01. Administrative (dept moves/closes, employee info, Admin announcements)
Updated UPS Fee Chart
UPS has updated pricing effective 12/24/18 for the Accessorial Chart (Extraneous Fees a.k.a. Accessorial Price List).
https://ogs.ny.gov/purchase/snt/awardnotes/7901123066ContractorInfo.pdf
02. East Campus/Hosp/HSC Admin AnnouncementsFresh Sushi Now Available at Market Place Cafe
Market Place Cafe at University Hospital is now serving delicious sushi from Sushi Do. Sushi Do means “the way of Sushi” in Japanese. It is prepared fresh daily!
Grand Rounds: “The Art of Observation and the Observation of Art”
The Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care & Bioethics presents:
Sal Mangione, MD
Thursday, February 14, 2019
5:00pm- 6:30pm
HSC, Level 3, LH6
RSVP to: bioethics@stonybrookmedicine.edu
See link for details
https://www.stonybrook.edu/bioethics/_pdf/Grand%20Rounds-%20Dr.%20Sal%20Mangione.pdf
03. Workshops/Courses/Training (work related; HR, EAP, DoIT, etc…)Graduate Student Workshop: February 5, 2019, 9:00 am – 10:00 am, Wang 301
This training will provide you with a step-by-step explanation of the hiring process, reappointment process, additional supplements, lump sums, summer appointments and required documentation for hiring graduate students. We will also review the form I-9 process as needed.
Target Audience: Graduate Student Coordinators or anyone who must authorize or approve graduate student appointments on West Campus, South Campus, HSC, Manhattan, and Southampton.
Wang 301
HRS 101, Part 1: Performance Management – February 13, 2019, 9:30am-11:30am, Wang 301
Comprehensive overview of the complete performance management process; from preparation to administering the annual appraisal.
Target Audience: Managers and supervisors responsible for managing the performance of others on West Campus, South Campus, HSC, Manhattan, and Southampton.
Permanent Appointments: February 14, 2019, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM, Wang 201
This workshop will provide information covering eligibility, initiating and completing the Permanent Appointment Process for UUP employees.
Target Audience: VP Coordinators, Departmental Personnel Administrators and anyone who is responsible for HR Administration.
Register for CELT’s Research-Based Practices of Online Teaching Workshop
CELT is offering its Research-Based Practices of Online Teaching workshop, intended for faculty scheduled to teach online in the upcoming Summer 2019 terms. Instructors who are planning to teach in a different term may register on a space available basis.
This workshop is free, delivered online, and lasts 4 weeks. Your course must have been approved for online delivery by your respective curriculum committee.
Dates: February 14-March 14, 2019
Registration closes on Friday, February 1
https://stonybrookuniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eqXCxz1xKIcNLyl
Spring 2019 On Campus Job & Internship Fair – Registration Open for On Campus Departments
The Career Center is hosting the On Campus Job and Internship Fair!
Are you looking to hire students for on campus internships for the 2019-2020 academic year and/or student employees/FWS students for spring 2019? This is a FREE event for all SBU and Hospital Departments!
Wednesday January 30th
12:00 PM – 2:30 PM
*Registration is required: Please register here: https://app.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/8886/employer_preview
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/student-employment/oncampusemployers
Selling to the Government & 8(a), HUBZone and WOSB Certifications
You could be leaving thousands or even millions of dollars on the Federal Government Table…but there is assistance for socially and economically disadvantaged businesses as well as small businesses located in Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone). Attend FREE certification training.
https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07efvc9r6z871c09f2&oseq=&c=&ch=
Sociology Colloquium with Prof. Jochem Kotthaus (University of Dortmund)
Please join us to welcome Prof. Jochem Kotthaus (University of Dortmund) who will speak on his comparative research project “The Transformation of Mundane Knowledge. Reflections on the Globalization of Sport Fans.”
When: February 6th at 1pm
Where: Sociology Department SBS N 403
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/sociology/
IACS Seminar Speaker: Anatoly Frenkel
Inverting the Structure-Spectrum Relationship in Nanoparticles by Supervised Machine Learning
When: 2/7/2019
Where: Seminar Room
Time: 1pm – 2pm
Data-Driven Multi scale Modeling in Physical and Biological Systems
IACS/AMS Seminar Speaker, Professor Alireza Yazdani, Brown University
When: 2/8/2019
Seminar Location: AMS Seminar Room 1-122 Math Tower
Time: 2pm – 3pm
Neuroscience Seminar Series
On Thursday, January 31, 2019 @ 12:00 noon. in Life Sciences Bldg – Room 038, the Department of Neurobiology & Behavior will be hosting a seminar entitled: “Temperature Sensing in Invertebrates: from Genes to Circuits to Behavior”, Speaker is Dr. Marco Gallio, Associate Professor, Northwestern University.
Host: Arianna Maffei – 632 8616
Ecology and Evolution Seminar
3:30 P.M., Wednesday, January 30, 2019, Life Sciences Building, Room 038, “Soil Health in a Contaminated World,” Dr. Sharon Pochron, Sustainability Studies Program, Stony Brook University. Host: Dr. Liliana Davalos. If you need a disability-related accommodation, please call: The Department of Ecology and Evolution at (631) 632-8600.
Molecular Genetics & Microbiology Seminar
Please join Dr. Patrick Hearing who will be hosting seminar speaker Dr. Meike Dittmann of NYC School of Medicine next Monday, January 28th. Dr. Dittmann will present “The Regulatory Factor ELF1 Triggers a Critical Wave of Transcription in the Response to Type I Interferon” at 12 noon in Room 038 of the Life Sciences Building. More info about the speaker: https://med.nyu.edu/faculty/meike-dittmann
Socioemotional Aging: Expecting Differences, Finding Similarities
Dr. Derek Isaacowitz of Northeastern University will be giving a talk titled “Socioemotional Aging: Expecting Differences, Finding Similarities”
January 28, 2019
Psychology A Building, room 109
1:00PM
Astronomy Open Night, Friday, February 1, 2019
Astronomy Open Night, Friday, February 1, 2019
ESS 001; 7:30PM
Sydney Andrews:
“The Life and Death of Massive Stars”
For more info see web link below:
: http://www.astro.sunysb.edu/openight/opennite.html
Chemistry Department Seminar on 2/1/19
Date: 02/01/2019, Friday
Speaker: Dr. Vincent Rotello; Distinguished Professor; University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Title: Interfacing Nanomaterials with Biology: From CRISPR to Antimicrobials
Location: Chemistry Dept, Room 412
Time: 4:00 PM ~ 5:15 PM
Host: Dr. Stanislaus Wong; Chemistry
https://elements.chem.umass.edu/rotellogroup/members/principal-investigator/
06. East Campus/Hosp/HSC Conferences/Seminars/LecturesPublic Symposium: Contact Sports and Traumatic Brain Injuries
Public Symposium: Contact Sports and Traumatic Brain Injuries
Presented by Stony Brook University Neurosciences Institute and Stony Brook University Program in Public Health
Date: Thursday, March 28, 2019
Time: 4:45 to 7:30 pm
Light buffet and refreshments from 4:45 to 5:30 pm
Location: MART, Room 5A-100, Stony Brook Medicine, 101 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook
Free. Open to the Public. For more information – Andrew.flescher@stonybrookmedicine.edu (631) 638-1014
Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Grand Rounds-Tues., January 22, 2019, Dr. Irina Esterlis, Yale Univ.
“On Neurobiology of PTSD: The Role and Need for Glutamate”, 11-11:50 am. To be held in the HSC, L-2, LH-3.
Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Grand Rounds-Tues., January 29, 2019, Dr. Ema Saito, Zucker Hillside Hos.
“DBT Implementation in an Acute Care Inpatient Adolescent Unit”, 11-11:50 am. To be held at the Atkins Learning Center, HSC, L-4.
07. Charitable (Habitat, Blood drives, Cats, etc…)Buy a brick, leave a legacy on Stony Brook’s campus
Legacy Way is a symbolic representation of individuals who have paved the way for the next generation of Stony Brook students, faculty and staff. Now is your chance to leave your mark on Stony Brook.
Reserve a personalized brick on Legacy Way with a $150 tax-deductible contribution. Make your purchase by February 8, 2019 to be included in the spring installation.
Visit www.stonybrook.edu/legacyway to reserve your brick today!
http://www.stonybrook.edu/legacyway
Change The Game – Souper Bowl of Caring
MORE THAN 29 YEARS AGO, The Souper Bowl of Caring began. Since that day, more than $143 million has been raised for local charities across the country through the Souper Bowl of Caring. It has become a powerful movement that is transforming the time around the Big Game into the nation’s largest celebration of giving and serving. The SBU Doctorate of Physical Therapy program in Stony Brook and Southampton will be collecting cans of soup and other non-perishable food items from 1/28 to 2/4/2019
Jamba Juice Launches “Sip for Hope” Campaign for Cancer Center
The Stony Brook Cancer Center is proud to welcome Jamba Juice as the newest community partner to join the fight against cancer. From the sale of every PB&J Smoothie or an Orange Berry Antioxidant Juice, $2 will be contributed to support the Cancer Center’s Healthy Forks Survivorship Series. Stop by the new Jamba Juice, Stony Brook Medicine East Campus, 101 Nicolls Rd., Stony Brook, in the MART and Hospital Pavilion, Level 5, on corner of “The Brook,” (hallway adjacent to the Marketplace Café)
Change The Game – Souper Bowl of Caring
The Souper Bowl of Caring has raised more than $143 million for local charities. The powerful movement transforms the time around the Big Game into the nation’s largest celebration of giving and serving. The SBU Doctorate of Physical Therapy program in Stony Brook & Southampton will be collecting cans of soup & other non-perishable food items from 1/28 to 2/4/2019. Food donations can be dropped at the red collection boxes on HSC level 5 & SH in the Library. For more infor: x 41094
08. Culture And Entertainment (Sports, Movies, Events, etc…)Opening Reception of Spring 2019 Exhibitions | Charles B. Wang Center – March 13, 2019
Join us for the opening reception to celebrate the Spring exhibitions, From Mecca to Sufi Shrines: Islamic Poster Art from South Asia (on view from March 13 through May 5, 2019 at Skylight Gallery) and The Studio: Through a Surrealistic Lens (long-term installation at Theatre Gallery)
Sign up for the E-blast through the following link to get the latest information about upcoming exhibitions, lectures, films and other programs.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/wang/contact_us/mailing_list.html
2018-19 Science Playwriting Competition is back! Deadline for Submission, February 15, 2019
CALL FOR PLAYS for the 2019 SBU Science Playwriting Competition:
The organizers are calling all talented playwrights with an interest in the sciences, and talented scientists with an interest in the theatre to compose an original, previously-unproduced, ten-minute play with a substantial science component. This contest is open to the general public:
First Prize Winner: $500
Second Prize Winner: $200
3rd Prize Winner: $100
The deadline for submissions is February 15, 2019
http://scgp.stonybrook.edu/archives/27921
09. For-Pay Workshops/Courses (SPD, Weight Watchers, Craft Center, etc…)QuickBooks Basics
Learn the basics, uses and features of QuickBooks including: setting up, working with QuickBooks lists and bank accounts, entering sales, invoices and receiving payments, creating reports, graphs and analyzing financial data in a computer lab setting. This is for Windows based computers – not MAC. This course is for desktop-based QuickBooks software and does not cover QuickBooks Online.
https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07efxath7x39459400&oseq=&c=&ch=
Stony Brook Speech Wolves – Join Us to Improve Your Public Speaking Skills!
By learning to effectively formulate, express and sell your ideas to others through the proven Toastmaster training programs, you open a whole new world of career possibilities. You’ll be more persuasive and confident when giving presentations. In Toastmasters, you’ll gain the practice to become the leader and speaker you want to be, become a better negotiator, sharpen your management skills and inspire your team. See link for more info and/or email susan.fioto@stonybrook.edu.
https://stonybrookspeechwolves.toastmastersclubs.org/
New Program – Master of Science in Athletic Training
The School of Health Technology and Management announces a new graduate program in Athletic Training leading to a Master of Science degree. The admission cycle is open for summer 2019. Upon completion of this professional two year, full-time, 76 credit program students will be eligible for the Board of Certification exam and state licensure. Information sessions: January 22 & 29, 1-2pm Sports Complex Rm G33. For information contact: Kathryn Koshansky 632-7217 or kathryn.koshansky@stonybrook.edu
https://healthtechnology.stonybrookmedicine.edu/programs/at
10. Research (Studies, Testing, etc…)IMPORTANT New Regulations for Human Subjects Research Effective January 21, 2019
New regulations apply to research studies approved on or after January 21, 2019. Key changes include revised Exempt categories and process, elimination of continuing review for many minimal risk studies, addition of key information to the informed consent document, and changes to handling of identifiable information and bio specimens.
Information for ALL updates are posted on the Office of Research Compliance website: https://research.stonybrook.edu/orc and in the revised SOPs:
https://research.stonybrook.edu/human-subjects-standard-operating-procedures
Research on Periodontal Disease
The Department of Periodontology is seeking volunteers for a clinical research study. The purpose of this study is to evaluate a technique for reducing periodontal pockets. The study requires you come to the dental clinic for between 11 to 16 visits over 5 months. To qualify you must: have periodontal disease, be between 18 and 75 years old, and be in good general health. Please contact: Dr. Srinivas Myneni (631) 632-9703
Research on Dental Implants
The Department of Periodontology is seeking volunteers for a clinical research study to evaluate an Over-The-Counter (OTC) periodontal rinse for relieving discomfort rather than medically treating Peri-Implant Mucositis. The study requires 5 visits over 3 months at the dental clinic. You must have a dental implant for more than 1 year, have at least 20 natural teeth, good general health and be a non-smoker. Please contact: Dr. Srinivas Myneni (631) 632-9703 email: deptperio@gmail.com.
