00. IT News and Alerts
New Password Reset Tool for NetID and SOLAR
Use the new Password Reset Tool to set or change your NetID or SOLAR Passwords. In a web browser, go to mypasswords.stonybrook.edu and enter your Stony Brook ID Number to get started.
https://it.stonybrook.edu/help/kb/changing-your-password-with-the-stony-brook-password-reset-tool
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.
University Senate, Arts & Sciences Senate, PEG Board – Elections
Voting for the 2023 elections for the University Senate, the Arts & Sciences Senate, and PEG Board Senators is now taking place via SOLAR (April 17 to April 28). Elections are open to full-time Faculty and Professionals.
https://it.stonybrook.edu/services/solar
Calling All Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs)
We welcome all Stony Brook RPCVs to attend our first-since-COVID Peace Corps Send-Off celebration Tues May 2nd 3:30 – 5:30pm on campus. Kindly reach out to Marianna.Savoca@stonybrook.edu for details.
02. Workshops/Training
Digital Privacy 101 Workshop
In this interactive session, participants will be introduced to several key aspects of online privacy. The workshop will focus on how personal information is stored, used, and shared online.. Date: 4/26/23, Time: 230pm-345pm, Location: Zoom.
https://library.stonybrook.edu/library-events/digital-privacy-101-workshop-4/
Campus Nature Walk and Wikimedia and Inaturalist Workshop
Celebrate Earth Day a little bit longer! In this workshop, we will explore what is in bloom and what creatures are out and about with a walk around campus. Snap some photos as we wander, and then come back to the Melville Library for a workshop on sharing your images via Wikimedia Commons, or on identifying and sharing images on the biodiversity social network iNaturalist. Date: 4/27/23, Time: 3pm-5pm, Location: See Link
https://library.stonybrook.edu/library-events/campus-nature-walk-wikimedia-inaturalist-workshop/
Employee Benefits – Learn How to Set Up an Employee Benefits Program for Your Business
The Stony Brook SBDC presents: “Employee Benefits – Learn How to Set Up an Employee Benefits Program for Your Business”. On Thursday, May 18, Michael Capaldo from Michael Capaldo Employee Benefits, will present this virtual workshop to discuss information about childcare tax credits, employee tax credits (including third party administrators) and other important employee benefits programs. Sponsored in part by Capital One Bank. Click below to register.
https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ejqh9qya512bc186&oseq=&c=&ch=
Inclusive Health and Wellness Day
Join us on Thursday, May 4, 2023 from 12:00 – 2:00 PM in the Recreational Center for Inclusive Health & Wellness Day! Presented and funded by the School of Health Professions, School of Nursing, School of Social Welfare, School of Dental Medicine, and an SBU Presidential Mini-Grant for Departmental Diversity Initiative, the event will include free drop-in yoga, mindfulness, and Tai Chi classes, experts of self-advocacy, inclusive fitness, preventive health, nutrition, and more.
https://bit.ly/Inclusive_Health_Wellness_Day
Instructors: Share What Worked in Brightspace!
Join us for a conversation about Brightspace! Share your experiences – what worked? What questions do you still have?
Space is limited! Please register prior to the event.
CELT/CIE College Teaching Seminars for TAs/Postdocs
TAs & Postdocs: Join us for the last College Teaching Seminar of Spring 2023 on 4/26 from 3-4:30pm in Old Computer Science 2401. Full description is on our events page linked below. Zoom option available if you can’t attend in-person (see CELT events).
4/26 Applying Your Pedagogy at Different Institution Types
https://calendar.stonybrook.edu/site/celt/?view
Nominate an excellent instructor for a CELT Celebration of Teaching award today!
Nominate an excellent instructor for an award by Friday 5/12. There are various categories of awards including in-person teaching, online teaching, innovation, inclusivity and accessibility. Full descriptions, criteria, and nomination forms are on our website, linked below. Just a few sentences from you will help our awards committee acknowledge teaching excellence! Awards will be presented at Welcome Convocation this Fall.
Register for SBU DoIT’s MiniBytes/Training
Register for Stony Brook University DoIT Training’s Mini Bytes and IT Training:
Campus-Wide Narcan Training
Naloxone (Narcan®) is a safe medication that can save someone’s life by reversing the effects of an opioid overdose. It only works on opioids, such as heroin, prescription painkillers and fentanyl, but it is safe to use even if opioids are not present. Attend a training by the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 26 in Frey Hall 102 to receive a free kit. No registration is necessary! Contact healthieru@stonybrook.edu with any questions.
https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugfacts/naloxone
Supervisor Safety Responsibilities Training 4/26/23 1-3pm
The purpose of this course is to provide training to ensure supervisor’s understand their role as it pertains to safety. We will discuss:
*New employee’s safety training at the start of employment.
*Personal Protective Equipment – OSHA
*PPE required and to provide training on its use
*Accident and Injury Reporting
Please Register using link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRykfQJzySLuyeVFlK_StMcC2kIj-RRhNihraXplfQiUQccw/viewform
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRykfQJzySLuyeVFlK_StMcC2kIj-RRhNihraXplfQiUQccw/viewform
05. Conferences/Seminars/Lectures
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
Presidential Lecture: A Conversation with Raj Chetty
In Conjunction With the Gujavarty Seminar on Leadership and Values and Mattoo Center for India Studies
Raj Chetty is the William A. Ackman Professor of Public Economics at Harvard University and director of Opportunity Insights, a lab that uses “big data” to study the science of economic opportunity to effect changes in policy. Chetty will provide an overview of his social mobility research, and discuss his family’s history in India and his experience as an immigrant.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/pres/from_president/lectures
Stem Speak Series: “Winter Mercury Patterns in Lake Ecosystems and our Future Environmental Health Risks” with Dr. Roxanna Karimi
The health risks and benefits of eating fish are expected to change through the future, as climate change alters fish contaminant levels. However, scientists do not fully understand the influence of climate on fish contaminants, including mercury. Dr. Karimi will discuss future scenarios as winters continue to warm, the implications for health risks to different subpopulations, and broader considerations for the future risk-benefits of fish consumption. 5/2/23, 1pm-2pm, Special Collections Room.
School of Nursing Annual Research Day – Promoting Health Equity and Person Centered Care
SON Annual Research Day “Promoting Health Equity and Person Centered Care” presented by SBSON, SBUH Department of Nursing, and Kappa Gamma Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International. Efforts to improve health in the U.S. have traditionally looked to the health care system as the key driver of health
and health care system as the key driver of health and health outcomes.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Judith Brown Clarke, PhD – Vice President for Equity and Inclusion – Chief Diversity Officer
Neurobiology & Behavior Seminar
On Thursday, April 27 2023 @ 12:00 noon, in the Life Sciences Bldg Room 038, the Department of Neurobiology & Behavior will be hosting a seminar entitled: “Insights into Hippocampal Biology from Age-and Disease-associated Systemic Mediators”. Speaker is Dr. Joseph Castellano, Assistant Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Faculty Host: Dr. Shaoyu Ge
MIC DLS: Dr YouTube: multilingualism and multimodality in gender transition narratives by Dr. Joanna Chojnicka on Thu. 4/27 at 3 pm, Frey205
“Trans YouTube” provides a space for young trans creators to express themselves through various genres of trans narratives. These genres, originating in English, spread to other languages like Polish. Dr. Chojnicka explores how Polish trans social media practices trace a new language that emphasizes agency and individualized gender transition experiences, negotiating between global LGBTQ+ sociolect and local socio-cultural contexts.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/mic/lecture-series/2023_DLS_Joanna_Chojnicka.php
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Please join us MONDAY, April 24th, 2023 for a seminar entitled “Starve the Beast and Tame the Flame: Harnessing HIV-1 and Associated Inflammation by Targeting Immunometabolism” with Harry Taylor, PhD, Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Date/Time: Monday, April 24th, 2023 – 12:00 PM
Location: Life Sciences Bldg., Rm 038
Host: Dr. Carol Carter
https://www.upstate.edu/grad/programs/summer.php?empID=taylorha
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Please join us MONDAY, May 1st, 2023 for a seminar entitled “How do Exogenous and Endogenous Viruses Interact?” with Douglas Nixon, PhD, The Herbert J. and Ann L. Siegel
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical
Date/Time: Monday, May 1st, 2023 – 12:00 PM
Location: Life Sciences Bldg., Rm 038
Host: Dr. Charles Vorkas
https://vivo.weill.cornell.edu/display/cwid-dnixon
6th Annual Medical Ethics Symposium- The Ethical Duty to Provide Care in the Setting of Work Place Violence: What are the Limits?
The Stony Brook University Hospital Institutional Ethics Committee invites you to register for the 6th Annual Medical Ethics Symposium. The event will be held in person and via webinar on Monday, June 5, 2023 from 9:00am- 4:00pm (registration from 8:00am- 8:45am). Please see link for detailed information about the symposium and to register.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/bioethics/events/conferences.php
From the Couch to the Community: Transforming Mental Health Care by Adam Brown, Associate Professor of Psychology
April 28, 12:30PM EST on Zoom
In this talk, Adam Brown will address how the mental health needs of many communities throughout the world are taking place in contexts with significant gaps in the availability of specialists and numerous structural barriers to care. This talk will illustrate innovations in capacity building strategies in a variety of contexts, with a particular focus on working with Venezuelan women in Colombia and Community Based Organizations in NYC.
Register here: https://forms.gle/pAvMrV8nBk7s4kNB9
Provost’s Lecture Series will host John Hartwig on Friday, May 5, 2023
John Hartwig is Henry Rapoport Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, and recipient of the Ojima Distinguished Lectureship Award in Chemistry. This lecture will introduce the importance of catalysis overall, some major challenges in the field and ways that Hartwig’s research group is seeking to address these challenges. He will present his lecture on Friday, May 5, at 4:00 PM in the Charles B. Wang Center, Lecture Hall 2
http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/provost/lectures.html
Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Virtual Grand Rounds
Tues., April 25, 2023, 11-12 pm. “The Evolution of ECT Practice in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder”, with guest speaker, Dr. Shawn McClintock, Univ of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://stonybrook.zoom.us/j/96091549349?pwd=OEJ0akJpK1FjNU5YdlB6eDRCTEpSUT09
Meeting ID: 960 9154 9349
Passcode: 827404
Biochemistry and Cell Biology Seminar, Friday, April 28, 2023
Please join us for a seminar with David MacLean, University of Rochester Medical Center, entitled “Mechanisms of acid-sensing ion channel activation and desensitization.” It will be held Friday, April 28, 2023, in LSB 038 at 12:00 pm. Host: Lonnie Wollmuth
Della Pietra Lecture Series Presents Dava Sobel, May 8
The Della Pietra Lecture Series is pleased to present author Dava Sobel
Monday, May 8, 5:00pm ET, Della Pietra Family Auditorium, SCGP Room 103
Reception at 4:15pm
Title: The Glass Universe and “the glass ceiling”
https://scgp.stonybrook.edu/archives/40300
Marketing Seminar Series: Lan Nguyen Chaplin, Northwestern University
Please join the College of Business on April 24 at 10:00 am via Zoom for a Marketing Seminar Series talk featuring Lan Nguyen Chaplin from Northwestern University. Dr. Nguyen Chaplin’s presentation will be on the topic, “Children’s Consumer Behavior: Developmental Theory and Application.” Zoom information: https://stonybrook.zoom.us/j/94109341287?pwd=akMrNkcvUmZ3NGI4Tnh3eUJ5TFROdz09 Meeting ID: 941 0934 1287; Passcode: mktseries
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Grand Rounds: April 26, 2023
Title: “ Supporting Clinical and Translational Researchers with Electronic Patient Data ”
Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: MART, room 7M-0602, or via Zoom (see flyer for details)
Guest Speaker: Thomas Richmond Campion Jr., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Research in Population Health Sciences, Chief Research Informatics Officer, Director, Biomedical Informatics, Clinical & Translational Science Center, Weill Cornell Medical College.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KjNqyZVjrNAyIfgK8YuQhZvOL9SuaC9N/view?usp=sharing
06. Research (Studies, Testing, etc…)
Join Us for Block the Sun, Not the Fun (and Skin Cancer Screenings in Stony Brook, too!) on Saturday, May 13 at the Smith Haven Mall
Join us at Block the Sun, Not the Fun, Saturday, May 13, noon-3pm,Center Court, Smith Haven Mall, Lake Grove, NY. All are welcome to an interactive, fun, educational event that is promoting sun safety, providing facts about UV rays, and offering guidelines and resources on skin cancer concerns. Includes, photo booth, kids’ activity corner, mascot appearances, and discount coupons to outdoor/indoor entertainment attractions. Register at www.stonybrook.info/sunsafely to attend and win prizes!
07. Charitable/Fundraisers (Habitat, Blood drives, Cats, etc…)
Stony Brook Heights Rooftop Farm- Annual Plant Sale
The plant sale to support Stony Brook’s rooftop farm will be held on Wednesday May 10, 2023 on the farm at the HSC Level 3. Pre-order forms will be accepted until May 5th, 2023.
NEW! This year we will have TWO pickup locations for all pre-orders.
East Campus: 5/10/23 (9am to 1pm) at the Stony Brook Heights Rooftop Farm.
West Campus: 5/10/23 (8am-10am only) at the traffic circle in front of the Centers for Molecular Medicine.
Email any questions to: annemarie.ng@stonybrookmedicine.edu
https://stonybrookuniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4Zb8uBhYPiDqxro
08. Culture And Entertainment (Sports, Movies, Events, etc…)
Clarinuts! Recital.
Students of faculty member Alan Kay will perform works from the clarinet repertory Date: 4/25/23, Time:2pm-330pm, Location: Library Galleria.
https://library.stonybrook.edu/library-events/clarinuts-recital-4/
Pet Therapy Day at Melville Library
Join us in the galleria space outside the Central Reading Room as we welcome our canine friends (and their handlers!) back for Pet Therapy Day! Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) again provides this wonderful activity with some stress release as we head into the last days of the semester. 4/28, 12pm-2pm, Library Galleria.
https://library.stonybrook.edu/library-events/pet-therapy-day-at-melville-library/
Science Playwriting Competition – Deadline for Submission May 1, 2023
The SCGP is delighted to announce a new call for plays inviting all talented playwrights with an interest in the sciences, and talented scientists with an interest in the theatre to compose a ten-minute play with a substantial science and/or technological component. This contest is open to the general public.
First Prize Winner: $500
Second Prize Winner: $200
Third Prize Winner: $100
Deadline for submissions is May 1, 2023
https://scgp.stonybrook.edu/archives/39683
AAPI Mentorship Network End-of-Year Celebration
This event will be a celebration of AAPI Mentorship Network students and mentors and Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Refreshments will be served. Open to the campus community.
Date: 4/25/23, Time: 12pm-1:30pm, Location: Union Ballroom
For more information and to RSVP, visit: https://stonybrook.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9029173
10. Food Related (strawberry fest, etc…)
Duck Donuts Weekly Pop Ups – Wednesdays
Enjoy warm, delicious, made-to-order donuts that you can customize! Head over to the boulevard at East Side Dining from 11am-2pm and use your Dining Dollars or Wolfie Wallet! Credit/Debit also accepted.
11. Summer Camps and Children’s Program
Summer STEM Programs for Middle and High School Students
The Institute for STEM Education offers summer programs for middle and high school students These programs are available for rising 6-12 graders. See the link below for details of the programs.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/istem/students/grades_5-12/programs_5-12.php
