01. Campus-Wide Administrative Announcements(dept moves/closes, employee info)
Campus Lactation Rooms
Campus lactation rooms on East, Southampton and West Campus are specifically dedicated for the purpose of offering a comfortable and private space for breast milk expression and nursing on campus, each featuring a hospital-grade electric double breast pump, cleaning and personal care items, comfortable seating, mini-fridge, microwave, and more! For info about locations, terms and conditions of use, and to gain access to active spaces throughout campus visit the website below.
Call for Volunteers: May 2023 Commencement Ceremony
May Commencement is scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2023. The Office of Conferences & Special Events is seeking volunteers to assist with this ceremony.
Main Commencement: May 19, 2022 – 11:00 am
Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
President McInnis will confer degrees and certificates at the Main Ceremony.
Please use the link below to volunteer.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScKk859g6kmtE1ANU_G6s9yZ_dT4SleZdlyrW2fXxPBRyYnXA/viewform
Join the Office of Procurement for Donuts & Coffee at the Diversity & Donuts Supplier Fair
Join us for Donuts & Coffee on Tuesday, April 18th from 11am-2pm in the SAC Ballroom A while meeting local small Minority, Woman and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses right on campus! There are numerous companies looking for an opportunity to connect with SBU’s financial decision makers, in order to showcase their products and services. Registration is encouraged. View the invitation (www.stonybrook.edu/procurement/_images/Supplier_Diversity_Event_Invite.jpg) or register below.
02. Workshops/Training
Tuesday, March 28, 12 PM–Globally Mobile Students: Basics for Any Faculty and Staff Member
The Network of Advocates for Internationals Students (NAIS) is hosting a workshop on 3/28 at 12:00 PM in the Faculty Commons. We will be discussing Peggy Blumenthal and Rajika Bhandari’s book International Students and Global Mobility in Higher Education. Join us to learn together about the economic, social, and political forces driving trends in student mobility and to discuss how we can help steer the future of international education. Register early to receive a free copy of the book!
https://stonybrookuniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8qyQQf9y9bzaCk6?jfefe=new
Research Data Management Workshop
How well is your Research Data managed? Funders and Publishers are requiring more rigor and transparency than ever before in reporting research data. SBU Libraries is here to help with data. Date: 4/4/23, Time:11am-12pm, Location: Zoom. Register using link.
https://library.stonybrook.edu/library-events/research-data-management-workshop-2/
03. Fee-Based Workshops/Courses (CCE, Weight Watchers, etc…)
Target Fitness
Are you ready to lose weight – permanently? Join the Target Fitness Weight Management Program. Our team of nutrition experts will provide you with, a sustainable, customized nutrition program you can follow for life. The program also provides individuals with a body composition analysis, personalized short and long-term weight goals, an introduction to stress reduction, mindful eating and behavioral change techniques.
This 10 week program, starting April 11th, is held Tuesdays 5:30pm to 6:30pm.
https://stonybrookuniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ivn1FDY8ZEeEUB
Project Management Information Session
The Project Management programs offered by the Center for Corporate Education can help you develop the skills you need to manage projects more effectively or prepare for PMI certification. With multiple courses and certificates to choose from, there is a program for project professionals at every level. Find out more at our free information session on Friday, March 31, at 9:00 am. Details and registration information:
Analytics with Excel
Ready to take your Excel skills to the next level? In our live online workshop series, data analytics expert George Mount will show you how to master the tools, concepts, and formulas you need to drive key decisions. The next workshop starts on May 10. Details and registration information:
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/cce/courses/management-development/analytics-with-excel
Certified Digital Marketing Professional Program
Learn the strategic skills and latest tools you need to succeed as a digital marketer in just 10 weeks – and earn two respected certifications. With CCE’s online Digital Marketing Professional program, you can study at your own pace or join an instructor-led cohort. Email sbucce@stonybrook.edu for internal pricing. Details and registration information:
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/cce/digital-marketing-certificate/
04. New Academic Courses & Programs
Graduate Program for Medical Laboratory Scientists or Biology Majors
The Medical Molecular Biology part-time programs (Master of Science and Advanced Certificate) at the School of Health Professions prepares you to work in the fastest growing areas of the lab; molecular diagnostics, flow cytometry and cytogenetics. Now accepting applications for Summer 2023. Visit our website and send any questions to Program Director gloria.viboud@stonybrook.edu
https://healthprofessions.stonybrookmedicine.edu/programs/mmb
05. Conferences/Seminars/Lectures
Grand Rounds- Exercise for the Embodied Ethic: kriya yoga for the development and sustenance of virtue
The Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics will be offering a Grand Rounds by Sarah Greco, MA, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, YACEP titled “Exercise for the Embodied Ethic: kriya yoga for the development and sustenance of virtue”. The Grand Rounds will be held via Zoom on Thursday, March 30, 2023 from 4:30pm- 6:00pm. Please see link for more details and to RSVP or e-mail bioethics@stonybrookmedicine.edu
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/bioethics/events/#2023
OPEN HOUSE – Asian and Asian American Studies
OPEN HOUSE! Asian and Asian American Studies – Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 1:00-2:15 pm in HUM 1003. Meet our faculty to learn about our major and minor programs, and your peers to hear about their experience with us! We hope you can join us!
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/asianamerican/_fliers/OpenHouse%20Spring%202023%20flyer.pdf
Grand Rounds- Autism in Dance
The Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics will be offering a Grand Rounds by Allison Dammann and Ashna Raiker titled “Autism in Dance”. The Grand Rounds will be held via Zoom on Thursday, April 13, 2023 from 5:00pm- 6:00pm. Please see link for more details and to RSVP or e-mail bioethics@stonybrookmedicine.edu
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/bioethics/events/#2023
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Please join us TODAY, March 27th, 2023 for a seminar entitled “Nutritional regulation tissue regeneration, immunity and cancer” with Semir Beyaz, PhD, Assistant Professor, Cancer Center Member, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
https://www.cshl.edu/research/faculty-staff/semir-beyaz/
IACS Student Seminar: Kenneth Hanson
The Institute for Advanced Computational Science is hosting a student seminar @ 12:00 noon, in the IACS Building Seminar Room. IACS/Linguistics student Kenneth Hanson will be giving a talk titled: Local and Long-Distance Dependencies in Syntax. Attendance is welcome in person or online:
https://stonybrook.zoom.us/j/96701520822?pwd=UjNiS0prQUg5bWEweXo5Q2hhVmVRUT09
Meeting ID: 967 0152 0822
Passcode: 350767
https://calendar.stonybrook.edu/site/iacs/event/iacs-student-seminar-speaker-kenneth-hanson/
Ukrainian vs. Syrian Refugees: Double Standards in the Common European Asylum System by Martin Rozumek
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Wang Center Room 101
In this lecture, Martin Rozumek will explain why the Common European Asylum System works for Ukrainian refugees and doesn’t for Syrians and others. He will also discuss the culture of unlawful conduct of states towards refugees in Europe.
Coffee and cookies will be provided. Presented by the Institute for Globalization Studies.
Register here: https://forms.gle/GHY9KvveSAzPoiev8
Ecology & Evolution Seminar
ZOOM ONLY, 2:30 pm, Wed, 03/29/2023, “Environmental drivers of facilitation and antagonism: implications for forest populations, communities, & biodiversity” Dr. Joe LaManna is an Assistant Professor of Population and Community Ecology at Marquette University. His research explores the potential importance of biotic interactions to environment-diversity relationships and ecosystem function. Join us for this important event. Host Dr. Rafael D’Andrea. You can register below for the Zoom link.
https://forms.gle/G8RAjCaR4JEkWQYbA
Provost’s Lecture Series will host John Budin on Tuesday, April 25
John Budin, a psychiatrist living with Bipolar Disorder, will share his personal and professional story of practicing while working through his own mood disorder. He’ll impart vital lessons learned along the way and describe how he ultimately arrived at a place of peace and acceptance. He will present his lecture, A Psychiatrist with Bipolar Disorder: A Long Day’s Journey into Light,” Tuesday, April 25, at 4:00 PM in the Charles B. Wang Center Theater.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/provost/lectures.html
MIC DLS: Learner Corpora: Construction and Explorations in Chinese and Related Languages by Dr. Hongyin Tao, Friday, April 7 at 4 pm on Zoom
In this talk, Dr. Tao will provide a brief overview of major works done in the field of corpus construction and corpus linguistics and describe some of the applications of learner corpora (LC) in teaching Chinese and other languages. He will also discuss some future directions in LC, focusing on both the challenges and payoffs of working with multimodal L2 corpora and investigations of interactional competence with a corpus linguistic approach.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/mic/lecture-series/2023-DLS-Hongyin-Tao-Learner-Corpora.php
Neurobiology & Behavior Seminar
On Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. in Life Sciences Bldg, Room 038, the Department of Neurobiology & Behavior will be hosting a SPECIAL Seminar entitled: “Traveling Waves in Cortex: Spatiotemporal Dynamics Shape Perceptual and Cognitive Processes” speaker is Dr. Lyle Muller, Western University
Faculty Host: Dr. David McKinnon
College of Business Marketing Seminar Series on March 27 at 10 am
Please join the College of Business on Monday, March 27 at 10 am in Harriman 304 for a Marketing Seminar Series event featuring Jeremy Kees, The Richard J. and Barbara Naclerio Endowed Chair in Business at Villanova University. His talk is entitled, Data Quality as a Threat to Research Integrity.
College of Business Strategy & Entrepreneurship Originator (SEO) Seminar
Please join the CoB on Friday, March 31 at 11 am on Zoom for a Strategy & Entrepreneurship Originator (SEO) Seminar Series event featuring Andrew Gelman, Department of Statistics and Department of Political Science, Columbia University, for a talk on the most important statistical ideas of the past 50 years and how they relate to the study of business. Zoom link: https://stonybrook.zoom.us/j/93333818634?pwd=VkUrU0g1aG45eW1IeWc0SzNGTzdjQT09; Meeting ID: 933 3381 8634; passcode: 726283
College of Business MJ Snyder Finance Speaker Series Event
Please join the College of Business on Friday, March 31 at 2:00 pm in Harriman 304 for an College of Business MJ Snyder Finance Speaker Series event featuring Tongseok Lim, Assistant Professor of Management, Purdue University, for a talk on Hodge Allocation for Cooperative Rewards: A Generalization of Shapley’s Cooperative Value Allocation Theory Via Hodge Theory on Graphs.
SBU-BNL Symposium: Opportunities for Partnerships in the Life Sciences
The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to host the SBU-BNL SYMPOSIUM: Opportunities for Partnerships in the Life Sciences. Join researchers from Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory for a day of scientific exchange and partnership building.
Thursday, March 30, 2023, 8:30 am to 2:30 pm
Stony Brook University
Charles B. Wang Center, Theater
The symposium will also include a poster presentation. Click the link below for more information and to register.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/proposal-development/workshops/SBU_BNL_Symposium.php
Materials Science and Chemical Engineering Department Seminar
Wednesday March 29, 2023. 1PM-2PM Room 301 in the Engineering Building
Dr. Robert D. Kolasinski from Sandia National Laboratories will give a talk entitled: “Effects of high-flux plasma exposure on advanced tungsten materials”. Check the flyer below:
Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Virtual Grand Rounds
Tues., March 28, 2023, 11-12 pm. “Bipolar Depression: Evidence & Conundrums”, with guest speaker, Dr. Andrew Nierenberg of Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://stonybrook.zoom.us/j/99992589181?pwd=c2wvZmdreXNjTkliR1VETGM3QnIrUT09
Meeting ID: 999 9258 9181
Passcode: 460489
Weight Loss Educational Seminar
Mon. April 3, 4:00 pm: Join Dr. Kinga Powers from the Bariatric & Metabolic Weight Loss Center live via Zoom for a discussion about the health impact of overweight and obesity and treatment options available at Stony Brook.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://stonybrook.zoom.us/j/95042065381?pwd=am42WXpKRGpxR2dFT0lnNEFTWXJWUT09
Meeting ID: 950 4206 5381
Passcode: 968368
Provider appointments: 631 444 2274; Centereach, Commack, Holbrook, Riverhead & the Hamptons
bariatrics.stonybrookmedicine.edu
Biomedical Informatics Grand Rounds Wednesday, March 29, 2023 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm AI in Breast Imaging
Title “ AI in Breast Imaging ”
Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Location: MART, room 7M-0602 or via zoom (see flyer for details)
Guest Speakers:Etta Driscoll Pisano, MD, Chief Research Officer of the American College of Radiology, Adjunct Professor of Radiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
https://bmi.stonybrookmedicine.edu/sites/default/files/flyer_29march2023.docx_.pdf
07. Charitable/Fundraisers (Habitat, Blood drives, Cats, etc…)
Stony Brook Child Care – Spring Plant Sale
Stony Brook Child Care Spring Plant Sale – Orders are due Monday April 10th. Click below to print out the order form. Plants need to be picked up at the child care center on Monday May 15th, in the afternoon. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/childcare/fundraising-donations.shtml
10. Food Related (strawberry fest, etc…)
New Special Occasion Cake Ordering!
You can order a special occasion cake or birthday cake for a friend!* Lisamarie Gonzalez, award winning Pastry Chef, Chocolatier and Retail Baker at Stony Brook Hospital will hand-craft each cake. Pickup at the FSA Services Office, 2nd floor of West Side Dining or Market Place Cafe bakery at Stony Brook Hospital, level 5. *Cake orders must be placed 2 days in advance, excluding weekends and holidays. Order online: https://form.jotform.com/230474720185050
https://form.jotform.com/230474720185050
11. Summer Camps and Children’s Program
Students with Children PLAYDATE: Featuring ‘Sing 2’
The Office of Student Life is pleased to present ‘Students with Children: PLAYDATE’ on Saturday, April 1st from 10-12pm in the Union Ballroom, for all Seawolves with children to meet up and socialize. Activities include: movie showing: Sing 2, coloring pages & crayons, snacks for kids (allergen friendly), and coffee bar/ snacks for adults! RSVP via SBEngaged let us know you’re interested!
https://stonybrook.campuslabs.com/engage/event/8981969
Holiday Science Camp – Grades 5-7
Fun, hands-on science programs for students in Grades 5-7 during school holidays. The April 4 & April 6 topics are Dinosaurs & Fossils and Aerodynamics.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/istem/students/grades_5-12/ms_academic/holiday_science_camp.php
