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Inauguration Week, October 21 to 28, is planned as a multifaceted celebration of the University and its contributions to the region and the world. Focusing on the theme "Research, Education, Discovery," Inauguration Week will include academic symposia, musical performances, a football game, and special student activities.

Inauguration Day is Friday, October 23. See full schedule below.

Inauguration Week: October 21–28

Wednesday, October 21
Faculty Art Exhibit: Hybrid Geographies
Student Activities Center (SAC) Art Gallery
Tuesday, 2:30 pm to 7:00 pm; Wednesday, 12:00 pm to 3:30 pm and 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm; Thursday, 2:30 pm to 9:00 pm; Friday, 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm; Monday: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm (Artists Reception)

A collaborative effort with the Departments of Art History. Cinema and Cultural Studies, Computer Science, Music, Studio Art, and the Office of Student Activities

Art Exhibits
This Land is My Land
The Works of Professor Stephanie Dinkins, Associate Professor, Department of Art
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Curated by Professor Stephanie Dinkins
University Art Gallery, Staller Center, 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm
Tuesday through Friday, 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm; Saturday from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Spirit of SB Marching Band
Performances at the Staller Terraces at 12:45 pm and at the Health Sciences Center (HSC) Galleria at 1:30 pm
Join the Band and other Spirit Groups as they spread Stony Brook spirit for the Inauguration.

Mini-Health Fair
HSC Galleria, Level 3, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
The purpose of this event is to welcome Dr. Stanley as well as to demonstrate how our students and hospital staff contribute to primary health education, screening, and community outreach. Some of the activities planned are blood pressure and cholesterol screenings, education related to sexual abuse, demonstration of the electronic record, etc.

Inauguration Musical Showcase
Staller Center Recital Hall, 4:00 pm to 5:20 pm
Featuring performances by members of the Emerson String Quartet, Colin Carr and the Stony Brook Cello Ensemble, Arthur Haas, Eduardo Leandro, Alan Kay, Christina Dahl, and other faculty and students in the Department of Music. The program includes music by Dvorak, de Mey, Monteverdi, Brahms, Lorenzo, and others. Free admission. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Student Community Outreach Day
Student Activities Center (SAC), Ballroom A, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Stony Brook Community Outreach Day is our chance to give back and raise awareness for local nonprofits who work with underserved populations. Diverse nonprofits will be in attendance to recruit volunteers, ranging from off-campus partners like Long Island Coalition for the Homeless and Island Harvest to on-campus partners, including Oxfam America and CHILL/CHOICE Peer Health Educators. Student organizations will also have a chance to showcase their community involvement by collecting items on behalf of the nonprofits (all students, faculty, and staff are invited to donate needed items) and by posting display boards that highlight their outreach activities. President Stanley will stop by at 6:00 pm.

Inauguration Faculty Lecture Series
Wang Center, Lecture Hall 2, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Professor Ellen Pikitch, Director, Institute for Ocean Conservation Science: "Stemming the Tide of Ocean Extinctions"
Faculty Lecture Series »

Panel Discussion with President Stanley and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Jonathan Weiner
Avram Theater, SB Southampton, 7:30 pm
Join us as Mary Pearl, Dean of SB Southampton, President Stanley, and Jeffrey Levinton, Professor, Ecology & Evolution Department, lead a discussion about Weiner's book, The Beak of the Finch. Stony Brook Southampton Lectures »

Thursday, October 22
Graduate Art Students Continental Breakfast
9:30 am to 10:00 am
10:00 am to 10:45 am: View Staller Center Art Gallery Exhibit of Professor Stephanie Dinkins ("This Land is My Land") and discussion with President Stanley.

Art Exhibits
This Land is My Land
The Works of Professor Stephanie Dinkins, Associate Professor, Department of Art
Funktified

Curated by Professor Stephanie Dinkins
University Art Gallery, Staller Center, 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm
Tuesday through Friday, 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm; Saturday from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Pick-Up Basketball Game with the President
Pritchard Gym, 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

Chairs & Deans Inaugural Reception
Art Department Lobby, 2nd Floor, East Wing, Staller Center Lobby, 4:15 pm to 5:00 pm

Inauguration Faculty Lecture Series
Staller Center, Main Stage, 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Professor Richard Leakey: "Does Prehistory Matter in the 21st Century?"
Faculty Lecture Series »

Inauguration "Writers Speak" Festival
SB Southampton, Duke Lecture Hall, 7:30 pm
With President Stanley, Robert Reeves, Roger Rosenblatt, Jules Feiffer, and MFA faculty and alumni, who will share excerpts from their upcoming books. Stony Brook Southampton Lectures »

Friday, October 23: Inauguration Day
Academic Procession with the Spirit of SB Marching Band
Academic Mall to Sports Complex Arena, 1:30 pm

Inauguration Ceremony
Sports Complex Arena, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Reception
Pritchard Gym, 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Undergraduate Student Research Poster Session
Pritchard Gym, 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Student Inaugural Ball
SAC Auditorium, 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm (Invitation only)

Saturday, October 24
Parent/Family Day
Various Locations • All Day
For parents and family of SB students. President Stanley welcomes parents at 11:00 am in the Javits Center. For more information, contact the Office of Student Orientation and Family Programs.

Inauguration Faculty Lecture Series
Javits Center, Room 102, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Howard Schneider, Dean, School of Journalism, "How Do You Know If You're Getting the Truth from the News Media?"
Faculty Lecture Series »

"Communiversity" Day: Seawolves Football Game vs. Coastal Carolina
LaValle Stadium, 3:30 pm
Celebrate community with football, the 8th Annual Downey Heroes Classic featuring five local fire departments, and guests of Parent/Family Day. Special events for kids and a halftime show honoring President Stanley.
For more information or tickets, please visit goseawolves.cstv.com.

Luna Negra Dance Theatre
Staller Center Main Stage, 8:00 pm
The bold and ingenious Turtle Island Quartet and legendary composer and clarinetist Paquito D’Rivera, will play music live, on-stage for Luna Negra Dance Theater in a magnificent performance of Danzón. This traditional, quintessential Cuban dance is reinvented and reinvigorated as a modern work of art in concert with the collective winners of eleven Grammy Awards. Buy tickets online »

Sunday, October 25: Community Connection
American Heart Association Suffolk County Heart Walk
Student Activities Center, 8:30 am to 9:30 am, Registration
Ribbon cutting at 10:00 am with President Stanley
Three different walks for all levels and ages, including the first-ever Paws for the Cause Dog Walk. For more information or to sign up, please visit www.longislandheartwalk.org.
Heart Walk Map »

Walk Fact Sheet »

Community Service Forum with President Stanley
Student Activities Center, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
University service groups will present short talks on their community outreach programs to be followed by a session with President Stanley, who will meet with community members and answer their questions.
Community Service Forum »

Monday, October 26: Inauguration Health Symposium
Health Sciences Center (HSC) Student Global Health Inititatives Poster Session
HSC Galleria, 8:30 am to 9:30 am

Global Health, America’s Health:
Moral Imperative, Strategic Necessity
HSC Lecture Hall 1, 9:30 am to 11:30 am
Moderator: Susan Dentzer, Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs
Keynote Speaker: President Samuel L. Stanley, Jr.
Inauguration Health Symposium »

SAC Art Gallery Reception
Student Activities Center Art Gallery, 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Inauguration Faculty Lecture Series
Wang Center, Lecture Hall 2, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Clint Rubin, Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, "Engineering an Intervention for Osteoporosis and Obesity"
Faculty Lecture Series »

Tuesday, October 27
Provost’s Graduate Student Mini-Symposium
Wang Theater, 10:00 am to 11:30 am
Graduate Student Mini-Symposium »

Graduate Student Reception with President Stanley
Wang Theater Lobby, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm

Inauguration Faculty Lecture Series
Wang Center, Lecture Hall 2, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
John Morgan, Director, The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, "Why a Center for Geometry and Physics?"
Faculty Lecture Series »

Wednesday, October 28
Faculty Inaugural Reception
Wang Center Lobbies, 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Inauguration Faculty Lecture Series

Wang Center, Lecture Hall 2, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Edward Casey, Distinguished Professor, Philosophy Department, "A Matter of Edge: Border vs. Boundary at La Frontera"
Faculty Lecture Series »