Campus Announcements - Week of 01/28/02
Campus Announcements for the week of January 28, 2002
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1. Faculty Staff permits will expire 1/31/02!!!
2. Become an Adult Literacy Volunteer Tutor!
3. Neurobiology and Behavior Seminar Thursday, January 31st, 2002
12 Noon Room 038 Life Sciences Building
4. Innovative Technology Development Grant (ITD) Program
5. Free Computer training for Introduction to Microsoft
PowerPoint
6. Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Seminar January 30,
2002
7. Breast Cancer Prevention
8. Department of Neurobiology and Behavior Seminar Speaker - Jeff
Smith, Ph.D.
9. Meet The Oncology Nurse From The Stony Brook Hospital's Cancer
Helpline
10. CSEA employee in need of leave donations.
11. Summer Child Care Program
12. Summer Sessions: A Chance to Catch Up or Get Ahead
13. 7. Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day Set For February 2 at the
SBU Sports Complex - Tickets To Men's Game Just A Buck!
14. Marine Sciences Research Center-Spring 2002:Friday Seminar
Speaker-Come start off the new semester:
15. Free Sneak Preview at Staller Center
16. Summer Camp at Stony Brook 632-4550 June 24 - August 16, 2002
17. Supervisory Development Classes: "Becoming a Health Care
Supervisor" January 31, 2002, 9:00 am - 1:00PM.
18. The Knowledge Network: "Counseling & the Disciplinary
Process" January 30, 2002, 9:00 am - 12:00PM. Very Limited Space
Still Available!!!
19. Harriman School Seminar - Wednesday, February 7, Noon, 304
Harriman Hall
20. Alumni Association Sponsors Eight Student Awards 2002
21. visitor parking is now available behind the Student Union
22. Exploring Macromedia FLash NCE 329 12 sessions Fee $575.00
23. Doctoral Degree Defense Announcement For Satoshi Sato
24. UUP Dinner Dance
25. The Department of Physics and Astronomy Presents: Simon
Lectures Series by Nobel Prize Prof. Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
26. WIN $100
Enter the "What is Leadership?" Banner Contest, Sponsored by
the Year of Community Leadership Committee
27. Register Now for Stony Brook Day in Albany - February 26
28. Conversations About Breast Cancer - Interdisciplinary Reading
Group
29. Benefit Concert for Music Department Pre-College Program
Friday, February 1, at 7:30 pm at the Staller Center
30. Earfest V: Festival of Tape Music - Wednesday, February 6th,
8 pm at the Staller Center
31. Mon. 1/28, 4:30pm at HISB: Madeleine Dobie, Tulane
University: "Displaced Colonies: the Orient and the Caribbean in
Pre-Revolutionary French Culture"
32. The Wellness Center offers Dance the Night Away
33. Mon. 2/4, 1pm at HISB (E4341 Melville Library) Krin Gabbard
presents classical Hollywood musical, "Swing Time"
34. Wed. 1/30, 4:30pm at HISB. Catherine Liu, University of
Minnesota: "Political Ambiguity or Jacques Lacan Meets Andy
Warhol"
35. LASER REFRACTIVE SURGERY AT SUNY STONY BROOK
36. The Stony Brook Volunteer Ambulance Corps and the National
Collegiate EMS Foundation present the Ninth Annual NCEMSF
Conference February 8-10
37. University Orchestra at SUNY Stony Brook announces informal
auditions for interested students who play string, woodwind,
brass and percussion instruments
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1. Faculty Staff permits will expire 1/31/02!!!
Parking Services is currently in the process of mailing over
7,000 new permit validators. Renewal of the permit is free.
Permits will be mailed directly to home addresses provided that:
1. There are no outstanding summonses.
2. The permit holder is a current employee as indicated by the
Human Resource database.
3. The home address provided by Human Resources is the current
address.
If all three criteria are met, Faculty/Staff members will receive
a holographic security sticker to be placed on top of the current
permit expiration date. It is very important that the current
permit be kept!
If you have received notice that you have outstanding summonses,
please contact Parking Services immediately at 2-AUTO so that the
renewal will not be delayed.
Complete information is available at our website:
http://www.parking.sunysb.edu
Submitted by: Arthur Shertzer/Admin
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2. Become an Adult Literacy Volunteer Tutor!
There are many adults in the Suffolk County area who need basic
reading, writing, and/or conversational English language skills.
Would you like to become a tutor and make a huge difference in
someone's quality of life. Knowledge of a foreign language is not
required. A high school diploma is required to become a
volunteer. Volunteer tutors develop their skills by attending a
24 hour workshop over the course of eight (8) weeks. The next
workshop begins January 30th on Wednesdays from 6 p.m. to 9:00
p.m. at the Longwood Public Library (Middle Island, NY). For more
information, contact Literacy Volunteers of America (Suffolk
County) at (631) 286-1649 or www.suffolkliteracy.org. Tell them
Lisa referred you!
http://www.suffolkliteracy.org
Submitted by: Lisa Montgomery/OSA
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3. Neurobiology and Behavior Seminar Thursday, January 31st, 2002
12 Noon Room 038 Life Sciences Building
Dr. Jeff Smith, Ph.D, of NIH will visit the Department of
Neurobiology and Behavior on Thursday, January 31st, 2002, to
give a Seminar entitled: "Cellular and Network Mechanisms
Generating Rhythmic Motor Behavior in the Mammalian Nervous
System. Insights from the Respiratory Networks."
The Seminar will be held at 12 Noon, in Room 038 of the Life
Sciences Building. Please join us at 11:45 for coffee and
cookies.
Submitted by: Kathleen Delaney/CAS
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4. Innovative Technology Development Grant (ITD) Program
The Center for Biotechnology is pleased to announce the 2002 Call
for Applications for the Innovative Technology Development Grant
(ITD) Program. The ITD program supports a broad range of
commercially promising, translational research in all areas of
medical biotechnology, including research products, diagnostics,
or therapeutics. ITD grant funding is available to faculty at SBU
for translational research on the academic campus. Applications
must provide evidence for commercialization potential and be
consistent with the Centers' mission of economic development in
NYS. We encourage projects that are complementary to, and seek
collaboration with, the Center's Applied Bioscience Laboratories.
Faculty with interest or considering submission, are strongly
encouraged to contact Dr. Anil Dhundale, Director, Scientific
Affairs (anil.dhundale@sunysb.edu), prior to writing a full
proposal. Application forms can be downloaded from the Center's
web site at www.biotech.sunysb.edu or by calling 631-632-8521.
The deadline for receipt of written proposals is 5 p.m., Friday,
February 22, 2002.
http://www.biotech.sunysb.edu/fo/ITD.html
Submitted by: Angeline Judex/CEAS
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5. Free Computer training for Introduction to Microsoft
PowerPoint
UUP(west campus), CSEA and PEF union members, spouses and
retirees may take this course at no cost, which demonstrates how
to create and combine text and graphics for professional looking
presentations. Learn how to create your own slide presentation in
a minimum amount of time. Contact Frank Esposito at
fesposito@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Classes from 1:00 to 4:00pm Feb. 5,12,19,26; Mar. 5 at SBS rm
N114. Certificates awarded upon successful completon
Submitted by: Frank Esposito/Prov
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6. Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Seminar
January 30, 2002
Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) Seminar
January 30, 2002 11:30 a.m.
Institute for Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheres, Marine
Sciences Research Center, Endeavour Hall 120
Speaker: Duane E. Waliser, Associate Professor, Institute for
Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheres, SUNY Stony Brook
Topic: "Dynamic Predictability of the Madden-Julian Oscillation:
Implications for Monsoon and Long-Lead Weather Predictions"
http://atmos.msrc.sunysb.edu
Submitted by: Gina Gartin/MSRC
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7. Breast Cancer Prevention
The Cancer Clinical Trials office is still recruiting
participants for the STAR Study. In STAR, two drugs, Tamoxifen
and Raloxifene will be compared for their effectiveness in
reducing the risk of breast cancer. We are looking for
postmenopausal women ages 35 and older who are at risk for breast
cancer. You will be considered at risk if you have: 1) previous
benign breast biopsy, 2) a mother or sister with breast cancer,
3) history of LCIS via excision only, 4) at least 1.66% projected
5 year risk of developing breast cancer per STAR Risk Assessment
Form. If you need more information about this study, feel free
to call the Clinical Trials Office at (631) 444-7913, and ask for
Gerty Fortune, Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator.
Submitted by: S. Denise Ellis/UHMC
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8. Department of Neurobiology and Behavior Seminar Speaker - Jeff
Smith, Ph.D.
On Thursday, January 31st, 2002, Dr. Jeff Smith of NIH, will give
a Seminar for the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior. Dr.
Smith will speak at Noon, in Room 038 of the Life Sciences
Building. The title of his talk is Cellular and Network Mechanism
Generating Rhythmic Motor Behavior in the Mammalian Nervous
System - In sights from the Respiratory Networks."
Submitted by: Kathleen Delaney/CAS
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9. Meet The Oncology Nurse From The Stony Brook Hospital's Cancer
Helpline
The Oncology Nurse from Stony Brook Hospital's Cancer Helpline
will be available in person to answer cancer at The Community
Resource Center - located in the Stony Brook Village on Wednesday
1/30/02 12:00-noon till 2:00-PM. This is an opportunity to have
cancer questions answered and to obtain cancer related
information.
http://www.uhmc.edu/cancer/helpline/
Submitted by: Lori Tischler/UHMC
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10. CSEA employee in need of leave donations.
John Sassano, a CSEA employee on campus and a spouse of one of
our UUP employees, is in need of leave donations due to illness.
Any UUP, CSEA, PEF, MC13 or MC06 employee may donate vacation
days towards this cause (please note that sick leave accruals may
not be donated). Vacation time must be donated in full days and
must leave the donor with a minimum balance of 10 days after the
donation. Employees who wish to donate may contact Delma at Human
Resources, Ext. 26186 or the UUP office at Ext. 26570 to obtain
the Leave Donation Form. Completed forms should be sent to Human
Resource Services,Leave Donation Program, 390 Admin., Z=0751.
Thank you!
Submitted by: Willa Smith/Affl
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11. Summer Child Care Program
A full day Summer Child Care Program will be available for
children Kindergarten - 2nd grade from 6/26/02 - 8/30/02.
Applications also being accepted for ages 2 months - 5 years for
openings in summer and fall. At this time we are actively
enrolling 3-5 year old children in child care, and children
grades K through 2nd for after school care. For tours,
information and rates, call 632-6930.
Submitted by: Nancy Walker/Affl
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12. Summer Sessions: A Chance to Catch Up or Get Ahead
Summer Sessions classes enable students to take courses they may
have been unable to schedule during the academic year. Or to
complete their degree requirements if they plan to graduate in
August or December. Or any of a host of other reasons. This
summer almost 450 graduate and undergraduate courses are
scheduled, with a mix of day and evening classes so that students
can schedule classes around summer jobs. Stony Brook's Summer
Sessions classes are also open to visiting students from other
institutions, and summer housing and the deferred payment plan
(TOPP) are open to all students.
Visit the Summer Sessions website now
((www.stonybrook.edu/summer) to view the summer course list and
academic calendar. The complete schedule - with days and times -
will be posted on the Web in early February. Information about
the new Web-based enrollment and registration system will be
posted in March.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/summer
Submitted by: Megs Shea/Prov
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13. 7. Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day Set For February 2 at the
SBU Sports Complex - Tickets To Men's Game Just A Buck!
When the Stony Brook men's basketball team takes on America East
rival Albany on Saturday, February 2, at 2:00 p.m. all faculty,
staff and their families will receive admission to the game for
just $1 each. Starting at 10:30 a.m. - the men's basketball team
will put on a clinic for boys ages 5-13. The clinic is available
to the first 125 to sign up. The clinic is $5 and includes a
ticket to the game afterwards. To sign up for your tickets or the
clinic, please call 632-WOLF.
Submitted by: Timothy Szlosek/CAS
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14. Marine Sciences Research Center-Spring 2002:Friday Seminar
Speaker-Come start off the new semester:
Marine Sciences Research Center presents Dr.Brian Colle of SUNY,
Stony Brook University as their first Friday Seminar Speaker of
the Spring Semester. It will be held on Friday, February 1st,
2002 in Endeavour Hall, room 120 @ 12:30 P.M. His topic will be
"Simulation and Prediction of North American Coastal Weather
Using High Resolution Atmospheric Models." The host will be Dr.
Duane Waliser. Refreshments will be served starting at 12:15P.M.
Please join us to kick off the new semester. Thank you
Submitted by: Patricia Corn/MSRC
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15. Free Sneak Preview at Staller Center
A Free sneak preview of the new film 'SUPER TROOPERS' will screen
for one night only at Staller Center on Monday, February 11 at
7pm on the Main Stage. It opens nationwide on February 15. Free
passes for the film are available for pick up only at the Staller
Center box office starting on February 1 while supplies last.
The cast will be attending the film for Q&A following the film.
The film is rated R.
Film Summary: This is the tale of four fun-loving Vermont State
Troopers stationed in the "boondocks" near the Canadian border.
When the word comes down that their low-volume area may face
budget cuts, they try to improve things, with things kicking in
gear when they discover a possible drug smuggling operation...
Submitted by: Patricia Cohen/CAS
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16. Summer Camp at Stony Brook 632-4550 June 24 - August 16, 2002
The Summer Camp at Stony Brook is back for its third exciting
year. The Camp combines a unique twist of educational activities
and athletics for children between the ages of 5 -12. Tuition
includes provision of a camp T-shirt, as well as a hot lunch and
snack each day. For more information please come to one of our
Open Houses in the Sports Complex.
10 % Discount on Tuition for Stony Brook Staff Members, and
additional 5 % discount will also be given in early registration
if application is received prior to February 15, 2002.
Open House dates: Sunday February 10th 12pm to 3pm / Saturday
February 16th 9am to 12pm/ Sunday March 3rd 12pm to 3pm /
Saturday March 16th 9 am to 12pm / Saturday April 6th 9am to 12pm
Submitted by: Janice Maggio/CAS
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17. Supervisory Development Classes: "Becoming a Health Care
Supervisor" January 31, 2002, 9:00 am - 1:00PM.
There is still time to register for "Becoming a Health Care
Supervisor," the first class in our popular series of Supervisory
Development Classes designed to help new supervisors meet the
unique challenges facing health care professionals.
This program is appropriate for anyone moving into his or her
first supervisory position or for experienced supervisors who
have had little training in supervisory skills. While each
supervisory program can stand alone, this program is an excellent
foundation for the other programs in the supervisory curriculum.
Upcoming Supervisory Development Classes include:
Basic Communication Skills for New Supervisors
February 21, 2002 (9:00 am - 12:30 PM)
Introduction to Problem Solving
March 28, 2002 (9:00 am - 1:00 PM)
Performance Planning and Evaluation
May 2, 2002 (9:00 am - 3:00 PM)
To register for these or any other SBUH Corporate Education and
Training Classes, please call Jean Solheim at 4-9805
Submitted by: Annemarie Scherer/UHMC
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18. The Knowledge Network: "Counseling & the Disciplinary
Process" January 30, 2002, 9:00 am - 12:00PM.
Very Limited Space Still Available!!!
"Counseling & The Disciplinary Process" will provide Health Care
supervisors, managers, and department heads, with information
regarding the Counseling and Disciplinary processes under all
Collective Bargaining Agreements and for non-represented
employees in the Stony Brook Community. It will reinforce your
understanding of these processes if you or the supervisors in
your department must counsel or discipline an employee. The
session includes how and when to conduct a verbal counseling
session; how to prepare a written counseling memo; how to
identify problem situations; how to determine when to counsel an
employee; and when to seek disciplinary action.
This program, presented by the Department of Employee and Labor
Relations, is appropriate for anyone responsible for counseling
and disciplining employees.
This program will also be offered on April 24, 2002 (9:00 am -
12:00 PM)
To register for these or any other SBUH Corporate Education and
Training Classes, please call Jean Solheim at 4-9805
Submitted by: Annemarie Scherer/UHMC
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19. Harriman School Seminar - Wednesday, February 7, Noon, 304
Harriman Hall
Including Principal Component Weights to Improve Discrimination
in Data Envelopment Analysis, Dr. Nicole Adler, School of
Business Administration, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
This research develops the combined use of principal component
analysis (PCA) and data envelopment analysis (DEA). The aim is
to improve discriminatory power in DEA models with many inputs
and outputs relative to decision-making units. We develop three
PCA-DEA formulations. The first introduces assurance regions
using PCA weights as objective constraints on groups of adapted
data. The second and third apply PCA separately to all inputs
and outputs. Subsequently, all PCs are utilized, objective
assurance region constraints are applied, and discrimination is
maximized without loss of information. The third formulation
searches for a single set of global weights with which to fully
rank all observations. We show that the PCs dramatically improve
the strength of DEA models. More information? Call 632-7181.
Submitted by: Thomas Sexton/CEAS
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20. Alumni Association Sponsors Eight Student Awards 2002
Do you know a student who deserves some recognition? The Alumni
Association is sponsoring eight awards to students who have
excelled in different areas, including academics, leadership, and
the improvement of community life. Recipients will receive a
plaque honoring their accomplishments, as well as a cash award.
Please help us spread the word! Applications can be obtained from
the Alumni Office, or online at www.alumni.sunysb.edu. Deadline
for applications is February 8, 2002. For more information
please call 632-6330.
http://www.alumni.sunysb.edu
Submitted by: Sandra Skinner/UAff
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21. visitor parking is now available behind the Student Union
The Parking Lot directly behind the Student Union is now
available for hourly/daily parking. The lot features multi-space
meters, located at the Union's back entrance. Rates are
$1.00/hour and $5.00/day Monday - Friday.
This facility will accomodate anyone wishing to access the Union,
ISC, Staller, Library and all other adjacent areas. The meters
accept coin and 1 and 5 dollar bills. For questions, please
contact Parking Sevices at 632-AUTO
http://www.parking.sunysb.edu
Submitted by: Arthur Shertzer/Admin
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22. Exploring Macromedia FLash NCE 329 12 sessions Fee $575.00
Required Text: Macromedia Flash 5: Training from the Source
Macromedia Flash is the professional standard for producing
high-impact Web experiences. The focus is on creating animation
for the World Wide Web. This course will guide students through
the fundamentals of animation such as Flash drawing, story
boarding, creating layers, key framing, character animation, and
creating interactive animation. Mastering the use of these
advanced features is considered the industry standard for web
animators. By the end of the course, students will have a
thorough understanding of Flash basics, plus the know-how to
build Flash projects incorporating sound, interactivity, and
engaging animations.
Section A: Mon, Wed, 6:00-9:00 pm, Jan., 30; Feb. 4, 6, 11, 13,
20, 25, 27; Mar. 4, 6, 11, 13
Submitted by: Marlene Brennan/Prov
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23. Doctoral Degree Defense Announcement For Satoshi Sato
NAME : Satoshi Sato
DEPT./PROGRAM : Chemistry
TITLE OF DEFENSE OR RECITAL
The Folding of the ribosomal protein L9 and its N- and C-terminal
domains
TIME AND PLACE OF THE EVENT
DATE : 01/28/2002
TIME : 02:00 PM
BUILDING : Chemistry
ROOM NO : 412
Submitted by: Vijay-Chandru Mirchandani/GST
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24. UUP Dinner Dance
UUP East and West employees are invited to attend the annual UUP
Dinner Dance to be held on Friday, February 15, from 7 pm to 11
pm, at the Port Jefferson Country Club. The cost is $25 per
person. UUP employee and a guest are welcome to attend. WEST
make checks payable to UUP and forward to UUP, 104 Old Chemistry,
Z = 3475 (or contact Willa Smith at 26570 for more info). EAST
contact Bruce Kube (42375) or Sharon Hines (41505) for
reservations. Feel free to form tables! Price includes dinner,
dancing, and chances for valuable prizes!
Submitted by: Willa Smith/Affl
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25. The Department of Physics and Astronomy Presents: Simon
Lectures Series by Nobel Prize Prof. Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
The Department of Physics and Astronomy Presents: Simon Lectures
Series
Prof. Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
College de France
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel
Departement de Physique de l' Ecole Normale Superieur
Physics Nobel Prize 1997.
First Lecture
AMO Physics Seminar
Monday January 28, 4:00 PM. Physics S141
"Ultracold bosonic and fermionic gases".
Second Lecture
Department of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
Tuesday January 29, 4:15 PM, refreshments at 3:45 PM. Harriman
P137
"Atoms and Photons - From optical pumping to matter waves".
Third lecture
Specialized seminar,
Wednesday January 30, 4:00 PM. Physics S141.
"Levy statistics and laser cooling".
Contact information: Luis A. Orozco 2-8138,
Luis.Orozco@sunysb.edu
http://insti.physics.sunysb.edu/physics/current_semester/s020128.htm
Submitted by: Luis Orozco/CAS
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26. WIN $100
Enter the "What is Leadership?" Banner Contest, Sponsored by
the Year of Community Leadership Committee
In conjunction with the 2001-2002 Year of Community Leadership,
the University is sponsoring the "What is Leadership?" Banner
Contest. Based on your own experiences and observations, we'd
like to know what your definition of "leadership is?" Enter on
the Web at www.stonybrook.edu/events/yocl and become eligible to
win one of ten $100 prizes. Winning entries will be displayed on
banners throughout the Academic Mall. One entry per person. All
Stony Brook students, faculty, and staff are eligible. Deadline
for all entries is March 15, 2002. For more information, contact
Cheryl Chambers, Dean of Students Office, at 632-9968.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/events/yocl
Submitted by: Howard Gimple/UAff
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27. Register Now for Stony Brook Day in Albany - February 26
On February 26, Stony Brook students, faculty, staff, and alumni
will journey up to our State Capital for one of the most
important events of the year. It's Stony Brook Day in Albany,
and we want you to come. You'll get a chance to celebrate Stony
Brook - to let your legislators know what Stony Brook University
means to you. It's important. By having a large turnout we'll
show our State representatives how much their support means to
us. It's powerful. By going to Albany, you will show them that
you are involved, you care, and you vote. Legislators listen to
voters. It's fun. You'll have a chance to meet people from all
parts of the campus and experience firsthand how our government
works. There's even an end of day celebration. Don't miss the
bus - registration closes February 15. Register on-line at
www.stonybrook.edu/albany.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/albany
Submitted by: Howard Gimple/UAff
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28. Conversations About Breast Cancer - Interdisciplinary Reading
Group
Members of the Stony Brook University community are invited to
attend a weekly reading group focused on breast cancer. Join us
for stimulating discussions and analyses of readings on breast
cancer. Readings will include political, social, sexual,
psychological, physiological, and economic perspectives.
Faculty members, graduate students, undergraduate students, and
other members of the community from all disciplines are
encouraged to attend. Readings are on Mondays, 3:30 to 5:00 pm
(February 4 - April 15) in the Latin American and Caribbean
Studies Center, Social and Behavioral Sciences Building, 3rd
Floor (History Department - North Side). No texbooks to buy!
Contact Tanfer Emin at Tanfer@lycos.com.
Submitted by: Colleen Wallahora/CAS
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29. Benefit Concert for Music Department Pre-College Program
Friday, February 1, at 7:30 pm at the Staller Center
Proceeds from this concert will go to the Stony Brook Pre-College
and Community Music Programs. These programs are now almost four
years old, and are making a significant contribution to the
musical life of the community. Participating in the concert will
be students from the Pre College, an Adult Chamber Music
ensemble, and two faculty ensembles. Special guests will be the
Ward Melville Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Philip Preddice.
Tickets are $25 per person, $50 for families. A champagne
reception will follow the concert. Credit cards are accepted.
Tickets will be available at the door. For further information
contact Laura DeMarco at 632-8520.
Submitted by: Robin Pouler-Mcgrath/CAS
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30. Earfest V: Festival of Tape Music - Wednesday, February 6th,
8 pm at the Staller Center
Beat back the winter blahs with unique sonic visions from
established and emerging composers on Wednesday, February 6, at
8:00 pm in the Recital Hall of the Staller Center for the Arts.
The artists, sculpting in sound with computers and electronics,
build very personal statements which can reach everyone. By turns
heartbreaking and humorous, lofty and loopy -- come hear how
expressive loudspeakers can be! This is a "User-Friendly
Production". Admission to the concert is free; donations are
accepted at the door.
Submitted by: Robin Pouler-Mcgrath/CAS
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31. Mon. 1/28, 4:30pm at HISB: Madeleine Dobie, Tulane
University: "Displaced Colonies: the Orient and the Caribbean in
Pre-Revolutionary French Culture"
HISB is located at E4341 Melville Library.
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries "the Orient" occupied
a central place in the French cultural imaginary. By contrast,
before the 1760s, there was very limited representation in any
cultural sphere of France's established colonies in the Caribbean
and the Indian ocean. This disproportion is repeated and
reinforced in contemporary colonial discourse analysis, in which
the orient is consistently identified as the terrain of French
colonial interest in this period. Her presentation examines this
disproportion and its reverberation in contemporary theory. This
cathexis of energy is examined both as a broad feature of French
culture and as a characteristic of individual works and products.
Using slides this cultural transfer or 'orientalization' of
colonial commodities is explored in the context of the marketing
and cultural reception of furniture, textiles and coffee.
http://www.sunysb.edu/humanities/index.html
Submitted by: Deborah Gilbert/GST
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32. The Wellness Center offers Dance the Night Away
Learn how to dance with the Ballroom and Swing Dance Club. Free
for all faculty, staff and students.
Date: Thursday, January 31, 2002
Time: 7:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
Location: Student Activity Center Auditorium
Bring Comfortable Shoes. Learn Latin, Swing, and much more.
Call 632-6850 to register
http://www.recreation.sunysb.edu
Submitted by: Susan Dimonda/CAS
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33. Mon. 2/4, 1pm at HISB (E4341 Melville Library) Krin Gabbard
presents classical Hollywood musical, "Swing Time"
"Swing Time" a 1936 musical directed by George Stevens, and
starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, is the first in a new
film series sponsored by the Humanities Institute. Last year
Hollywood and Broadway art producer, Tony Walton, donated his
personal collection of 16mm movies to the Humanities Institute.
This semester, HISB will screen a series of Hollywood musicals
from the Tony Walton collection. Screenings will take place
every other Monday at 1. Stony Brook Professors and graduate
students will briefly introduce the films and lead a short
discussion afterwards.
http://www.sunysb.edu/humanities/index.html
Submitted by: Deborah Gilbert/GST
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34. Wed. 1/30, 4:30pm at HISB. Catherine Liu, University of
Minnesota: "Political Ambiguity or Jacques Lacan Meets Andy
Warhol"
HISB is located at E4341 Melville Library.
Liu's paper stages Jacques Lacan and Andy Warhol's theoretical
meeting by dealing with their synchronous careers that were both
shaped by technologies of recording and reproduction. Using Lacan
to understand Warhol and Warhol to understand Lacan, she hopes to
address the ethical and aesthetic issues that these two figures
raise in relation to the question of politics. They both
affirmed, albeit in very different ways, the radically mediated
quality of inter-subjectivity while refusing to concede a space
of positive political activity, initiating a negative dialectics
with regard to critical thinking that was both the subversion of
and the radicalization of the Frankfurt School's engagement with
mass culture. They attacked a modernist Utopia that was based in
Lacan's case on the therapeutic, ego-psychological readings of
Freud, and in Warhol's case on the institutionalization of
Abstract Expressionism as high art.
http://www.sunysb.edu/humanities/index.html
Submitted by: Deborah Gilbert/GST
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35. LASER REFRACTIVE SURGERY AT SUNY STONY BROOK
Stony Brook Ophthalmology is pleased to announce the
establishment of a LASER REFRACTIVE SURGERY service, headed by
Dr. Marc Dinowitz.
Refractive surgery (i.e LASIK) can reduce one's dependence on
glasses or contact lenses. The laser can now be used to treat
many forms of near-sightedness (myopia), far-sightedness
(hyperopia), and astigmatism.
A special discounted rate will be extended to all Stony Brook
students, faculty, staff, and their immediate family members.
If you would like to learn more about LASIK (and other types of
refractive procedures), or to schedule a FREE & INFORMATIVE
consultation with our laser vision specialists, call
(631)444-4090.
Submitted by: Marc Dinowitz/UHMC
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36. The Stony Brook Volunteer Ambulance Corps and the National
Collegiate EMS Foundation present the Ninth Annual NCEMSF
Conference February 8-10
The Stony Brook Volunteer Ambulance Corps in conjunction with the
National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation is
hosting the Ninth Annual NCEMSF Conference February 8-10 at the
Islandia Marriott. Our conference theme, "Professionalism Within
Collegiate EMS," will assist in further developing currently
established practices. Our lectures will focus on topics that aid
in the development of programs and policies of EMS protocols and
operations. The Stony Brook VAC is a student-run organization
that provides 911 Advanced Life Support emergency medical care
and ambulance transport to the 30,000 person population of the
SUNY Stony Brook Campus. The National Collegiate EMS Foundation
is an organization comprised over 300 groups that provide
emergency care at colleges throughout the US and other parts of
the world. Delegations from collegiate EMS groups from across the
country are expected to be in attendance at this year's
conference. Scheduled lectures include many nationally renowned
speakers.
http://www.ncemsf.org/conf2002
Submitted by: Peter Rosenblum/CAS
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37. University Orchestra at SUNY Stony Brook announces informal
auditions for interested students who play string, woodwind,
brass and percussion instruments
Informal auditions for interested SUNY students who play string,
woodwind, brass or percussion instruments will be held on the
afternoons of Tuesday, January 29 and Tuesday, February 5. The
University Orchestra is open to undergraduate and graduate
students at SUNY Stony Brook who wish to continue their musical
involvement in orchestral music. The University Orchestra
rehearses Tuesday evenings from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Fine
Arts Center, Room 0111. The orchestra will present two concerts
this semester at Staller Center's Main Stage. To schedule an
audition or obtain additional information, contact Dr. Susan E.
Deaver, music director and conductor, c/o the Department of Music
at 632-7330.
Submitted by: Susan Deaver/CAS
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