Stony Brook Chemistry

Please register by Wednesday (the 12th) if you wish to attend the lunch with faculty and graduate students. Late comers are welcome, but please go to the main office when you arrive.

Discover what being a graduate student involves and how graduate school works
Learn about research opportunities in organic, inorganic, materials, polymer, physical, and biological chemistry at STONY BROOK.

. WHEN: 14 November 1997 (Friday) WHERE: Chemistry Building, SUNY Stony Brook

The program will start at 10:15-10:30 AM with refreshments and registration, and will be followed by an overview of the department. Opportunities will be provided to tour the laboratories and campus, and to meet faculty and graduate students. The day will finish with a colloquium (4:00 - 4:40 pm) for visitors and the whole department.

Professor Philip Johnson:

"Lasers and Giant Electron Orbits: Molecular Information Using Almost Detached Electrons."

For further information contact D. Godden at (516) 632-7886 or at dgodden@ccmail.sunysb.edu. In addition, please let D. Godden know if you plan to attend!
*********************************** GETTING TO THE CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT A campus map is located at: http://www.sunysb.edu/doit/maps.html Directions are located at: http://sbnews.sunysb.edu/howtoget.html

BY CAR: From the west, take the Long Island Expressway (LIE, I-495) eastbound from the Queens Midtown Tunnel in Manhattan, the Throgs Neck Bridge or the Whitestone Bridge in Queens to exit 62. Follow Nicolls Road (Route 97) north for nine miles. The main entrance to the university is on your left and is marked: "Stony Brook - Main Campus - West Campus".

PARKING (see map). There are two options:

1. Administration Parking Garage*. Bring parking ticket along for (free) validation by the Chemistry Dept.
2. Engineering** or any Faculty/Staff Lot. Use free parking pass obtainable in advance by calling

BY FERRY: Car ferries cross Long Island Sound at Bridgeport, Connecticut to Port Jefferson, Long Island and from New London, Connecticut to Orient Point, Long Island. Take Route 25A west to Nicolls Road and go south for one-half mile on Nicolls Road. Port Jefferson Ferry Schedule is located at: http://www.lieast.com/pjferry.html
Telephone: (516)-473-0286

BY TRAIN: Take the Long Island Railroad's Port Jefferson line from Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan to Stony Brook. Some trains require changing at Jamaica Station and some at Huntington Station. The train station is at the border of the campus and bus service to the central campus is provided. The Chemistry Department is visible from the station and is a
short walk away. (Info and times: at http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/lirr/html/ttn/stonybro.htm)
Telephone: N.Y.C. (718)-217-LIRR, Nassau County: 822-LIRR, Suffolk County: 231-LIRR

TRAINS:

To Long Island

Leave	Leave	Arrive	Arrive
Penn Station	Flatbush Avenue	Jamaica	Stony Brook
7:39 AM	7:41 AM	8:01	E 9:25 AM
8:57 AM	J 9:01 AM	9:20 AM	T 10:41 AM

To New York City

Leave	Arrive	Arrive	Arrive
Stony Brook	Jamaica	Flatbush Avenue	Penn Station
A,T 4:18 PM	5:53 PM	J 6:20 PM	6:20 PM
A,T 6:56 PM	8:44 PM	J 9:06 PM	9:05 PM

Reference Notes:
A: Leaves from Platform A E: Transfer at Hicksville J: Change at Jamaica T: Transfer at Huntington