🌱 How Stony Brook students are now learning 9/11 as history, not memory
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In today's newsletter:
- How Stony Brook students are now learning 9/11 as history, not memory
- How Stony Brook scientists will help reinvent America’s electric grid with AI
Also on today's calendar: Caroline Episcopal Church's Annual Country Fair and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the tractor say to the plow? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 78 and low of 67 degrees.
- Sunday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 78, low: 66.
- Monday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 78 and low of 54 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• For Years, 9/11 Was Something Students Lived. Today, It's a History Lesson (nationalreview.com) — At Stony Brook University, history professor Nancy Tomes is teaching a course on documenting 9/11 to students who mostly know the attacks only from school lessons and online clips. The story explores how Stony Brook and other universities now frame 9/11 for a generation born afterward, balancing emotional material, state curriculum requirements, and the need to counter online conspiracy theories. 
• BNL to Lead $14M AI Project for Nation's Electric Grid Through Genesis Mission (stonybrook.edu) — Stony Brook University researchers are key partners in a new $14.2 million federal project to use artificial intelligence to modernize the nation’s electric grid, alongside Brookhaven Lab and New York utilities. Their work will help simulate billions of grid scenarios to improve reliability, affordability, and resilience, while another Stony Brook-led Genesis Mission project targets hyperlocal flood and precipitation risks for U.S. energy systems.
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Caroline Episcopal Church's Annual Country Fair →
Caroline Episcopal Church, 1 Dyke Rd, Setauket- East Setauket
10:00 am -
From Desert Storm to 9/11: Author Talk & Book Signing with Trey Morriss →
The Study by Toast, 100-27 S Jersey Ave, Setauket- East Setauket
2:00 pm -
Jay Medal Soirée →
Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
5:30 pm -
Brett Dennen in Concert →
Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, 76 Main St, Westhampton Beach
8:00 pm -
"Paw-ktoberfest: Heroes, Hops & Paws" Benefiting Paws of War →
The Stone Goat Restaurant & Brewery, 552 N Country Rd, St James
1:00 pm
Saturday September 12
Saturday September 19
Saturday October 3
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Other local events
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In Remembrance of September 11: Memorial Stadium Climb
Stony Brook University Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
8:00 am -
Presentation by Molly Todd, Managing Editor of the "Oral History Review" -- "Oral History Work In & With Communities: Essential Tools for Documenting Long Island Perspectives on 9-11"
Humanities,Room 1006, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook
12:30 pm -
LECTURE: Tara Ryder: The Drafting of a Radical Idea – The Declarati
Setauket Neighborhood House, 95 Main St, Setauket- East Setauket
7:00 pm -
Faculty Book lecture by April Masten/HIS - "Diamond and Juba’s 'Great Public Contest': A Faculty Book Talk Extravaganza"
Humanities,Room 1008, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook
6:00 pm -
40 Under Forty
Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook
6:30 pm -
Caroline Episcopal Church's 3rd Annual "Holy Smoke" Golf Tourney →
Port Jefferson Country Club (44 Fairway Drive, Port Jefferson, NY)
9:00 am -
Stony Brook CommUniversity Day 2026 →
Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Rd, Stony Brook
12:00 pm
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Tuesday September 15
Wednesday September 16
Monday September 21
Saturday September 26
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🗞 Nearby News
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- Stony Brook University Professors Awarded More Than $270,000 by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (longisland.com)
- New York's US$300M Quantum Internet Initiative and Additive Manufacturing « Fabbaloo (fabbaloo.com)
- Registration underway for annual scarecrow competition in Stony Brook (tbrnewsmedia.com)
Port Jefferson Station
- Times … and dates: Sept. 10 to Sept. 17, 2026 (tbrnewsmedia.com)
Centereach
- Centereach native serves aboard Navy warship built to commemorate 9/11 and honor first responders at the Pentagon (tbrnewsmedia.com)
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