00. IT News and Alerts
University-Wide Cultural Competency Seminar on October 9
In response to requests from our students, staff, and faculty, we have organized our first all-campus seminar, required for all of our employees (faculty, staff and hospital employees).
The first in a series of Cultural Competency Seminars, this seminar on Implicit Bias and Sexual Misconduct will take place on October 9, 2018, and will be comprised of two sessions – one in the morning for staff, and an afternoon session for faculty.
Everyone must register for the seminar online.
Doors open at 8 am and 12:30 pm for sign-in, so please arrive as early as possible.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/cdo/cultural-competency/index.php
01. Campus-Wide Administrative Announcements(dept moves/closes, employee info,)Amputee Support Group
Second Tuesday of every month
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Stony Brook University Hospital
Market Place Cafe, Level 5 Room 5W-3000C
101 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook
Parking validation will be provided (Not Valet)
For more information, (631) 444-7985
Permanent Appointments: October 17, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Permanent Appointments
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.
Wang 301.
TMS 102, Part 1: Writing Position Descriptions, October 24, 2018, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
This workshop will allow you to write accurate position (job) descriptions which will facilitate recruitment, compensation/classification, training, staff development, and performance management. Participants will learn to create requisitions within the Taleo Talent Management System.
Target Audience: VP Coordinators, managers, search committee members, search committee chairs, or anyone responsible for creating a position description on West Campus, HSC, Manhattan, and Southampton.
Enrollment is limited to 14 attendees.
Wang 301.
Graduate Student Workshop: October 17, 2018, 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.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1iau9189sOL7bXA9Vmsh5AvOSibh-Zi16ZBassMJm3Cc/edit
Food Business Fundamentals: Writing A Business Plan
A business plan is a detailed blueprint for the activities needed to establish a business. It is the ‘yardstick’ by which a business owner measures success in meeting stated goals and objectives. A business plan is also a tool for obtaining a loan from a lending agency.
https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07efpgslrn1e0d558c
Workshops on Communication, Conflict and Change – Ombuds Office
The Ombuds Office is a confidential and impartial resource for faculty, staff and students around any concern, complaint or need for information/referral having to do with working or studying at Stony Brook.
Click on the website for workshop descriptions and to register.
Workshops are on East Campus at the HSC and on West Campus in Frey Hall.
-High Conflict Behavior – What Is It & What Can You Do About It
-Communication Tool Kit – I Hear You
-Change & Transition – Navigating New Waters
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/ombuds/resources/workshops.php
CELT Bootcamp Series: Tools for Enhancing Student Engagement in the Classroom 10/12/18 9am-1pm Frey 301
Are you looking for tools and strategies to keep students engaged in your face-to-face courses? In this Bootcamp you will learn best practices for using Clickers in the classroom, write effective Clicker questions for your courses, discuss how to facilitate effective short and long-term group activities and projects, and gain strategies to Apply flipped classroom strategies to your in-class activities and courses. This Bootcamp is jam-packed with innovative techniques and evidence-based teaching methods.
When & Where: Friday 10/12/18, 9am-1pm, Frey 301
Visit our website for more information & registration, or register with additional direct link below!
Website Event Listing: http://calendar.stonybrook.edu/site/it/event/celt-fall-bootcamp-series-tools-for-enhancing-student-engagement-in-the-classroom/
https://stonybrookuniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cLMHOR6wV6uUg3r
Come Celebrate Ombuds Day & Meet Your University Ombudsman
What is Ombuds Day? The American Bar Association (ABA) Dispute Resolution Section Launches Inaugural Ombuds Day, October 11, 2018. This is part of a month-long recognition of conflict resolution professions.
What can the Ombuds Office do for me? Stony Brook University Ombuds Office provides an informal channel through which constituents (students, faculty and staff) can confidentially discuss concerns, complaints or seek information and referrals without fear of retaliation. The office provides educational workshops on communication, conflict resolution and a variety of skills and has a comprehensive library.
Throughout the month of October, the University Ombudsman will have tabling events on campus, at the hospital and off site to create awareness of the Ombuds Office services.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/ombuds/index.php
In person workshop – Google Calendar can do much more than just hold dates; it’s a great organizational tool!
This workshop will cover the basics of Google Calendar and new features, as well as some of its lesser known “secrets,” such as how to share your calendar with others, hold web conferences using scheduled Google Hangouts, and create bookable appointments. This hands-on training is in Melville Library Tuesday, 10/2, 9-11.
Mini Byte: Mail Merge Using Qualtrics Online Training
Learn how to send personalized emails to a list (mail merge) using Qualtrics: Create a list with a row for each contact with columns for name, email, and other values like department. Then, create a email and send.
This session is online Thursday, 10/4/2018, 11-11:30.
University Libraries Present : “Bangkok is Ringing: Sound, Protest and Constraint,” by Dr. Benjamin Tausig
Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted during the antigovernment Red Shirt protests of 2010-11 in Bangkok, Thailand, this talk examines how contemporary protest movements meet both opportunities and limitations in their engagement with sonic media.
University Libraries Present: A Lecture By Matt Gallagher
Blurred Boundaries: Writing The Forever War
Bio: Matt Gallagher is the author of the novel Youngblood, published by Atria/Simon & Schuster and a finalist for the 2016 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He has written for the New York Times, Wired and The Paris Review, among others. A former U.S. Army captain, he’s also the author of the Iraq memoir Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War and coeditor of the short fiction collection, Fire & Forget.
University Libraries Present: A Lecture In Honor Of Hispanic Heritage Month By Pablo Calvi
“Latin American Adventures In Literary Journalism” Pablo Calvi is an assistant professor at Stony Brook University School of Journalism, the associate director for Latin America for the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting, and a guest lecturer at the Columbia University/Universitat de Barcelona masters program. He was the recipient of a Pulitzer traveling fellowship, the 2010 IALJS Greenberg Research Prize for Literary Journalism, and the 2010 CELSA-Sorbonne writing fellowship.
Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Seminar
All are welcome to attend a seminar by Dr. Paul Roundy from the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany. Professor Roundy will present his seminar entitled “Components of MJO Propagation Driven by Interaction of Subseasonal Convection with the Background Atmospheric Circulation” on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 12:00 noon at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (South Campus) in Endeavour Hall 120.
https://www.somas.stonybrook.edu/seminars/
Neuroscience Seminar Series
On Thursday, October4, 2018 @ 12:00 noon. in Life Sciences Bldg – Room 038, the Department of Neurobiology & Behavior will be hosting a seminar entitled: “Sex, Obesity and Alzheimer’s Disease” Speaker is Dr. Christian Pike, Professor, University of Southern California.
Host: Mary Kritzer – 632 8616
Biochemistry and Cell Biology Seminar, Thursday, October 4, 2018
You are cordially invited to attend a seminar given by Dr. Anant Menon, Cornell University, Weill Medical College, entitled “Moving Sterols within cells.” It will be held on Thursday, October 4, 2018, Life Sciences Building, Room 038 at 4:00 p.m.
Hosted by Dr. Yusuf A. Hannun, cookies, tea and coffee will be served at 3:30 p.m.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/biochem/
Stem Student Research Colloquium: Stony Brook iGEM Students
Students from the iGEM program will present their research from their student-led summer-long research project in synthetic biology to the SBU community.
SBU Libraries Present : Art In Focus – Burt Glinn & The Beat Generation
While preparing material for a retrospective exhibition of work by her late husband, Magnum photographer Burt Glinn, Elena discovered a remarkable collection of largely unseen photographs of Beat writers, artists and musicians. The photographs—more than 70 of them in color—were shot between 1957 and 1960 in New York and San Francisco and feature nearly all the famous Beats, capturing the spirit of the counterculture.
Registration requested.
October 9, 4 p.m. Center Italian Studies Book Presentation: “The Good and The Others: Dante, An Ethic for the New Millennium” with author, Filippo La Porta.
October 9, Tuesday, 4:00 p.m. Center for Italian Studies Book Presentation of the Italian publication: “The Good and the Others: Dante and An Ethic for the New Millennium,” with author/journalist, Filippo La Porta. Location: Center for Italian Studies in Room E4340, Frank Melville Memorial Library. The lecture will be in English and is part of the Dr. Joseph Tromba Series of Center presentations.
HTTP.//www.stonybrook.edu/italianstudies
Ecology and Evolution Seminar
3:30 P.M., Wednesday, October 3, 2018, Life Sciences Building, Room 038, “Harmful Algal Blooms: Factors Promoting the Expanding Global Threat to Coastal Ecosystems,” Dr. Christopher Gobler, School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University. Host: Dr. Robert Thacker. If you need a disability-related accommodation, please call: The Department of Ecology & Evolution at (631) 632-8600.
CEWIT 2018 Conference on AI, Machine Learning, Data Analytics & Personalized Medicine
CEWIT2018 will center on technologies and innovations in Artificial Intelligence , Machine Learning , Data Analytics and Personalized Medicine . Continuing the tradition since the inception of our conference in 2003, CEWIT2018 will be a premier forum for presentations of cutting-edge research as well as the exchange and transfer of emerging technologies and innovative applications. Come hear renowned speakers, presenters and panelists from industry, academia and government, in a series of plenary presentations and discussions – all for a national and international audience ready to network!
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/cewit/conference2018/about/index.php
Astronomy Open Night: Searcching for Life in the Universe – Dr. Alan Calder
Astronomy Open Night, October 5, 2018
ESS 001; 7:30PM
Alan Calder: “Searching for Life in the Universe”
Mankind has long speculated about the existence and nature of life elsewhere in the Universe. While there is no accepted evidence of life anywhere other than Earth, contemporary studies apply the scientific method to answer these questions. The study of life in the Universe encompasses many traditional disciplines including Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, and Geology, and has been dubbed the field of “Astrobiology.”
In the next Astronomy Open Night, Prof. Alan Calder will discuss the scientific search for life in the Universe. He will describe how our understanding of life on Earth guides the search for life elsewhere and some of the tools utilized in the search. He will present recent results in the search for life in the Universe.
http://www.astro.sunysb.edu/openight/opennite.html
Exploring New Catalytic Materials on Nanoscale: Novel Methods of Synthesis, Characterization and Computational Needs
Where: IACS Seminar Room
When: October 4th, 2018
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
https://calendar.stonybrook.edu/site/iacs/event/iacs-seminar-speaker-professor-alexander-orlov/
IACS Information Session
Where: IACS Seminar Room
When : October 11th 2018
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
The Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS) invites you to come learn about what we do, what we offer our graduate students, and how to enroll in our advanced graduate certificates! Lunch will be served!
Registration is required. Please RSVP by October 4th
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMt7R2FvXJoNg4kRZFo_Gacq6NitPy-q026AT-sR9dfQ7X4g/viewform
https://calendar.stonybrook.edu/site/iacs/event/iacs-information-session/
IACS Seminar Speaker, Professor Sommer Gentry, Us Naval Academy
When : October 18th, 2018
Where: IACS Seminar Room
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Bio
Sommer Gentry is a Professor in the mathematics department at the U.S. Naval Academy, a Research Associate with the Epidemiology Research Group in Organ Transplantation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and senior staff with the Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients. She graduated from Stanford University in 1998 with a B.S. in Mathematical and Computational Science and a M.S. in Operations Research. She spent a year at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories before completing a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005.
A Dynamical Systems Perspective On The Controllability Of Chaotic Neural Circuits
When: October 25th, 2018
Where : Seminar Room
1:00 pm – 2:00pm
Information in the cortex is processed by a deeply layered system of neural circuits. How well streams of spikes from one circuit can control spiking dynamics in subsequent cortical processing is essential for information processing. In particular, noise entropy arising from the sensitivity to initial conditions of recurrent cortical circuits can limit the information conveyed about the sensory input. Directly measuring entropy in a high-dimensional system, however, is computationally intractable even in models. Ergodic theory has been proposed as a tractable approach to measuring the dynamical entropy rate of large recurrent spiking networks [Monteforte 2010, Lajoie 2013, 2014, 2016]. Earlier studies used constant external input [v. Vreeswijk 1996; Monteforte 2010] or white noise [Lajoie 2013, 2014, 2016]. However, how the statistics of input spike trains controls the recurrent dynamics has not yet been analyzed.
Children and Screens Digital Media and Developing Minds Congress
Oct. 15-18, 2018 at Cold Spring Harbor Lab
The second Digital Media and Developing Minds national interdisciplinary conference brings together scientists and researchers in the fields of neuroscience, pediatrics, psychiatry, psychology, communications, education, public health, epidemiology and others.
Learn and exchange ideas on the cognitive, mental, physical and social impacts of digital media on youth, families, culture, and learning. For more, contact info@childrensandscreens.com or visit https://www.childrenandscreens.com/second-national-congress/
https://www.childrenandscreens.com/second-national-congress/
Provost’s Lecture Series will host Jeremy Jackson, Friday, October 12
Jeremy Jackson is Professor of Oceanography Emeritus at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Senior Scientist Emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution. He studies threats and solutions of human impacts on the environment and the ecology and evolution of tropical seas. He will present his lecture entitled “Breakpoint: Reckoning with America’s Environmental Crises” at 7:30 PM, at the Earth and Space Sciences Lecture Hall 001. This lecture is co-sponsored by Living World Lecture – Science Open Nights, Department of Ecology and Evolution, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/provost/lectures.html
05. West Campus Conferences/Seminars/LecturesMeeting of the Minds: Opioid Epidemic
Friday, October 19
8 am to 1 pm
Charles B. Wang Center
Stony Brook University
The keynote lecture, “opioids and Opioid Use Disorder: How Science Informs Policy (or Should)” will be delivered by Bertha Madras, PhD, Director of the Laboratory of Addiction Neurobiology at McLean Hospital and Professor of Psychobiology at Harvard Medical School. In public policy, Dr. Madras was Deputy Director for Demand Reduction in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, and in 2017, she was appointed to the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis.
The event is open to the public and of special interest to physicians, nurses, researchers, students and other healthcare professionals with an interest in the opioid epidemic.
Register by October 12. https://neuro.stonybrookmedicine.edu/motm
Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Grand Rounds-Tues., October 2, 2018, Dr. Eric Fombonne, Oregon Health & Science Unvi.
“What Drives the Rtae of Autism?” – To be held in the HSC, L-2, LH-2, 11-11:50 am.
Women’s Health Day
Shannon Miller, the most decorated American gymnast in history, will be the keynote speaker for Stony Brook Medicine’s sixth annual Women’s Health Day on Saturday, Oct. 20, from 8:30 am to 2 pm, at Advanced Specialty Care, 500 Commack Road in Commack. The morning kicks off with 10 Stony Brook Medicine experts sharing the latest information, research and thinking about topics that concern women most. At lunch, Miller will speak about “Competing with Cancer,” where she will address what it felt like to be diagnosed with cancer, making a game plan just as she did in her training days and going for her goal — survivorship. Registration is required, and the registration fee is $25. It includes your choice of three health seminars, continental breakfast and a box lunch with Miller. For more information, call Stony Brook Medicine at (631) 444-4000. To register, visit womenshealthday.com.
06. Research (Studies, Testing, etc…)Basket Donations Needed For Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
The Hispanic Heritage Month Committee cordially invites students, faculty, and staff to the 29th Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Closing Ceremony at Stony Brook University on Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 3:30-5:30 PM in SAC Ballroom A. This year’s theme is “Hispanics: One Endless Voice to Enhance our Traditions.” As part of our Closing Ceremony we are planning an Auction of gift baskets with proceeds going toward academic scholarships and philanthropic organizations. In order to make this basket auction happen we need your support. We are in need of single item donations or entire baskets. Previous baskets donated had the following themes: Latin Dinner, Desserts, Going to the Movies, Elegant Eating, Author’s Basket, Game Night, A Night at the Movies, Pamper Me Goodies, etc. Make one of these or one of your own design. Donations are needed by Friday, October 12. For more information, you can contact Judy.Jaquez@stonybrook.edu or 631-632-6780. Thank you!
http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/hispanic-heritage/
Bust Out the Bucks and Fill the Cups for Breast Cancer!
During the month of October, ten bars and restaurants will be competing in the Patchogue BRAtender Challenge, to help raise funds for breast cancer programs and services at the Stony Brook Cancer Center. Sponsored by WBAB and Blum’s in Patchogue, each establishment will be asking patrons to stuff the cups of a uniquely decorated bra with a cash donation in their quest to raise the most funds and win the BRAtender Challenge Trophy and an on-site appearance by the WBAB Street Team. The winner will be announced by on-air afternoon host, Fingers, on November 5. Please stop by any of the following establishments to support their efforts: Blue Point Brewing Co, Bobbique, Fulton’s Gate, Perabell Food Bar, Rudi’s Bar & Grill, Stereo Garden, That Meetball Place, The Oar Seafood and Grille, The Pine Grove Inn and Two Morrow’s Pub.
Halloween Spooktacular benefiting Stony Brook Children’s
Costumes and Cocktails for Charity
Friday, October 26, 2018
The Main Event, Farmingdale – 1815 Broadhollow Rd #6, Farmingdale, NY 11735
7:00-10:00 p.m.
Buffet, Open Bar, and Dessert Bar included with ticket price
Tickets $75 pp/Kids 11 & Under – Free
For more information and to purchase tickets – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1st-annual-halloween-spooktacular-costumes-charity-event-tickets-50606189475?aff=ebdshpsearchautocomplete
Film Screening of The Sense of Beauty, Tuesday October 2
The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics announces a screening of The Sense of Beauty, a new film by Valerio Jalongo, that explores the links between science and beauty through the work of scientists at CERN. The movie will be followed by a panel discussion with distinguished faculty from Stony Brook University representing five disciplines: Mathematics, Physics, Philosophy, Art and Art History.
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Della Pietra Family Auditorium, SCGP 103
5:30 pm The Sense of Beauty, a film by Valerio Jalongo
6:45 – 7:30pm Panel discussion: Beauty and Science: Encounters and Conversations
http://scgp.stonybrook.edu/archives/27483
Exhibition Opening: Matter Design Computation: An exhibition of drawings and artifacts by Jenny E. Sabin
Matter Design Computation: Projects 2012-2018
An exhibition of drawings and artifacts by Jenny E. Sabin, Jenny Sabin Studio
Simons Center Gallery, Stony Brook, NY
October 1, 2018 – January 15, 2019
Curated by Lorraine Walsh
Art Director and Curator, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Art, Stony Brook University
Opening Reception Thursday, October 4, 2018
Reception: 5:00 – 5:30 pm, Simons Center Gallery and Lobby
Guest Speaker: 5:30 pm, Artist talk by Jenny Sabin, Matter Design Computation: Biosynthesis and New Paradigms of Making
Della Pietra Family Auditorium, SCGP 103
http://scgp.stonybrook.edu/archives/27488
SBU Library Present : The Art of the Violin
Please join us in the Melville Library Galleria for a performance of works from the violin repertory, by the students of Professor Jennifer Frautschi.
http://library.stonybrook.edu/library-events/university-libraries-present-art-of-the-violin/
Pitch Submissions for WolfieTank
WolfieTank is just around the corner, and with that the deadline for pitch submissions is also coming to an end!
If YOU have what it takes, be sure to submit your pitch by October 7th for the chance to be a part of WolfieTank 2018!
https://stonybrookuniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eeZ5Xi30vJAkCJT
Join Us at Homecoming!
Join colleagues, family, friends, alumni and students for Stony Brook’s annual Homecoming celebration! Enjoy all you can eat BBQ, live music and games at the Homecoming BBQ before the Seawolves take on the Rhode Island Rams.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/homecoming/
Hispanic Heritage Month 29th Annual Opening Ceremony
It is our pleasure to invite you to the first event for this annual celebration at our University. The Opening Ceremony for the 29th Annual Stony Brook University Hispanic Heritage Month will be held on Friday, October 5, 2018 in the Student Activities Center, Sidney Gelber Auditorium.
We will begin the HHM Annual Flag procession from the fountain at 12:30 PM and the Program will immediately follow.
As always, we will begin our celebration with a proclamation from our University President, Samuel Stanley. Our Key Note Speaker for this year’s opening event will be Sergio Argueta, Turner Fellow Alumnus and Founder and Board Chair of S.T.R.O.N.G. Youth, Inc.
The afternoon will include light cultural refreshments in the UNITI Cultural Center, in the SAC.
We hope to see many of you at this year’s annual celebration.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/hispanic-heritage/
09. For-Pay Workshops/Courses (SPD, Weight Watchers, Craft Center, etc…)IACS Workshop: Advanced Python Programming
Where: IACS Seminar Room
When: October 8th & 9th
9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Python is easy to use, an open-source and versatile programming language that is especially popular among those learning a programming language for the first time. It is concise, easy to read, and can be used for a variety of needs including web development, data analytics, core software development and a wide range of scientific and mathematical applications. It has been adopted by a wide variety of industries and applications including data science, machine learning, data analytics, predictive analytics, business intelligence and web analytics.
Registration is required to participate. A non-refundable $25 workshop fee is required at the time of registration.
To register, https://cvent.me/R7kan
https://calendar.stonybrook.edu/site/iacs/event/iacs-workshop-advanced-python-programming/
IACS Workshop: Intro To R Programming
Where: Seminar Room
When : October 22nd – 23rd, 2018
9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Designed for absolute beginners! You will learn about basic data types and operations, loops and conditional statements as well as base functions in R and writing your own functions. You will even be introduced to creating simple plots! This workshop will provide you with some of the skills necessary to become a top of the line researcher and programmer!
Registration is required! A non-refundable $25 workshop fee is required at the time of registration. The event also requires you to bring your own laptop.
To register: https://cvent.me/GlNOX
https://calendar.stonybrook.edu/site/iacs/event/iacs-workshop-intro-to-r-programming/
WW – Wellness that Works! Tuesdays at 12 pm in 2030 Humanities Building.
Looking to enhance your wellness beyond the scale? Come to a WW workshop offered on the the Stony Brook campus! WW workshops are held every Tuesday at 12 PM in room 2030 of the Humanities Building by a certified WW wellness coach. (Weigh-in begins at 11:45 am, workshops begin at 12:00 pm). Workshops cost the same as a WW monthly membership and are open to SBU faculty, staff, and students. No matter what your goal is – to lose weight, eat healthier, move more, develop a positive mind-set or all the above – WW can help you achieve it! For more information, contact Brian.Frank@stonybrook.edu.
10. Food Related (strawberry fest, etc…)