Artifacts from the University Archives (University Libraries) are currently on view and provide context for a new exhibition at the Staller Center’s Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery. Entitled “Revisiting 5+1,” the exhibition examines a critical moment at the junction of abstract…
On November 9, Special Collections participated at SBU’s annual Veterans Day ceremony held in the Student Activities Center. Several collections that document the experiences of U.S. veterans were on display, ranging from the correspondence written during the American Revolutionary War…
On November 9th, President McInnis awarded Jessica Koos with her medal and certificate for the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Librarianship. Jessica has been a Health Sciences Librarian at Stony Brook since 2017 and has contributed to the research, teaching,…
Students of Professor Jennifer Frautschi will be performing selections from the solo violin repertoire.
We welcome Music Library volunteer Samuel Wallach to the University Libraries! Samuel graduated in May 2022 with a major in Applied Mathematics and Statistics and a Music minor. He is also a talented pianist, composer and percussionist. (Some footage of…
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…
University Libraries is excited to partner with Brentwood High School (BHS) on a grant project to improve college and workforce research skills in their students. The grant from the William E. & Maude S. Pritchard Charitable Trust aims to create…
A full house packed the Special Collections Seminar Room on Wednesday, October 19, to listen to Gems from the Music Library’s Vinyl Collection. Gisele Schierhorst, Head of the Music Library, played selections from the over 26,000 LPs that are discoverable…
Works by Harold Lehman (1913-2006) are currently on view in “Harold Lehman: The Nineteen Thirties,” at the Pollock-Krasner House. In 1943, he completed the mural Locomotive Repair Operation for the Renovo Post Office in north-central Pennsylvania–one of 88 murals commissioned…
Gail Levin is Distinguished Professor of Art History, American Studies, and Women’s Studies at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of CUNY. Levin is an author of many books and the exhibition catalogue for the current exhibit, “Lynne Drexler: The…