Melville Library Author Series: Art Work: Women Artists and Democracy in Mid-Nineteenth-Century New York featuring April F. Masten, Associate Professor of History. Mary Hallock made what seems like an audacious move for a nineteenth-century young woman. She became an artist. She was not alone. Forced to become self-supporting by financial
Melville Library Author Series: The Great Equations: Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg featuring Robert P. Crease, Professor of Philosophy.Robert Crease tells the stories behind ten of the greatest equations in human history in The Great Equations. Was Nobel laureate Richard Feynman really joking when he called Maxwell’s electromagneticequations
Hotter than That: The Trumpet, Jazz, and American Culture featuring Krin Gabbard, Professor of Comparative Literature and English. Hotter Than That, the latest book by Krin Gabbard, Professor of Comparative Literature and English, is a cultural history of the trumpet from its origins in ancient Egypt to its role in
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 at 4 p.m. Javits Room (2nd floor of the Melville Library) Melville Library Author Series: Passport to Illness: Voyages In and Out of Medicine featuring Dr. Shetal Shah, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Stony Brook University Medical Center. Program: In fourteen distinct narratives, Dr.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2009 FROM 12:30 – 2 p.m. at the Charles B. Wang Center, Room 301 “Cooking from China’s Fujian Province” special lecture featuring food historian and scholar Dr. Jacqueline M. Newman. Reception follows with Fujianese food tasting. Fujian, a province in southeastern China, boasts a distinct culinary tradition
Thursday, October 2, 2008, Wang Center Theatre, 12:50-2:10 pm. 4-time Emmy Award winning independent filmmaker, Loni Ding, will discuss her latest documentary projects and her passion for social justice. Ding, who is a recipient of an honorary doctorate from SBU in 2002 for her pioneering work in Asian American film
The Charles B. Wang Center and Long Island Folding Enthusiasts (L.I.F.E.) are proud to sponsor the fourth annual summer origami festival. This year proves to be one of the most exciting, featuring an array of origami activities and exhibitions of both nationally renowned and local origami artists. The Origami Heaven
Richard Vetere will be on campus to visit classes and participate in a dedication ceremony for his archive to Stony Brook University Library’s Special Collections Department. His novel, The Third Miracle, will be available for purchase and book signing by the author. Coffee reception following ceremonies. Please join us on
