Office of the Provost – Lectures and Talks

The Office of the Provost facilitates three types of talks throughout the year: Provost's Lecture Series, Provost’s Spotlight Talks, and Provost-Sponsored Talks. Please see below for additional information about these activities.

Provost's Lecture Series

The Provost’s Lecture Series features talks by SUNY Distinguished Academy faculty members at Stony Brook University, showcasing the outstanding research and scholarship that is taking place at our institution. Each semester one Provost's Lecture Series event take place, each featuring two talks from members of the SUNY Distinguished Academy at Stony Brook University (SBU).

If you would like to suggest a SUNY Distinguished Academy faculty member at SBU for us to invite, or if you are a member of the SUNY Distinguished Academy who would like to speak at an upcoming Provost’s Lecture Series event, please complete this form.

For the list of current Provost's Lecture Series, please click here. For previous installments of Provost's Lecture Series, please click here.

Provost's Spotlight Talks

The Provost’s Spotlight Talks feature eminent visitors to the university as well as SBU faculty members who have recently been recognized for outstanding contributions in their field.

Submissions for consideration to be featured in this series are due by June 1 (for the following Fall semester) and Dec 1 (for the following Spring semester), and can be made using this form. Please note that exceptional circumstances may be considered outside of these deadlines and we encourage you to directly contact faculty_affairs@stonybrook.edu for consideration of such cases. All submissions will be evaluated by a committee of experts. 

Provost-Sponsored Talks

Provost-Sponsored Talks are hosted by individual academic units with the support of the Office of the Provost. Requests for financial support for such talks, not to exceed $1,000, will be granted for a limited number of talks throughout the year. 

Submissions for consideration to be featured in this series will be evaluated by a committee of experts. Submissions are due June 1 (for the following Fall semester) and Dec 1 (for the following Spring semester), and can be made using this form.

The funding from the Office of the Provost may only be used toward speaker honorarium, travel costs for the speaker, lodging costs for the speaker, speaker meals, and at most a single "lecture dinner or reception" with the speaker in attendance.