Entering the second half of the strategic planning phase, SBU Libraries is in its feedback-collecting stage. Since our last update, found at https://library.stonybrook.edu/2023/05/26/strategic-planning-2023-at-sbu-libraries/, the libraries’ strategic planning committee has completed its abbreviated self-study. We drafted new mission and vision statements,…
The Stony Brook University Health Sciences Library has invited a panel of nurses in honor of Filipino American History Month in October. The panelists will speak on their experiences and challenges as Filipino American nurses. The panel discussion will be…
The author of books on Thomas Hart Benton and his student, Jackson Pollock, Henry will explain Benton’s formative influence through the lens of their shared admiration for the work of the mannerist painter Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos, known as El Greco. Henry…
Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner were the first artists to settle in the rural East Hampton hamlet, and they attracted their friends, many of whom also established homes and studios in The Springs. Helen A. Harrison, Director of the Pollock-Krasner…
In the popular Art In Focus Lecture Series tradition, May 2023 brought a new lecture series, The Art of Relationships, sponsored jointly by the Stony Brook University Libraries and the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center. The Art of Relationships lecture…
Health Sciences Librarian Laurel Scheinfeld won the 2023 State University of New York Librarians Association (SUNYLA) Excellence in Scholarship Award at this year’s conference. This honor is granted to a SUNYLA member who has published a particularly impactful research article.…
Stony Brook University’s Department of Civil Engineering, School of Marine and Atmospheric, and the University Libraries are conducting an anonymous survey, which was approved by the IRB, to identify gaps between community needs and available services at Long Island public…
SUNY Distinguished Librarian, Director of Global Library Initiatives, and Health Sciences Librarian Michael Bailou Huang was invited to deliver a presentation titled “ChatGPT and Its Potential Impact on Academia and Libraries” at four universities during a recent trip in China.…
Reuben Kadish, a friend of Jackson’s since their teenage years in Los Angeles, was instrumental in bringing Pollock and Krasner to Springs in 1945. Judd Tully, Chairman of the Reuben Kadish Art Foundation, will explore Kadish’s transition from painting to…
Vita Petersen met Jackson and Lee through Mercedes Matter and worked with her to form the New York Studio School, where Petersen taught for many years. Michael Brenson, art critic and curator, will discuss Petersen’s life and work in dialog…