Speaker: Helen A. Harrison Director, Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center Helen will examine the relationship between Jackson Pollock’s “action painting” technique, which reached its apogee in 1947-1950, and the jazz music he loved. His spontaneous creation of free-flowing forms is…
Curious about how scientists develop drugs for COVID-19? Spend an hour with our STEM speaker, Dr. Carlo Simmerling from the Department of Chemistry, and Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology to learn about “Using computer simulations to model the…
The Three Village area of Long Island is home of the Culper Spy Ring, formed in 1778 to secretly provide General George Washington with the information he needed to turn the tide of the American Revolution. Join us for Virtual…
Hi! My name is Anthony Carl – I’m a sophomore here at Stony Brook University studying business and specializing in marketing. I’m excited to introduce myself as one of the marketing interns for the library this semester. Working with the…
This fall, SBU Libraries is thrilled to welcome two social media interns who will be working with us to help promote the library and its resources. Both will be making periodic posts to the News blog as well as our…
Please join us for a seasonal literary karaoke. All are welcome to read a short passage from a favorite autumn- or Halloween- themed text, or just to listen. This event will be held virtually. Please register in order to receive…
This workshop will give a brief introduction to some of the drug information resources that are available through Stony Brook Libraries. Resources will include LexiComp, Micromedex, Natural Medicines, and more. Registration Please register for the event via Zoom. After registering,…
Do you often copy and paste online images into your projects to make them more visually appealing? Do you sometimes wonder whether it’s ok to use certain images, and, if so, how and whether you should cite them? In this…
This fall, many of us are researching, studying, and teaching in unusual locations—and perhaps you’re wondering how to do digital humanities work while away from campus! This workshop will introduce some of the many DH tools freely available online. We’ll…
Title: Unveiling the First Moments of the Universe’s Creation with the Simons Observatory Abstract: I will discuss how we are collecting the oldest light in the Universe, called the Cosmic Microwave Background, in order to determine what happened in the…