001. Brightspace
Winter & Spring 2024 Brightspace course shells now available!
Winter & Spring 2024 Brightspace course shells now available!
For more information: https://it.stonybrook.edu/news/articles/winter-spring-2024-brightspace-course-shells-now-available
https://it.stonybrook.edu/news/articles/winter-spring-2024-brightspace-course-shells-now-available
01. Campus-Wide Administrative Announcements(dept moves/closes, employee info)
Updated University Travel Policy
An updated Travel Policy is now in effect for all faculty and staff. This policy outlines the requirements for our community planning to travel as part of their role and/or responsibilities, supports streamlined pre-departure reviews, and provides enhanced resources that will help you stay protected while traveling. View the announcement below.
https://t.e2ma.net/webview/d3vkxq/c46af9add669e12debabbfd608e3f535
Concur Update: Adding of Verify Tool
In our continued efforts to improve efficiencies in the expense reimbursement and reconciliation process, Stony Brook University’s Procurement Department will be utilizing Concur’s AI auditing tool, called Verify. Users will now see one added workflow step when submitting an expense report and will be notified if there are items that need to be corrected. Please contact the Travel & Card Program’s Team with any questions by emailing sbu_travel_expense@stonybrook.edu.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/travel-and-expense/
University Food Pantry’s Adopt-a-Week Program
We recognize that the Stony Brook community is one of compassion and giving and are asking interested organizations, departments and other collective groups to take part in the University Food Pantry’s Adopt-a-Week program. This initiative will help us to strategically coordinate drives to help us sustain inventory and community support efforts. Love a little friendly competition? Challenge another group to collect during the same week!
Meet and Greet with Direct Travel: SBU’s Preferred Travel Management Company
On Tuesday, November 14th, representatives from Direct Travel will be visiting Stony Brook for a Meet and Greet in the SAC Lobby from 3pm-5pm. Employees are invited to stop in and ask questions about how Direct Travel can make your travel booking easier and more efficient. If you have booked travel through DT, we’d love to hear your feedback and experiences at this time as well. There will be candy and luggage/backpack tags given out to all those who stop by.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/travel-and-expense/
02. Workshops/Training
Are You Ready to Sell This Holiday Season?
The Stony Brook SBDC presents: “Are You Ready to Sell this Holiday Season?” Back by popular demand, Christine Curzio, owner of Simply Card Processing is back to teach you how to apply for and save money on your merchant processing on Thursday, November 16! In this workshop, Christine will share her money-saving tips from her many years in the credit card processing business. Register below
https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ek1tl0oeaf61682c&oseq=&c=&ch=
Traveling Labs from the Procurement, Travel & Card Programs Office
On Tuesday, November 28th (West Campus), and Thursday, November 30th (East Campus), the Procurement, Travel & Card Programs will be hosting a ‘Traveling Lab’ that will focus on the RF Credit Card Program including how to apply and the benefits of card usage. Light snacks will be provided, and we encourage anyone who uses an RF Credit Card, or plans to soon, to sign up via the link below.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/travel-and-expense/news.php
CELT Inclusive Pedagogy Panel Discussion: Fostering Inclusivity through Anti-racist Pedagogy
Date/Time: Nov 27, 12-1 pm
Higher education has historically been recognized as a space for critical discussions and reflections. Now more than ever, our nation is at a critical precipice for reimagining these discussions surrounding race, equity, and inclusivity. By centralizing antiracist pedagogy, this panel discussion will provide ways to make conscious efforts and actions that promote and foster equity, healing, and justice in your classroom. Register for this CELT Zoom event:
https://stonybrook.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMlc-qpqzkpEt1tq0MsrzYG9u_6b73X92_M
CELT Panel Discussion: Exploring Generative AI in Teaching and Learning: A Student’s Perspective
November 20, 1 PM via Zoom
The rise of Generative AI, including tools such as ChatGPT, has ushered in a transformative era for education. In this panel discussion, students will delve into the far-reaching implications of AI for teaching and learning in higher education. From its advantages to the ethical considerations it raises, this discussion will be a thought-provoking exploration of technology’s role in shaping modern education.
Please register:
https://stonybrook.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYoduGgqjosG9BD6AxtmjMnVeNSNim_YSBa
Introduction to DRYAD for Stony Brook Researchers
University Libraries Present: Stony Brook University is a Dryad member, meaning researchers can share, register a DOI for, and permanently archive their data for free. Have your question answer like when and why is Dryad a good choice? How Dryad helps you comply with funder policies? How to submit to Dryad. How Dryad extends the reach of your data and helps you keep track of engagement. 11/13, 1pm-2pm, Zoom. Register via link.
https://library.stonybrook.edu/library-events/introduction-to-dryad-for-stony-brook-researchers-2/
Research and Writing: Extra Help After Hours
University Libraries Present: Is your research paper deadline approaching quicker than you’d like to think about? Have you been meaning to get some extra help from a Writing Center tutor and/or librarian for your research paper? You’ll be paired with a librarian or writing tutor to have a consultation in a Zoom Breakout Room. 11-13, and/or, 11-14, 6pm-8pm. Zoom. Register via link.
https://library.stonybrook.edu/library-events/research-and-writing-extra-help-after-hours-5/
APA Citation Workshop
University Libraries Present: Learn how to format a student paper, create in-text citations, and put together a perfect reference list in accordance with 7th edition style rules. 11/14, 10am-11am, Zoom. Register via link.
https://library.stonybrook.edu/library-events/apa-citation-workshop-15/
Orcid for Stony Brook Researchers
University Libraries Present: Getting and using your free ORCID iD and ORCID record can help you save time and get credit for your work in funding, publishing, and research reporting workflows. Funding organizations, publishers, and research institutions are increasingly requiring or asking for ORCID iDs from researchers, so this workshop will help you make sure you are ahead of the game. Covering an overview of benefits, how ORCID can save you time, and tips & tricks. 11/15, 1pm-2pm, Zoom.
https://library.stonybrook.edu/library-events/orcid-for-stony-brook-university-researchers/
Research Tips and Tools For Your SBU 101 Project
University Libraries Present: This library workshop is designed to help first-year students with their SBU 101 project. We will introduce students to SBU library resources, as well as cover searching and discovering information on the open web. 11/16, 11am-12pm, Zoom. Register via link.
https://library.stonybrook.edu/library-events/research-tips-and-tools-for-your-sbu-101-project-9/
MLA Citation Workshop
University Libraries Present: Are you required to use MLA citation for your research paper assignment? This workshop will address why, when, and how to cite your sources in MLA format. Although this workshop is designed especially for those students taking WRT 101 and WRT 102, all are welcome! 11/29, 3pm-415pm, Zoom. Register via link.
https://library.stonybrook.edu/library-events/mla-citation-workshop-14/
Digital Privacy 101 Workshop
University Library Presents: 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. 11/30, 3pm-415pm, Zoom. Register via link.
https://library.stonybrook.edu/library-events/digital-privacy-101-workshop-5/
03. Fee-Based Workshops/Courses (CCE, Weight Watchers, etc…)
PMI® Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®) Exam Preparation
The Certified Associate Project Management (CAPM) certification, administered by the Project Management Institute (PMI), is perfectly suited for those who are interested in exploring a career in project management! Next Prep Class Begins November 27!
04. New Academic Courses & Programs
Master of Science in Athletic Training
A Master of Science degree in Athletic Training is offered through the School of Health Professions. The admission application is now open; accepted students start courses in May 2024.
Information sessions are in person (December 7 at 1:00) and remote (November 21 & December 19 at 5:30). Email ATprogram@stonybrook.edu with the date/time you wish to attend (or to schedule a personalized meeting). For more information about this two-year, full-time 77 credit program visit our website.
https://healthprofessions.stonybrookmedicine.edu/programs/at/graduate
New! Master of Science in Professional Nutrition Practice
This 17-month program includes didactic and supervised experiential learning courses and offers onsite or distance options. This program allows students with any prior undergraduate degree, and the proper prerequisites, to become eligible for the Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist (RD/N) credential. To attend the virtual open house on Thursday, December 7th at 3:00 PM EST or view a recording of our October session, visit https://renaissance.stonybrookmedicine.edu/mspnp/recruitment-fairs
https://renaissance.stonybrookmedicine.edu/mspnp
The Program in Public Health is accepting PhD applications for Fall 2024!
The PhD Program offers a degree with 2 possible concentrations: Population Health or Clinical Outcomes Research and provides a multidisciplinary, integrated, applied problem-solving approach to support students in addressing the important issues within the field. This small and highly specialized graduate degree program will train population health and clinical outcomes researchers, academicians, and practitioners. For information, contact publichealth@stonybrookmedicine.edu or 631-444-9396.
https://publichealth.stonybrookmedicine.edu/admissions/phcor
New Film Course Offering: FLM 201 Visual Storytelling Across the Disciplines
Neuroimaging is cinema. So are video games, weather reports, commercial advertisements and memes. Find out how in FLM 201: Visual Storytelling Across the Disciplines. We will analyze stories captured every day in visual mediums across the disciplines and consider how they enrich our understanding of our world. Using learned skills, students will develop a variety of short films relevant to their majors.
Taught by an award-winning screenwriter, script editor, and curator, Kate Levitt.
05. Conferences/Seminars/Lectures
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Please join us Monday, November 13, 2023 for a seminar entitled “Early life imprinting of intestinal tolerance” with Chrysothemis Brown, MBBS, PhD, Assistant Member, Principal Investigator, Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Date/Time: Monday, November 13, 2023 – 12:00 PM
Location: Life Sciences Building, Room 038
Host: Dr. Brian Sheridan and Dr. Pawan Kumar
https://www.mskcc.org/research/ski/labs/members/chrysothemis-brown
Grand Rounds: Vital Signs- A Nationwide Campaign to Prevent Physician Suicide
The Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics invites you to a Grand Rounds by Dr. Maria Basile titled “Vital Signs: A Nationwide Campaign to Prevent Physician Suicide”. The Grand Rounds will be held via Zoom on Thursday, November 16, 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
2023 CKS Colloquium Series
Layers of Visibility and Invisibility: Forging a Korean/Japanese/American Poetics. Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | 1:00-2:30 pm . Please see link below for more information and to register.
Biochemistry and Cell Biology Seminar, Thursday, November 16, 2023
Please join us for a seminar entitled “Dynamic Spatial Organization of Mitochondria” with Jonathan Friedman, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern. It will be held on Thursday, November 16th at 4:00 pm in Life Sciences Building 038.
Host: Michael Airola
Living World Seminar Series
Please join us for the third Living World talk. Open to all students, staff, faculty, and guests. Nov 13, 5:30 pm, Javitz Center, room 103. Dr. Douglas Futuyma, distinguished emeritus professor from the Ecology & Evolution dept at Stony Brook University. Dr. Futuyma will discuss his new book. “How Birds Evolve.”
See the website for more information.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/ecoevo/_events/livingworld
Register now for CEWIT 2023 Conference!
Register now to attend CEWIT 2023 – the premier forum for presentations on cutting-edge research, exchange, and transfer of emerging technologies and innovative applications. The annual conference is organized by the New York State Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT) at Stony Brook University. This year’s conference will be held in person on November 16th at CEWIT. To learn more and to register, visit our website.
https://www.cewit.org/conference2023/
Ecology & Evolution Seminar
Life Sci 038, In Person only, 2:30 pm Wed, 11/15/2023, “Nonadaptive selection: An evolutionary source of ecological laws” Dr.Lev Ginzburg, an Emeritus Professor at Stony Brook University, specializes in theoretical ecology and evolution. His notable contributions include revising predation theory, understanding population inertia, analyzing uncertainty and risk, and examining heterozygote superiority in genetics. Host: Dr.Rafael D’Andrea
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/ecoevo/_events/
Program in Public Health Speaker Series
Program in Public Health Speaker Series
Monday., Nov. 20, 2023, 3:30 – 4:45 pm. “Reciprocal Associations Between Disrupted Sleep and Pain in Older Adults with Osteoarthritis”, with speaker, Dr. Dylan Smith, Director and Professor, Dept. of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University,
Please RSVP with this Link
HSC, Level 2, Room 2AB
If off campus email publichealth@stonybrookmedicine.edu for Zoom Link
https://stonybrookuniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3TRaVaEev2QNDiC
Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health HYBRID Grand Rounds
Tues., Nov. 14, 2023, 11 – 12 pm “Behavioral Treatments to Address Motivation and Cognition in People with a Serious Mental Illness”, with guest speaker, Dr. Alice Medalia, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NY
Join Zoom Meeting
https://stonybrook.zoom.us/j/98170476628?pwd=MXd3S0NlbFFzYWpRY3o2TFRyV09iUT09
Meeting ID: 981 7047 6628
Passcode: 726436
Shutterstock Computer Science Distinguished Lecture 12/1 @ 2:30 PM with Yael Tauman Kalai, Microsoft
Join the Department of Computer Science as we welcome Yael Tauman Kalai, Microsoft Research who will be delivering a lecture on, ‘Efficient Verification of Computation on Untrusted Platforms.’
Efficient verification of computation is fundamental to computer science and has growing practical significance. Kalai will discuss the correctness of a computation and both their practical aspects as well as their impact, complexity, and approximation.
Location: New Computer Science Building, Room 120
Special Topics- Redefining hospital architectural design through the lens of social spaces
The Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics invites you to a Special Topics event by Cassie Wang titled “Redefining hospital architectural design through the lens of social spaces”. The Special Topics event will be held via Zoom on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from 3:30pm- 5:00pm. Please see link for more details and to RSVP or e-mail bioethics@stonybrookmedicine.edu.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/bioethics/events/#2023
Department of Biomedical Informatics – Grand Rounds – November 15, 2023
Presenters:
Fusheng Wang, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Computer Science, Stony Brook University
Richard Rosenthal, MD Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook University
Talk: Towards Human-Centered and Interpretable Machine Learning for Early Disease Prediction Using Electronic Health Records: Bridging the Gap Between AI Models and Clinical Decision-Makers
Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm See flyer for details
https://bmi.stonybrookmedicine.edu/node/883
SBU Postdoc Spotlight November 16
The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs has selected seven scholars to present their research at the annual SBU Postdoc Spotlight event happening on November 16, 2023 from 4 pm to 5 pm in the Wang Center.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/postdoc/spotlight/
STEM Speaker Series: From Macro to Micro: Understanding Human Motion in the Wild
University Libraries Present: This talk will explore Dr. Shubham Jain‘s research efforts into leveraging pervasive sensing devices with an eye towards developing a multi-modal data integration and interpretation framework. She will discuss sensing frameworks for urban spaces and the mHealth space as well as new tools that introduce new avenues for smart cities and healthcare analytics in the real-world. 11/14, 1pm-2pm, Melville Library Special Collections Seminar Room. Register via link.
NDN Realness, NDN Redness DEIA Talk
University Libraries Present:Joseph Pierce, SBU Associate Professor in the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature, will discuss how contemporary Indigenous artists have remixed and redefined the genre of ethnographic portraiture. Focusing on photography and painting from the late nineteenth century, and on how artists such as Jaune Quick-to-See Smith and Jeffrey Gibson. 11/15, 1pm-2pm, Melville Library, 2nd floor, Special Collections Seminar Room. Register via link.
https://library.stonybrook.edu/library-events/ndn-realness-ndn-redness-deia-talk/
07. Charitable/Fundraisers (Habitat, Blood drives, Cats, etc…)
Gift Bag Drive for Little St. Nick’s Foundation and Stony Brook Children’s Hospital
The Women in Science and Engineering Honors Program is collaborating with the Little St. Nick’s Foundation to make gift bags that will be donated to children in the Stony Brook Children’s Hospital. Please make a purchase of your choice from the wish list or donate by using the QR code. Please purchase items and bring them to the Student Activities Center Room 302 from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM on Friday, November 17th, 2023 and join us in creating gift bags and making cards for the children.
Flyer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PmJG-0SNiRh9EwpgQhzTx8YCqpqsvaBA/view?usp=sharing
08. Culture And Entertainment (Sports, Movies, Events, etc…)
Center/Italian Studies Programs: Remembering Pietro Yon, Italian American Organist and Composer:80th Anniversary of his Death on LI.
On November 15, 5:30 pm. in Library E4340: “Remembering Pietro A. Yon, Italian-American Organist/Composer: 80th Anniversary of his Death on Long Island. Presenters: Salvatore Basile, musician (St. Patrick’s Cathedral), Elisa Teglia, recorder of Yon’s music, John Peragalio ,organ builder, Anne-Marie Lucchese (Stony Brook) A vocal ensemble will perform Yon’s “Gesu Bambino.” . On November 17, 7:30 pm in St James Church, Setauket, Ms Teglia’s Recital: Yon’s organ pieces. All are invited..
https://www.stonybrook.edu/italianstudies/
Pet Therapy at the Health Sciences Library
University Libraries Present: The puppies are coming to the Health Sciences Library! Studies show you can reduce stress by spending time with animals. In collaboration with CAPS, Stony Brook University Libraries proudly hosts Pet Therapy Day. Stop by the library and visit with therapy dogs – they are sure to get you smiling! 11/14, 12pm-2pm, Health Sciences Library.
https://library.stonybrook.edu/library-events/pet-therapy-at-hsl-2/
10. Food Related (strawberry fest, etc…)
Windows Catering Presents: Thanksgiving Copious Feast
Let us handle the cooking, so you can cherish the time with your loved ones. Whether you’re hosting an event and want a Bountiful Buffet served and delivered, or simply want to bring home a delicious Family Feast, Windows Catering has the perfect options for you! Holiday pies also available. See website for details.
https://www.stonybrookmedicine.edu/windowscatering/thanksgiving
12. Miscellaneous
Dell Computers – Black Friday Early Access
The holiday season is almost here, and Dell is excited to bring you exclusive offers during their Black Friday Early Access. Get ready for incredible savings on top-of-the-line laptops.
Here are some of the amazing deals you can look forward to:
🌟 Inspiron 15 Laptop | $549.99 | Save $150
🌟 G15 Gaming Laptop | $1,099.99 |Save $250
🌟 XPS Laptop | $1,549 | Save $450
Offers valid through December 11. Access deals online at: dell.com/dellu/StonyBrook
