The University Libraries is very pleased to announce its first lecture of the fall 2022 STEM Speaker Series presented by Dr. Christopher Gobler, Endowed Chair of Coastal Ecology and Conservation and Professor from School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. Date: Monday, September 26, 2022 Time: 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: Special Collections Seminar
On October 19, 2021, Dr. Arianna Maffei presented the second lecture of the fall 2021 STEM speaker series at the University Libraries. Dr. Arianna Maffei discussed her recent work that she has been studying in the lab for the past 4 years regarding the taste system. The taste system is
SUNY ends “big deal” agreement with Elsevier, moves to reduced subscription package focused on core titles Following extensive negotiations, SUNY and Elsevier could not reach mutually acceptable terms on renewing our license to ScienceDirect. Rather than canceling access to all subscribed Elsevier ScienceDirect titles, however, the negotiating team worked to
Interested in word and graph embeddings? Spend an hour with our STEM speaker, Dr. Steven Skiena from the Department of Computer Science, to learn about “Representing Knowledge through Word and Graph Embeddings.” Date/Time: Tuesday, February 11 from 1pm-2pm Location: Special Collections Seminar Room, E2340, second floor of the Melville Library
On Tuesday, March 12, 2019, Dr. Amy Marschilok presented “Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems: Progress and Opportunities” in the Special Collections Seminar Room of the Melville Library. Dr. Marschilok discussed how human development and quality of life are directly related to clean energy access. She explained why batteries are complex
On February 19, 2019, Dr. Steven Glynn from the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology presented his intriguing research on ATP (adenosine triphosphate). In his talk, Dr. Glynn explained that the process of ATP being converted to ADP (adenosine diphosphate) provides ATP-fueled cell motors with the energy to power
Technical Reports from College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) are encouraged to deposit to the University Libraries’ repository, DSpace. The procedure for submitting a technical report to the University Libraries is as follows: 1. Contact Clara Tran, Head of Science and Engineering at (631) 632-1331 for the next
Interested in biological science? Spend an hour with our STEM speaker, Dr. Steven Glynn from the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, to learn about “How ATP-fueled Biological Motors Drive the Processes of Life.” Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 Time: 1-2 PM Location: Special Collections Seminar Room, E2340, second
Librarians Robert Tolliver and Laurel Scheinfeld welcomed students from Stony Brook University’s CSTEP Program. The students were taken on a tour of the Melville Library and were then provided with instruction on the use of library resources. The CSTEP Program aims to increase the numbers of underrepresented minority and income-eligible college
On May 1, Dr. Xiaojun Bi, from the Department of Computer Science, presented his innovative research on computational interaction for designing software user interfaces and interaction technology. From historical use of typewriters to modern day use of virtual keyboards, humans interact with different text input devices. As text entry
