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TMS 102, Part 2: Search and Selection, October 30, 2018, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Review the search and selection process, while gaining skills in resume screening and interviewing techniques. Overview of the Applicant Tracking System and expectations when conducting a search.
Target Audience: VP Coordinators, managers, search committee members, search committee chairs, or anyone responsible for selecting and interviewing potential candidates on West Campus, HSC, Manhattan, and Southampton. Enrollment is limited to 14 attendees.
Wang 301.
Mastering Performance Reviews: October 30, 2018, 9:00 am – 11:30 am
This workshop will provide Supervisors with an understanding of how to write effective Performance Programs and Evaluations. Attendees must attend HRS101, Part 1 – Performance Management prior to this training
Target Audience: Managers and supervisors responsible for managing the performance of others on West Campus, South Campus, HSC, Manhattan and Southampton. Enrollment is limited to 16 attendees.
Wang 301.
Civil Service In a Nutshell: November 7, 2018, 9:00 am – 11:00 am
This workshop will help provide you with information about Civil Service list appointments, canvassing lists, transfers, types of appointments, and much more…
Target Audience: VP Coordinators, hiring department managers and employees seeking Civil Service list information on West Campus, HSC, South Campus, Manhattan, and Southampton.
Wang 301.
Personal Branding
Personal branding refers to the process of establishing the way you are perceived by your customers or clients. It involves carefully and accurately communicating your values, beliefs, goals, and purpose.
Would you like to have more control of the narrative?
https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07efq6m7zo2af288d1
Reputation Management
What customers say about you can make or break your business. In this FREE workshop, Brain Rauer, Executive Director and General Counsel to the NY Better Business Bureau, will address key areas that can substantially impact your relationship with your relationship with your customers and the community.
https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07efqt0lxj88278800&oseq=&c=&ch=
Reading Strategy Workshop for Graduate Students: How to Read Fast, Effectively, and Purposefully
The Center for Multilingual and Intercultural Communication (MIC) will be hosting the 2nd Writing Workshop for graduate students on Thursday, October 25th 5:30- 7:30pm in SBS S147. Professor Shyam Sharma (Associate Professor in the Program of Writing and Rhetoric) will be speaking on “Reading Strategy Workshop for Graduate Students: How to Read Fast, Effectively, and Purposefully”. Workshop is free and open to all.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/mic/writing-workshop/Writing%20Workshop%202%20Flyer%20doc.pdf
Attend WolfieTank 2018, Presenters battle for an award.
WolfieTank 2018 is Stony Brook University Shark Tank like Pitch competition. Students will be presenting their brilliant ideas to a group of distinguished judges. Don’t miss this year’s event.
When: November 7, 2018 at 6pm
Where: Charles B. Wang Center Theatre
RSVP: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/innovation/events/wolfietank/RSVP
See if the Presenters have what it takes to lead the pack.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/wolfietank
Mini Byte: Intro to New Hangouts Chat
Hangouts Chat is Google’s new collaborative messaging tool that allows you to send messages, share content, and schedule meetings in shared spaces with your teams. Come learn about and try this tool in an interactive online session Thursday, Oct. 25th, 11:00-11:30am. Note: A Stony Brook Google Account is currently required to use Hangouts Chat.
Mini Byte: Intro to New Hangouts Meet
Hangouts Meet is Google’s updated video conferencing experience. Use it so people can attend regular meetings remotely or for impromptu video calls. Join us in a Hangouts Meet session to learn about this tool. No headset/speakers/microphone? No problem! You can dial-in by phone for the audio. Note: Chrome or Firefox is required for Meet, but no Google Account is required to join a Meet session.
Mini Byte: Intro to New Gmail Features online workshop, Thurs,10/23 at 11-11:30
Have you tried new Gmail yet? If not (or even if you have) come to learn about and try the new features including these:
Access Calendar in Mail: Responding to an email with suggested meeting times? Now view your calendar in the sidebar directly from your inbox.
Snooze emails: Set aside emails and be reminded of them later.
Access tools easier: Archive, Delete, Read/Unread, and view Attachments from inbox
Reply quickly: Use a Smart Reply to get a quick start on your reply (on web and mobile)
CELT College Teaching Seminars: 10/31 3:00-4:30: Evidence Based Teaching Practices I, Overview of Scientific Teaching, Grad School Conf Rm Old Comp Sci
Overview of Scientific Teaching
Wed 10/31 3:00-4:30 pm Graduate School Conference Room, Old Computer Science
Led by: Marvin O’Neal, Director of Introductory Biology Labs
Did you know that fewer than 40% of students who enter college intending to major in a STEM field complete a STEM degree? As instructors and facilitators, it is our job to keep students engaged by practicing effective teaching methods. Why not approach teaching like you approach science?
University Libraries Present: Bringing The World Into The Classroom Through World Literature By Dr. Rita Nezami
Dr. Rita Shabnam Nezami will talk about how she fosters in her students a sense of global citizenship through world literature. It is central to her educational mission. She encourages university students in the United States to evolve their skills as readers and writers by formulating various kinds of responses to literary texts by writers from throughout the world.
SBU Libraries’ Host The History of the Southampton Windmill
Once known as the Mill Hill Windmill, the Stony Brook University Southampton Campus windmill is a national literary landmark! Please register and join Dr. Tara Rider, professor of maritime and environmental history, for a history of the windmill. Moved from the Village of Southampton to the top of Shinnecock Hills in the 1890s, the windmill is a fixture in local lore. Learn about all the myths and legends amassed over the years!
Biomedical Engineering Department 2018-2019 Seminar Series Lecture
Please join us for a lecture by Dawn Elliott, PhD, Professor & Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Delaware, titled “Multiscale mechanics of musculoskeletal tissues”, on Wednesday, October 10th, 2018, at 4pm in the Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology, Lecture Hall 101.
Hosted by Dr. Stefan Judex, Professor and Interim Chair, Biomedical Engineering Department.
http://www.bme.stonybrook.edu/ & http://bme.udel.edu/people/dawn-elliott/
World of Physics: Imaging Fundamental Processes – Dr. George Sterman
World of Physics Open Night, Friday October 26, 2018
ESS 001; 7:30PM
George Sterman: “Imaging Fundamental Processes”
The contemporary theory of fundamental forces can be pictured as just a handful of particle species, acting among themselves according to a few simple rules. This theory can in principle account for the richness of the visible universe. It results from a centuries-long process of speculation and investigation, culminating in the language of quantum field theory. Yet every successful theoretical framework defines its own limitations, and suggests new questions and criteria. Looking back and ahead, I will give a perspective on our current theories, and on how future developments may be influenced by evolving ideas in theoretical physics, by high energy experiments at accelerators, and by exquisite observations of the faintest cosmic signals.
http://www.physics.sunysb.edu/Physics/WorldsOfPhysics/2018-19/
A Dynamical Systems Perspective On The Controllability Of Chaotic Neural Circuits
When: October 25th, 2018
Where: IACS Seminar Room
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Workshops on Communication, Conflict and Change – Ombuds Office
The Ombuds Office is a confidential and impartial resource for faculty, staff and students around any concern, complaint or need for information/referral having to do with working or studying at Stony Brook.
Click on the website for workshop descriptions and to register.
Workshops are on East Campus at the HSC and on West Campus in Frey Hall.
-High Conflict Behavior – What Is It & What Can You Do About It
-Communication Tool Kit – I Hear You
-Change & Transition – Navigating New Waters
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/ombuds/resources/workshops.php
Come Celebrate Ombuds Day & Meet Your University Ombudsman
What is Ombuds Day? This is part of a month-long recognition of conflict resolution professions.
Stony Brook University Ombuds Office provides an informal channel through which constituents can confidentially discuss concerns, complaints or seek information and referrals without fear of retaliation.
Throughout the month of October, the University Ombudsman will have tabling events to create awareness of the Ombuds Office services. For details, go to url and download flyer.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/ombuds/
Molecular Genetics & Microbiology Seminar
Please join Dr. James Konopka who is hosting Seminar Speaker W. Scott Moye-Rowley of the University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine today, Monday, October 22nd. Dr. Moye-Rowley will present “Transcriptional control of azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus” at 12 noon in Room 038 of the Life Sciences Building
https://medicine.uiowa.edu/physiology/profile/w-moye-rowley
CANDA Seminar – Dr. Joseph LeDoux
On Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 @ 10:00 a.m. in Laufer Center – Lecture Hall 101, The Center for the Affective Neuroscience of Depression and Anxiety (CANDA) is pleased to invite you to a SPECIAL seminar entitled: “Getting “Fear” Right in the Science of Fear” speaker is Dr. Joseph LeDoux, Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science, New York University.
Faculty Host: Dr. Joshua Plotkin – 632 8616
(No food or beverages allowed in Laufer Center)
Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Seminar
All are welcome to attend a seminar by Dr. David Ralston, Associate Scientist, from the Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Dr. Ralston will present his seminar entitled “Dredging, infilling, and changing dynamics of the Hudson River estuary” on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 12:00 noon at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (South Campus) in Endeavour Hall 120.
https://www.somas.stonybrook.edu/seminars/
10/26 Shutterstock Distinguished Lecture: How Computer Science Informs Modern Auction Design
Abstract:
Concepts and techniques from computer science have begun to influence economic theory and practice. Tim Roughgarden will discuss the 2016-2017 FCC incentive auction for repurposing wireless spectrum. Computer science techniques have played a critical role both in the design of the reverse auction and in the analysis of the forward auction.
Bio:
Roughgarden is a professor of computer science at Stanford. https://theory.stanford.edu/~tim/
10/26, 2:30 PM, Room 120, New CS
11/2 Shutterstock Distinguished Lecture: Syntax-Guided Program Synthesis
Abstract:
A wide range of problems such as automatic synthesis of loop invariants, program optimization, program repair to defend against timing-based attacks, and learning programs from examples can be formalized as SyGuS instances. Program synthesis and machine learning can play mutually beneficial roles to transform the way we build software.
Bio:
Rajeev Alur, Professor of Computer Science at University of Pennsylvania. http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~alur/
11/2, 2:30 PM, Room 120, New CS
Biochemistry and Cell Biology Seminar, Thursday, October 25, 2018 with Dr. Stephen W. White, St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital
You are cordially invited to attend a seminar given by Dr. Stephen W. White, President and Dean, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences entitled, “How Bacterial Proteins Accommodate and Exploit Lipids in Catalysis, Transcription and Virulence.” It will be held Thursday, October 25, 2018, Life Sciences Building Room 038 at 4:00 p.m. Hosted by Dr. Michael Airola. Cookies, tea and coffee will be served at 3:30 p.m.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/biochem/
Ecology and Evolution Seminar
3:30 P.M., Wednesday, October 24, 2018, Life Sciences Building, Room 038, “Cheaters and Collaborators: The Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in a Tropical Bird,” Dr. Christina Riehl, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University. Host: Dr. Catherine Markham. If you need a disability-related accommodation, please call: The Department of Ecology and Evolution at (631) 632-8600.
“North Korea after the End of History” – a lecture by Charles K. Armstrong, Columbia University at 4:00 PM on Oct 24, 2018 in Humanities Bldg Rm 1006
Dr. Charles K. Armstrong is The Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences in the Department of History at Columbia University and has published widely on modern Korea, East Asia, and US-East Asia relations. He is a frequent commentator on Asian affairs in the US and international media. Co-sponsored and co-organized by the Center for Korean Studies and the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/humanities/events/2018_fall/2018fall_charles_armstrong.html
Neuroscience Seminar Series
On Thursday, October 25, 2018 @ 12:00 noon. in Life Sciences Bldg – Room 038, the Department of Neurobiology & Behavior will be hosting a seminar entitled: “Reward Valuation and the Prefrontal Cortex: from Emotions to Decision-Making”, Speaker is Dr. Peter H. Rudebeck, Ican School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Host: Giancarlo LaCamera – 632 8616
October 26, 4 PM – Engineering Serendipity with Leila Hajibabai
Join us Friday, October 26, at 4 PM, in 220 New Computer Science for our Engineering Serendipity Seminar, Behaviorally-focused Optimization of Transportation Infrastructure towards Renewable Energy-powered Mobility.
Featuring Leila Hajibabai, Department of Civil Engineering, this seminar will be an opportunity to learn more about future-oriented transportation solutions to urban mobility.
Provost’s Lecture Series will host Ken Langone and Roberto Mignone, October 23
Ken Langone and Roberto Mignone in their talk “A Conversation with Ken Langone, CEO of Invemed and Co-Founder of Home Depot” on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 2:30 P.M. at Charles B. Wang Center Theater. This lecture is co-sponsored by the College of Business and the Center for Italian Studies
http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/provost/lectures.html
Biomedical Engineering Department 2018-2019 Seminar Series Lecture
Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Jerome Mertz, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University, titled “Seeing more with microscopes”, Wednesday, November 7th, 2018, 4pm in the Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology, Lecture Hall 101.
Hosted by Dr. Eric Brouzes, Assistant Professor
*light refreshments will be served in the lobby 15min prior to lecture start. Please do not bring refreshments into the lecture hall
https://www.stonybrook.edu/bme/ & https://www.bu.edu/eng/profile/jerome-c-mertz-ph-d/
Language Diversity Lecture Series – Nov. 1
SPOTLIGHT
Language Diversity Lecture Series
Prof. Walt Wolfram will visit our department on Nov. 1, as part of the Language Diversity Lecture Series.
He will give a guest lecture titled ” The Sociolinguistic Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Implications for Social Justice”.
Later in the afternoon, we will screen the movie ” Talking Black in America”, a documentary recorded as part of the Language and Life Project.
You can find more information about both events:
https://linguistics.stonybrook.edu/_pdf/Language_Diversity_Walt_Wolfram.pdf
MBA Program at Stony Brook – Information Session
Interested in getting your MBA at Stony Brook? Come to an information session to learn more about our 36-48 credit programs that offer classes weeknights, Saturdays and online. Our next information session is taking place Wednesday, October 24 at 6 PM in Wang 201. RSVP to COBAdmissions@stonybrook.edu or call Marie McCallion at 631-632-7476.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/business
Addiction Awareness Night
Addiction Awareness Night is an event to unite students, healthcare workers, and community members whose lives have been somehow touched by addiction. Our goals are: spreading awareness about addiction; empowering each other with the knowledge to address the issues; and fighting against the stigma that surrounds it. Nov 15 from 6-9 p.m. in the Galleria organized by the Medical School Addiction Awareness Interest Group. Dinner is provided (donation kindly suggested). RSVP: SBADMED@gmail.com
SoMAS Seminar 10/26 at noon Elizabeth Smith of the Nature Conservancy, Long Island. Seminar Topic: Using Spatial and Socioeconomic Data to Improve Adaptation Planning in Coastal Communities
Please join us for an Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium by Elizabeth Smith of the Nature Conservancy, Long Island. Her seminar titled, Using Spatial and Socioeconomic Data to Improve Adaptation Planning in Coastal Communities, will be presented on Friday October 26, 2018 at 12:00 pm at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences in Endeavour Hall, Room 120 (South Campus).
https://you.stonybrook.edu/somas/seminars/oceans-and-atmosphere-colloquium/
05. West Campus Conferences/Seminars/LecturesDepartment of Pharmacological Sciences Seminar Series
Lecture Title: Deconstructing pancreatic cancer for personalized medicine applications
Speaker: Richard Moffit, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Biomedical Informatics and Pathology, Stony Brook University
Location: BST Level 8, Seminar Room 180
Date & Time: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 – 12:00pm
Host: Miguel Garcia-Diaz, PhD
Grand Rounds: “With an Artistic Vision: Perception and the Arts”
The Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care & Bioethics presents:
Vincent deLuise, MD
What is the relationship between beauty, art, and the human experience? Are Homo sapiens neurologically “hard-wired” to perceive beauty? Several fascinating sidebars at the intersection of perception and the arts will be explored.
October 23, 2018
4:30-5:45pm
HSC Lecture Hall 3
For more info: bioethics@stonybrook.edu or (631)444-8029
RSVP at: https://goo.gl/forms/eszuA6ux5QRQSb4p2
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/bioethics/_pdf/Vincent_deLuise_Flyer.pdf
Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Grand Rounds-Tues., October 23, 2018, Dr. Katherine McKenzie, Yale School of Medicine
“Asylum Seekers in a Time of Record Forced Displacement: The Role of the Clinician” – To be held in the HSC, L-2, LH-2, 11-11:50 a.m.
ILO credit/Grand Rounds: “With an Artistic Vision: Perception and the Arts”
The Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care & Bioethics presents:
Vincent deLuise, MD
What is the relationship between beauty, art, and the human experience? Are Homo sapiens neurologically “hard-wired” to perceive beauty? Several fascinating sidebars at the intersection of perception and the arts will be explored.
October 23, 2018
4:30-5:45pm
HSC Lecture Hall 3
For more info: bioethics@stonybrook.edu or (631)444-8029
RSVP at: https://goo.gl/forms/eszuA6ux5QRQSb4p2
ILO credit avail
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/bioethics/_pdf/Vincent_deLuise_Flyer.pdf
06. Research (Studies, Testing, etc…)Stony Brook Cares SEFA: Create your own Sign Night
Join the Stony Brook Cares SEFA Campaign on November 14th , to create a custom wood sign. Proceeds of this event will go to the Stony Brook Children’s Hospital. Please pre-register.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/sefa/events.php
07. Charitable/Fundraisers (Habitat, Blood drives, Cats, etc…)University Libraries Presents : In Honor of Veteran’s Awareness Week, A Film Screening of The Great War
Celebrate Veteran’s Awareness Week, meet some SBU student veterans, and watch The Great War.
Film Description: Chart the ways in which the bloodiest battle in U.S. history, and the ensuing peace, forever changed a nation. African Americans found ways to push for change. Women’s suffrage gained converts, and America stepped onto the world stage.
Registration requested.
http://library.stonybrook.edu/library-events/film-screening-for-veterans-awareness-week/
Hispanic Heritage Month 29th Annual Closing Ceremony
The Hispanic Heritage Month Committee at Stony Brook University cordially invites departments, students, friends and colleagues to purchase seats/tables for our 29th Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Closing Ceremony on November 1, 2018 at 3:00 PM in the SAC ballroom A. This event will recognize faculty, staff and students of Hispanic/Latino descent who are community advocates, leaders and outstanding academics in our Stony Brook Community. Visit Stonybrook.edu/hhm for Award Nomination forms.
Jeopardy! Night
Jeopardy Night ~ Come join the School of Medicine in the HSC Galleria for a fun night of JEOPARDY! Monday, November 26 at 6-9 p.m. Register today at https://goo.gl/forms/HQpxZ5sNKzZv0lPY2 $10 pp early bird by 11/1; $12 pp after 11/1. Play for many great prizes and giveaways! Proceeds go to support the following medical student organizations: SBHome, Phi Delta Epsilon & MagicAid. Come join the fun!
Donation Checks can be made out to: FSA 703 SUNY at Stony Brook.
https://goo.gl/forms/HQpxZ5sNKzZv0lPY2
Art Crawl
Join us for Free Guided Tours of Various Art Galleries on the Stony Brook University Campus!
Wednesday, October 24, 1:30-3:30 pm
(details below)
1:30 pm Charles B. Wang Center
2:00 pm Zuccaire Gallery, Staller Center for the Arts, first floor
2:30 pm Melville Library, North Reading Room, second floor
2:45 pm Melville Library, Central Reading Room, first floor
3:00 pm Simons Center Gallery
3:30 pm Reception, Simons Center
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/art-crawl/schedule.php
09. For-Pay Workshops/Courses (SPD, Weight Watchers, Craft Center, etc…)Brief Study of Chronic Fatigue
If you have chronic fatigue, you’re invited to participate in a study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health to look at the relationship of walking exercise to fatigue, physical activities and autonomic function (heart rate variability). Participants will be paid up to $100. For further information call: Patricia Bruckenthal at (631) 444-3268.
For further information call:
Patricia Bruckenthal (631) 444-3268
E-Mail: patricia.bruckenthal@stonybrook.edu
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Chef Fred Long
Join the Faculty Student Association (FSA) and CulinArt for a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month! Visiting Chef Fred Long is a third generation, classic Mexican chef with roots in northern and coastal Mexican style cooking. Join us on Wednesday, October 24 from 5:00pm-9:00pm in West Side Dining dine-in for a menu featuring Honey Chipotle Chicken Flauta, Vegetable Tamalones, and more! While you eat, enjoy a performance by the Latin American Student Organization (LASO) dance team, Jubilé.
https://www.facebook.com/events/285607862259745/
11. Summer Camps and Children’s ProgramUniversity Libraries Present: Literary Karaoke, Halloween Edition
Not to be missed! This University Libraries presentation of Literary Karaoke – Halloween Edition is another in our robust calendar of special events.
Participants read excerpts from texts. Selections will included texts centered around this spooky time of year. Rich discussions and inter-textual connections are sure to leave you with goosebumps!
Registration requested.
Are you a Jewish member of the Stony Brook campus community?
Stony Brook Hillel is the home for everything Jewish on campus! We serve our graduate and undergraduate students and are looking for members of the larger campus community that are interested in learning more about our work and/or getting involved with our programming. To stay up-to-date and to get involved, please complete this short form. Feel free to share this with colleagues directly as well.
https://goo.gl/forms/DL6MZlu42azN0ar22
Holiday Science Camp – Grades 5-7
Fun, hands-on science programs for students in Grades 5-7 during school holidays. The November 12 topic is Electricity.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/istem/students/grades_5-12/ms_academic/holiday_science_camp.php
New offer on Brookology Steals & Deals!
Brookology is a curated website of Long Island featuring leisure-time activities, special shopping deals, information on social groups and a digital bulletin board. The STEALS & DEALS section features discounts available for campus employees and students at local merchants just for showing a valid Stony Brook ID.
Going on now, get a free week of unlimited fitness classes beginning the day you start at Made to Move Tennis & Wellness in Setauket!
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/brookology/deals.php
Stony Brook’s 2018 Take a Stand/Walk with Me domestic violence awareness event
The Center for Prevention and Outreach (CPO) will be hosting Stony Brook University’s annual Take a Stand/Walk with Me domestic violence awareness event on Wednesday, October 24; we’d like to invite all students, staff and faculty to join us. The event starts on the SAC Plaza at 1pm, where members of the campus community will gather for the march around the academic mall led by Wolfie and the Spirit of Stony Brook Drum Line, followed by a resource fair and performances in the SAC Auditorium.
13. Children’s Program