Campus Announcements for the week of 09/30/2002
Table of Contents
1. New Per Diem Rates
2. UHMC - Open enrollment for the Flexible Spending Account Program begins September 16, 2002 and ends November 15, 2002.
3. Disability Support Services has moved
4. Project Liberty provides free support services to persons affected by the events of September 11th.
5. Professional Development Series
6. Telephone Skills
7. Counseling & The Disciplinary Process
8. Communication - Management Training Session
9. The Adult Literacy Center At Stony Brook - Needs You!
10. Session 1: Designing and Planning An Online Class (October 3, 2002 @ CELT, from 5-7pm)
11. Library Tours
12. FREE Workshop on New Library Catalog and Databases
13. New Color Copier at Library Photocopy Center
14. Retirement Party For Deputy Chief Herb Petty And Lieutenant Frank Parrino Of University Police
15. Meet the Oncology Nurse from The Stony Brook Hospital's Cancer Helpline
16. Diversity Challenge and Community Development Grants are now available
17. CSEA Course Offerings
18. Adorable kittens/young cats available for adoption!
19. Make-Up Mandatory Orientation For New And Transfer International Students
20. Computer Training Introduction to Excel Section C: Th, 6:00-9:00 pm, Oct. 10, 17, 24, 31; Nov. 7, 2002
21. Residential Tutoring Centers open for Fall 2002
22. New Residential Tutoring Center Site Opens for Kelly & Roosevelt Quads and Undergraduate Apartments
23. Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Seminar, October 2, 2002.
24. Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium, October 11, 2002
25. Career Women's Luncheon - Thursday, October 10, 12:00 Noon, Student Union Ballroom
26. Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium- October 4, 2002
27. Computer Training Macromedia Fireworks 4.0 NCE 327 - 3 sessions
28. Business Communications NCE 402 - 6 sessions
29. Center for Italian Studies Conference: "Images and Models of Catholicism in Italian Americana: Academy and Society"
30. "Baroque Sundays at Three" concert Sunday, October 18, 3pm at Staller Center - Free of charge
31. Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
32. Pursuing a career in the life sciences industry.
33. Ecology And Evolution Seminar
34. Harriman School Seminar -- Wednesday, October 23, 9 am, 304 Harriman Hall
35. Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium Seminar
36. Come Celebrate Nurse-Midwifery Week October 8,2002 with the Stony Brook Midwifery Practice
37. The Humanities Institute at Stony Brook Presents A Faculty Colloquium Lecture by Maiko Kawabate
38. Cultural Sites Of Critical Insight Philosophy, Social Theory And Aesthetics Of The Cultural Productions Of Native And African American Women
39. Registration still open for Jewish Laboratory School
40. Evidence-Based Medicine Tools & Technology Symposium, October 3rd
41. SB Union Craft Center Offers Photography Classes And Studio Membership!!! Low Cost! Non-Credit And Open To The Public!!!
42. Girls Lacrosse Clinics
43. SB Union Offers Ceramic, Drawing, Painting, And Weaving Classes!!! Low Cost! Non-Credit And Open To The Public!!!
44. Student Activity Center Art Gallery - In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month Presents
45. Homecoming 5K Run/Walk - Sunday, October 20th @ 10:00A.M.
46. Invitation To Join The Staff Or Submit Material For Publication In Focus On Women On Diversity
47. Ballroom Dance Lessons by the SBU Dance for Wellness
48. Doctoral Defense Announcements
49. Clinical trial for females
50. Diabetes and Periodontitis
51. MRI Flow Imaging Study of the Brain and Spine
52. A Study to Treat Osteopenia and Periodontal Disease
53. Osteoporosis Prevention And Management
54. L.I. Chapter of the Association of Clinical Research Professionals: Lecture on "Women and Osteoporosis"
55. Trial access to Clineguide via HSC Library
1. New Per Diem Rates
All travel starting October 1, 2002 will follow the new 2003 per diem rates for lodging and meals for domestic travel. A new meal allowance of $50 has been added to the meal schedule. This allowance is based on location and the breakdown is $10 for breakfast and $40 for dinner. These rates apply to both State and Research Foundation travel. Visit the website listed below for the new rates.
http://www.policyworks.gov/
Submitted by: Christine Wilson/Admin
2. UHMC - Open enrollment for the Flexible Spending Account Program begins September 16, 2002 and ends November 15, 2002.
Flexible Spending Account Program (Dependent Care Advantage Account and Health Care Spending Account) - Open enrollment September 16, 2002 thru November 15, 2002. Enrollment is paperless. Employees may request enrollment information or request an enrollment book online at www.flexspend.state.ny.us or by calling the Flexible Spending Account Hotline at 1-800-358-7202. This program is available to state employees.
An employer contribution up to $600 is available to eligible employees who enroll in the Dependent Care Advantage Account Program.
http://www.flexpend.state.ny.us
Submitted by: Cassandra Moore/UHMC
3. Disability Support Services has moved
Disability Support Services has moved to the Educational Communications Center (ECC Bldg.) room 128, Zip 2662. Our telephone numbers remain the same. 632-6748.
Submitted by: Evelyn Flores/OSA
4. Project Liberty provides free support services to persons affected by the events of September 11th.
Project Liberty provides free supportive counseling services to persons, families, and groups affected by the events of September 11th. Individual counseling and support groups are available for anyone affected by the attacks and the aftermath. Please contact Bridget Baio at the Sayville Project/School of Social Welfare for more information or assistance (563-2290 or bbaio@notes.cc.sunysb.edu). Project Liberty is funded by FEMA and the Center for Mental Health Services. All services are FREE and strictly confidential.
Submitted by: Bridget Baio/HSC
5. Professional Development Series
If you are interested in enhancing your professional skills, this program is for you. This program focuses on building professional relationships and gives employees skills in many critical areas: Listening, Taking on A New Assignment, Getting Your Point Across, Participating in Meetings, Keeping Your Boss Informed, Resolving Issues with Others, Being a Team Player.
This is a five-session series.
DATES: OCTOBER 4,11,18,25, NOVEMBER 1 TIME: 9:30-1:00
To Register: Contact Denise Gross at 2-4501 or visit our website below.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/hr/training
Submitted by: Cindy Brodsky/Admin
6. Telephone Skills
Telephone etiquette is an essential customer service skill. A customer will begin to measure the quality of this organization by the way we answer the telephone. Learn various telephone techniques that will help you build rapport with your customers.
DATE: OCTOBER 8, 2002 TIME: 9:30-12:30
TO REGISTER: Contact Denise Gross @ 2-4501 or click on the websit below.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/hr/training
Submitted by: Cindy Brodsky/Admin
7. Counseling & The Disciplinary Process
This program will provide you, the 2nd line supervisors, managers, department heads and faculty members with information regarding the Counseling and Disciplinary processes under all Collective Bargaining Agreements on campus and for non-represented employees in the SUNY at Stony Brook community. It will also reinforce your understanding of these processes if you must counsel or discipline an immediate subordinate. 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.
DATE: OCTOBER 8, 2002
REGISTRATION: Contact Denise Gross @ 2-4501 or click on the website below.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/hr/training
Submitted by: Cindy Brodsky/Admin
8. Communication - Management Training Session
This program will focus on:
a. Communicating with Staff
b. Communicating with Your Customers in order to enhance your department's customer service
c. Your responsibility in your staff's communication skills and how to enhance your staff's skills
d. Communicating With Your Manager
DATE: OCTOBER 9 TIME: 9:00-1:00
REGISTRATION: Contact Denise Gross @ 2-4501 or click on the website below.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/hr/training
Submitted by: Cindy Brodsky/Admin
9. The Adult Literacy Center At Stony Brook - Needs You!
The Adult Literacy Center at Stony Brook University is a partnership between the Literacy Volunteers of America-Suffolk County, Inc.and Stony Brook University. The Center is designed to serve the employees, students, their families, stakeholders, and other constituents.
The Adult Literacy Center focuses on the university primary missions of teaching, research, and service. Services include basic literacy tutoring for the low-level reader (below 6th grade) and for those in need of conversational English skills.
The Adult Literacy Center at Stony Brook University is in need of volunteers to help individuals within our community learn to read and write and/or speak conversational English. Tutor Training Workshops will be offered at libraries throughout the county starting in September 2002 and on campus Spring, 2003. For more information and a copy of the current workshop schedule, please call (631)444-6428 or e-mail Bessie Ortega, Literacy Coordinator at bessie.ortega@stonybrook.edu
Submitted by: Bessie Ortega/UHMC
10. Session 1: Designing and Planning An Online Class (October 3, 2002 @ CELT, from 5-7pm)
This workshop will take participants through the process of designing an online class for Blackboard. Participants will gain information on how to structure and organize their classes. The following topics will be covered: An introduction to online learning, building a course outline, basic design principles and preparing course materials. No prior knowledge of Blackboard is required. Please contact Ilena key, Electronic Extension Program at ilena.key@stonybrook.edu or X 2-3216 for more details. Please Sign-up at
http://www.celt.sunysb.edu/
, under Activities & Events. CELT is located in the Melville Library, room E1337. Refreshments will be provided.
http://www.celt.sunysb.edu/
Submitted by: Ilena Key/Prov
11. Library Tours
Come to the Melville Library to learn of the many resources and services it offers. New students, faculty, and staff are welcome to drop in for a tour. No sign-up necessary. Tours begin at the Central Reading Room, First Floor of Melville Library.
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 12:40 P.M.
Call 632-7110 for information.
http://www.sunysb.edu/library/opensessions.html
Submitted by: Janet Clarke/Lib
12. FREE Workshop on New Library Catalog and Databases
Learn how easy it is to use the new web-based library catalog, STARS! Find out how to view your personal borrower information, renew books online, and search the catalog like you've never done before. While you're here, try out one of over 500 databases.
New students and faculty especially welcome.
Thursday, Oct. 3, 4 PM
Sessions are approximately 45 minutes; no sign-up necessary. Library Computer Classroom A, Central Reading Room, Melville Library Call 632-7110 for information.
http://www.sunysb.edu/library/opensessions.html
Submitted by: Janet Clarke/Lib
13. New Color Copier at Library Photocopy Center
The Photocopy Center Located on the Third Floor Stacks Area of Melville Library has a New Color Copier. Copies cost $ 1.00 and can be made Monday through Friday 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.
Submitted by: Kenneth Doyle/Lib
14. Retirement Party For Deputy Chief Herb Petty And Lieutenant Frank Parrino Of University Police
There will be a retirement party for Deputy Chief Herb Petty and Lieutenant Frank Parrino on October 15, 2002 from 6-10pm held at the
Meadow Club in Port Jeff Station. $60.00 per person includes buffet, beer wine, soda and gift for each. Money is due by 10/4/02. Please contact either Rose or Lynne at 632-6350.
Submitted by: Rosemary Famiglietti/Admin
15. Meet the Oncology Nurse from The Stony Brook Hospital's Cancer Helpline
The Oncology Nurse from Stony Brook University Hospital's Cancer Helpline will be available in person to answer cancer questions at The Community Resource Center - located in the Stony Brook Village on 10/02/02 from 12:00 noon till 2:00-PM. This is an opportunity to have cancer questions answered and to obtain cancer related information.
http://www.stonybrookhospital.com/index.cfm?id=1325
Submitted by: Lori Tischler/UHMC
16. Diversity Challenge and Community Development Grants are now available
Program funding is available to Student Organizations and University Departments that promote and implement programming to
* build campus community and
* promote cross cultural interactions
Applications are available in Room 222 in the Student Activities Center. If you have any questions, please contact Christine Frank, the Reginald C. Wells Fellow for Multicultural Affairs 2-4345
Submitted by: Christine Frank/GST
17. CSEA Course Offerings
The School of Health Technology and Management is pleased to announce it's new Fall Course offerings to CSEA members.
During the week of September 30, we will offer Dealing with the Difficult Person, Part I, Introduction to the Internet I and Time Management. If you are interested in attending and have not received a registration form, please call 4-2252. Additional courses will be offered throughout the Fall.
All classes will be held in the SHTM MILC Room, #500, HSC, Level 2. Walk-ins will be accommodated on a space available basis.
Submitted by: Catherine Horgan/HSC
18. Adorable kittens/young cats available for adoption!
The USB Cat Network works to humanely trap, neuter, vaccinate, and care for the many feral cats that live on campus. Currently, we have a small number of kittens/young cats caputured on campus that are friendly and available to good homes. Please contact Anne Moyer (anne.moyer@sunysb.edu) or Nancy Franklin (nancy.franklin@sunysb.edu).
Submitted by: Anne Moyer/CAS
19. Make-Up Mandatory Orientation For New And Transfer International Students
The make-up orientation session for new and transfer INTERNATIONAL students who missed the mandatory orientations before the start of the semester will be held on Wednesday, October 2, 2002, in the Earth and Space Sciences Building, Room 001. The Health/Health Insurance session will be 1:00 - 2:00, and the Immigration Regulations session will be 2:00 - 3:00. Other students who wish a review of these topics are also welcome.
For further information, contact International Services at 632-4685.
Submitted by: Rose Cohen-Brown/Grad
20. Computer Training Introduction to Excel Section C: Th, 6:00-9:00 pm, Oct. 10, 17, 24, 31; Nov. 7, 2002
This introductory course demonstrates the power and ease that makes Microsoft Excel the most-widely used spreadsheet application for office and home financial planning. Accountants, office managers, budget managers, even the family financial planner, will benefit from learning the basics of Excel. Topics include: basics of spreadsheet design, entering data, editing, formatting and printing worksheets, and implementing formulae and functions. The course emphasises hands-on exercises to reinforce lessons.
Fee $225 (10% discount University employees and students).
Call or Email Marie Hatch 632-7071; marie.hatch@stonybrook.edu
Submitted by: Frank Esposito/Prov
21. Residential Tutoring Centers open for Fall 2002
The Residential Tutoring Centers officially open for Operation for the Fall 2002 semester on Monday, September 30th. Free tutoring is available for students from 8PM-11PM in James College, Toscanini College and Stmison College Main Lounges. Subject areas being tutored include Chemistry, Biology, Organic Chemistry, Statistics, MAT 123-132, Physics, and foreign languages. Please call 2-6777 for more information or visit our website.
http://www.sunysb.edu/stuaff/residence/RTC/index.htm
Submitted by: Jeffrey Barnett/OSA
22. New Residential Tutoring Center Site Opens for Kelly & Roosevelt Quads and Undergraduate Apartments
Due to the success and services reuested by students of the Residential Tutoring Centers last year (thier only year of operation), a new site has been designated to open in Stimson College. This Center will cater to the students seeking academic suppoort and who live in Kelly and Roosevelt Quads as well as the Undergraduate Apartments. The Kelly/ERQ/UGA site will be open on Tuesday and Wednesdays from 8PM-11PM. Both the James and Toscanini College locations will remain open this years as well. Please call 2-6777 or visit our website for more information.
http://www.sunysb.edu/stuaff/residence/RTC/index.htm
Submitted by: Jeffrey Barnett/OSA
23. Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Seminar, October 2, 2002.
Dr. James Steenburgh from the Department of Meteorology, University of Utah, will present a seminar on "Intermountain Orographic Precipitation Processes and Forecasting" at 11:30 a.m. on October 2, 2002. The seminar will take place at the Marine Sciences Research Center, Endeavour Hall 120. For more information, please call 632-8009.
http://atmos.msrc.sunysb.edu
Submitted by: Gina Gartin/MSRC
24. Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium, October 11, 2002
Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium, October 11, 2002, 12:30 P.M. in Endeavour 120, Marine Sciences Research Center. Presents: Dr. Robert Weisber from the University @ Florida "Local and Deep-Water forcing contributions to anomalous water properties on the West Florida Shelf.
Submitted by: Camille Marksberry/UHMC
25. Career Women's Luncheon - Thursday, October 10, 12:00 Noon, Student Union Ballroom
Howard Gimple, Writer/Project Manager in the Department of Communication, will be our speaker. He has written a witty and suspenseful contemporary thriller called "Deadly Refuge". Discover how Howard captured an international conspiracy linking South Africa and Long Island in this roller-coaster ride of drama and suspense through his main characters.
Payment of $8.50 is due before October 4th. Checks can be made payable to Chartwells. Bring payment to any of the people listed below:
Caroline Morbillo 2-9796, Pat Burke 2-4194, Alba Beltran 2-4151, Pat Miller 2-6010, Lucille Meci 2-8260, Pat Peiliker 2-8080, Chris Eastman 4-3056, Marie Barnouw 2-9248, Augusta Kuhn 2-7280.
Submitted by: Augusta Kuhn/CAS
26. Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium- October 4, 2002
Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium, October 4, 2002-12:30 P.M. in Endeavour 120, Marine Sciences Research Center Presents: Dr. Raymond Sambrotto of Columbia University. Topic: "Life in the Post-Redfield Ocean: Relationships among element specific exportrates associated with Plankton Production.
Submitted by: Camille Marksberry/UHMC
27. Computer Training Macromedia Fireworks 4.0 NCE 327 - 3 sessions
Section A: Sat. 1:00-4:00 pm, Oct. 26; Nov. 2, 9, 2002
Create web graphics, from a simple logo to a sophisticated rollover or pop-up menu, with this user-friendly program from the leader in web design software applications. Fireworks writes the JavaScript required for complex web graphics, and seamlessly merges with Dreamweaver, Macromedia's web layout program. This course is a thorough introduction to this powerful program. Students will create their own graphics to be incorporated into their website designs in Dreamweaver. Required text - Fireworks 4 for Windows/Macintosh: A Visual Quickstart Guide by Sandee Cohen, retail: $18.99.
Fee $150 (10% discount University employees and students )CSEA LEAP Vouchers accepted
Call or Email Marie Hatch 632-7071; marie.hatch@stonybrook.edu
Submitted by: Frank Esposito/Prov
28. Business Communications NCE 402 - 6 sessions
Section A: Th, 1:00-4:00 pm, Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31; Nov. 7, 2002
This course was designed to provide the participants with the necessary oral and written communication skills to effectively reach all organizational levels. Covers all phases of business communication from basic grammar to the persuasive writing of memos, letters and reports, to the art of individual and group speaking and purposeful, productive listening. Fee: $270 ( 10% discount University employees and students ).CSEA LEAP Vouchers accepted
Call or Email Marie Hatch 632-7071; marie.hatch@stonybrook.edu
Submitted by: Frank Esposito/Prov
29. Center for Italian Studies Conference: "Images and Models of Catholicism in Italian Americana: Academy and Society"
All are invited, free of any charge, to attend all or part of a unique three day, three institution conference to explore "Images of Catholicism in Italian American Life" Friday, October 4, 7 p.m., Adelphi University Alumni House, 154 Cambridge Avenue, Garden City. Saturday, October 5, 9:30 a.m., Nassau Community College, College Center Building, Rm.252-3, Garden City. Sunday, October 6, 9:00 a.m., Stony Brook University, Student Activity Center, Room 306. Please call Center for Italian Studies at (631) 632-7444 for detailed program and additional information.
Submitted by: Josephine Fusco/CAS
30. "Baroque Sundays at Three" concert Sunday, October 18, 3pm at Staller Center - Free of charge
EMPIRE VIOLS, a quartet of violas da gamba joined by harpsichordist Arthur Haas, perform in a program, ENGLAND & THE CONTINENT. This program demonstrates the felicitous interconnections of musical thought between composers in England and Italy, Germany, and France from the 17th and 18th centuries; at the heart of the concert are the intricate and soulful works of Matthew Locke and his pupil and friend Henry Purcell in the English restoration under Charles II. The program includes a newly discovered suite of virtuosic dances by Antoine Forqueray; the group's own transcription of one of Bach's organ trio sonatas; and an arrangement of Purcell's "Three parts Upon a Ground," an effulgent tour de force transcribed for a trio of viols with violone and harpsichord continuo. For more information, call the Music Department at 632-7330.
http://www.sunysb.edu/music
Submitted by: Robin Pouler-Mcgrath/CAS
31. Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Dr. Paul Worley from The John Hopkins University will be holding a seminar entitled, "IEGs and Their Contribution to Synaptic Plasticity" on Thursday, Oct 10, in room 038 Life Sciences Building.
Submitted by: Lizandia Perez/CAS
32. Pursuing a career in the life sciences industry.
Tuesday, October 8th, 1-2:30pm. Center for Biotechnology. Speaker - Mr. Joseph Scaduto, Executive Director, Long Island Life Sciences Initiative and Business Development Manager, Center for Biotechnology. Join Mr Scaduto as he explores the diverse and exciting career pathways in the life sciences industry - Corporate R & D, business development, clinical trial management, law, finance, venture capital, communications and sales and marketing. He will provide a personal insight into his professional career development as he outlines critical steps involved in gaining industry experience through internships and creative networking techniques. This is a must attend seminar for all life sciences graduates who are interested in pursuing a career in the industry. Don't miss this opportunity to meet and discuss the realities of working in industry and the strategies for breaking into it. Seating is limited. Please register online at
http://www.biotech.sunysb.edu/ps/car.html#2002events
http://www.biotech.sunysb.edu/ps/car.html#2002events
Submitted by: Angeline Judex/CEAS
33. Ecology And Evolution Seminar
Ecology and Evolution Seminar Wednesday, October 2, 2002 3:30p.m. Life Sciences Bldg. - Room 038
"CONTROLS OVER FUNGAL DIVERSITY AND CONSEQUENCES FOR ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION"
Dr. Kathleen Treseder University of Pennsylvania
Host: Dr. Manuel Lerdau-mlerdau@life.bio.sunysb.edu
If you need a disability-related accommodation, please call: The Department of Ecology and Evolution at (631) 632-8600
Submitted by: Marilyn Pakarklis/CAS
34. Harriman School Seminar -- Wednesday, October 23, 9 am, 304 Harriman Hall
Some Efficiency Issues in Designing Optical Networks
Optical networks present a fast and reliable medium for transferring high volume data. We can reconfigure such networks by re-tuning node transmitters and receivers to different wavelengths, allowing us to design a virtual topology, which we then impose on the physical topology. In our application, we can split the flow from a source to a destination and direct the segments along different routes, each traversing intermediate nodes en route. We call such networks multihop networks. When optimizing network throughput, flow will often pass through many hops, increasing the total network flow and total propagation delay. Increased network flow is not desirable since it requires bigger resources and makes it more difficult to allocate costs fairly among users. We present an efficient tabu search algorithm that combines different optimization criteria: throughput maximization, total flow, and delay minimization. We give results for benchmark data sets.
Submitted by: Thomas Sexton/CEAS
35. Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium Seminar
Dr. Robert Weisberg from the University of South Florida, will present a seminar on " Local and deep-water forcing contributions to anomalous water properties on the West Florida shelf" on October 11, 2002 at 12:30pm. The seminar will take place in the Endeavour Hall 120. For more information, please call 632-8781
Submitted by: Katerina Panagiotakopoulou/MSRC
36. Come Celebrate Nurse-Midwifery Week October 8,2002 with the Stony Brook Midwifery Practice
You are cordially invited to join the Stony Brook Midwifery Practice, of the Department of OB/GYN, in celebrating the contributions midwives have made to the field of women's health care during an Open House to be held on Tuesday, October 8, 2002 in the cafteria hallway (level 5)from 9am-5pm. This celebration is being held in honor of Nurse-Midwifery Week and the Stony Brook Midwifery Practice's 2000th birth! The Open House will include educational materials, video presentations, product information and other handouts. Please join us for a day of information sharing, celebration and the empowerment of women in their pursuit of health care. For more information contact; Chris Kocis CNM 4-3632 or Careen Mauro CNM 4-2835. Thank you.
http://www.nymidwives.com
Submitted by: Christina Kocis/UHMC
37. The Humanities Institute at Stony Brook Presents A Faculty Colloquium Lecture by Maiko Kawabate
Title: The Concerto That Wasn't: Travel, Transgression, and Negative Virtuosity
Where: The Humanities Institute, E4340 Melville Library
When: Wednesday October 9, 2002 at 4:30.
Paganini was puzzled and disappointed by the work Berlioz composed in response to his request for a concerto. Harold in Italy (1834) simply was not the anticipated virtuoso vehicle. Berlioz's programmatic symphony with solo viola would appear on the surface to be utterly devoid of the established codes of the virtuoso concerto.
In this talk, Maiko Kawabata argues that in fact Harold in Italy depends on these codes by negation. This unusual work relies on typical generic expectations of narrativity and of the soloist's role in order to subvert them. By showing how the music parallels the procedural norms of contemporary travel narrative Kawabata exposes the depths of Berlioz's generic violation.
Maiko Kawabata is an Assistant Professor in the Music Department at S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook.
http://www.sunysb.edu/humanities/
Submitted by: Jason Hanley/GST
38. Cultural Sites Of Critical Insight Philosophy, Social Theory And Aesthetics Of The Cultural Productions Of Native And African American Women
Women's Studies Program is proud to be sponsoring this conference as part of the 2002-2003 colloquium. The schedule includes a keynote address by Anne Waters from the State Univ. at Binghamton and an artists corner featuring Nadema Agard from Red Earth Studio. The conference is on Thursday, October 3, 2002 in the Women's Studies Colloquium Ctr., Old Chem Bldg., Room 118. Registration begins at 8:45am with the program scheduled to begin at 9:00am. A reception will follow from 5:00pm - 6:00pm.
Submitted by: Joanne Mcguire/CAS
39. Registration still open for Jewish Laboratory School
Registration is still open for children of SBU faculty and staff in Hillel's Jewish Laboratory School. The school is held on Sunday mornings and offers Jewish educational enrichment for faculty and staff children as well as family-oriented programming. Classes are taught by professional trained teachers with a lot of individual attention in an open, non-coercive, and pluralistic atmosphere. For more information contact Rabbi Joseph Topek at the Hillel Foundation, 632-6565 or jtopek@notes.sunysb.edu.
http://sunysb.edu/hillel
Submitted by: Joseph Topek/Affl
40. Evidence-Based Medicine Tools & Technology Symposium, October 3rd
Please join us on Thursday, October 3 to learn more about techniques for using evidence-based healthcare tools in education and clinical practice.
8:00 - 12:00 Lecture Hall 2, HSC Level 2 Lectures by Nancy Greengold, MD "Evidence-Based Medicine: Moving from Theory to Action" Jennifer Kleinbart, MD "Using Information Technology to Integrate Evidence-Based Recommendations into Clinical Practice" William Wertheim, MD "Bringing EBM into the Curriculum" Suzanne Fields, MD "Framing the Clinical Question" Representatives from Clineguide, MDConsult, OVID, and UpToDate will demonstrate their new products for evidence-based healthcare.
1:00 - 5:30 HSC Library, HSC Level 3 electronic classrooms Hands-on workshops on Clineguide, MDConsult, OVID, UpToDate, and Using PubMed in support of EBM take place in the HSC Library electronic classrooms.
Although there is no fee for this event, pre-registration is requested. Please call the Center for Healthcare Informatics Education at 631-444-9752 or email edhsclib@sunysb.edu.
http://www.hsclib.sunysb.edu
Submitted by: Colleen Kenefick/HSC
41. SB Union Craft Center Offers Photography Classes And Studio Membership!!! Low Cost! Non-Credit And Open To The Public!!!
The Union Crafts Center located in the lower level of the Union, Room 049, offers low-cost, non-credit workshops which are open to the public. Many courses include membership so you can work on your own in the Crafts Center's studios in addition to class time.
PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSES Photo Membership - $85/Students, $100/Non Students Basic Photography - Section A. Six Thursdays. Begins 10/3, 7PM - 9PM
Section B. Six Mondays. Begins 10/7, 7PM - 9PM
$95/Students, $120/Non-students. SB Union Photo-lab
You may register at the Stony Brook Union Crafts Center, lower level of the SB Union Rm. 049. For more information or to register please call 631-632-6822.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/stuaff/studentactivities/index.shtml?page_craftscenter.shtml
Submitted by: Janice Costanzo/OSA
42. Girls Lacrosse Clinics
The Women's Lacrosse Team will be holding two clinics this fall. Saturday, October 5, 9:00 - 10:30 am for girls in grades 1 - 8, cost is $10. Saturday, October 26, 11:30 am - 3:30 pm for girls in grades 9 - 12, cost is $30. Contact Meghan McNamara at 632-4086 for a registration form.
http://goseawolves.ocsn.com/sports/w-lacros/spec-rel/090602aab.html
Submitted by: Danielle Caro/CAS
43. SB Union Offers Ceramic, Drawing, Painting, And Weaving Classes!!! Low Cost! Non-Credit And Open To The Public!!!
The Union Crafts Center located in the lower level of the Union, Room 049.Many courses include membership so you can work on your own in the Crafts Center's studios in addition to class time.
CERAMICS STUDIO Ceramics Membership-$80/Students, $100/Non-students. Pottery Making Beginning - Section A. Eight Mondays, Begins9/30, 7-9PM
Form and Shape in Clay-Eight Tuesdays, Begins10/1, 7-9PM $95/Students, $130/Non-Students
Surface Design Workshop-Saturday, Begins11/16, 10-3PM $45/Students, $50/Non-students
Pit-Firing Workshop-Glaze workshop-Thursday10/10, 7-9PM Saturday & Sunday,10/19 & 10/20,10AM $60/Students, $75/Non-students.
SB UNION CRAFTS CENTER FIBER STUDIO Weaving Membership-Loom rental-$50-$60/Students, $55-$65/Non-Students.
Floor Loom Weaving Workshop-Eight Mondays. Begins10/3, 7PM - 9PM $90/Students, $110/Non-students, Additional $10 Material Fee. SBUnion Fiber Studio, Rm.081
ART CLASSES Watercolor: East meets West-Six Thursdays, Begins10/3, 7PM-9PM $65/Students, $90/Non-students
Drawing Demystified-Eight Tuesdays, Begins10/01, 7PM - 9PM $70/Students, $100/Non-students.
Staller Center Room4232
Register at the StonyBrook Union Crafts Center. For information or to register please call 631-632-6822.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/stuaff/studentactivities/index.shtml?page_craftscenter.shtml
Submitted by: Janice Costanzo/OSA
44. Student Activity Center Art Gallery - In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month Presents
Nine Visions - clay sculpture: Mexico - U.S. - Curated by Graciela Kartofel - Stony Brook University October 1 - 19, 2002 Opening Receptin October 10, 5 - 7 pm Gallery Hours: Tues. - Fri. 11 am - 5 pm.
Submitted by: Mildred Thurston/OSA
45. Homecoming 5K Run/Walk - Sunday, October 20th @ 10:00A.M.
This run/walk is sponsored by the Department of Campus Recreation and the Athletic Training Program. For an application and additional information regarding the event please go to our web site or call 632-7168.
http://www.recreation.sunysb.edu/events/homecominginfo.html
Submitted by: Susan Dimonda/CAS
46. Invitation To Join The Staff Or Submit Material For Publication In Focus On Women On Diversity
Focus On Women, On Diversity gives members of the Stony Brook Campus an opportunity to speak out on contemporary social issues, and explore the diversity of their lives-lives shaped by ethnicity, sexual orientation, race, economics, age and religion. The journal includes essays, poetry, short stories, academic papers, paintings, drawings and photographs. Preference is given to works addressing feminist, multi-cultural and campus issues. Submissions may be brought to the Women's Studies Office, Old Chem 105
Meetings are held on Wednesday evenings at 8:30p.m. in the Student Union 223A (The Feminist Majority Office) The publication is sponsored by The Women's Studies Program and Polity. For further information write to mtngirl1722@aol.com.
Submitted by: Constance Koppelman/CAS
47. Ballroom Dance Lessons by the SBU Dance for Wellness
Wednesdays, 10/2 - 10/23, we will be teaching Beginner Tango at 7PM, Intermediate Swing at 8PM and Advanced Cha Cha at 9PM.
Mondays, 10/14 - 11/4, we will be teaching Latin Technique at 7PM, Beginning Cha Cha at 8PM and Intermediate Waltz at 9PM.
All lessons are held at the Student Union Building in the Ballroom and are open to everyone, no dance experience is necessary. Each dance is $20/pp and is taught by a professional dance instructor. For more information, please send e-mail to Victor Poon at vipoon@ams.sunysb.edu or Lin-Shu Wang at lshuwang@notes.cc.sunysb.edu. Or call Victor at 631-632-8170.
Submitted by: Victor Poon/CEAS
48. Doctoral Defense Announcements
Please click on the link below for Doctoral Defenses this week:
http://www.grad.sunysb.edu/ddd/index.html
Submitted by: Ajay Gupta/GST
49. Clinical trial for females
Attention all Females 18 and older Have you been having feelings of decreased sexual desire? Do you have difficulty acheving orgasm? Overall dissatisfaction with your sex life? If you've answered yes to any of these questions you may be eligable to participate in a clinical study using a new medication for female patients. For more information please contact: Teresa Hunt-Goncalves RN 444-8302
All inquiries are strictly confidntial
Submitted by: Teresa Hunt-Goncalves/UHMC
50. Diabetes and Periodontitis
Are you a Type 1 Insulin-Dependent Diabetic? Do you have Periodontal (Gum) Disease?
Periodontal (gum) disease has been shown to make it more difficult to control diabetes. We are conducting a study to determine whether Periodontal Treatment can reduce specific markers of infection/inflammation that may make it more difficult for you and your physician to control diabetes. Study participants will receive a free periodontal cleaning and payment of up to $300.00.
Please contact: Ruth Tenzler, RN BSN CCRC @ (631)632-9452 or Dr. Maria Ryan @ (631)632-9529 to discuss whether or not you qualify for this research study.
Submitted by: Ruth Tenzler/UHMC
51. MRI Flow Imaging Study of the Brain and Spine
Volunteers are needed to participate in a study of blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow in the brain and spine. The study is aimed at developing a better understanding of blood and CSF flow in the brain. In particular, we are interested in how dysfunction of these flows affects patients with diseases such as hydrocephalus and spinal cord cysts.
Subjects must be in relatively good health and have no known history of brain or spinal cysts, brain tumor, head trauma or spinal cord injury.
The study will involved a 1 hour MRI exam, utilizing standard MRI imaging techniques. The study does not require injections. There will be no monetary compensation for this study.
For further information, please contact Dr. Mark Wagshul at 4-9563 or mwagshul@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.
Submitted by: Mark Wagshul/UHMC
52. A Study to Treat Osteopenia and Periodontal Disease
Is it possible that you have osteopenia? Do your gums bleed when you brush? Have you been told you have gum disease?
Would you like to earn $500
If you are a post-menopausal woman, not taking medications for osteoporosis, The School of Dental Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook is conducting a clinical research project on a medication that may improve your gum disease and your osteopenia. If you are a woman with mild to moderate periodontal disease, early signs of osteoporosis and are between the ages of 45 and 70 you may qualify for this study. If you are interested, Please call: 631-632-8912
Submitted by: Mark Wolff/HSC
53. Osteoporosis Prevention And Management
The Division of Wellness and Chronic Illness in the Department of Family Medicine is offering a series of three group visits for the prevention and management of osteoporosis. Participants will be evaluated individually in order to assess osteoporosis severity.
The groups will also discuss osteoporosis in an integrative, holistic fashion with focus on measures that may be added to conventional treatment such as nutrition with whole foods, supplements, yoga, and exercises to improve hip and spine bone density. Conventional monitoring techniques and medical intervention with hormone replacement therapy and drugs will be covered as well.
The series of three, two-hour sessions will be conducted on consecutive Wednesdays, October 2nd, 9th and 16th between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. at 33 Research Way, Stony Brook Technology Park. Most insurance plans are accepted with appropriate co-pay. For those without coverage, the cost for the series is $150.00.
To register, please call 631.444.9815
Submitted by: Marion Hollinger/UHMC
54. L.I. Chapter of the Association of Clinical Research Professionals: Lecture on "Women and Osteoporosis"
The Long Island Chapter of Clinical Research Professionals would like to announce: Meeting Date: October 2nd, 2002 (Wednesday) Location: University Hospital @ Stony Brook Health Sciences Center, L3 (Level 3), LH6 (Lecture Hall 6) Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm (Light supper provided) Guest Speaker: Dr. Barry Gruber Topic: "Women and Osteoporosis"
Please R.S.V.P. as our supper is being sponsored by Actelion Pharmaceuticals. Call: Ruth Tenzler (Co-Chairman)@ ext.29452 (631-632-9452) e-mail ruth.tenzler@stonybrook.edu or Maureen Hurst (Co-Chairman) @ ext. 49034 (631-444-9034) e-mail maureen.hurst@sunysb.edu
http://blackwidow.informatics.sunysb.edu/dermatology/clinical.cfm
Submitted by: Ruth Tenzler/UHMC
55. Trial access to Clineguide via HSC Library
ClineGuide Trial:
* provides synthesized Disease, Drug and Lab knowledge system that provides patient-specific answers to your clinical questions
* covers 500 disease topics, prescribing information for over 1,000 drugs, and 100+ lab tests to support and guide decision making
* can be used in a number of hospital settings - the emergency department; critical, acute or observation level of care; outpatient clinic, or community hospital, etc.
http://www.hsclib.sunysb.edu/new.html#clineguide
Submitted by: Timothy Van Moorsel/HSC