility
March 31 is the International Transgender Day of Visibility. It’s a day to recognize those around us who are transgender and the challenges they face–including barriers to health care. If you are interested in learning more, here are some…
Special Collections in New Wang Center Exhibition “Potasia”
The current Charles B. Wang Center exhibition Potasia: Potatoism in the East features an insightful and entertaining survey of artworks with the potato as their central subject matter. The exhibition showcases a wide spectrum of potatoes, in all manner of genres and…
Rescheduled: University Libraries Presents: STEM Speaker Series, Dr. Ya Wang
The second lecture of the Spring 2018 STEM Speaker Series, given by Dr. Ya Wang from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was rescheduled to Friday, March 30, 2018 from 2pm-3pm. Title: “Optically chopped PIR sensor for occupancy detection” New…
Posted in About Us, Engineering, Research, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, STEM Tagged with: Mechanical Engineering, STEM
University Libraries Hosted World Renowned Chamber Music Ensemble, the Emerson String Quartet, for their 40th Anniversary Celebration
University Libraries in collaboration with the Music Department and Office of the Provost celebrated four decades of achievements of the Emerson String Quartet with the launching of an exhibit followed by a panel discussion featuring all members of the Emerson…
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