Provost-Sponsored Talks

The Office of the Provost provides support to units to bring experts in their field to campus to talk about their work and engage with the Stony Brook community. For more information or to request support from the Provost for a talk in your unit, please see the Lectures and Talks Info page.

Upcoming Talks

Date	Speaker	Talk Title	Sponsoring Unit	Time & Location
Sept 23, 2024	Ryan Vander Wielen, Gallya Lahav, Leonie Huddy, Rueben Kline, & Stanley Feldman	What's at Stake in the 2024 Election?	Political Science	12:30 pm, Union Auditorium
Sept 24, 2024	Hussein Ibish & David Myers	A Year after October 7: Historical Backdrop, Future Prospects	History	5 pm, Wang Theater
Oct 18, 2024	Dr. Kenneth Catania	The Art and Science of Electric Eels, Star-Nosed Moles, and Zombie-Making Wasps	Psychology	4 pm, Harriman Hall Room 137
Oct 30, 2024	Eric Groenendyk, Andrew Engelhardt, Stephanie De Mora, Brian Guay, Stanley Feldman, & Leonie Huddy	Assessing the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election Campaign	Political Science	12:30 pm, Wang Theater

Past Talks

Date	Speaker	Talk Title	Sponsoring Unit
Oct 24, 2023	Philip Mitteroecker	The (Mis)Measure of Human Evolution	Rohlf Medal
Feb 12, 2024	Scott Edwards	Darwin’s dream: Using the Tree of Life to link genotype to phenotype	Ecology & Evolution / Darwin Day
Feb 13, 2024	Lav Varshney	Trustworthy Generative AI	College of Engineering & Applied Sciences
April 26, 2024	Hiroaki Suga	Therapeutics based on New Modalities of Pseudo-Natural Peptides, Products and Neobiologics	Chemistry