FACULTY / STAFF / FRIENDS NEWSLETTER VOLUME 7 NO. 11 FEBRUARY 2, 2000

Join Us for Stony President's Brook Day in Stony Brook Patents Lecture Series Albany on Feb. 8 Generate $10 Million "The Art of Tuesday, February 8 has been desig­ tony Brook generated more than $10 million in royalties from inven­ Keith Morrison: nated as Stony Brook Day in Albany, tions licensed to industry in 1998, placing it 12th among U.S. colleges and the University would like as Decade of the and universities. The finding from a nationwide survey has been pub­ many of the faculty, staff, and stu­ S Nineties" lished in The Chronicle of Higher Education, the weekly publication that dents as possible to join the President, tracks issues, trends, and developments in academic circles. Provost, and Deans to make our case The University's total was higher than that of such other renowned Keith A. Morrison to legislators. institutions as Harvard ($8.8 million), the University of Pennsylvania ($7.2 Renowned Jamaican-Born Listed below are the dates for million), the University of Michigan ($6.8 million), and Johns Hopkins the briefings, which will provide you Artist, Art Educator, Art ($5.5 million). The $10 million generated by Stony Brook represented the with everything you need to know vast majority of the $12.1 million in licensing revenue of the State Universi­ Curator, and Critic about the trip. One need only attend ty of New York. one session, but please notify Kathy "Stony Brook has become a nationally recognized research university in Wednesday, Yunger either by e-mail or phone as many important respects," said President Shirley Strum Kenny. "We are to which one you will be able to February 16, 2000 proud to play a leadership role in the application of science and engineering attend ([email protected] or 12:40 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. technologies for important advancements in medicine and other uses. The 632-6129): ' royalty funds are reinvested in the research engine that produced these dis­ Student Activities Center Wednesday, 2/2, 12:30 p.m., Stu­ coveries, a critical supplement to the State resources to keep New York at Auditorium dent Activities Center, Room 304 the forefront." Two inventions developed at Stony Brook accounted for nearly all of its Thursday, 2/3, 4:30 p.m., Student royalties from licensing—ReoPro, the first drug ever developed by a SUNY Activities Center, Room 311 institution that was approved for sale by the FDA, is routinely used in coro­ Monday, 2/7, 10 a.m., Provost's nary artery angioplasties; and VolumePro volume visualization system, an $151,000! Conference Room advanced 3-D imaging tool, has applications for scientific, engineering, and Over the last few years, the Uni­ medical use. versity Administration and UUP have sponsored Stony Brook Day in $140,000 Albany. It has been an opportunity to let legislators know what is hap­ pening at the University, and to $120,000 encourage them to continue their Cody Gives $100,000 support for public higher education. $100,000 Last year two busloads from the Stony Brook community visited legis­ to Cancer Institute $80,000 lators to promote the University. It was an auspicious beginning! For the com­ ing year, the University would like to $60,000 increase our visibility in Albany. A strong showing will demon­ $40,000 strate in Albany how important the University is to the citizens of New ) York State, while at the same time $20,000 emphasizing our personal commit­ ment to Stony Brook. Buses will leave from the South P lot at 6 a.m. and will return by 8 p.m. Please e-mail either Aaron God­ frey or Janice Rohlf to let them know that you will be joining the group, and to reserve a place on the buses. Thanks for Giving! Year 2000 is upon us, and I'd like to i thank all of you who participated in Weather Alert the 1999/2000 Stony Brook Cares campaign. Together, we raised more When the weather outside is fright­ than $151,000 to benefit the various ful, employees want the latest news health and human service agencies on University closings/delayed open­ served by the State Employees Fed­ ings. Tuning to these radio and tele­ atthew Cody recently presented a check for $100,000 to the Can­ erated Appeal and the United Way. vision stations will keep you cer Institute of Long Island. The Cody family has also been a gen­ For those who have authorized a informed (some also post closings Merous supporter of the Resource Center for Autism and Develop­ payroll deduction as your method of info on their Web sites): mental Disabilities at University Hospital. Pictured above are (from left to donation, please take a moment to right); Martin Terrell, Associate Vice President for Advancement; Matthew review your paycheck or stub to Radio: WUSB 90.1 FM • Cody; Dr. Norman Edelman, Vice President of the Health Sciences Center ensure that the appropriate deduc­ WBLI 106.1 FM • WKJY98.3 FM and Dean of the School of Medicine; and Dr. Craig Malbon, Vice Dean for tions are being taken. For questions WCBS 880 AM • WCBS 880 AM Scientific Affairs. about payroll deduction contribu­ WALK 97.5 FM. Online, go to tions, please contact Human www.WALKRADIO.com University Hospital to Hold Celebration Resource Services at 632-6156 WHLI 1100 AM, 740 AM in Honor of 20-year Employees on February 18 (State) or 632-9314 (Research). WCBS 880 AM University Hospital will celebrate its 20-year employees on the 20th anniver­ Thank you again for making WOR 710 AM. Online, go to sary of the hospital. There will be a dinner dance on February 18 at the West Stony Brook Cares a huge success. www.wor710.com, go to "School" Lake Inn in Patchogue to recognize the approximately 156 employees and to Gail Habicht, Chair button and follow prompts. kick off the anniversary year. 1999 Stony Brook Cares WINS 1010 AM. Online, go to For more information about the celebration, call Kathy Desposito at 444- Campaign www.101 Owins. com 2905, or Michael McPeck at 444-2390. Television: News 12 Long Island The Latest "Dirt" Science Program Helps SEAWOLVES on Geosciences CORNER • On December 8, more than 50 friends and associates of Jim Broyles Young Scholars Excel attended a farewell luncheon for Jim and his wife Sandy, on the occasion of their departure for the Pennsylva­ NY Liberty Star nia State University. Jim was roasted Voices Games by Gil Hanson, who hired him in 1986; Jim Lattimer; Don Weidner of Kym Hampton, starting center for the the Mineral Physics Institute; and WNBA's New York Liberty, has Bob Liebermann. signed on to be the color commentator for Stony Brook women's basketball • On December 10, the department this season. She will call eight games celebrated the graduation of nine on Stony Brook's radio station, undergraduate and six graduate stu­ WUSB 90.1 FM, during the 1999- dents at a ceremony in the Hanson 2000 schedule. She started her run at Seminar Room followed by a cham­ the annual Holiday Inn Express Tour­ pagne reception hosted by Barbara nament on December 27 when the Siemsen and Iris Roth. Seawolves beat (? CHECK) Bethune- • By vote of the Scientific Senate of Cookman. the American Museum of Natural Hampton will also take part in the History, Hanna Nekvasil has been Fleet Bank National Girls and Women appointed as Research Associate in in Sports Day Celebration hosted by the Division of Physical Sciences of the University at Stony Brook. On the Department of Earth and Plane­ February 4, she will be the guest tary Sciences of the AMNH. Professor Thomas Hemmick was one of 100 researchers who invited students into speaker at the Fleet Bank National their labs. Here he is pictured in the Physics department's Phenix Laboratory with Girls and Women in Sports Day Ban­ • Gil Hanson and his wife Janet are several high school students. quet held at the Port Jefferson Coun­ leaving on January 11 to spend a sab­ try Club beginning at 6:30 p.m. batical leave for seven months in The standout center for the New ach fall, the Science Outreach Program and the Center for Excellence Munster, Germany. York Liberty has led her team to the and Innovation in Education (CEIE) cosponsor the Student Research WNBA Championship Series twice in • Ben Vitale reports that alumni are Support Program. High school students from Nassau and Suffolk Coun­ beginning to participate in monthly E three seasons and has started every ties attend a series of four daylong workshops to learn how to do research in game for the Liberty during that span. Geosciences social event through the the biological sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, engineering, and the Three years ago, she guided the Liber­ "miracle of cyberspace." "The Espres­ social sciences. Several of the 16 Intel (formerly Westinghouse) Science Tal­ ty to the inaugural WNBA Champi­ so Social" has evolved to become a ent Search Competition students who did research this past year at Stony onship game on the strength of her popular departmental function. Gener­ Brook were involved with the program. team highs in points (13.5 ppg) and ally every four to six weeks, the facul­ This year, more than 1,800 high achieving high school students and their rebounds (13.5 rpg) during the post­ ty, staff, graduate students, undergrad­ teachers from 54 Long Island school districts participated in the Student season. This year, she was selected as uates, and invited guests gather togeth­ Research Support Program. As part of the daylong program, the students met a starter for the Eastern Conference in er in an informal setting to enjoy with over 100 Stony Brook faculty in their research labs. These students were the WNBA All-Star Game. espresso coffee, cookies, Italian music, given the opportunity to learn about the many facets of research from Stony Stony Brook is in the midst of its and casual conversation. This social Brook's research faculty. function, in conjunction with other first season of Division I competition. departmental events, help to maintain The Seawolves, after dropping their a sense of family and community. First three games, won eight straight to put together their longest winning streak since the 1988-89 season. As of Learn a Craft at press time, they had an 11-6 record. the Union Center The Union Crafts Center is pleased to announce its Spring program of courses and membership in basic arts and crafts, leisure, and wellness. Courses in Basic Photography, Beginners Pottery Making, Ceramics, Modern Pueblo Pottery, Pit Firing 0 Workshop, Floor Loom Weaving, and East Asian Brush Painting will begin in February. Leisure classes in Wine Appreci­ ation, Bartending, Defensive Dri­ ving, and Kayaking are also offered through the center. At the Eugene Weid- man Wellness Center, classes are offered in Kar- dio Kick Boxing, T'ai-Chi Ch'uan, Yoga, Full Body Law Firm Donates to Carol M. Baldwin Center Julie Szabo, #13, shoots during a game. Massage, Body Sculpting, and n the spirit of the past holiday season, Ruskin, Mosou, Evans & Faltischek, Step Aerobics. P.C. donated $1,000 to the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Care Center. The Mine- How do the Seawolves Spell Registration is necessary for ola law firm, one of the largest on Long Island, asked its more than 120 Offense? S - Z - A - B - O all classes. Call 632-6820 for a I employees for a Long Island charity to support, and the consensus was to assist Freshman guard Julie Szabo has brochure or for more information. in the research and treatment of breast cancer. At the ceremony above are (from sparked the Seawolves women's bas­ The Crafts Center also offers left to right) RME&F Co-Managing Partner Michael L. Faltischek; Theresa ketball team to a surprising 11-6 membership to people who like to LaRocca-Meyer, Administrative Director of the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Care record to this point in the season. She work on their own in the Center's Center; Barbara N. Grodd, Director of Development for the Cancer Institute of is now averaging 22.4 points per ceramics, weaving, or photography Long Island; and RME&F Co-Managing Partner Raymond A. Evans. game after a career-high 36-point per­ facilities. Like all Crafts Center formance versus Albany. It was activities, memberships are available Szabo's second 30-point or more to faculty, students, staff, and the The Task Force Web Site is Now live! effort, she drained 35 in a win over community. Marshall earlier this year. With that, Szabo now holds the second and third Find out more about the Five Year Plan Task Force on the Web best single-game scoring efforts in Take Your Child to a at http://notes,cc.sunysb. edu/Pres/presdocs. nsf school history, surpassed by only Basketball Game for Free! Katie Browngardt (38 points). Kids get in free with an adult on Mon­ There is still time to share your views on how to shape the next Szabo's talent has been recog­ day, February 14 when the Seawolves five years of Stony Brook's future, so please visit the site to learn nized by New York media. Recently, she hit the big time as she was the fea­ Men's basketball team plays Lafayette how you can get involved. at 7 p.m., Sports Complex. Adults with ture story in Newsday and the New kids pay half price for their tickets, too! York Times.

HAPPENINGS • 2 February 2, 2000 Quilts Tell Stories Art Gallery Presents at Union Gallery CALENDAR In celebration of the Year of Commu­ African Portraiture nity and Black History Month, the ART/MUSIC/THEATRE University and the Stony Brook he University Art Gallery is proud to present am exhibit entitled "Dis­ tinguished Identities Contemporary African Portraiture," which will be 2/6, Sunday. The Aulos Ensemble Union Art Gallery will present an Bach Children's Concert. A wonderful exhibition of African American Ton view until Saturday, March 4. The opening reception will be on Sat­ concert for the family. Recital Hall, Staller Quilts from February 8 through Feb­ urday, February 5, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., prior to the concert perfor­ Center. Tickets: $9. 3 p.m. mance by the South African music group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. ruary 23. The exhibition's reception 2/6, Sunday. The Aulos Ensemble with on Wednesday, February 9 will fea­ Africa has a rich history of portraiture, from emblematic images of kings Julianne Baird. A complete program dedi­ ture author Dr. Raymond G. Dobard, to memorial tributes of ancestors. Although contemporary artists have con­ cated to the music of J.S. Bach. Staller Cen­ who will present a lecture entitled tributed to this tradition, most exhibitions to date have tended to emphasize ter. Tickets: $23. 7 p.m. "Conviction and Creativity: The broad cultural themes in these artists' responses to their heritage. Portraiture, SEMINARS/LECTURES especially self-portraiture, is more commonly identified with Western tradition Threads of African American Quilts" 2/7, Monday. Employee Assistance Pro­ from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the gallery. and is not a genre usually associated with African art. However, much of con­ gram Workshops. Personality Self-Portrait, Several quilts by members of the temporary African art is about distinguishing identities—national, ethnic, and 11:30 a.m., HSC Level 3, CR 171. Call 632- New York Chapter of the Women of individual. This exhibition explores how African artists have represented the 6085 for more information. Color Quilters Network will be on individual in their work, from conscious presentations of self, to more enig­ 2/9, Wednesday. Community Women's display. The quilts of Myrah Brown matic representations that reflect the artists' interactions with and interpreta­ Health Lecture Series. Dr. Michael Lydic, M.D., discusses "Dealing with Pelvic Pain." Green and Didga McConnon are used tions of others. Barbara Frank, guest curator for the exhibition and organizer of the symposium, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art at Stony 7 p.m. Middle Country Public Library Cultur­ as a narrative medium, a voice to cel­ al Center, Selden, NY. To register, call 585- ebrate their heritage by combining Brook whose area of expertise is African art. 9393, ext. 4. The exhibition includes a broad range of media, from printmaking, pho­ needlework and cloth, African sym­ 2/10, Thursday. Vegetarian Luncheon bols, and imagery design that capture tography, painting and sculpture to digital imaging and performance video. and Health Discussion Group. From 11:30 life's joys and sorrows. Dr. Floris The artists represented are Bright Bimpong (Ghana), Fode Camara (Senegal), a.m. to 1:30 p.m., the Vegetarian Lunch and Cash, Assistant Professor of Africana Sokari Douglas Camp (Nigeria), Anonymous Chewa artists (Malawi), Steven Health Discussion Group will discuss "What Causes Diseases." A homemade, almost all- Studies, will share some of her family Cohen (South Africa), Acha Debala (Ethiopia), Groupe Bogolan Kasobane (Mali), dele jegede (Nigeria), Seydou Keita (Mali), William Kentridge (South organic vegetarian lunch will be served. Fee: quilts. $7. For more information, call 7514267. Africa), Khalid Kodi (Sudan), Babacar Lo (Senegal), Martel Mathley (Ghana), 2/10, Thursday. Department of Neuro­ biology and Behavior Lecture Series. Dr. Raju Metherate Ph.D., University of Califor­ nia at Irvine, discusses "Mechanisms of audi­ tory cortex development and function." 12 p.m., Room 038, Life Sciences Building. Call 632-8616 for more information. 2/10, Thursday. Department of Anes­ thesiology Lecture Series. Dr. Lee Fleish- er, "Perioperative Cost Containment: Safe and Effective?" 5 p.m. HSC, L-4, Room 071. 2/11, Friday. Department of Anesthesi­ ology Lecture Series. "Evidence Based Anesthesia: Management of the Cardiac Sample of a square from a slave quilt. Patient for Noncardiac Surgery." 5 p.m. HSC, D4, Room 071. Dr. Dobard, who is currently an 2/10, 2/17, 2/24, & 3/2. Parenting artist-in-residence, is an Art History Workshop. The Clark Infant Center will be Professor from Howard University holding parenting workshops from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. $20 for Stony Brook families; $30 and the author of Hidden in Plain for members of the community. Call 632- View: The Secret Story of Quilts and 6930 for more information. the Underground Railroad. This Fode Camara in his studio in Dakar, Senegal, in front of the painting "Image 2/14, Monday. Plant Sale. Plants are the book presents the theory that slaves perfect way to say "I Love You" on Valen­ Renversee," April 1999. Photo by Barbara E. Frank. created quilts coded with patterns to tine's Day. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Stony Brook help one another flee to freedom. Union Lobby. The Art Gallery is located in the Zwelethu Mthethwa (South Africa), Iba Ndiaye (Senegal), Nkainfon Pefura 2/17, Thursday. Bus Trip. The Center for Stony Brook Union, 2nd floor. Hours (Cameroon), Berni Searle (South Africa), Brent Stirton (South Africa), and Italian Studies is taking a bus trip to Manhat­ are 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday Minette Vari (South Africa). tan to view New York Historical Society's A symposium entitled "Self and Other: The Individual in Contemporary special exhibition, the Italians of New York: through Friday. Call 632-6820 for Five Centuries of Struggle and Achievement. more information. African Art" will be held on Wednesday, February 23 (12 p.m-4 p.m.) in the Includes a guided tour. $23 for bus and Recital Hall of the Staller Center. This event is free and open to the public. museum admission. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 632- The gallery is open to the public for all of the major events occurring at 7444 for more information. Baroque Concert the Staller Center throughout the month of February. It will also be open 2/24, Thursday. New Book Presentation. before the Main Stage appearance of the percussion and dance performance Professor Andrea Fedi will present the Cen­ on February 13 group West African Drummers on Sunday, February 20. These events, along ter for Italian Studies latest publication, Paolo with the exhibition and symposium, are part of the Staller Center's World Segneri: Un Classico della Tradizione Cris- On Sunday, February 13 at 3 p.m., tiana. 6 p.m., Room N4065, Melville Library. Baroque Sundays at Three Focus tribute to African and African American artists. For more information, Lecture will be in Italian. will present a first in its pro­ please call 632-7240. gramming: music of the high classics per­ formed in superb fashion on origi­ nal instruments, fortepiano, and Year 2000 Student-Commu­ HAPPENINGS classical violin. Amelia Roosevelt and Audrey Axinn, nity Wellness Leadership February 2, 2000 Volume 7, No. 11 two distinguished American musi­ Assistant Vice President cians who studied and lived in Hol­ for Communications: land and Germany, will present a Symposium Set for Feb 15 Yvette St. Jacques concert of violin and piano sonatas he School of Social Welfare's Student-Community Development Pro­ by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lud- gram and the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs will host Director of Creative Services: wig van Beethoven, Carl Maria von Tthe Year 2000 Student-Community Leadership Symposium on Tuesday, Joan Dickinson Weber, and others. February 15 at 1 p.m. in the Student Activities Center. This year's symposium, Editor: Shelley Colwell Roosevelt, born in New York, entitled "Increased Violence: Implications for the Education Community," will Writers: Pat Calabria, Shelley received her DMA degree from Stony focus on elementary through higher education. The entire campus is invited to Colwell Brook and also studied in Amsterdam attend and participate in the event. at the Sweelinck Conservatorium. Panel speakers include Dr. William E. Kirwan, President, The Ohio State Stony Brook Happenings is published biweekly dur­ Axinn studied at the Manhattan University; Dr. Marie McDemmond, President, Norfolk State University; and ing the academic year by the Office of Communica­ School of Music, the Curtis Institute tions, 144 Administration, State University at Dr. Gordana Rabrenovic, Associate Director of the Brudnick Center on Vio­ Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-0605. of Music, and holds a DMA degree lence and Social Conflict, Northeastern University. Requests to include items should be submitted at from the Juilliard School of Music, Now in its fifth year, the symposium is dedicated to promoting and sus­ least two weeks prior to print date. Phone: 631- where she is now on the faculty. 632-6334. Fax: 631-632-6313. Reprint taining a university community that nurtures both individual and group devel­ permission on request. © 2000. Admission to the performance is opment consistent with out notion of a learning community. In addition to free, though a small goodwill offering Stony Brook faculty, staff, and students, the event attracts a broad audience of The State University at Stony Brook is an is requested to offset concert expenses high school administrators and guidance counselors from across the region. affirmative action/equal opportunity educator and and employer. This publication is available in promote early music at Stony Over 300 people attended last year's symposium. alternative format on request. Brook. For more information, call the Music department at 632-7330.

February 2, 2000 3 • HAPPENINGS Black History Month • February 2000

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 My Future. Health professionals will discuss Art Exhibition: Distinguished Identities - their careers and provide helpful information Contemporary African Portraitures. The on admission about health professional University Art Gallery will show this exhibi­ schools. This program is especially designed tion. All are invited to attend the symposium for undergraduate students and others who titled "Self and Other: The Individual in Con­ are thinking about careers in medicine and temporary African Art," 12 p.m. - 4 p.m., science. 12:40 p.m. - 2 p.m., Health Sciences Staller Center Recital Hall. Exhibition runs Center, Lecture Hall 6. For more information, Each call Dr. A1Jordan at 444-2341. through March 4. 12 p.m. - 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., Satur­ day. University Art Gallery. For more infor­ Symposium - Self and Other: The Indi­ mation, call 632-7240. One vidual in Contemporary African Art. All are invited to attend this special symposium WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 that will focus on the art exhibit titled "Distin­ Black History Month Opening Ceremony. Teach guished Identities - Contemporary African Come celebrate Black History Month and the Portraiture." 12 p.m. - 4 p.m., Staller Center Year of Community. Featuring remarks, ren­ Recital Hall. For more information, contact ditions by the Stony Brook Gospel Choir, and One the University Art Gallery at 632-7240. more! All are invited. 12:40 p.m., Student Activities Center Auditorium. Lecture: Goin' Up: Duke Ellington's Sig­ nificance on Hollywood. Krin Gabbard, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3 Professor and Chair of the Department of Theatrical Performance: The Photo Comparative Literature, will present a fasci­ Album. This "play" is a theatrical pictorial 2000 Stars for Stony Brook: A Quilt Project nating discussion which will examine the (slide) which chronicles Black history within famed-bandleader's influence on the 1943 Celebrating Stony Brook's Year of Community the context of a traditional play. Written and film, Cabin in the Sky, and the 1961 film Paris coordinated by Rhonda Robbins, Department Black History Month symbolizes a spirit of unity, self-determination, and a cooperative spirit Blues. 7 p.m., Javits Room, Melville Library. of Theatre Arts/Dramaturgy, 632-7300. Play that contributes to bringing all people together for a common purpose. In this, the Year of runs through February 5. Suggested dona­ Community at Stony Brook, the Black History Month Planning Committee announces the FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25 tion: $3. 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Cabaret Theatre at Year of Community Quilting Project. Instructions on how to quilt will be given. All people The Long Island Voices Gospel Choir: The Spot. who are interested in this project should plan to attend this meeting. 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Celebrating the Year of Community Room 302 Student Activities Center. A meeting will also be held on Tuesday, February 29, (under the direction of Mary Sharpe). An SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. in Room 302 Student Activities Center. For more information, contact, evening of outstanding gospel music by the Ladysmith Black Mambazo. A delightful Melissa Bishop, Quilt Project Coordinator, at 632-9893, or Dr. A1Jordan at 444-2341. award-winning choir! Free admission. Recep­ evening with this 10-member Grammy tion immediately follows the concert. 7:30 Award-winning a cappella choir! Tickets are Job Fair with 30 companies, cultural attrac­ icans on Long Island. 12:30 p.m., University p.m., Student Activities Center Auditorium. $26 general public, $13 for USB students. tions, and keynote speaker Dr. Calvin Butts, Bookstore, Melville Library For more information, contact Dr. A1 Jordan Discounts for seniors, faculty, and children President of SUNY Westbury. Designed to at 444-2341. under 12 years. 8:00 p.m., Staller Center for give students an opportunity to obtain infor­ President's Lecture Series Celebrating the Arts Center. For more information, call mation from positive African Americans in Diversity: The Art of Keith Morrison: WUSB FM RADIO PROGRAMS the Box Office at 632-ARTS. business, social services, education, politics, Decade of the Nineties. An exploration of Tune into WUSB 90.1 FM to experience the MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7 etc. Display tables will be set up for represen­ three basic ideas in Keith Morrison's paint­ tatives from various organizations to meet ings and prints: urban American pathology, following special Black History Month pro­ Interview Skills & Resume Writing Stony Brook students. Open to the campus American mythology, and landscape fantasies. grams. For further information, contact Workshop. Sharpen your skills during this community. 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., Student Activi­ The campus community is invited to experi­ David Klein, WUSB FM Radio, at 632-6501. workshop that will be conducted by the ties Center Lobby and Auditorium. For more ence this enriching program. 12:40 p.m. - 2:10 Career Placement Center and will include information, contact the Black Expo Commit­ p.m., Student Activities Center Auditorium. 2/4, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m., Lady Gets the active participation and hands-on experience tee at 632-6460. For more information, contact George Meyer, Blues, celebrating women of the blues. in interviewing. Students also will receive Office of the President, at 632-6270. 2/4, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m., Bob Marley Day, assistance in writing their resumes. Spon­ Conviction and Creativity - The Threads about the artist and his music. sored by the Black Expo Committee and the of African American Quilts. Dr. Raymond Economics in Our Society. Stony Brook's 2/6, 7 a.m. - 9 a.m., Shades of Blue: Career Placement Center. 8 p.m., Room 236 Doubard, author of Hidden in Plain View: Jeem Chapter of Malik Sigma Psi Fraternity, Chicago, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Stony Brook Union. For more information, The Secret Stories of Quilts and the Under­ Inc. will sponsor a discussion about the Jimmy Reed, etc. contact the Black Expo Committee, c/o Stu­ ground Railroad, will give a fascinating dis­ impact of economics on African Americans. 8 2/6, 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Pharaoh dent Polity Association, 202 Student Activi­ cussion about the historical and cultural sig­ p.m., location to be announced. For more Sanders, Second tenorman in John ties Center, 632-6460. nificance of quilts made in America during information, contact Malik Sigma Psi Frater­ Coltrane's quartet. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 the Slave Era. 5 p.m. - 7 p.m., Stony Brook nity at 632-2138. 2/10, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m., The African Union Art Gallery. For more information, Art Exhibition: A Community of African THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Beat, returning to the modern grooves and contact Marcia Wiener at 632-6822. roots of African beat. American Quilters: The Narrative. A How Title IX Changed Women's Sports. 2/11, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m., Male Harmoni­ showing of beautiful quilts made by the FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Trish Roberts, Stony Brook Women's Basket­ ca Players, male harmonica players of the members of the New York Chapter of the African Heritage Month: A Diaspora of ball Coach and Olympic Silver Medalist, will blues. Women of Color and Historical Quilts organi­ Color. During the day, come shop at our speak about the trajectory of women's sports 2/11, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m., Marcus Garvey: zation. Art exhibit runs through February 23. Bazaar, featuring vendors from different cul­ over the past two decades. You will not want Words and Music, the words of the late Don't miss Conviction and Creativity - tures. In the evening, enjoy our festive cele­ to miss this exciting and informative presen­ The Threads of African American Quilts, Black nationalist set to music from Jamaica, bration, which starts at 6 p.m. and includes tation. 12:15 p.m., Peace Studies Center, 118 his birthplace. a special presentation by Dr. Raymond dinner and a performance by CINQUE, and Old Chemistry Building. For more informa­ 2/13, 7 a.m. - 9 a.m., Shades of Blue: Doubard, author of Hidden in Plain View: African dance troupe. Then, dance the night tion, contact the Women's Studies Program The Big Easy, great piano players from The Secret Stories of Quilts and the Under­ away, as you celebrate of the Diaspora of at 632-9176. New Orleans. ground Railroad, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m., Wednesday, Color! 6 p.m. - 10 p.m., Health Sciences Cen­ 2/13, 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Wynton February 9 at the Stony Brook Union Art ter, Gallery, Level 3. For more information, Let the Healing Begin. This is an autobio­ Marsalis, featuring a sample from this Gallery. The Union Art Gallery is open from contact the Student National Medical Associ­ graphical HIV/AIDS awareness play written trumpet virtuoso. 12 p.m. to 4:00 p.m, Monday through Friday. ation at 751-5404. by Bernetta Vaughn. Many cast members For more information, contact Marcia also are HIV positive. The play explores how 2/18, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m., Two's Company: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Blues Duos, highlighting how wonderful it Wiener, Stony Brook Union Crafts Center, at HIV can devastate a person's life, and how at is when two blues greats work together. 632-6822. Catholic Campus Ministry Sunday Mass the same time, the Church can play a signifi­ featuring The USB Gospel Choir. Catholic cant role in healing the mind and the body. 2/20, 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Art Campus Ministry Sunday Mass will feature 7 p.m., Staller Center for the Arts. For more Ensemble of Chicago, the band that lives the motto 'Great Black Music: Ancient to The USB Gospel Choir. Refreshments will be information, contact Maxine Douglas- the Future." served. 5 p.m., Peace Studies Center, Old Zandieh, Office of Learning and Research Chemistry Building. For more information, Communities, at 632-4378. 2/20, 7 a.m. - 9 a.m., Shades of Blue: contact Sister Margaret Ann Landry, RSHM, The Lone Star State, Texas has a large Interfaith Center, at 632-6562. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20 blues presence. West African Drummers. The most revered 2/25, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m., Haile Selassie, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14 percussion orchestra in the world performs celebrating the spiritual father of reggae Black Faculty & Staff Association's Black for you! Tickets are $26 general public, $13 for music, Haile Selassie I. History Month Luncheon. Come join the USB students. Discounts for seniors, faculty, 2/27, 7 a.m. - 9 a.m., Shades of Blue: BFSA for "Soul Food" and some socializing. and children under 12 years. 7 p.m., Staller Beale Street Blues, from Memphis Min­ Meet this year's members of the Hall of Center for the Arts For more information, call nie to B.B. King. Fame. 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Health Sciences the Staller Center at 632-ARTS. 2/27, 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Anthony Center, Gallery, Level 3. For more informa­ Braxton with . . . , an investigation of tion, contact Dr. A1 Jordan, BFSA President, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Braxton's work with Chick Corea, Dave Hol­ at 444-2341. Justice Thurgood Marshall and Civil land, Max Roach, and others. Rights Legislation. Professor Sheryl TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 2/28, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., The Cashin, Professor of Law at Georgetown Uni­ Underground Railroad Story, songs that Preventing Youth and Gang Violence in versity Law School, will give a lecture about helped slaves to "freedom." African American Communities: A Pub­ the contributions of Thurgood Marshall to 2/28, 10 p.m.-3 a.m., A History of lic Health Perspective. Detective Wes Civil Rights legislation. 3 p.m. - 6 p.m., Hip-Hop, a documentary of the evolving Keith Morrison discusses his art on Daily (Suffolk County Police Department) Africana Studies Library, 2nd Floor Social & genre of Hip-Hop music. February 16,SAC Auditorium, 12:40 p.m. and Dr. A1 Jordan, consultants on youth vio­ Behavioral Sciences Building. For more Pre-Celebration and Countdown to Black lence, will discuss factors associated with information, contact Dr. Olufemi Vaughan, Expo 2000. Join the Black Expo Planning youth violence and present effective strate­ Africana Studies Department, 632-7470. Many Voices, Many Visions Committee as they celebrate with dance, a gies for violence prevention. 11:30 a.m. - One University variety of music, recitals, presentations, and 1 p.m., Health Sciences Center. For more Malcolm X Vigil. Join the Jeem Chapter of much more! 8 p.m. - 11 p.m., UNITI Cultural information, contact Dr. A1 Jordan, School of Malik Sigma Psi Fraternity as they honor the Center. For more information, contact the Medicine, at 444-2341. memory of the late Malcolm X. 8:00 p.m., Black Expo Committee at 632-6460. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 location to be announced. For more informa­ tion, contact Malik Sigma Psi Fraternity at ST#NY Black History on Long Island. Ted Harris WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 632-2138. of the Three Village Historical Society, and Black Expo/Career Development Expo WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23 2000. Expand your career opportunities at Bradley Harris, Smithtown historian, will give a presentation on the history of African Amer­ Health Careers Forum: Thinking About BR#«K this annual campus event that will feature a

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