01. Administrative (dept moves/closes, employee info, Admin announcements)
OPEN HOUSE! The department of Asian and Asian American Studies
Please join us for our OPEN HOUSE on Wed., November 20, 2019 and learn more about our Majors, Minors, Study Abroad programs to Asia and Masters programs. Grab a slice of pizza and meet our faculty and students! Location: HUM 1045/1049, 1:00-2:20 pm. Hope to see you there!
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/asianamerican/_fliers/OPEN%20HOUSE%202019%20Fall%20AAS.PDF
Call for December Commencement Volunteers
The Commencement Office is currently planning for December Commencement and we are reaching out to Faculty and Staff to assist with this years ceremony.
Date: Friday, December 20, 2019
Location: Island Federal Credit Union Arena, West Campus
Ceremony Start: 11:00 AM
Doors Open: 10:00 AM
If you would like to be a part of this annual tradition and/or know of any colleagues who would like to volunteer as well, please use the link below.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe18NgW-Em8533btNNqQwymiQxkYyEtza8O3MHq6HTUHad4-g/viewform
Free Bag Fridays on Port Jeff Shuttle
Enjoy a ride on the free Port Jeff Shuttle before it ends on November 10! Join us for Free Bag Fridays! Every person who rides the shuttle on Friday gets a free Stony Brook University Tote Bag while supplies last !
https://news.stonybrook.edu/oncampus/last-call-to-ride-the-port-jeff-shuttle/
03. Workshops/Courses/Training (work related; HR, EAP, DoIT, etc…)Master of Science in Athletic Training
The School of Health Technology and Management announces a graduate program in Athletic Training leading to a Master of Science degree. The admission cycle is open for summer 2020. For more information about this two year, full-time, 77 credit program please visit our website or contact Kathryn Koshansky @ 631 632-7217 or kathryn.koshansky@stonybrook.edu. Information sessions will be held in the Sport Complex, room G-33 on Tuesday’s November 5th & December 3rd from 1-2pm.
https://healthtechnology.stonybrookmedicine.edu/programs/at/graduate
SBU Reporting Training for Finance VP Reporting Users: 11/20/19 10:00am-12:00pm, Harriman SINC Room 320
The training session will offer an introduction to SBU Reporting for Finance VP Reporting Users. Topics include how to navigate in the system, adjusting report criteria, drilling to detail on reports, and an overview of report purposes and functionalities. SBU Reporting for Finance access is required in order to attend this hands-on workshop.
Target Audience: VP Coordinators, Departmental Personnel Administrators, Deans & Chairs of Departments.
The MIC & PWR Writing Workshop & Webinar 3: Writing Originally & Avoiding Unintentional Plagiarism
This workshop helps grad students practice engaging sources to curb plagiarism and take strong intellectual positions of their own. Students will practice technical, rhetorical, and ethical citation skills, also discussing common challenges with the presenter.
Workshop, 11/6/19 (Wed.) 1:00-2:30pm @ SBS, S-147 (MIC)
+ Webinar 7:00pm @ meet.google.com/zkc-ejan-oaq
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/mic/_pdf/WW3%20F19%20Flyer.pdf
New Fall Workshops
Come and participate in workshops on:
Managing UP – How to improve your relationship with your boss
Modes of Communication & When to Use Them
Communicating Across Generations
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/ombuds/resources/workshops.php
NYS & CSEA Partnership for Education & Training – Aspiring Leaders Course
The NYS & CSEA Partnership for Education & Training announces the continuation of the 2019 Aspiring Leaders program for CSEA-represented employees. The goal of this program is to help participants develop leadership skills that will enhance their careers in NYS government. Please visit https://www.nyscseapartnership.org/AspiringLeadersProgram/FAQ.cfm
or contact the Partnership at (518) 486-7814 or (800) 253-4332 or email learning@nyscseapartnership.org
https://www.nyscseapartnership.org/AspiringLeadersProgram/FAQ.cfm
Traveling Active Learning Mini-Series Part III: Assessment of Active Learning
Join us for our new ”traveling” workshop mini-series, hosted by the Psychology department. This series of 30-minute interactive workshops on special topics in Active Learning will provide an overview of theory and practice of active learning in various course contexts. This installment, 11/6 9:30-10am in Psychology A 146, the topic is Assessment of Active Learning. You will be educated on 3 active learning strategies and the assessment of one selected active learning strategy. Register today.
https://stonybrookuniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2gF66bcjAgGlR2d
Kognito At-Risk for Faculty and Staff
During National Distance Learning Week, we look at ways to use technology to reach our students. The Kognito At-Risk for Faculty and Staff is a great example. Kognito is an online self-paced learning program that helps faculty and staff strengthen their ability to notice signs of emotional distress, use techniques to discuss concerns, and refer students to appropriate on-and-off campus resources. Join us for a brief demo and Q&A Session on 11/6, 12-1pm in the Faculty Commons. Register today.
https://stonybrookuniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b1J3HcWNtyQmXAx
Lend Me Your Ears: Podcasts as Open Educational Resources
This workshop will look at how and why you might want to use podcasts as a resource in your classroom. We’ll discuss the range of content that’s out there, how to find it, evaluate it, and incorporate it into both online and in-person classes.
Join us Wed 11/6, 3-4pm in the Faculty Commons. Register today.
https://stonybrookuniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9YPKbsbgOr3sSeF
Let’s Talk About Teaching Online: Conversations on Distance Learning
Did you know that a growing number of students are taking online courses in addition to face-to-face, not instead of? Are you ready to weave more technology into your teaching practice so you can reach students where they are? Do you have online teaching expertise you’d like to share with faculty colleagues? Please join the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching for this special mini-conference. Registration is $20. Visit the link below to register.
Traveling Active Learning Mini-Series Part IV: Active Learning in Online Courses
Join us for all or part of our new ”traveling” workshop mini-series, hosted by the Psychology department. This series of 30-minute interactive workshops on special topics in Active Learning will provide an overview of theory and practice of active learning in various course contexts.
Part 4 – Active Learning in Online Courses
Learning Objective: Explore selected active learning strategies to use in online courses
Register today!
https://stonybrookuniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2gF66bcjAgGlR2d
New York State/United University Professions Joint Labor-Management Committees Upcoming Workshop:Diversity: Learning How to Leverage “Difference” at Work Monday, November 18, 2019
This one-day workshop will provide participants the opportunity tolearn about different models of diversity which include primary & secondary types of diversity. Participants will acquire awareness & understanding of a variety of dimensions of diversity including but not limited to demographics. Topics include cross culturaldiversity, generational diversity, education, social class, race, age,gender, religion, & other ways that diversity manifest. Deadline Nov.11th -Application below
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sNpfIN9E9DIUqAf4HcgEdnm3Q1_hvtPX/view?usp=sharing
05. Conferences/Seminars/LecturesBiochemistry and Cell Biology Seminar, Thursday, November 7, 2019
You are cordially invited to attend a seminar given by Iestyn Whitehouse, Sloan Kettering Institute, entitled “Features of DNA replication and transcription that have shaped the C. elegans genome.” It will be held on Thursday, November 7, 2019, Life Sciences Building Room 038 at 4:00 p.m. Hosted by Ed Luk, cookies, tea, and coffee will be served at 3:30 p.m.
University Libraries Presents: Art in Focus: Lasting Impression-the Essence of a Printmaker, Dan Welden
The Art in Focus lecture series presents an illustrated talks by Dan Welden. It is a collaboration between Stony Brook University Libraries and the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center.
Ecology and Evolution Seminar
Coffee at 2:30 P.M., Seminar begins promptly at 2:45 P.M., Wednesday, November 6, 2019, “An Overview of Coevolution and Insect-plant-microbe Interactions in Kenya in the Ant-plant Systems,” Dr. Dino Martins, Mpala Research Centre/Princeton University & Turkana Basin Institute/Stony Brook University, Host: Dr. Stephen Baines. If you need a disability-related accommodation, please call: The Department of Ecology and Evolution at (631-632-8600.
My Life As Speaker Series – Sebastian Meyer
Join the School of Journalism for the last My Life as Speaker Series event of the fall semester on 11/6 at 7:30 pm. Featured speaker Sebastian Meyer, an award-winning photographer and filmmaker, will discuss his new book, Under Every Yard of Sky. The book showcases Meyer’s work from his journey through modern Irqaqi Kurdistan. Copies of the book will be available for purchase. The event will take place at the Student Activities Center Sidney Gelber Auditorium. Doors open at 7 pm.
https://journalism.cc.stonybrook.edu/?p=11739
Tree Adjoining Grammar: Using Multiple Representations of Syntax
Owen Rambow, Elemental Cognition LLP
Tree Adjoining Grammar (TAG), developed by Aravind Joshi in the 1980s, is a generative tree-rewriting formalism which is used to represent the syntax of natural languages. Unlike its close relative, the better-known context-free grammar, it allows for entire trees to be elementary structures of the grammar. As a result, it allows us to derive complex syntactic structures from entire lexical projections of words.
Check out the link!
IS QUANTUM CHEMISTRY AMENABLE FOR MACHINE LEARNING? ARE THE COMPUTERS COMING FOR OUR JOBS?
Adrian Roitberg, University of Florida
Chemistry Building, Room 412
Computational methods can be applied to the study of many problems in chemistry, physics, and biology. The toolbox for studying complex problems includes atomic and molecular modeling of all interactions, and then a sampling of the important structures using several techniques such as Molecular Dynamics.
Check out the link:
IACS Student Seminar: Prabhat Kumar, Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Modeling and Simulations of Advanced Particle Acceleration Concepts by Plasma Wakefields
Particle accelerators play a key role in numerous areas of science and technology, ranging from fundamental research in particle physics to medical diagnosis and cancer treatment.
Check out the link for more info!
“Water in Japanese Gardens” by Takaya Kurimoto of Penguin Environmental Design
Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, 5:30 PM Charles B. Wang Center, Lecture Hall 2, The Japan Center Lecture Series:
Water has been one of the most important elements of Japanese gardens. Even Japanese dry gardens have imaginary water. It is the catalyst for taking people to the spiritual world of the gardens. Takaya Kurimoto’s lecture unfolds the stories of Japanese gardens by focusing on the water.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/japan/_pdf/LectureTakayaKurimoto2019.pdf
Shutterstock Distinguished Lecture Series – Ellen Zegura – Public Interest Technology Research and Education
Our next Shutterstock Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series speaker will be Ellen Zegura of Georgia Tech. Ellen will present a talk called, “Public Interest Technology Research and Education.” The lecture will begin at 2:30 pm in Room 120 of the New Computer Science building.
https://www.cs.stonybrook.edu/about-us/dls
Co-parenting and Masculinity in a Fatherhood Program Designed to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence
The Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities invites you to attend our upcoming seminar series installation on November 6 at 1 PM in the SBS 405 conference room. Dr. R. Anna Hayward and Dr. Amy Hammock from the Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare will present a lecture titled “Co-parenting and Masculinity in a Fatherhood Program Designed to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence.” This event is free and open to the public.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/csmm/
Neuroscience Seminar Series
On Thursday, November 7th, 2019 @ 12:00 noon in Life Sciences Bldg – Room 038, the Department of Neurobiology & Behavior will be hosting a seminar entitled: “If not now – when? Circuits for Rapid Evasive Behavior in Zebrafish” speaker is Dr. Harold Burgess, Senior Investigator, NIH.
Faculty Host: Dr. Howard Sirotkin – 632 3573
Nov 15 – Engineering Serendipity Seminar: SoMAS Dean, Dr. Paul Shepson – GHG Mitigation & More
Friday, November 15, 2019 – 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM – New Computer Science Room 220
Dr. Shepson will present on greenhouse gas mitigation and measurement efforts in big cities, focusing on NYC, discuss his own work, then transition to the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, and the efforts to make the SBU campus a living laboratory for energy management, and the proposed center.
Discussion will follow.
Refreshments will be served.
Biochemistry and Cell Biology Seminar, Thursday, November 7, 2019
You are cordially invited to attend a seminar given by Dr. Iestyn Whitehouse, Sloan Kettering Institute, entitled “Features of DNA replication and transcription that have shaped the C. elegans genome.” It will be held on Thursday, November 7, 2019, Life Sciences Building, Room 038 at 4:00 p.m. Hosted by Dr. Ed Luk, refreshments will be served at 3:30 p.m.
Graduate Program Information Session
Do you have supervisory or human resource responsibilities? Have you been considering pursuing a master’s degree, but don’t know if you can fit it into your busy schedule? Attend one of our online information sessions to find out more about our part-time Master of Science or Advanced Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management, featuring courses offered online or in the evening. GREs are not required. November 6 at 6 pm or November 14 at 12:30 pm.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/spd/hrm/infosession.php
SoMAS Seminar 11/8 at noon by Mercer R. Brugler of the Biological Sciences Department NYC College of Technology (CUNY) and Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History. Topic: Deep Sea Biology
Please join us for an Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium by Mercer R Brugler of the Biological Sciences Department NYC College of Technology (CUNY) and Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History. His seminar, “Deep Sea Biology”, will be presented on Friday November 8, 2019 at 12:00pm 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/
University Libraries Presents : Open Access Journal Launch : Journal of Network Music and Arts
Stony Brook University Professors Sarah Weaver and Margaret Schedel along with the University Libraries welcome all to celebrate the launching of their inaugural journal. Refreshments will be served.
This event is part of Stony Brook Libraries’ celebration of Open Access Week 2019.
06. East Campus/Hosp/HSC Conferences/Seminars/LecturesGrand Rounds- Grateful Guilt: Living in the Shadow of My Heart
The Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics presents:
Steven Taibbi
Thursday, November 14, 2019
4:00pm- 5:30pm
HSC, Level 3, Lecture Hall 6
RSVP to: Bioethics@stonybrookmedicine.edu
See link for details
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/bioethics/events/#2019
Department of Pharmacological Sciences Seminar Series
Lecture Title: Reevaluating the functional Role of Axin as a scaffold for kinase signaling in the Wnt pathway
Speaker: Jesse Zalatan PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept of Chemistry, University of Washington
Location: BST Level 8, Seminar Room 180
Date & Time: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 – 12:00pm
Host: Jessica Seeliger, PhD
Call for December Commencement Volunteers
The Commencement Office is currently planning for December Commencement and we are reaching out to Faculty and Staff to assist with this years ceremony.
Date: Friday, December 20, 2019
Location: Island Federal Credit Union Arena, West Campus
Ceremony Start: 11:00 AM
Doors Open: 10:00 AM
If you would like to be a part of this annual tradition and/or know of any colleagues who would like to volunteer as well, please use the link below.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe18NgW-Em8533btNNqQwymiQxkYyEtza8O3MHq6HTUHad4-g/viewform
Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Grand Rounds-Tues., Nov. 5, 2019, Dr. Karen Wagner, Univ. of TX Medical Branch
“Treatment of Depression in Youth”, 11 – 11:50 am, HSC, Level 2, Lecture Hall 3
Department of Pharmacological Sciences Seminar Series
Lecture Title: Ending the Global Tuberculosis Epidemic – New Tools and Strategies to Treat TB Infection
Speaker: Kunchok Dorjee MD, PhD – Senior Research Associate, Johns Hopkins University
Location: BST Level 8, Seminar Room 180
Date & Time: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 – 12:00pm
Host: Arthur P. Grollman, MD
University Libraries Presents : Emotional Treasure : An Interactive Art Exhibition
Participants in this event will create a small four-fold palm-size booklet and write in the booklet an anonymous confession or secret that they have never shared. The person who writes the confession then selects a book from the free book stacks and inserts this booklet with their confession inside their chosen book. Over the course of two weeks, browsers then pick up one of the free books. The person who picks up a book containing a booklet with a confession reads the text and adds comments.
https://library.stonybrook.edu/library-events/emotional-treasure-an-interactive-art-project/
University Libraries Presents : The Art of the Violin
The Art of the Violin is a Music Department concert series featuring students from the studio of Jennifer Frautschi. Please join us in the Melville Library Galleria for this terrific performance.
https://library.stonybrook.edu/library-events/art-of-the-violin/
University Libraries Presents : Literary Karaoke in Honor of Veteran’s Month!
Read a passage from a work written by a veteran or military member, or from a book on military studies. All welcome, whether to read or to listen and discover new texts. For inspiration, check out the library’s collection of books in military and veteran studies, created in collaboration with students, faculty, and staff: http://guides.library.stonybrook.edu/veterans/spotlight.
https://library.stonybrook.edu/library-events/literary-karaoke-in-honor-of-veterans-month/
09. For-Pay Workshops/Courses (SPD, Weight Watchers, Craft Center, etc…)Register Today for Defensive Driving
The Alumni Association, in partnership with Liberty Mutual is hosting a Defensive Driver Training Course for alumni, faculty and staff on the Stony Brook University Campus on Saturday, November 9. This six-hour program is approved by the NY State Department of Motor Vehicles and can result in a 10% savings off of your liability and collision insurance for three years (from the day you take the course). In addition, it can remove up to four points off of your driving record.
https://alumniandfriends.stonybrook.edu/site/Ticketing?view=Tickets&id=102023
12. MiscellaneousFinal Weeks of Port Jeff Shuttle
The final weeks of the Port Jeff Shuttle are approaching! Ride the Port Jeff Shuttle before November 10 to enjoy a free ride to Port Jeff Village!
http://www.pjshuttle.com/about.html
SBU Census Committee Members Needed
The SBU 2020 Census Complete Count Committee is looking for participants from campus organizations and departments for raising awareness and encouraging participation for the 2020 Census. Planning will launch in November for actions to be implemented February – April. If your area is working on the Census or if you are interested in serving on the committee, please email Joan Dickinson, Community Relations Director, at joan.dickinson@stonybrook.edu
Ribbon Cutting of the SMART Cluster- 11/4
Please join us on Monday, November 4th at 12:30pm at CEWIT for a Ribbon Cutting of the SMART Cluster ( Strategic Machine-Learning Acceleration and Ray Tracing Cluster). The SMART Cluster is a dual use GPU Cluster, for both machine-learning and visualization, which is the fastest among New York State academic institutions. Tours will be conducted after the ceremony.
https://www.cewit.org/programs/events/RibbonCuttingCeremony.php
