FACULTY / STAFF / FRIENDS NEWSLETTER VOLUME 11 NO. 1 August 27, 2003

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Remembrance Save the Date and Hope Jim Fiore Named Director • Thursday, September 11 of Athletics The Stony Brook community will State of the come together to remember those im Fiore, a highly regarded University Address administrator at two Ivy League who were lost on September 11, institutions, has been named • 2001. This year's Commemoration J Director of Athletics at Stony Brook, Wednesday will be held on Thursday, becoming one of the youngest peo­ September 17 September 11, at 12:30 p.m. in the ple to hold that title at the NCAA 4:00 p.m. Student Activities Center (SAC) Division I level. The 35-year-old Reception Plaza. In case of rain, the program native of Long Beach began his new Immediately Following will be held in the SAC Auditorium. duties on August 13. • Friday, September 12 "We are delighted to have Jim Wang Center Theatre join us to build on the wonderful While September 11 is a solemn day • success we have already enjoyed in of reflection and remembrance, a Join President Kenny for athletics," said President Kenny. group of international and U.S. lead­ the University Convocation "He is an extraordinary man, and ers have designated September 12 as and introduction of a day of hope, celebration, and civic the right person at the right time for the job. From the moment we met, I Stony Brook's new participation. At Stony Brook, the faculty members. day will be marked with art, music, knew he was our guy." Fiore served as Senior Associate food, speakers, and workshops on Jim Fiore and President the relationships between democra­ Director of Athletics at Princeton Kenny cy and global interdependence. since 1999, and prior to that he was Assistant Director of Athletics at Lectures, artwork, and food sta­ Dartmouth since 1995. At Stony Brook he will be responsible for over­ T tions will be in SAC Ballroom A from seeing the University's 20 intercollegiate athletics programs. ALhh 12:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Workshops "I am looking forward to this tremendous opportunity and the chal­ will be held in SAC meeting rooms lenges we will face as we chart the course of success at Stony Brook," said Upcoming Events from 2:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Fiore. "Our core goal will be to make Stony Brook's outstanding combi­ nation of athletics and academics a shining example not only for the 2003-2004 Season Watch the September 10 issue of America East Conference but also for the entire country." An eclectic mix of music, dance, the­ Happenings for more details on During Fiore's tenure at Princeton, the university achieved unprece­ atre, art, and film will be featured at these two events. dented success on the field and in the classroom. He worked in all facets of Staller Center for the Arts this sea­ Princeton's internal and external operations, including overseeing the ath­ son. Mandy Patinkin opens the sea­ letic programming of all varsity sports and personnel matters such as coor­ son on October 11 with his interpre­ News from Stony dinating national searches, employment contracts, and employee perform­ tations of popular standards ranging ance appraisals. At Dartmouth he assisted with all aspects of the intercolle­ from Rodgers and Hart to Stephen Brook Manhattan giate operations of the University's comprehensive athletic program and Sondheim. Bela Fleck and the First Full-Time Master's Offered handled all duties related to NCAA ECAC, and Ivy League championships. Flecktones, Judy Collins, a Tribute This fall, Stony Brook will launch Fiore has been appointed to the NCAA Committee on Women's to Herbie Mann, and Peter its first full-time Master of Arts pro­ Athletics, the Executive Committee for the Intercollegiate Association of Schickele are some of the many grams at its Manhattan location: Amateur Athletes of America, and the ECAC Robbins Scholar-Athlete events that follow. the M.A. in Philosophy and the Award committee. He is the Chair of the Eastern Association of Rowing The Center will host a troupe of Arts and the M.A. in Philosophy Colleges (EARC) Executive Committee, a member of the Senior fiddlers known as Barrage and a and Race, Gender, and Ethnicity. Executive Committee of the Sport Management Institute, and is in the complement of jazz concerts that The two new M.A. programs will be process of certifying as a peer reviewer for NCAA athletic certification. include the Kenny Barron Quintet the first full-time degree programs with Stefon Harris, as well as Dan completely taught at Stony Brook Faulk and Friends with Steve Manhattan. Individual classes with­ Turre. The classics are covered in the programs will also be open to by the world-renowned Emerson non-degree students. Results of Major Breast String Quartet. The philosophy and the arts The season includes Don Quixote program will explore philosophical by the Ballet Nacional de Cuba and aspects of the fine arts (painting, Cancer Study Announced the Moscow Festival Ballet perform­ sculpture, music, dance, and instal­ n a study with national, wide-ranging implications, Stony Brook ance of Cinderella. For folk dance, lations) as well as architecture. It researchers report no indication that electromagnetic fields (EMF) Krasnoyarsk National Dance will also examine aspects of the art Iincrease the risk of breast cancer. "Our study found no scientific evi­ Company of Siberia sets the stan­ world that can be illuminated by dence linking residential EMF to breast cancer in Long Island women," dard. Aquila Theatre Company of philosophical analysis, such as said Dr. M. Cristina Leske, Distinguished Professor of Preventive New York/London will perform museum and exhibition culture and Medicine at the School of Medicine. The study is the most comprehensive Shakespeare's Othello. spectatorship. No other advanced conducted on the issue. Children's shows as part of the degree with a comparable empha­ Dr. Leske announced this important finding at a press conference held "Not Just for Kids" series include the sis exists in the metropolitan area. at the Health Sciences Center in June. The results were published in the Paper Bag Players, London Baroque The gender, race, and ethnicity July 1 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. The $2.5 million, six- for Young Artists, Fred Garbo program will integrate interdiscipli­ year, "EMF and Breast Cancer on Long Island Study," was funded by the Inflatable Theatre Co., and the nary work and primary research National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Environmental Russian/American Kids Circus on with study of the most recent devel­ Health Sciences. Dr. Leske, a highly regarded scientist in large-scale, Stage. opment in both Anglo-American international research projects, was the Principal Investigator. The Chi Acrobats, Yamato and Continental philosophical tradi­ The investigation is the first breast cancer study in the eastern United Drummers of Japan, Israeli folk star tions as they focus on contempo­ States that actually measured power-frequency EMF in the homes, accord­ Chava Alberstein, and gospel leg­ rary debates in feminist theory, ing to Dr. Leske. "Its overall design and methods met rigorous standards for ends Sweet Honey in the Rock play race theory, ethnicity studies, and research, and participation in the study was high. We used the best available Staller this upcoming season. the intersection of these areas. methods to measure EMF and assessed exposure in multiple ways." For a brochure with a ticket Stony Brook Manhattan is locat­ The study was based on a comprehensive protocol that included inter­ order form, call 632-ARTS. The ed at 401 Park Avenue South (at views in participants' homes and spot measurements of magnetic fields Staller Box Office is open from 28th Street), second floor. For more with meters at the front door, bedroom, and the most frequented room, 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday information, call 632-7570 or go to as well as 24-hour measurements in two rooms and ground current through Saturday Tickets can also www.stonybrook. edu. continued on page 2 be ordered at www.stallercenter.com. Ph.D. Student Wins Reclining Air Chair Is IN MEMORIAM National Competition LEWIS COSER, former SUNY Ready for Roll-Out Distinguished Professor of he maxim, "Necessity is the mother of invention," has special Sociology, passed away in early meaning for senior mechanical engineering students Richard July. He was a prominent sociolo­ TFenwick and Greg Gunther. A wheelchair with special features that gist and a member of the circle of the two students designed under the tutelage of Professor John Kincaid postwar "New York intellectuals." will actually aid Fenwick's brother, Christopher, a 20-year-old man afflict­ Professor Coser taught at sever­ ed with cerebral palsy, as well as many other individuals with varying al universities, including the degrees of physical disability. University of Chicago and the The students' invention, a multifunctional wheelchair, is getting a boost University of California, Berkeley. from a high-profile Garden City patent law firm, Scully, Scott, Murphy, and He founded the sociology depart­ Presser, whose attorneys are shepherding it, pro bono, through the ardu­ ment at Brandeis University and ous patent application process, which could take several years. taught there for more than 15 years The students collaborated with the Heyward Foundation, formed by Jim before joining the Department of Heyward, a Stony Brook alumnus, who is a member of the High Technology Sociology at Stony Brook, where he Incubator on campus. Heyward's son is also physically disabled. remained until his retirement in The engineering students were partnered with business management 1987. Professor Coser wrote for a vari­ Wlodarcyzk (left) receives the results of students in this year-long project, which resulted in an elaborate market the U.S. Finals from Scott Wiltamuth, analysis and a projected product launch slated for June 2004. The outcome ety of political magazines, including one of the judges from Microsoft. is the Air Therapy Chair, designed to improve on existing wheelchairs by Politics, Partisan Review, and The preventing skin and tissue breakdown with air cell technology. Alternating Nation. He was a co-founder of Robert A. Wlodarcyzk, a Ph.D. Dissent magazine and served as a Computer Science student who air pressure over different areas of the body provides better circulation, which lessens cell and tissue damage, protecting the patient's health. co-editor for many years. Coser was also earned his B.S. at Stony Brook the author or editor of more than 18 in Computer Science and Physics, The chair, which reclines and tilts, is the only wheelchair its inventors are aware of that can potentially turn into a bed. A turn of a knob, like books, including the classics, Men was one of two winners in the U.S. of Ideas and Masters of Sociological Finals at the Microsoft Imagine those found on a SAAB or Volkswagen seat, drops the seat back. Harriman School business management students Timothy Haggerty Thought. He was President of the Cup competition. Society for the Study of Social The Imagine Cup is designed to and Ya-Chun Huang collaborated on the marketing plan. The students estimate that the air chair will sell for $4,000, well within the range of com­ Problems from 1967 to 1968, the energize the creativity and techni­ American Sociological Association cal sawy inherent in academic petitive though less adaptable models on the market. The prototype was developed for less than half the projected cost thanks to the generous in 1975, and the Eastern institutions throughout the world. Sociological Association in 1983. After reviewing an overwhelming donation of air cells, valued at $1,200, by Roho of Belleville, Illinois, the project's largest single contributor. number of submissions and nar­ DAVID B. FOSSAN, Professor of rowing the list to 12 finalists, a team , ^ J:. r Physics and Astronomy, passed of judges selected Wlodarczyk's | j —i - away at the end of July. He came to project as a winner based on inno­ Stony Brook in 1965 as one of the vation and creativity; implementa­ — early developers of the department. tion of Microsoft technologies and His area of specialty was nuclear Web services; social responsibility physics, and he was instrumental in and commercial value; and overall creating a nuclear physics program presentation. at Stony Brook that has been con­ Wlodarczyk's "Photo Album sistently ranked among the best in Web Service" solutions provide the country. users with advanced cataloging and Professor Fossan was known organizational capabilities. Users and respected by physicists can keep their, photos in a central throughout the world. His col­ location and make them accessible leagues knew him as a person dedi­ to others via the Web while manag­ cated to his field and his students. ing photos by creating categories He mentored more than 20 Ph.D. and making comments. students and numerous post-doctor­ "The main goal of this project al fellows, many of whom went on to was to address the problem of distinguished careers. In recogni­ users who want to do more with the tion of his outstanding research photos that they've just taken with career, last year he received the their digital camera," Wlodarczyk inaugural SUNY Chancellor's said. "This organization provides Greg Gunther (left) and Richard Fenwick (right) with Steven Fischman (center) attorney at Scully, Scott, Murphy, and Presser. Award for Excellence in Scholarship them with somewhat of a living and Creative Activities. database of their activities." This summer in Spain, DAVID LEWIN, Professor of Music Wlodarcyzk joined other regional Theory and Composition at Stony competition winners from around Brook from 1967 to 1980, passed the world to present their entries to University Art Gallery away at the end of June. While at a panel of judges. Prizes for the Stony Brook, Professor Lewin Imagine Cup total $50,000. served as Director of Graduate Exhibitors Win Awards Studies in Music. In that capacity, ine graduating art students were given special campus and com­ he was a key figure in designing Breast Cancer Study munity awards for works of art showcased in the "Senior Show the University's contract-based doc­ continued from page 1 N2003" exhibition at the University Art Gallery in the Staller Center toral program that is still one of the measurements. In addition, wiring at the end of the spring semester. most innovative in the country. maps were constructed of the Four of the campus-based awards were purchase prizes that will Professor Lewin left Stony power lines and overhead wiring become part of the University's collection and will be displayed in admin­ Brook to go to Yale and then went surrounding each home. To partici­ istrative offices on campus. The President's Purchase Award was given to on to teach at Harvard. He was one pate, women must have lived in Thilo Schuster for an untitled linoleum print produced. This year's of the premier music theorists of their Long Island homes for at least Provost's Purchase Award went to Ryan Costello for an untitled litho­ the late 20th century. 15 years prior to the study. There graph print. The Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences's Purchase were 1,161 women who participated Award was presented to Maxi Buchanan for "Meditation," a wood sculp­ in the EMF study, with a mean age ture, and the Campus Residences's Purchase Award was given to Victoria Library Borrowing of 59 years. Elfstrom-Bender for an untitled black and white photograph. Important Change in Policy The results are consistent with a Four Staller Center Awards for Excellence, which included comple­ Effective September 1, all West previous study also reported in the mentary passes to this year's Stony Brook Film Festival, were presented Campus libraries will initiate a new American Journal of Epidemiology to Sarah Doret for "Looking In," a series of black and white photographs; overdue fines limit for borrowing from a Seattle group. Co-authors Peter Jauquet for "Adam and Eve," a ceramic sculpture; Stelios Stylianou library material. Individuals will be from Stony Brook included Co- for an oil on canvas self-portrait; and Shi Ying Vicki Yang for "Want," a blocked from borrowing if they Principal Investigator Elinor Randi video installation. owe $15 or more in fines on their Schoenfeld, Erin O'Leary, Kevin Gallery North of East Setauket presented this year's Gallery North account. This will affect all borrow­ Henderson, Roger Grimson, and Virginia Fuller Award to Chris Vivas for an untitled pierced ceramic sculp­ ers. For more information regard­ Geoffrey Kabat. ture. This special award includes a monetary gift as well as an opportuni­ ing payment of bills, please go to For more information on elec­ ty to exhibit in a group show at Gallery North in 2004. www.sunysb. edu/library/circfine.htm. tromagnetic fields, contact the EMF The next exhibition at the University Art Gallery is "Faculty Show For questions on bills and Infoline of the U.S. National 2003," which opens Tuesday, September 16, and runs through billing information, contact Victor Institute of Occupational Safety and Wednesday, October 22. For more information, please call the Gallery at Santiago, Billing Supervisor, at Health at (800) 356-4674. 632-7240. 632-7115.

HAPPENINGS 4 2 Dr. Goldsteen Appointed Gomes Wins IN THE SPOTLIGHT Federal Position Qiaode Jeffrey Ge, Associate Director of MPH Program Carol Gomes, Director of Stony Professor of Mechanical Engin­ Brook University Hospital's aymond L. Goldsteen has been appointed Continuous Quality Improvement eering, has been appointed Asso­ Director of the Master in Public Health Department, has received a promi­ ciate Editor for the American (MPH) program, which is scheduled to be R nent federal appointment to the Society of Mechanical Engineers' launched in fall 2004. He will also direct the revi­ 2003 Board of Examiners for the Journal of Mechanical Design . . . talized Center for Health Policy and Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Lawrence Morin, Professor of Management, which will provide educational Award, the highest level of recogni­ Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, support and research opportunities for the MPH tion for performance excellence has accepted the invitation to serve program. that a U.S. organization can receive. as Chair of the Integrative, "We are extremely pleased to have Dr. As a Senior Examiner, Gomes is Functional, and Cognitive Neuro- Goldsteen join us," said Dr. Edelman, Vice responsible for reviewing and evalu­ science Study Section at the President of the Health Sciences Center and ating applications submitted for the National Institutes of Health. This Dean of the School of Medicine. "He has just the Dr- Goldsteen award. The board is made up of 400 prestigious acknowledgment of Dr. right qualifications to spearhead this important program and brings the leading experts selected from indus­ Morin's seniority and high regard ability to create a dynamic environment for students and researchers who try, professional and trade organiza­ in the field of cognitive neuro- will focus on a wide range of public health issues." tions, education and health care sciences will bring considerable vis­ The MPH program will be a collaborative effort among the five schools organizations, and government. ibility and honor to Stony Brook... of the Health Sciences Center and other critical components of the Joining Stony Brook University Norman Prusslin, Assistant University, including the Long Island Cancer Center, the General Clinical Hospital in 1985, Gomes has been Director of Student Union and Research Center, and the Centers for Molecular Medicine. In addition, involved in performance improve­ Activities (Media), Director of collaborations are being established with the departments of Economics, ment at the hospital since 1997. "I Media Minor, and General Psychology, and History; the Center for Environmental Science; and the am honored to be named to this Manager of WUSB-FM, has been Marine Sciences Research Center, to name a few. national panel of experts highlight­ elected to another one-year term "I am very happy to be a part of what so many at Stony Brook have ing worthwhile organizations for (2003-2004) as President of the been developing for a long while," Dr. Goldsteen said. "The approach to their excellence in performance," Intercollegiate Broadcasting System public health must be multidisciplinary if it is to meet the challenges of the she said. Inc. (IBS). The IBS is the nation's 21st century." Bruce Schroffel, Director and oldest and largest school/col­ Dr. Goldsteen expects the MPH program and the Center for Health CEO of Stony Brook University lege/university radio station mem­ Policy and Management to advance the field of public health, largely by Hospital, said, "We are very proud bership organization. In addition, playing a role in translating the groundbreaking work being done at Stony of Carol Gomes' achievements at WUSB-FM has been selected again Brook in the clinical and bench sciences. Important public health issues the hospital. It is wonderful to see as the host radio station for the that will benefit from the multidisciplinary approach relate to policy and her receive national recognition as March 2004 National College Radio allocation of health care resources that will address the question of how to a specialist in her field." Convention in New York City . . . provide the most efficient and effective health care. For more information about the Ventryce Thomas, R.N., M.S., Dr. Goldsteen also is a health policy researcher who specializes in the Baldrige National Quality Program, Associate Director in Nursing allocation of health care resources. He has written on topics dealing with visit www.quality.nist.gov. Administration, has been appointed questions relating to the fairness and effectiveness of allocation policies and JCAHO Facilitator (JCAHO is the the public's support of fair and effective allocation of health care resources. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations). She Dr. Jane Fox Heads has been with Stony Brook University Hospital for 14 years in a Save the Date for El Salvador variety of leadership posts and is • also Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing. She has a Homecoming 2003 profound commitment to quality patient care and all its complexities • and nuances. Saturday, October 18 Science and Art A day of food, football, and fun! Watch future issues Make a Connection for more details. Abid Patwa, a former Stony Brook Ph.D. student in the high-energy physics group, has part of his the­ Dr. Jane A. Fox, Clinical Assistant sis featured in an exhibit at the SBU Awarded $25K for Professor in the School of Nursing, Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). has been named a Fulbright "Signatures of the Invisible," on Scholar—the first one ever in display until August 31 at MOMA's Research Scholars Program health care appointed to work in El P.S.I Contemporary Art Gallery in he AT&T Foundation will donate $25,000 to Stony Brook for the Salvador. She will work with nurs­ Long Island City, is an exhibition Research Scholars Program at the College of Engineering and ing and medical school faculty of artistic responses to scientific TApplied Sciences. This successful initiative provides opportunities there to develop and train health phenomena. for talented high school students to conduct advanced research, through an care providers to meet the pediatric Patwa, now a research associate intensive summer session and academic year mentoring component, in the health care needs of the country. at Brookhaven National Labor­ laboratories of a major university under the tutelage of renowned scientists. The Fulbright Scholar Program atory, helped build the Forward Many of the students, because of their experience in the program, go is sponsored by the U.S. State Preshower (FPS), a particle track­ on to apply directly to Stony Brook, helping to keep some of these excep­ Department and offers grants for ing device that is now operating at tional students right here on Long Island. Approximately half of the college and university faculty and Fermi National Accelerator Research Scholars are female and up to one-third are from minority others to lecture and conduct Laboratory (Fermilab) in Illinois. groups, both of which are underrepresented in engineering and science. research around the world. Fox Representatives from Brookhaven "The Research Scholars Program for High School Students is a highly will spend between six months and National Lab, Fermilab, and the successful model of collaboration between higher education, public a year in El Salvador beginning in University of Illinois at Chicago also schools, and industry," said President Kenny. "The program is a door to a January 2004. collaborated on the project. An bright future, unlocking the potential of talented youth and benefiting El Salvador, with a population of exact representation of an FPS society through their research." 6.3 million, is one of the poorest wedge is now on display as part of The program is conducted at the Garcia Center for Polymers and nations in the Americas. It has a the MOMA exhibit. Engineered Interfaces, which is funded by the National Science per capita income of less than For more information on the Foundation (NSF). Dr. Miriam Rafailovich, Director of the Garcia Center, $1,000 a year, and one in five chil­ exhibit, call the Gallery at (718) has more than 20 years of experience as an educator in materials science dren die of malnutrition before the 784-2084 or visit www.psl.org. research, with nearly 150 scientific publications and articles to her credit. age of five. The country is still Founded in 1971, P.S.I She holds several patents that have helped to revolutionize the field and recovering from the effects of two Contemporary Art Center is one of has, in her decade at Stony Brook University, taught hundreds of public earthquakes that killed more than the largest and oldest art organiza­ school students through outreach programs such as Research Scholars. 1,000 people in 2001 and a 12-year tions in the country solely devoted Each year, Dr. Rafailovich and her staff recruit more than 30 local high civil war that ended in 1992. to contemporary art. Before arriv­ school sophomores or juniors to participate in the Research Scholar "I'm looking forward to this ing at MOMA, the exhibit was on Program. Every year, beginning in late June, Research Scholars work as challenge," said Fox. "El Salvador display at Atlantis Gallery, London; part of focused teams and are taught to make original contributions of is a nation in need of health care Tshinghua University, Beijing; interest to the scientific community. After students complete their summer resources and infrastructure and I Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome; projects, they can participate in the Mentor Program during the academic greatly appreciate the opportunity Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva; year to further their work. This component allows students to interact with being given to me by the Fulbright and Gulbenkian Gallery, Lisbon. companies that conduct collaborative research with the Garcia Center. Scholar program."

August 27, 2003 • 3 SBU Apartments SBU Scores at Corporate PROVOST'S Renamed LECTURE SERIES Challenge Race in July "Lyme Disease: A 20-Year The Division of Campus Stony Brook Story" Residences has announced that tony Brook had a great showing at the 18th annual JP Morgan the former Undergraduate Chase Corporate Challenge on Tuesday, July 29, placing first in the Apartments have been renamed SMixed Team category and fifth in the Female Team group. More West Apartments. Sometime dur­ than 8,000 runners competed along the 5K course at Jones Beach. ing the 2004-2005 academic year, Members of the first-place Mixed Team were Lisa Cupit, Samihda graduate students will also be Konkar, Tyson Smith, and Kim Splittorff. Melanie Charles, Jennifer housed there, and the term Fitzgibbons, Barbara Maione, and Laura Morrison made up the fifth- "Undergraduate" will no longer place Female Team. Both teams will be invited to the Championships in be an accurate reflection of the New York City on Saturday, October 4. population. Congratulations to all the other Stony Brook runners: Peter Baigent, Jorge Benach Lauren Beer, Mark Berbig, Mark Bosco, Frank Brown, Danielle Bruno, Professor and Director Shelley Catalano, Martin Catapano, Denise D'Ambrosia, Kristin Center for Infectious Diseases DAmbrosia, Judianne Davis, Lynn Davis, Eugene Deal, Ann Dechiaro, Stony Brook University Career Center Donna DeRosa, Christine Dornicik, Kerri Elorriaga, Jenny Fung, Katherine Garistina, Bill GiAngarra, Tracey Gillan, Carol Gizzi, Gary September 16, 4:00 p.m. Offers New Service Glassman, Anthony Green, James Hayward, Louise Hnetinka, Demi Ho, Level 3, Lecture Hall 6, HSC To improve service delivery to stu­ Wendy Ingoglia, Ellen Jouvet, Anne Kilarjian, Maureen Kotlas, Jodi Lamrioult, Lisa Layton, Lorraine Lenorowitz, Jean Lewis, Irene Macyk, dents and alumni, the Career "How the Sun Shines" Center is now recommending Jeanne Maguire, Michael McHale, Alison MacMillan, Carissa McMurray, Interfolio, the premier Web-based Tobi Monte, Thomas Nolan, Carter O'Brien, Erin O'Leary, Errol Orehek, credentials file management serv­ Cesar Ortega, Karen Pagozzi, Mary Ann Phelps, Victor Poon, Kenny ice. Online access to an electroni­ Roberts, Francine Ronan, Anita Santasier, Patricia Sarubbi, Frances Shaw, cally stored dossier file is replacing Mel Stamberg, Ginny Stuart, Carl Sukowski, Scott Sullivan, Dawn the Center's old paper system and Svoboda, David Taiclet, Jill Thornton, Debbie Tlockowski, Jackie provides great convenience and Vandemark, William Van Nostrand, Krishna Virgil, Andrew Wackett, accessibility. Accordingly, as of July Eugene Wesnofske, Carol Witkowski, Mary Worsley, Richard Young, and 1, 2003, the credentials service will Jacque Zwahlen. be offered through Interfolio Inc. John Bahcall Some of the benefits include 24- Institute for Advanced Study hour availability, quick turnaround School of Natural Sciences (Interfolio processes all delivery 10th Annual requests in one day), self-manage- Walk for Beauty...in a Beautiful Place September 18, 4:30 p.m. ment, flexibility, reasonable costs, Wang Center Theatre and customer service. Help support breast and prostate cancer research Career Center staff will contin­ at Stony Brook University Hospital. ue to provide counseling and guid­ • ance on how to obtain letters of ref­ Sunday, September 21 •iboh erence and prepare effective appli­ • mm cations. If you have any questions Registration: 8:30 a.m. about these changes in credentials Start of 6K Walk: 9:30 a.m. HAPPENINGS file management, please contact • August 27, 2003, Volume 11, No. 1 Jean Sullivan at 632-1297. For more information and to register, call 444-4393. Assistant Vice President Interfolio's benefits and terms of There is a $15 registration fee. for Communications: service are stated on their Web site To volunteer on the day of the walk, call 444-6400. Yvette St. Jacques at www.interfolio.com. Director of Editorial Services: Joanne Morici Editor: Lynne Roth Writers: Iva Benson, Pat Calabria, Habitat for Humanity Football Season Tickets Glenn Jochum, Lynne Roth Fundraiser Art Director: Karen Leibowitz Wednesday, October 8 Are Now on Sale Designer: Steve Ferris A golf outing to raise funds for tony Brook opens the 2003 season on Saturday, September 13, at Happenings is published biweekly during Habitat for Humanity will be held at 6:00 p.m. when the Seawolves host the Siena Saints at the Kenneth the academic year by the Office of the Mill Pond Golf Course in P. LaValle Stadium. There will be a fireworks display following the Communications, 144 Administration, S Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY Medford on Wednesday, October 8. game. You can get your season tickets by calling 632-WOLF or by visiting 11794-0605. Requests to include items Tickets are $140 and include the Seawolves football online at www.goseawolves.org. should be submitted at least two weeks green fee, cart, range balls, lunch, 2003 Seawolves Home Football Schedule prior to print date. Phone: (631) 6324217. BBQ dinner, prizes, and a raffle. Fax: (631) 632-6313. Reprint permission The event is open to faculty, Saturday, September 13 vs. Siena, 6:00 p.m. on request © 2003 staff, students, friends, and family. Saturday, September 20 vs. Wagner, 6:00 p.m. Stony Brook University is an affirmative action/ If you are interested, please contact Saturday, September 27 vs. Monmouth, 6:00 p.m. equal opportunity educator and employer. This pub­ lication is available in alternative format on request. Donna at [email protected] Saturday, October 18 vs. St. Francis, 4:00 p.m. or at 632-9003. Saturday, November 8 vs. Central Connecticut, 6:00 p.m.

CALENDAR August 28 to September 25

ART/MUSIC/THEATRE 9/5, Friday. Astronomy Open Night Jim for the University Convocation and introduc­ 9/12, Friday. Finding Nemo. Pixar Lattimer discusses "30 Years of Neutron Star tion of Stony Brook's new faculty members. Animation Studio continues to sizzle for 8/28, Thursday to 9/7, Sunday. Mergers." 7:30 p.m. Room 001, ESS Building. 4:00 p.m. Wang Center. Disney with this enchanting tale with Albert Asylum Theatre Company. This new Brooks as a clown fish and his forgetful com­ group of LI theatre professionals performs 9/10,9/17,9/24, Wednesday. Integrative 9/21, Sunday. Walk for Beauty. Help panion (Ellen Degeneres) searching for his Two Rooms by Lee Blessing. For more infor­ Asthma Care and Prevention. Participants support breast and prostate cancer research lost son. Fun for the whole family. 7:00 p.m. mation and reservations, call 632-4320. are examined and evaluated individually to at SBU Hospital. 6K/4K walk begins at 9:30 Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 8:00 p.m.; assess asthma severity and current treatment a.m.; registration at 8:30 a.m. To register, 9/12, Friday. L'Auberge Espagnole. A Sunday, 2:00 p.m. Staller Center, Theatre II. regimen. To register, call 444-9815. 4:30 call 444-4393. captivating comedy about a young Tickets: $12 general, $8 students/seniors. p.m.-6:30 p.m. 33 Research Way, Tech Park. Frenchman sharing an apartment with a multinational group of European students in 9/5, Friday to 9/26, Friday. "In the STALLER FILMS Ether." This art exhibit features the work of SPECIAL EVENTS Barcelona. In English, French, Spanish, Tickets: $5 general; $4 students, seniors, Danish, and Catalan with English subtitles. Brandon Anschultz. Closing Reception: 9/8, Monday. Research Golf Classic. and children 12 and under. For tickets and 9:15 p.m. 9/25, 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. SAC Gallery. The ninth annual tournament benefits the information, call 632-ARTS. All shows are on Neonatal Unit at Stony Brook University the Main Stage. 9/16, Tuesday to 10/22, Wednesday. Hospital. For more information and to sign 9/19, Friday. Tycoon. This compelling Faculty Show 2003. For information, call up, call 444-2899. Port Jefferson Country 9/5, Friday. Bend It like Beckham. An epic film, nicknamed "Russia's Godfather," 632-7240. University Art Gallery. Club at Harbor Hills. ethnic sports comedy in which the daughter is based on the notorious life of industrial of orthodox Sikhs is torn between Indian giant Boris Berezovsky and his dramatic 9/15, Monday. Women's Health and tradition and English penalty kicks. In rise to power. 7:00 p.m. Cancer. Associate Professor Dr. Eva Chalas SEMINARS/LECTURES English, Hindi, and Punjabi with English discusses "Ovarian and Other Gyn 9/4, 9/11, 9/18, 9/25, Thursday. subtitles. 7:00 p.m. 9/19, Friday. A Mighty Wind. In the tra­ Cancers." To pre-register, call (631) 924- dition of This is Spinal Tap (an aging heavy Cardiac Education Program. The series 6400. 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Longwood Public includes a variety of topics on heart disease. Library, Middle Island. 9/5, Friday. The Matrix Reloaded. This metal band), Waiting for Guffman (a small­ For more information and to pre-register, much-anticipated sequel to The Matrix stars town theater group), and Best in Show (the call 444-4393. 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. 14 9/17, Wednesday. State of the Keanu Reeves, Carrie Anne Moss, and Westminster Dog Show), this is a mocking Technology Drive, SB Technology Center. University Address. Join President Kenny Laurence Fishburne. 9:30 p.m. look at the world of folk music. 9:30 p.m.

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