Campus Announcements for the week of 12/17/2007
Table of Contents
01. Administrative
1. Stony Brook Council Meeting -- Rescheduled
2. Time to renew library material
3. Office of the Vice President for Research Early Closing
4. 2008 IRS Mileage Rate
5. Software Requests For Sinc Sites For Spring 2008 Due By: Monday January 7th.
6. Central Receiving and Property Control for the Christmas Holiday
7. Year-end W-2 forms will be mailed to the address on your paystub. Use the SOLAR System to update addresses.
8. Seawolves MarketPlace Closing Early
05. Hosp/HSC Conferences/Seminars/Lectures
1. NIH General Clinical Research Center (GCRC)Department of Medicine Seminar Series
2. NetAnatomy Free Trial
06. Charitable
1. You can win two tickets to anywhere American Airlines flies within the contiguous US!
07. Culture & Entertainment
1. CSEA Local 614 Holiday Gathering
2. Sweet Dreams - An Evening of Chocolate Indulgence to benefit the Cody Center
3. The Kennedys, Ellis Paul, John Wesley Harding, and others at The University Cafe Sunday afternoons in 2008
08. For-Pay Workshops/Courses
1. Defensive Driving Program Offered for UUP employees and their immediate family members.
2. Exploring Macromedia FLASH 8
3. Adobe Photoshop
4. Personal Computer Foundations - Level One
09. Research
1. Seeking Volunteers with Cystic Fibrosis
2. If You Have Colon Cancer You May Qualify to Participate in a Research Study
3. Seeking Volunteers 50 years of age or older, experience symptoms such as exercise-induced pain
4. Seeking Healthy Adults Between 18 And 65 Years Of Age
5. Seeking Volunteers With A History Of Asthma
6. Brookhaven National LaboratoryCrack or cocaine problems?
7. Dupuytren’s Contracture
8. Did you know that most people are infected with Oral Herpes?Volunteer Men and Women needed. Confidentiality maintained.
9. How well do Your Lungs Work?
10. Miscellaneous
1. Matthews HSC Medical Books and Uniforms Annual 10% off Clothing Sale
2. Weekend Enrichment Program in math and languages for children 3-15 years old in Stony
Brook University.
3. SUNY JOBSAPALOOZA Internship & Job Fair on Long Island: 1/9/2008 5PM-8PM
4. SAVE $5 on iPod Shuffle, $10 on iPod Nano, $15 on 8GB iPod Touch or $20 on 16GB iPod Touch.
5. Introducing Mac OS X Leopard, more than 300 new features to make your Mac even better.
01. Administrative
1. Stony Brook Council Meeting -- Rescheduled
The Stony Brook Council meeting has been rescheduled for Friday, December 21, 2007 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am, located in the Jacob Javits Room, E2340 Melville Library. The meeting is open to the public, or can be viewed at:
https://podcast.ic.sunysb.edu/~webcast/
If you wish to attend, please call 632-6270.
Submitted by: Susan Hines/Pres
2. Time to renew library material
Faculty, Management Confidential, Emeritus and Professional staff who currently have borrowed library material due December 21, 2007, from the Main, Music and/or the Science/Engineering Library, are urged to renew at this time. The new due date will be May 20, 2008. Items already renewed 3 times, must be returned and may then be checked out again.
For information on how to renew online via STARS/OPAC, please go to the URL.
To renew in person, please present your ID card to service desk staff. It is not necessary to bring the material into the library in order to have them renewed. Overdue material can not be renewed. There are no phone renewals. Thank you.
http://sunysb.edu/~library/services/circulation/borrowing.html
Submitted by: David Weiner/Lib
3. Office of the Vice President for Research Early Closing
The Office of the Vice President for Research will be closing at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, December 18. The office will also be closed on Monday, December 24 and Monday, December 31. Please plan accordingly and have a happy holiday!
Submitted by: Kathleen Green/Res
4. 2008 IRS Mileage Rate
The IRS has announced a new rate for personal car mileage. Beginning January 1, 2008, the standard mileage rate of a car (including vans, pickups or panel trucks) is 50.5 cents per mile for business travel. This standard rate for business miles is based on the costs of operating a vehicle such as maintenance and repairs, tires, gasoline, oil, insurance, license and registration fees and depreciation or (leased payments). The new rate applies to State, Research Foundation and Stony Brook Foundation travel.
Submitted by: Rosalie Makarick/Admin
5. Software Requests For Sinc Sites For Spring 2008 Due By: Monday January 7th.
If you would like to have a particular software package installed in the SINC Sites so that you can use it with your class, TLT must have the software in our possession no later than January 7th.
Before we can guarantee that a software package will be installed on our machines, we must be sure that the software:
- Is licensed for each machine
- Does not interfere with any software that we must have on our machines (this includes security holes)
- Can be installed within the current disk space
- Will work in a Windows multi-user guest environment.
Please submit your request today!:
https://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/DoIT/sreq.nsf/SoftwareRequests
Questions? Contact Matthew Froehlich, 632-2778
https://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/DoIT/sreq.nsf/SoftwareRequests
Submitted by: Diana Voss/DoIT
6. Central Receiving and Property Control for the Christmas Holiday
Central Receiving and Property Control will be closed on Monday, December 24th and Tuesday, December 25th for the Christmas Holiday. We will re-open on Wednesday, December 26th. Please call 2-6305 with any questions or concerns. Have a safe and merry Christmas Holiday!
Submitted by: Dennis Wells/Admin
7. Year-end W-2 forms will be mailed to the address on your paystub. Use the SOLAR System to update addresses.
Both New York State and the Research Foundation will be mailing your year-end W-2 statements to the address shown on your paystub. Please take a moment to look at the address printed on your most recent paystub. If the mailing address is correct, take no action. If the mailing address on your paystub needs correction, please use the SOLAR System to review and update both your Home and Mailing addresses. Click "Addresses" under the Security and Personal Data menu.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/it/newsolar.html
Submitted by: Rick Sadetsky/Admin
8. Seawolves MarketPlace Closing Early
The Seawolves MarketPlace in the SAC will be closing early at 1:00 PM on Friday, December 21, 2007 and remain closed through January 1, 2008. Shop till then with our Special Holiday Discount Coupon available on-line at the Seawolves MarketPlace website. Please print the coupon and bring it with you to receive the Special Holiday Discount.
http://stonybrook.edu/marketplace
Submitted by: Donna Klingel/FSA
05. Hosp/HSC Conferences/Seminars/Lectures
1. NIH General Clinical Research Center (GCRC)Department of Medicine Seminar Series
Simultaneous Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and fMRI in High Field: A Study of the Primary Visual Cortex
Elisabeth de Castro Caparelli, PhD, Associate Medical Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
Friday, January 25, 2008, HSC T16 - Room 025
Refreshments begin at 3:45pm
Seminar begins at 4:00pm
Submitted by: Diane Ruenes/UHMC
2. NetAnatomy Free Trial
The Health Sciences Library is pleased to announce a 90-day trial to NetAnatomy. NetAnatomy is designed to teach human anatomy to students of the health professions, including undergraduate medical, health sciences, and nursing students. It also serves as a place to review anatomy after one’s initial exposure to the subject, e.g. students beginning a clinical rotation, USMLE (National Board) preparation, etc. The authors and contributors of NetAnatomy have extensive experience teaching medical and health sciences students, with years of experience refined and adapted to contemporary medical and health sciences curricula. This product is a continuously evolving website, with current development efforts focused on Gross Anatomy.
Access this database from the library's list of Databases. We welcome your comments, contact Julitta Jo at 444-3688 or julitta.jo@stonybrook.edu with your evaluation.
http://apps.hsclib.sunysb.edu/display.php?rid=7460&uid=8163
Submitted by: Julitta Jo/HSC
06. Charitable
1. You can win two tickets to anywhere American Airlines flies within the contiguous US!
Winter Fund Raiser to benefit Habitat for Humanity!
Tickets are now on sale (only $5 each!) for our Winter Fund Raiser to benefit Habitat for Humanity.
Check out these prizes, just in time for holiday gift giving or getting!
First Prize: Two round trip airline tickets to anywhere American Airlines flies in the contiguous United States
Second Prize: Overnight stay at the luxurious East Wind and Spa
Third Prize: Gift Certificate to Restaurant Mirabelle ($100)
Fourth Prize: One hour mani/pedi at Denise Lee Salon
For tickets, please contact your campus coordinator (listed on the SB website); Catherine. Horgan@stonybrook.edu; or, stop by the Office of the Executive Dean, HSC, Level 4, Room 225.
Tickets will be on sale until December 19, 2007, when the winning tickets will be drawn.
Submitted by: Catherine Horgan/HSC
07. Culture & Entertainment
1. CSEA Local 614 Holiday Gathering
Members of CSEA Local 614 are invited to attend a Holiday Gathering being held at the Student Activities Center, Ballroom A from 11:30am to1:30pm on December 17, 2007. Refreshments will be served.
Submitted by: Louise Melious/Admin
2. Sweet Dreams - An Evening of Chocolate Indulgence to benefit the Cody Center
Join us for the 5th year of Sweet Dreams on Monday, January 28, 2008 at 6:00 PM. Watermill Caterers of Smithtown will once again host an evening filled with cocktails, poured champagne, caviar samplings, passed hors’doeuvres, and an exquisite buffet of carving stations. After the reception, guests will experience the delectable "Fairy Tale" chocolate displays, each prepared by top Long Island restaurants and pastry chefs. Ballot boxes let you to vote for your favorite creation. Each display features tasting samples which can also be piled into a box to go available for only $20.
Individual tickets cost $125 and Sponsorship Packages are available at four levels. For tickets and information, please call 632-4466. Reserve early last year was a sell-out.
Submitted by: Margaret Melzer/HSC
3. The Kennedys, Ellis Paul, John Wesley Harding, and others at The University Cafe Sunday afternoons in 2008
The Sunday Street Acoustic Series at The University Cafe announces its schedule for winter and spring in 2008. All concerts are Sunday afternoons at 2 P.M.
January 6th - The Kennedys
January 20th - Ellis Paul
February 10th - John Wesley Harding
February 24th - Gerry O'Beirne with Johnny Cuomo
March 9th - Nathan Rogers
March 30th - Jeff Black
April 27th - Jack Williams
May 4th - Garnet Rogers
Advance tickets at a discount available now on-line at www.universitycafe.org and any remaining tickets will be sold at the door on the day of the show.
For information or questions: e mail SundayStreetWUSB@aol.com
http://www.universitycafe.org
Submitted by: Charles Backfish/CAS
08. For-Pay Workshops/Courses
1. Defensive Driving Program Offered for UUP employees and their immediate family members.
A NYSUT sponsored Defensive Driving program is being offered on Saturday, January 19, 2008 from 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM in the Wang Center Room 201, for all UUP employees and their immediate family members.
Cost is $25 per person. Checks should be made payable to "NYSUT Benefit Trust" and delivered to the UUP office, 104 Old Chemistry, Z=3475. Office hours are Monday thru Friday, 9 am to 3 pm. Receipt of your check reserves your place in class.
Participants are usually entitled to a 10% discount on their automotive insurance. Check with your provider. The certificate is good for three years of savings!
Contact Corinne Burns at Ext. 26570 or cmburns@notes.cc.sunysb.edu for more information.
Submitted by: Corinne Burns/Affl
2. Exploring Macromedia FLASH 8
NCE 329 - 12 sessions - Fee: $629
Macromedia Flash is the professional standard for producing high-impact Web experiences. The focus is on creating animation for the 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. Students will have a thorough understanding of Flash basics, plus the know-how to build Flash projects incorporating sound, interactivity, and engaging animations.
Required Text: Macromedia Flash MX for Windows and Macintosh: A Visual Quickstart Guide by Katherine Ulrich, retail: $24.99. Cost of text is not included in course fee. Students must bring textbook to the first class meeting.
Section C: Thursdays, 6pm-9pm; January 10, 17, 24, 31; February 7, 14, 21, 28; March 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2008
10% discount University employees and students, CSEA LEAP Vouchers accepted
To register go to SPD Website
http://www.stonybrook.edu/spd/computer/courses.html
Submitted by: Amy Margolies/Prov
3. Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop: - NCE 321 - 12 sessions - Fee: $629
Professional artists, amateur photographers and Web novices should know the fundamentals of Photoshop,
the most powerful image editing software on the market. Whether you want to learn how to prepare photographs
for offset printing or just want to create good-looking scans for your personal homepage, a working knowledge of
Photoshop is essential. Topics covered will include the Photoshop work area, image basics, working with selections,
working with layers, painting, masks, channels, creating special effects, basic pen tool techniques and creating images
for electronic publishing. We will be working in the Windows environment.
Prerequisite: Introduction to Windows or equivalent experience.
Section C: Tuesdays, 6pm-9pm; January 8, 15, 22, 29; February 5, 12, 19, 26; March 4, 11, 18, & 25, 2008
10% discount University employees and students, CSEA LEAP Vouchers accepted
To register go to SPD Website Registration Form
http://www.stonybrook.edu/spd/computer/courses.html
Submitted by: Amy Margolies/Prov
4. Personal Computer Foundations - Level One
Personal Computer Foundations - Level One
NCE 708 - 7 Sessions - Fee: $799
This class covers what you need to know by incorparating four introductory areas of interest to those just beginning to use a personal computer.
Topics Include: Instroduction to Microsoft Windows, Instroduction to the Internet, Basics of using E-mail, and Use of a Digital Camera.
Section A: Wednesdays, 6pm-9pm; January 9, 16, 23, & 30, 2008
10% discount for University employees, spouses and students, CSEA LEAP Vouchers accepted.
For registration information visit the SPD Website
http://www.stonybrook.edu/spd/computer/courses.html
Submitted by: Amy Margolies/Prov
09. Research
1. Seeking Volunteers with Cystic Fibrosis
18 years of age or older to participate in a 28 week research study to examine the efficacy of IGF-1 treatment to maintain or improve body weight and composition.
This Study is Being Conducted at the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC)
For More Information, Please Call 631 444-6900
Submitted by: Diane Ruenes/UHMC
2. If You Have Colon Cancer You May Qualify to Participate in a Research Study
Simply by Donating a Sample of Blood. We are seeking to identify new cancer markers in blood, tissue, and body fluids. This may allow us to develop laboratory tests which can diagnose cancers earlier and/or identify patients who are at risk for a poor outcome and who may benefit from more aggressive therapy than is normally recommended. CALL: (631) 444-7214 (ask for Tina)
Submitted by: Diane Ruenes/UHMC
3. Seeking Volunteers 50 years of age or older, experience symptoms such as exercise-induced pain
If you are 50 years of age or older, experience symptoms such as exercise-induced pain, cramps, fatigue, of the legs (calf, thigh, buttocks) which are relieved by rest you may qualify for this study.For further information contact Eileen Finnin, RN @ 631-444-5454
Submitted by: Diane Ruenes/UHMC
4. Seeking Healthy Adults Between 18 And 65 Years Of Age
Looking for Healthy Adults between 18 and 65 years of age, non-smoker or
5 years smoke free to participate in a research study on the safety and tolerability of Poly-MVA (Minerals, Vitamins, Amino acids) over a 9-15 week period.
This study is being conducted at the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC)
For More Information, Please Contact, Susan Fiore at 631-444-9425.
Submitted by: Diane Ruenes/UHMC
5. Seeking Volunteers With A History Of Asthma
18 to 65 years of age, 10 years smoke free taking a steroid inhaler daily for the past 6 months to participate in an 8 week study on the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation on asthma. You will be taught mindfulness meditation techniques such as sitting meditation, body scan meditation, walking meditation. Compensation of up to $100 will be paid upon your completion of this study
For further information please call: 631-444-1200
Submitted by: Diane Ruenes/UHMC
6. Brookhaven National LaboratoryCrack or cocaine problems?
Crack and cocaine users needed, fee paid
Also 18-55 years old in good health for participation in brain imaging medical research.
Confidentiality maintained. Transportation provided.
1-888-352-7380
Submitted by: Diane Ruenes/UHMC
7. Dupuytren’s Contracture
The Department of Orthopaedics, State University of New York, Stony Brook is seeking volunteers to take part in a clinical trial in Dupuytren’s contracture, a fixed flexion deformity of the fingers. Participants must be at least 18 years of age, of either gender, have a clinical diagnosis of Dupuytren’s contracture and be in relatively good health with no known recent history of stroke, bleeding, or other medical condition which would make the person unsuitable for enrollment.
The prospective participant must not have received treatment for this disorder, including surgery, within 90 days of the study.
If you have Dupuytren’s contracture in your hand(s) and wish more information, please contact the Department of Orthopaedics @ 631-444-2215.
Submitted by: Diane Ruenes/UHMC
8. Did you know that most people are infected with Oral Herpes?Volunteer Men and Women needed. Confidentiality maintained.
If you are a man or woman over the age of 18, you may be eligible to participate in a Clinical Research Study at Stony Brook Medical Center. If you qualify, you may receive an experimental topical medication for Oral Herpes at no cost to you.
For more information please contact Andrea Pressley, LPN, CRC at 444-2758.
participants are compensated $25.00 for each visit.
Submitted by: Andrea Pressley/UHMC
9. How well do Your Lungs Work?
We are studying both overweight and normal weight participants. Are you a never smoker?
If you have no known lung problems, the Division of Pulmonary Medicine at Stony Brook Hospital would like to invite you to consider entering an investigational study of aerosol deposition. The research project is being performed to investigate the pattern of particle deposition in the lungs of patients who are overweight and comparing to the pattern in normal weight people. For details please contact Dr. Daroowalla at 444-3869.
Compensation will be awarded to those who participate in the study.
Submitted by: Mario Solomita/UHMC
10. Miscellaneous
1. Matthews HSC Medical Books and Uniforms Annual 10% off Clothing Sale
Come in for 10% off all clothing and soft goods. Wear your Stony Brook Red Cap and save even more! Save on all collegiate SB clothing, scrubs, lab coats, medical clogs, even backpacks and tote bags! Don't go home empty handed. Come buy a gift for someone on your list or buy a welldeserved gift for yourself! Matthews HSC is located on Level 2 in the HSC phone 444-3685. Happy Holidays.
Submitted by: William Offerman/FSA
2. Weekend Enrichment Program in math and languages for children 3-15 years old in Stony
Brook University.
SchoolPlus Enrichment Program in Stony Brook offers:
Mathematics - ages 5 - 15;
Physics - ages 9 - 15;
Russian language - ages 5 - 15, including Russian as a second language for children and
adults;
English Language - ages 9-15, advanced;
French Language - ages 5-15, all levels, including classes for native speakers;
Original Enrichment program for children 3-4 years old - separate classes for Russian and
English speaking children;
Art - ages 5 -15;
Registration is open online:
http://www.schoolplusstonybrook.org/
Contact information: e-mail: schoolplus_sb@yahoo.com, Phone: (631) 615-4215 (ask
Marina Polonskaia - director of the program)
http://www.schoolplusstonybrook.org/
Submitted by: Alexandre Abanov/CAS
3. SUNY JOBSAPALOOZA Internship & Job Fair on Long Island: 1/9/2008 5PM-8PM
The SB Career Center is proud to announce the SUNY JOBSAPALOOZA Internship & Job Fair! Jump Start Your Search for A Summer Internship or Part Time Summer Job. Get in front of 100 BUSINESSES in 3 hours. This event is located at the Huntington Hilton at Broadhollow Road Melville. To pre-register, visit the link below. Long Island Businesses Need You!
http://www.longislandworks.org/eventform/
Submitted by: Antony Lin/OSA
4. SAVE $5 on iPod Shuffle, $10 on iPod Nano, $15 on 8GB iPod Touch or $20 on 16GB iPod Touch.
Holiday Discount Specials on iPods at Seawolves MarketPlace.
Monday, December 17 through 1:00 pm on Friday, December 21, 2007
Apple Item Holiday Prices
1 GB iPod Shuffle $74.00
4 GB iPod Nano $139.00
8 GB iPod Nano $189.00
8 GB iPod Touch $284.00
16 GB iPod Touch $379.00
Holiday Discount Specials are while supplies last.
Seawolves MarketPlace Store Hours: 12/17 through 12/20 8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., 12/21 8:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.
Student Activities Center
631-632-9281
http://stonybrook.edu/marketplace
Submitted by: Donna Klingel/FSA
5. Introducing Mac OS X Leopard, more than 300 new features to make your Mac even better.
Add a new Mac to your Mac for $99.00 at Seawolves MarketPlace.
With Mac OS X Leopard, the world's most advanced operating system is now even better. Leopard is loaded with innovations - starting with an amazingly trouble-free installation if you're upgrading your Mac. It has never been easier to find, arrange, and share everthing on your computer. Organize your files in stacks, browse files with Cover Flow, use Quick Look to preview files without even opening them, go back in time to restore old files with Time Machine, send email using personalized stationery, add effects to video chats, and much more.
Seawolves MarketPlace is an Apple Authorized Campus Store.
Hours: Mon-Thurs 8:30am-9pm, Fri 8:30am-5pm, Sat & Sun 10am-4pm
http://stonybrook.edu/marketplace
Submitted by: Donna Klingel/FSA