Campus Announcements for the week of 04/07/2008
Table of Contents
03. Workshops/Courses/Training
1. Registration Gone Paperless!
2. And Justice for All / Diversity 101 - The Combined Version
3. Creating a Culture Of Excellent Customer Service
4. Counseling and the Disciplinary Process for Supervisors of State Employees
5. I-9 Training
6. Civil Service in a NutShell
7. Lawson Training for April
8. Gesture Coding Workshop 04/11-04/12Guest speaker: Susan Duncan (University of Chicago)
9. EAP Lunchtime Learning, Charting Your Own Course
04. Conferences/Seminars/Lectures
1. Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
2. Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Seminar, 4/9/08
3. Biochemistry & Cell Biology Seminar: Thursday, April 10, 2008
4. Small Business Development Center Seminars
5. EarthStock 2008: Student Exhibition of Environmental Research and Creative Activity
6. EarthStock 2008: Stony Brook Nobel Laureates Speak Out
7. Provost's Lecture Series - Dr. Robert Chazan - April 10, 2008
8. Neuroscience Seminar Series
9. Mechanical Engineering Seminar: Computing with Geometry. Friday, April 11, 2008
10. Robert Farris Thompson, Yale University, Humanities Institute Distinguished Lecturer in conjuction with "Brilliant Corners: Jazz and Its Cultures"
11. Geosciences Seminar Series
12. Special Ecology and Evolution Seminar"Diversification and Large-Scale Patterns of Species Richness"
13. Ecology and Evolution - 2008 Williams Lecture"Life History Thinking 40 Years after George Williams' Seminal Insight"
14. Sontag, Late Modernity and Cinema: 1960-1980Wednesday, April 9th 12:40PM in room 2001 (Poetry Center) of the Humanities Building
15. Annual Conference of SUNY Council on Writing (SUNYCOW), April 25-26, SAC
16. Provost's Lecture Series hosting Paul Forman on April 14 and Hans-Peter Plag on April 18, 2008.
17. Asian Languages and the Professions (Symposium), Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., Wang Center Theater
05. Hosp/HSC Conferences/Seminars/Lectures
1. 10th Annual Cleft Palate Craniofacial Center Symposium
2. Department of Physiology and Biophysics Seminar
06. Charitable
1. 3rd Annual Cody Walk - Sunday, April 27
2. Lacrosse for Autism benefiting the Cody Center - April 22, at 7:00pm at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
3. EarthStock 2008:Volunteers Needed
4. Golf Outing to benefit Habitat for Humanity
07. Culture & Entertainment
1. Sicilian Crossings to America and the Derived Communities
2. Canada's Garnet Rogers, Songwriter and master guitarist, at The University Cafe Sunday May 4th 2 P.M.
3. Seawolves 10K - April 13th
4. Israel at 60 Celebration Reception
5. The Cody Comedy Festival - May 14, 2008
6. EarthStock 2008: Culminating Festival, 4/18/08
7. Department of Campus Recreation Annual Golf Tournament
8. Health Awareness Lecture: The Effective Indications of Acupuncture
9. Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestThursday, April 10, 7:00 pm, Wang Center Theater
10. Buddhism Study & Practice Group Workshop:The Four Sublime Abidings
11. Pratima: Reflection: Nrityagram Dance Ensemble
12. April 1517Who is Asia America? A Series of Performance Art Happenings
13. "Not Just for Kids" at Staller Center - The Tweaksters, Sunday, May 4 at 4pm. Tickets: $10 www.stallercenter.com
14. Career Women's Luncheon - April 10th
15. Join us for Red Hot Revelry as we celebrate our 50 Anniversary!
16. Catch our rising stars: a celebration of student work. SAC Gallery, April 3-18, Reception: April 16, 4-6 pm
08. For-Pay Workshops/Courses
1. Beaded Jewelry
2. The Chautauqua 2008 Short Courses for College and University Faculty
3. Macromedia Dreamweaver
4. ToastMasters - Public Speaking Forum
09. Research
1. Healthy overweight women Between the ages of 31 and 40
2. Brookhaven National LaboratoryRelationship Conflict Study
3. Did you know that most people are infected with Oral Herpes?Volunteer Men and Women needed.Confidentiality maintained.
4. Study of HIV+/AIDS and Chromium Picolinate
5. How well do Your Lungs Work?
6. Effect of Pioglitazone on the course of new onset Type I Diabetes
7. Seeking Volunteers with Cystic Fibrosis
8. Seeking Volunteers With A History Of Asthma
9. Crack or cocaine problems?
10. Miscellaneous
1. Watch Found
2. French classes and exam preparations for elementary and middle school students in StonyBrook University ($15 per 45 minute class)
3. Camp Academies at Stony Brook 632-4550
4. Estee Lauder Special Invitation Warehouse Sale
5. EarthStock 2008: Take the Green pledge!
6. 1st Clinical Laboratory Sciences Expo
7. Campus Child Care Available
03. Workshops/Courses/Training
1. Registration Gone Paperless!
Check out the new look and feel to the Training and Organizational Development Website! With just a few easy clicks you can:
-Find out about courses
-Check course dates
-Register online
-Receive Training course confirmations
Click on the below link to view!
http://www.stonybrook.edu/hr/training/courses.shtml
Submitted by: Lillian Valdez/Admin
2. And Justice for All / Diversity 101 - The Combined Version
April 14, 2008 9:00am 3:00pm
This full day program will provide participants with necessary information, resources, and guidance about Federal and State regulations; University policies around issues of discrimination; equal employment opportunity complaint resolution and diversity. It will clarify and communicate the roles, rights and responsibilities of supervisors, managers, employees and the Office of Diversity and Affirmative Action in these matters. The program will review appropriate methods for making referrals, the scope of confidentiality and the policy against retaliation. Through the use of case studies and other interactive exercises, this program will allow participants to explore and discuss dimensions of diversity and inclusion, approaches to managing diversity, the impact of stereotyping and bias in the workplace. Each participant will develop a personal action plan.
Target Audience: All employees, supervisors, managers.
Seating is limited so click below to register now!
http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/training/hrclasses.nsf/wc0020
Submitted by: Lillian Valdez/Admin
3. Creating a Culture Of Excellent Customer Service
April 15 & 22, 2008 9:30am 12:30pm
All customer interactions have an impact on the perception of your organization. Excellent customer service is more than just employees smiling and making eye contact. It is an all-encompassing approach to making excellent service delivery part of the culture of your area. Everything a customer sees, hears or touches impacts the experience.
Key Highlights:
Identify customer expectations and needs using active listening techniques.
Learn how to create a culture of service excellence for your internal and external customers.
Develop solutions to more challenging and difficult customer service situations.
Identify ways to create more customer-friendly processes.
Target Audience: Open to all West Campus/HSC Employees
Click below to register now!
Attendance is required for Part I and Part II
http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/training/hrclasses.nsf/wc0022
Submitted by: Lillian Valdez/Admin
4. Counseling and the Disciplinary Process for Supervisors of State Employees
April 16, 2008 9:00am 12:00pm
This program will provide you, the 1st or 2nd line supervisors and managers, with information regarding the Counseling and Disciplinary processes under all Collective Bargaining Agreements on campus and for non-represented Management/Confidential (M/C) employees in the Stony Brook University community. In addition it will provide you with the ability to support the supervisors in your departments who are faced with employee issues requiring counseling or discipline. The session includes:
How and when to conduct a counseling session
The difference between a verbal and a written counseling
How to write a counseling memo
How to identify problem situations
How to determine when to counsel an employee and when to seek disciplinary action.
The roles of the Supervisor, the Department and Employee and Labor Relations in the process.
Target Audience: Supervisors and Managers of State employees.HSC/West Campus only
Click below to register now!
http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/training/hrclasses.nsf/wc0015
Submitted by: Lillian Valdez/Admin
5. I-9 Training
April 24, 2008 10:00am 11:00am
This training will provide you with a step-by-step explanation of what the employer must do in order to meet legal and procedural responsibilities associated with the Form I-9. We will focus on how to correct common mistakes and omissions that delay the hiring process, and will provide answers to frequently asked questions regarding documentation.
Target Audience: VP Coordinators, Departmental Personnel Administrators and anyone who is responsible for completing a Form I-9. HSC/WEST Campus employees only
Click below to register now!
http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/training/hrclasses.nsf/wc0007
Submitted by: Lillian Valdez/Admin
6. Civil Service in a NutShell
April 29, 2008 9:30am 12:30pm
This workshop will help provide you with information about Civil Service list appointments, canvassing lists, transfers, types of appointments, and much more
Target Audience: VP Coordinators, hiring department managers and employees seeking Civil Service list information. HSC/WEST Campus employees only
Click below to register now!
http://http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/training/hrclasses.nsf/wc0008
Submitted by: Lillian Valdez/Admin
7. Lawson Training for April
Lawson Requisition Training Classes will be held on a weekly basis, to see available dates please click on the calendar link:
http://uhmc-iweb1.uhmc.sunysb.edu/lawsonsupport/index_files/Page909.htm
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All classes will be held in the Lawson Training Room #797, Level One, right next to the Blue Elevators. To schedule for any of these classes please contact Michele Thomas, Lawson Support Specialist, Ext. 4-7805. There will be 2 parts covered in these classes, the first half will cover ordering from any of the Storerooms in the Hospital and the second half will cover ordering from an outside Vendor. I suggest that all new hospital employees and/or if you are interested in taking a refresher course, please contact us to attend one of these classes.
Submitted by: Michele Thomas/UHMC
8. Gesture Coding Workshop 04/11-04/12Guest speaker: Susan Duncan (University of Chicago)
Why do we gesture while we speak?
And how do gestures relate to speech?
Susan Duncan (University of Chicago) will lead a 1½- day workshop that provides training in theoretical and methodological approaches for studying speech-accompanying gestures. The first part of the workshop gives an introduction to the study of gesture, focusing on how gesture and prosody synchronize in discourse. The second part demonstrates an analytic approach that considers both fine-grained speech-gesture events and the larger discourse context.
The study of gesture is an interdisciplinary field that allows insight into cognition, social interactions and collaboration, anthropology, art, music and dance. Students of all departments are welcome to participate.
The participation is free of charge.
http://http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~adaptation/gesturegroup/eventsduncan.html
Submitted by: Anna Kuhlen/GST
9. EAP Lunchtime Learning, Charting Your Own Course
Workshop includes, Benefits of Advance Funeral Planning, Sheltering Funds Before Medicaid, New Medicaid Laws Relating to Funeral Trusts, Ten Mistakes to Avoid in Funeral Planning.
Guest Speaker: Peter G. Moloney, Moloney Family Funeral Homes, Inc.
April 16, 2008, 12:00-1:00, Wang Center, Room 102
To register call EAP at 632-6085
http://www.stonybrook.edu/eap
Submitted by: Linda Tatem/Pres
04. Conferences/Seminars/Lectures
1. Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Please join us Today - Monday, April 7, 2008
Galina I. Botchkina, Ph.D. of Stony Brook's Department of Surgery/Surgical Oncology will be giving a Seminar entitled "Cancer Stem Cells: New Concept and New Research" in the Life Sciences Building Room 038 at 12:00 Noon. Dr. Rebecca Rowehl is the host.
Next Monday, April 14,2008
Dr. Matthew Chapman delivers his Seminar entitled "Protein Misfolding Done Right: The Biogenesis of Bacterial Amyloi" in Room 038 of the Life Sciences Building at 12:00 noon. Dr. David Thanassi is the host.
Submitted by: Carol Brekke/UHMC
2. Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Seminar, 4/9/08
Please join us for a seminar by Professor Shuhua Li from the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Earth Institute at Columbia University. Professor Li's seminar entitled, "Multi-Model Ensembles in Seasonal Climate Forecasts at IRI," will be presented on Wednesday, April 9, at 12:00 noon at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Endeavour Hall 120 (South Campus). Light refreshments will be served. For additional information, please contact the Institute for Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheres at 632-8009.
http://atmos.msrc.sunysb.edu
Submitted by: Gina Gartin/MSRC
3. Biochemistry & Cell Biology Seminar: Thursday, April 10, 2008
You are cordially invited to attend a seminar given by Dr. Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis, Assistant Member at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, entitled, "Seeing is Believing: Imaging Cells in Action in Early Mouse Embryos". It will be held on Thursday, April 10, 2008, in room 038, Life Sciences Building at 4:00p.m. Hosted by Dr. Bernadette Holdener.
Submitted by: Dianna Berger/CAS
4. Small Business Development Center Seminars
Wed., April 9 9-11:00 am
Branding Your Business And Stretching Your Marketing Budget
Presented by: John Mangione, PR Store; and Vic Rajan, CoGrow Systems, Inc.
$15 registration fee; $5 for students. This workshop will be held at the LI High Tech Incubator Conference Room. Pre-registration required by calling Lynne Schmidt @29084 or e-mail: lynne.schmidt@sunysb.edu
April 16Th, 9-11:00 Am
Using The Art Of Feng Shui In Your Office Environment
Presented by Martha Rohl, Feng Shui Consultant
This workshop will be at the LI High Tech Incubator Conference Room.
To register: call Lynne Schmidt at 29084 or e-mail lynne.schmidt@sunysb.edu
Submitted by: Lynne Schmidt/CEAS
5. EarthStock 2008: Student Exhibition of Environmental Research and Creative Activity
Join us for an exhibition of graduate and undergraduate research which will showcase scholarship related to aspects of the environment including, but not limited to:
environmental history
population and cultural issues related to the environment
art, sculpture, dance and music with an environmental theme
ecology and evolution
preservation and conservation of nature
environmental pollution and restoration
environmental medicine and human health
atmospheric science
oceanography and fisheries
earth system science
climate change
EarthStock Keynote Lecture Sustainability: A Mosaic of Many Small Steps in the Right Direction featuring University of Nevada, Reno Professor, Dr. Hans Peter Plag, directly following showcase in Charles B. Wang Center Theater
http://www.stonybrook.edu/earthstock
Submitted by: Jeffrey Barnett/Prov
6. EarthStock 2008: Stony Brook Nobel Laureates Speak Out
Nobel Laureates Speak Out: Behind the Workings of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change
Four Stony Brook University Professors served on the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize along with Al Gore. Professors Robert Cess, Edmund Chang, Minghua Zhang, and Marv Geller, from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS), will discuss their research and experience serving on this panel, led by School of Journalism Dean Howad Schneider. Please join us as we recognize their important scholarship & achievements. Reception to follow.
Thursday, April 17
Charles B. Wang Center Lecture Hall 2
3:30 p.m.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/earthstock
Submitted by: Jeffrey Barnett/Prov
7. Provost's Lecture Series - Dr. Robert Chazan - April 10, 2008
The Spring 2008 Provost's Lecture Series is hosting Dr. Robert Chazan, S.H. and Helen R. Scheuer Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. Dr. Chazan will present his lecture on Thursday,April 10th, at 4:00 p.m. in the Student Activities Center Auditorium.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/provlec.shtml
Submitted by: Janine Pearce/Prov
8. Neuroscience Seminar Series
On Thursday, April 10, at Noon in room 038 of the Life Sciences Building, the Department of Neurobiology & Behavior will be holding a Seminar. Mark Hallet, MD, Chief, Human Motor control Section, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda Maryland will be giving a talk on "Pathophysiology of Focal Dystonia."
Host: Lorne Mendell 635-8632
Submitted by: Karen Morse/CAS
9. Mechanical Engineering Seminar: Computing with Geometry. Friday, April 11, 2008
Please join us for a Mechanical Engineering Seminar by Dr. Horea Ilies, Assistant Professor from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Connecticut. Professor Ilies' lecture entitled, "Computing with Geometry", will be presented on Friday, April 11th at 11:30am in the Engineering building, Room 301. For additional information, please contact the Mechanical Engineering department at 631-632-8300. Please visit the link below to view the Abstract and Biography.
http://me.eng.sunysb.edu/seminars
Submitted by: Melissa Castelbuono/CEAS
10. Robert Farris Thompson, Yale University, Humanities Institute Distinguished Lecturer in conjuction with "Brilliant Corners: Jazz and Its Cultures"
Thursday, April 10th 7:30PM room 1006 Humanities
Robert Farris Thompson, Yale University
Where The High-Five Originated: Kongo Impact On American Popular Culture
Thompson will lead the audience through the richness of Kongo formal influence, including conga drums, conga lines and congo grinds. He will underline seven basic Kongo gestures that crossed the Atlantic and are alive in Black American culture. Of these the "Kongo pose" and the "high-five" are the most dramatic and far-reaching. Using video he will trace how nzuba body-slapping dance patterns in Kongo and Angola became patting juba and hambone in Black America. Finally he will end with an incredible mambo on CD that summarizes the whole lecture.
Seminar Coordinators: E. Ann Kaplan, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Director, Humanities Institute and John Lutterbie, Associate Professor and Associate Director, Humanities Institute
http://www.sunysb.edu/humanities
Submitted by: Ann Berrios/CAS
11. Geosciences Seminar Series
On Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 4pm in room 123 of the Earth and Space Sciences (ESS) Building, the Department of Geosciences will be holding their regularly scheduled colloquium. Thursday 4/10/08 Takamitsu Yamanaka, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Osaka University, will be giving the following talk: "What is the role of crystallography for earth science and material science under extreme conditions?".
All are welcome, please join us.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/geosciences
Submitted by: Andrea Illausky/CAS
12. Special Ecology and Evolution Seminar"Diversification and Large-Scale Patterns of Species Richness"
Please note time and day. 1:30 P.M., Thursday, April 10, 2008, Life Sciences Building, Room 650. Dr. Robert Ricklef, Department of Biology, University of Missouri, St. Louis. Host: E & E Graduate Students. If you need a disability-related accommodation, please call: The Department of Ecology and Evolution at (631) 632-8600.
Submitted by: Donna Digiovanni/CAS
13. Ecology and Evolution - 2008 Williams Lecture"Life History Thinking 40 Years after George Williams' Seminal Insight"
3:30 P.M., Wednesday, April 9, 2008, Life Sciences Building, Room 038. Dr. Robert Ricklef, Department of Biology, University of Missouri, St. Louis. Host: E & E Graduate Students. If you need a disability-related accommodation, please call: The Department of Ecology and Evolution at (631) 632-8600.
Submitted by: Donna Digiovanni/CAS
14. Sontag, Late Modernity and Cinema: 1960-1980Wednesday, April 9th 12:40PM in room 2001 (Poetry Center) of the Humanities Building
Dr. E. Ann Kaplan, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Director of the Humanities Institute will present the following lecture:
Sontag, Late Modernity and Cinema: 1960-1980
Wednesday, April 9th, 12:40PM in room 2001 of Humanities (Poetry Center). This lecture is part of the English Department's faculty lecture series.
http://www.sunysb.edu/humanities
Submitted by: Ann Berrios/CAS
15. Annual Conference of SUNY Council on Writing (SUNYCOW), April 25-26, SAC
SUNYCOW is a state-wide organization with two representatives from each campus. The conference, titled "Inevitable Intersections: Writing at the Crossroads of Public and Private Discourse in the 21st Century," begins on Friday, April 25, at 4:30 with registration, an open bar, dinner, and a business meeting. It continues on Friday with panels and workshops. Our keynote speaker, Sondra Perl, Professor of English and Urban Education, The Graduate Center and Lehman College, CUNY, author of "On Austrian Soil: Teaching Those I Was Taught to Hate," will address us as 10 am on Saturday. Stony Brook faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend this event; attendance at all other activities of the conference requires a registration fee.
http://www.sunysb.edu/writrhet/colloquia.shtml
Submitted by: Patricia Belanoff/CAS
16. Provost's Lecture Series hosting Paul Forman on April 14 and Hans-Peter Plag on April 18, 2008.
The Provost's Lecture Series is hosting 2 talks the week of April 14. On Monday, April 14, Paul Forman, curator of the Division of Medicine and Science at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, will give his talk at 4:30 p.m. in the Humanities Building, Room 1006. This lecture is held in conjunction with the Templeton Research Lecture Series. Our second lecture will host Earthstock keynote speaker, Hans-Peter Plag, Research Professor, University of Nevada, Reno. His lecture will be held on Friday evening, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Wang Center Theater.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/provlec.shtml
Submitted by: Janine Pearce/Prov
17. Asian Languages and the Professions (Symposium), Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., Wang Center Theater
The Department of Asian and Asian American Studies presents a symposium Asian Languages and the Professions on Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 at the Charles B. Wang Center Theater. This symposium brings together national and international leaders in foreign language education, as well as leaders of various professions, including health care, business, education, international relations, translation, and social welfare, to discuss the importance of Asian languages, the professional development of teachers, and career opportunities in many fields related to Asian languages.
Admission is free. Open to all. For further information, e-mail the symposium organizing committee (asian_languages@notes.cc.sunysb.edu), call the department at (631) 632-4030, or visit the website:
http://stony.brook.asian.languages.googlepages.com
http://stony.brook.asian.languages.googlepages.com
Submitted by: Eriko Sato/CAS
05. Hosp/HSC Conferences/Seminars/Lectures
1. 10th Annual Cleft Palate Craniofacial Center Symposium
The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Center @ Stony Brook University Medical Center will host its annual Symposium on The Team Approach to the Management of Cleft Lip/Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies on Monday, April 14, 2008 on Level 2, Lecture Hall 2 from 8am - 12noon. We are offering both CME and CDE credits. A continental breakfast will be served. There is no charge for this symposium but registration is necessary. Please call Dina Olivieri at 631-444-8167 to register or for more information.
Submitted by: Dina Olivieri/HSC
2. Department of Physiology and Biophysics Seminar
Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at 12 noon
"G Protein-Mediated Regulation of Calcium Channel Complexes"
Dr. Maria Diverse-Pierluissi, Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
Place: Basic Science Tower, T-5, Room 140
Host: Dr. Suzanne Scarlata
http://www.pnb.sunysb.edu/
Submitted by: Robin Green/UHMC
06. Charitable
1. 3rd Annual Cody Walk - Sunday, April 27
We're making great strides... so can you. For more information and to register on-line vist the Cody Center website.
http://www.codycenter.org
Submitted by: Lisa-Beth Platania/HSC
2. Lacrosse for Autism benefiting the Cody Center - April 22, at 7:00pm at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
The Lacrosse for Autism match is scheduled between SBU Seawolves vs. Hofstra University Pride. Tickets and event information are available on www.lax4autism.com, and at Stony Brook Athletics Ticket office. For more information visit the Cody Center website.
http://www.lax4autism.com
Submitted by: Lisa-Beth Platania/HSC
3. EarthStock 2008:Volunteers Needed
EarthStock 2008 is looking for faculty, staff, and student volunteers to help out at the university’s annual and award winning celebration of Earth day. the culmination celebration on Friday, April 18 is a fun day of music, dance, and education about becoming better stewards of the Earth and living sustainability. We need help with setting up and breaking down tables, booths, equipment, etc., and for miscellaneous tasks throughout the day. Shifts are two hours long, starting at 8:00 am and ending at 5:00 pm.
To sign up and for more details about this opportunity, please visit:
http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/earthstock/volunteers.shtml
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A free t-shirt and lunch will be provided for those who sign-up in advance.
http://http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/earthstock/volunteers.shtml
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Submitted by: Jeffrey Barnett/Prov
4. Golf Outing to benefit Habitat for Humanity
Join us on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at the Hamlet Willow Creek in Mt. Sinai, NY as we honor Stony Brook University President Shirley Strum Kenny. Choose from two tee times, 7:30 am and 12:30 pm. For registration and sponsorship information contact Catherine.Horgan@stonybrook.edu
Submitted by: Catherine Horgan/HSC
07. Culture & Entertainment
1. Sicilian Crossings to America and the Derived Communities
From 1892 to 1924, masses of Sicilians left their homes, made the difficult journey across the Atlantic, and passed through Ellis Island to the New World.
This moving exhibit sheds light on their emigration experience through rare photographs and compelling narrative. One hundred and twenty panels depict the life the immigrants left behind, their arduous ocean crossings, and how they adjusted to their new lives in the United States.
Exhibit runs April 4 to April 13, 2008 at the Charles B. Wang Center.
Monday through Friday, noon to 4:00 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Sponsored by the Office of the President and the Center for Italian Studies.
For more information visit: www.stonybrook.edu
http://www.stonybrook.edu
Submitted by: Karen Keeley/UAff
2. Canada's Garnet Rogers, Songwriter and master guitarist, at The University Cafe Sunday May 4th 2 P.M.
Garnet Rogers has been called by Sing Out magazine "the greatest interpreter and vocalist performing on the contemporary folk scene."
The brother of Canada's legendary folksinger the late Stan Rogers, Garnet Rogers has established himself as an extraordinary performer with his brilliant songs, unsurpassed playing on a host of guitars, and over the top humor and lightning-quick wit.
His November, 2006 performance at The University Cafe resulted in numerous requests for this return visit.
Advance sale at a significant savings now on line without any service charge at www.universitycafe.org until May 1st. Information via e mail to SundayStreetWUSB@aol.com or by phone at 632-1093
Coming Saturday May 24th at 7:30 P.M - Bob Dylan's 67th Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Pat Wictor and Johnny Cuomo. Advance sale now at www.universitycafe.org
http://www.universitycafe.org
Submitted by: Charles Backfish/CAS
3. Seawolves 10K - April 13th
Seawolves 10K - April 13th This event benefits the Stony Brook University Swim Team P.A.W.S. campaign.
The Inaugural Seawolves 10k takes place on the campus of Stony Brook University. The course features a mix of flat and fast sections with some steady climbing and descents. The start and finish area of the 10k will be located in the Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium parking Lot. Maybe you'll catch a glimps of yourself on the Jumbo Tron. Following the Run will be a continental breakfast and the awards ceremony. All runners will receive a commerative t-shirt and goodie bag.
Date: April 13, 2008, Time: 8:00 AM
Individual by 4/1/08: $30.00
Individual by 4/13/08: $35.00
Awards:
Overall Male: Medal and $100.
Overall Female: Medal and $100.
Age Group: 1st - 3rd will received Medals. Age groups from 19 & Under to 75 & Over.
http://triandduit.com/webforms/tad_EventDetail.aspx?EventID=76
Submitted by: David Alexander/Pres
4. Israel at 60 Celebration Reception
THURSDAY, MAY 8th, 3:30 6:00 pm
Charles B. Wang Center Theatre Lobby
$36 General Admission/$100 Patron Seating
Sponsorship and Journal pricing at link below
Dr. Ruth Gruber, Humanitarian and Government Official will be speaking.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/hillel
Submitted by: Jill Zucker/Affl
5. The Cody Comedy Festival - May 14, 2008
To benefit the Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities at Stony Brook University.
Funny Bone Reception 5:30 to 8:00 pm at the Charles B. Wang Center, Tickets $150, includes admission to comedy show. Other sponsorship packages are available.
Comedy Show 8:30 to 10:30 pm at the Staller Center for the Arts, Tickets $25.
Please join us before the Comedy Show for a VIP sit-down dinner at the Wang Center. While enjoying this elegant pre-show event, an array of silent and live auction prizes will be on display for your bidding pleasure.
The Comedy Show features three of the best comedians on the comedy circuit:
Eddie Brill, Tom Cotter and Joe DeVito.
The Funny Bone Reception and the Comedy show are open to the public, please call 632.4466, or e-mail SBUH-HSC_Events@notes.cc.sunysb.edu. to purchase sponsorship packages or tickets.
Submitted by: Margaret Melzer/HSC
6. EarthStock 2008: Culminating Festival, 4/18/08
Stony Brook University celebrates its fifth annual EARTHSTOCK programming series culminating with the large, recognizable festival on the academic mall on Friday, April 18. Events features include:
Over 100 Educational Displays and Exhibitors, 10:00am-3:00pm
Music and dance on two stages, 11:30am-3:00pm
Rubber Duck Races down "stony brook," 2:30pm
Free Ice Cream Social, 2:45pm
Concert on the Staller Green, 3:00pm
Exhibition of Student Research, 6:30pm
Keynote/Provost Lecture, 7:30pm
Closing Concert, 9:30pm
www.stonybrook.edu/earthstock
Submitted by: Jeffrey Barnett/Prov
7. Department of Campus Recreation Annual Golf Tournament
The Department of Campus Recreation will be holding its' Annual Golf Tournament on Friday, May 2nd @ 12:00pm at the Heatherwood Golf Club in Centereach. Tournament begins at 12:00pm with a shotgun start. The tournament format is best ball, with team low gross, longest drive and closest to pin awards given out. It is open to all students, faculty, staff and alumni of the University. Each foursome will be allowed one guest player who is not affiliated with the university. Cost, which includes shotgun start, green fees, cart and lunch, is $68.00 per person for faculty/staff/graduate student/alumni/guest and $50.00 per person for undergraduate students.
The registration deadline is Monday, April 21, 2008.
For more information, please call 632-4145
http://studentaffairs.stonybrook.edu/rec/special_events.shtml
Submitted by: Marie Turchiano/CAS
8. Health Awareness Lecture: The Effective Indications of Acupuncture
By Dr. Yemeng Chen, L.Ac., FICAE, President, New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Vice-Chair, New York State Board for Acupuncture. Dr. Chen will discuss acupuncture efficacy in ancient literature, clinical experience, and recent research; a brief history of its origin in China; its mechanisms from the perspectives of Eastern philosophy and Western physiology; and his personal experience. Sponsored by BSPG.
Wednesday, April 9, 6:30 8:00 pm, Lecture Hall 1
http://www.sunysb.edu/wang
Submitted by: Jennifer Iacona/Pres
9. Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestThursday, April 10, 7:00 pm, Wang Center Theater
Incisive writer and performer Kristina Wong mixes sharp humor and psycology in this swear-to-god-not-autobiographical portrayal of the high incidence of anxiety, depression, and mental illness among Asian American women. Tangling, spinning, and mixing yarns, she asks: Which came first-the sky high suicides of Asian American women? The maddening world? And when the heck do we get to climax?
In collaboration with the Organization of Chinese Americans (Long Island and National), Allstate Foundation, and Asian American Center Bridge.
Reserve your tickets now they are going fast!!!
Tickets: $10.00 for students & seniors; $15.00 general admission; $25.00 V.I.P.
Thursday, April 10, 7:00 pm, Wang Center Theater
http://www.sunysb.edu/wang
Submitted by: Jennifer Iacona/Pres
10. Buddhism Study & Practice Group Workshop:The Four Sublime Abidings
April 12 The Venerable Dr. Sak Dhammadipa, director of the Cultural & Educational Center of Massachusetts Budhi Siksa Society, will give teaching and meditation instruction on the Four Sublime Abidings (cattaro brahmavihara) that accompany spiritual development: Loving kindness (metta), compassion (karuna), sympathetic joy (mudita), and equanimity (upekkha). Sponsored by BSPG.
Please arrive early and bring your meditation cushion.
FREE FOR STUDENTS
$20 teacher's donation suggested for non-students
To register, contact Sheila asriversflow@yahoo.com
Saturday, April 12, 9:00 am2:30 pm, Wang Center, Room 301
http://www.sunysb.edu/wang
Submitted by: Jennifer Iacona/Pres
11. Pratima: Reflection: Nrityagram Dance Ensemble
Direct from India, the world-renowned Nrityagram Dance Ensemble performs their new piece "Pratima: Reflection." This stunning ensemble of dancers transports viewers to enchanted worlds of spirituality with the sensuous flow of Odissi, the oldest of India's classical dance forms. Co-sponsored with the Center for India Studies and India Focus Group.
Tickets going fast!
Tickets: $10 for students and seniors; $15 for general admission; $25 VIP
Sunday, April 13, 6:00 pm, Wang Theater
ALSO:
Odissi Dance Workshop, Monday, April 14, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Free with purchase of concert ticket, otherwise $10.00 for all.
http://www.sunysb.edu/wang
Submitted by: Jennifer Iacona/Pres
12. April 1517Who is Asia America? A Series of Performance Art Happenings
Through ritual and conceptual performances, human tableaus and sculptures, and live art the Wang Center comes alive with a plethora of performance art "happenings" that explore and explode the complexity, wealth, diversity, humor, and nuanced musings about Asian American identity, history, and cultures. Curated by Sunita S. Mukhi, Veronica Pena, and Jennifer Iacona.
http://www.sunysb.edu/wang
Submitted by: Jennifer Iacona/Pres
13. "Not Just for Kids" at Staller Center - The Tweaksters, Sunday, May 4 at 4pm. Tickets: $10 www.stallercenter.com
On the Main Stage at Staller Center. Fabulous feats of Physical Fun! Suitable for ages 5 and older. The Tweaksters transform the mundane into the magical with dance, music, juggling and acrobatics. www.stallercenter.com or 631-632-ARTS [2787].
http://stallercenter.com
Submitted by: Julie Greene/CAS
14. Career Women's Luncheon - April 10th
Please make checks payable for Career Women's Luncheon on April 10 to "FSA Agency Account 754" instead of Chartwells. The amount is $8.50.
Submitted by: Augusta Kuhn/CAS
15. Join us for Red Hot Revelry as we celebrate our 50 Anniversary!
Come celebrate with us on Wednesday, April 30 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm on the Academic Mall. Live performances by the bands Big Shot and All Star. Free food, music and many more surprises. Wear Red to show your Stony Brook spirit and pride.
Transportation from the hospital's parking garage departs at 3:45.
Submitted by: Karen Keeley/UAff
16. Catch our rising stars: a celebration of student work. SAC Gallery, April 3-18, Reception: April 16, 4-6 pm
Featuring work of 46 undergraduate artists. Exhibition Coordinator: Professor Nobuho Nagasawa, Art Dept. Sponsored by Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities (URECA) and featured as part of the SSK Student Arts Festival.
http://ws.cc.stonybrook.edu/sb/artsfest/index.shtml
Submitted by: Karen Kernan/Prov
08. For-Pay Workshops/Courses
1. Beaded Jewelry
Beginners and returnees welcome! Create your own unique beaded accessories. Learn about the different stringing materials, tools and findings for glass beading. Learn how professionals crimp and attach clasps for a pleasing aesthetic. Materials fee of $10 due instructor at class. Instructor: Kathleen O’Brien
SEC A; Saturday, 3/29, 11:00 am 2:00 pm
SEC B; Saturday, 4/12, 11:00 am 2:00 pm
$30/student, $40/non-student; Studio 081
For complete information or for a full copy of our spring 2008 course brochure please contact the Craft Center, Student Union Lower-Level room 049, 631-632-6822 or craftcenter@gmail.com
Submitted by: Jenny Labonte/GST
2. The Chautauqua 2008 Short Courses for College and University Faculty
After many years of support by the National Science Foundation, Professional Education Program-Outreach will continue its several years commitment to the Chautauqua Short Courses. This nation-wide faculty development program in natural sciences, social sciences, engineering, and mathematics will operate independently on a fee basis this year and will offer eight courses. Three courses will be held at Stony Brook’s main campus on Long Island, three at Stony Brook’s mid-town Manhattan site, one in Washington D.C., and one in Beijing, China. Enrollment is limited to 24 participants only . Doctoral students planning to teach in colleges and universities are eligible to participate.
Please log on to
http://ws.cc.stonybrook.edu/ceie/chautauqua/
for course description, schedule and registration. For questions, contact Patricia Dixon at: PADixon@notes.cc.sunysb.edu or at (631) 632-7696.
Submitted by: Patricia Dixon/Prov
3. Macromedia Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver is the industry-standard website development software, supporting sophisticated functions such as JavaScript, Dynamic HTML, and CSS. This course will cover topics such as basic page creation, layout tables, frames v. no frames, how to edit HTML, internal FTP capabilities, templates, and how to manage workflow. Prerequisite: Introduction to Windows or the basic computing skills as described to our self-test.
Required Text: Macromedia Dreamweaver MX for Windows and Macintosh: A Visual Quickstart Guide by J. Tarin Towers, Cost of text is not included in the course fee. Students must bring textbook to the first class meeting.
Section A: Monday, 6:00-9:00 pm, April 21 & 28; May 5, 12 & 19; June 2, 9, 16 & 23, 2008.
10% discount University employees and students, CSEA LEAP Vouchers accepted
For more information visit our website at www.stonybrook.edu/spd/computer or call 632-7022
Submitted by: Amy Margolies/Prov
4. ToastMasters - Public Speaking Forum
Do you feel that your public speaking skills could use improvement?
Are you getting nervous about an important presentation?
Since 1924, Toastmasters International has helped millions of men and women become more confident in front of an audience. While at work, school or with friends you may not want to take a chance on trying to be humorous or to speak on an unknown topic. Here at Toastmasters we thrive on taking chances. Our club consisting of 15-20 members and its learn-by-doing program are sure to help you become a better speaker and leader.
Join us every 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month. Please come and check out our next meeting on Thursday, April 10th in the Pathology Classroom (BST, 9-145) at 7:15pm.
Should you have any questions please contact Brian Cohen at brianfincon@optonline.net, and 631-255-3581 or check out our website for more details.
http://nbtoastmasters.freetoasthost.us
Submitted by: Katarzyna Sawicka/GST
09. Research
1. Healthy overweight women Between the ages of 31 and 40
Are invited to participate in a research project
Participation involves a 36-hour visit to the Stony Brook General Clinical Research Center for sleep studies and other tests.
COMPENSATION UP TO $650
Please call our office at Stony Brook University Medical Center to learn more about this study: 631-632-3050
Submitted by: Diane Ruenes/UHMC
2. Brookhaven National LaboratoryRelationship Conflict Study
Brain Imaging and Medical Research
Male Participants Needed
Must be 18-50 years old, in good health, and currently married or cohabitating.
Confidentiality maintained. Transportation provided.
Call to see if you qualify
Patricia A. Woicik, Ph.D., Neuropsychoimaging Group, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Bldg 490, Upton, NY 11973-5000, (631) 344-4472
Submitted by: Diane Ruenes/UHMC
3. 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
4. Study of HIV+/AIDS and Chromium Picolinate
The General Clinical Research Center at Stony Brook University Hospital is seeking volunteers 18 years of age and older with a diagnosis of HIV+ or AIDS to research the effectiveness of Chromium Picolinate in the treatment of complications of current HIV therapy including insulin resistance, (leading to Diabetes) and possibly body fat distribution (HIV Lipodystrophy). Volunteers are offered compensation up to $1,700 plus transportation expenses.
Submitted by: Diane Ruenes/UHMC
5. 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
6. Effect of Pioglitazone on the course of new onset Type I Diabetes
Effect of Pioglitazone on the course of new onset Type I Diabetes Looking for Children and Adolescents Between 6 and 18 Years of Age, With a Recent Diagnosis of Type I Diabetes to Participate in a six (6) month study to see if Pioglitazone can reduce insulin requirements 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. Crack or cocaine problems?
Brookhaven National Laboratory
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
10. Miscellaneous
1. Watch Found
Found - women's wrist watch (silver, bracelet-style band), Tuesday 02/05/08, 8:20 AM on the fountain plaza (between Admin. and Library). Contact Ann Ozelis, Provost's office, x2-7012.
Submitted by: W Lindquist/Prov
2. French classes and exam preparations for elementary and middle school students in StonyBrook University ($15 per 45 minute class)
SchoolPlus offers intermediate and advanced classes in French language, preparation to the Regents exams, Second language Proficiency Exams and AP, by native speaker, professional teacher.
Also English and Russian languages; Mathematics -8 levels ages 5-15, Physics -2 levels ages 10-15, Art ages 5-10 and enrichment program for 3-4 years olds. Classes held on Sundays at Stony Brook University.
Teachers include the leading specialists from Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Lab.
The tuition is $15/45 minute class
New session will begin on March 30, 2008
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. Camp Academies at Stony Brook 632-4550
We now offer Camp Academies for children entering Kindergarten though grade 11 in the Fall 2008. Our special Camp Academies are designed to satisfy our campers with an interest in Art, Chess, Chess/Medical, Computers, GBA - Video Game Builders Level 1 and 2, Athletic/Medical, Acting, Sciences and Reading. These programs will run for one-week intervals during the summer. The camper will receive instructional activities relating to his or her chosen topic. A hot lunch and snack will also be provided. Call for our brochure or visit our website.
Open Houses are all located in the Sports Complex on Saturday mornings from 9AM to 12PM, for the following dates: March 15th, April 12th, May 17th, 2008.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/summercamps
Submitted by: Janice Maggio/Pres
4. Estee Lauder Special Invitation Warehouse Sale
Estee Lauder Special Invitation Warehouse Sale on May 24.
Contact Mary Gallino for tickets: MaryGallino@sunysb.edu
Submitted by: Augusta Kuhn/CAS
5. EarthStock 2008: Take the Green pledge!
Make a promise to yourself, your future and to humanity to help reduce waste and energy in helping to create a sustainable future. Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to make an enduring commitment to reduce their environmental footprint and formally commit to a lifetime of environmental awareness by taking the green pledge online.
https://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/OSA/earthstockforms.nsf/signup
Submitted by: Jeffrey Barnett/Prov
6. 1st Clinical Laboratory Sciences Expo
The Clinical Laboratory Sciences Department of Stony Brook University is hosting the 1st annual Lab Expo on May 2, 2008 from 11 AM to 4PM in the Wang Center Theater Lobby. There will be job recruiters, lab vendors, guest lecturers, student research poster presentations and the opportunity to earn free continuing education credits. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information call 631-444-3925.
Submitted by: Patricia Gonzales/HSC
7. Campus Child Care Available
Stony Brook Child Care is now accepting applications for children 2 months through 5 years old. NAEYC accredited Center with caring, professional early childhood teachers, low child-to-teacher ratio and a sliding fee scale. Call 632-6930 for more information and to arrange a tour. Visit our website at www.sunysb.edu/childcare.
Submitted by: Patricia Birbiglia/Affl