activities and events

Della Pietra Lecture Series Presents Dr. Adam Riess, August 5 and 6, 2019

The Della Pietra Lecture Series is pleased to present Dr. Adam Riess, Astrophysicist and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University and the Space Telescope Science Institute. Riess is widely known for his research in using supernovae as cosmological probes and shared both the 2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy and the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics with Saul Perlmutter and Brian P. Schmidt for providing evidence that the expansion of the universe is … Read more

Simons Center Art and Science Program Tuesday Concert Series, Summer 2019

Summer 2019 Tuesday Concerts The Art and Science Program at the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook University is pleased to present a new music series free and open to the public: Tuesday, July 16, 2019Three Village Chamber Players5:00 – 5:30 pm: Reception in the Simons Center Lobby and Gallery5:30 – 6:30 … Read more

Della Pietra Lecture Series Presents Dr. Charles Kane, May 7 and 8, 2019.

The Della Pietra Lecture Series is pleased to present Dr. Charles Kane, theoretical condensed matter physicist and Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania.  Title: The Emergence of Topological Quantum Matter General Public Lecture, Wednesday May 8, 2019 at 5:45 pm, Simons Center Della Pietra Family Auditorium (Reception at 5:00pm) Special Presentation for Students, Wednesday May 8, 2019, at 11:00am, … Read more

Stony Brook University Art Crawl: March 2019

ART CRAWL Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 2 PM. Tour of the Simons Center Art Gallery, the University Libraries Special Collections, the Charles B. Wang Center, and the Zuccaire Gallery. Reception will follow at the Zuccaire Gallery. Free Admission! Stony Brook University hosts a variety of renowned art galleries that provide unique spaces and opportunities … Read more

Kolam: An Ephemeral Women’s Art of South India

An exhibition of photographs and video by Claudia SilvaMarch 25 – June 26, 2019Simons Center Gallery, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University, NY Opening Reception Tuesday, March 26, 2019Reception: 5:00 pm, Simons Center Gallery and SCGP LobbyArtist Talk: 5:30 pm, Kolam: An Ephemeral Women’s Art of South India, by Claudia Silva, Della … Read more

2018-19 Science Playwriting Competition is back!!! – Deadline for Submission, February 15, 2019

The Science Playwriting Competition is back! The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics and the C. N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics, announce a CALL FOR PLAYS for the 2019 SBU Science Playwriting Competition: The organizers are calling all talented playwrights with an interest in the sciences, and talented scientists with an interest in the theatre to compose an … Read more

Film Screening of The Sense of Beauty, Tuesday October 2

The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics is pleased to announce a screening of The Sense of Beauty, a new film by Valerio Jalongo. The movie will be followed by a panel discussion with distinguished faculty from Stony Brook University representing five disciplines: Mathematics, Physics, Philosophy, Art and Art History. Tuesday, October 2, 2018 Della … Read more

Matter Design Computation: Projects 2012-2018. An exhibition of drawings and artifacts by Jenny E. Sabin

Matter Design Computation: Projects 2012-2018An exhibition of drawings and artifacts by Jenny E. Sabin, Jenny Sabin StudioSimons Center Gallery, Stony Brook, NYOctober 1, 2018  – February 8, 2019Curated by Lorraine WalshArt Director and Curator, Simons Center for Geometry and PhysicsVisiting Associate Professor, Department of Art, Stony Brook University Opening Reception Thursday, October 4, 2018Reception: 5:00 … Read more