Lab and Printer Locations
Find the nearest computer lab, SINC Site or Printer Release Stations.
What is a SINC Site?
SINC Sites are public computer labs that allow users to access both Windows & Mac computers. SINC Sites provide printing services and access to numerous academic software titles. These computer labs are located in a majority of the academic buildings on campus and have scheduled open hours.
Students In Need of Computers
Did you know that SINC is an acronym for Students In Need of Computers? The name SINC Site was coined years ago when the first lab opened and historically stood for for Stony Brook Instructional Network Computers. There are now a total of 14 public SINC Sites & 2 SINC Sites dedicated to classes only on campus as listed below. Plus DoIT has PC's & printers located in the Melville Library Reading Rooms. In addition to the DoIT - managed SINC Sites, we also support the Print from Anywhere service.
Other computer labs on campus can be found in the Health Sciences Center and Residential Computing Centers.
SINC Site Locations and Other campus computer labs:
Melville Library - Central Reading Room
- The Melville Library - Central Reading Room has 46 Windows PC's, 4 - Printers with Pharos Release Stations supported by DoIT.
- Reading Room schedules reflect only DoIT student assistants & printer availability
- Printers close down 30 minutes earlier than the Library schedule
Chemistry 432 SINC Site
The Chemistry SINC Site has 24 computers, a teacher station with data projector and a printer with a Pharos release station.
Chemistry 434 SINC Site
- The Chemistry SINC Site has 21 Windows PCs total.
- 18 PC's are arranged in groups of six on 3 round tables and a row of three computers including one teaching station, one scanner station and one handicap accessible station.
- There is one Printer with a Pharos release station.
Computer Science SINC Site
- The Computer Science SINC Site is a dedicated computer classroom with no public hours.
- The Computer Science SINC Site has 30 Windows PC's, one printer with a Pharos release station, one scanner and a teacher station connected to a data projector.
- This is SINC Site is located in the Old Computer Science building, nearest the Javits Lecture Center.
ESS SINC Site
- The ESS SINC Site is a dedicated computer classroom with no public hours.
- It has 24 Windows PC's, one printer setup for direct printing and a teaching station connected to dual data projectors.
Engineering SINC Site
The Engineering SINC Site is a dedicated public lab with 39 Windows PCs, two printers one with a release station and the other as a walk-up printer and one scanner station.
Fine Arts Hybrid SINC Site
The Fine Arts Hybrid SINC Site has 21 Apple iMacs, M-AUDIO KeyStudio 49i MIDI keyboards, Korg Kontrol Slim-Line USB controllers, Microphones, stereo headphones, Wacom tablets, Epson scanners, a teacher station, data projector and a Pharos printer.
Fine Arts eMedia SINC Site
The Fine Arts eMedia SINC Site has 22 Apple Mac Pros, M-AUDIO Oxygen25 MIDI keyboards, M-AUDIO FireWire Solo Audio Interfaces, Audix OM2 microphones, stereo headphones, 5 Epson scanners with 1 large format scanner, Video Ingest Stations (VHS, S-VHS, Mini-DV, DV, DVCAM), Wacom tablets, a teacher station, data projector and a Pharos printer.
Harriman Hall SINC Site
The Harriman Hall SINC Site has 30 Windows PCs and a teaching station connected to a data projector. It also has a scanner and a printer with a Pharos release station.
HSC Coller Computer Lab
- The Coller Computer Lab Has 91 Windows PCs With 1 Flatbed Scanner
- There Are 2 Black/White & 1 Color Printers With Pharos Release Stations
- A Consultant Is Always Available To Assist With Technical And Printing Issues
- The Health Science Library has DoIT supported Windows PC's, Pharos printers, & Student Tech staff
**See posted schedules for Tech Support hours in HSC Commons: https://it.stonybrook.edu/services/sinc-sites
Humanities Lounge SINC Site
- The Humanties Lounge, Rm. 1024, on the first floor has 15 DoIT supported Windows PC's and one printer with a Pharos release station.
- The Humanities SINC Site, Rm. 2046 has 25 PC's and a teacher station connected to a data projector and one printer with a Pharos release station and a scanner.
**The Humanities SINC Site is a dedicated computer classroom with no public hours.
Life Sciences SINC Site
- The Life Sciences SINC Site has 25 Windows PCs, and one teacher station connected to a data projector.
- To included: a printer with release station and a scanner.
Melville Library SINC Site
- The Melville Library SINC Site has 105 windows pcs with 6 scanners, 20 iMacs with 4 scanners.
- There are 4 printers with a pharos release station.
- Plus 5 Windows walk-up PC’s with direct printing and 1 walk-up Mac printing station.
- A consultant is always available to assist with technical and printing issues.
Melville Library - North Reading Room
The Melville Library - North Reading Room has 42 Windows PC's, 1 guest PC. 3 Pharos Release Stations and 2 Scanners, supported by DoIT.
Social and Behavioral Sciences SINC Site
The Social and Behavioral Sciences SINC Site has two rooms...
- The computer classroom has 28 Windows PCs and a teacher station connected to a data projector and a scanner.
- The forward room has seven Windows PCs and one printer with a Pharos release station. This area is available at all times for open lab hours.
Sports Complex SINC Site
The Sports Complex SINC Site (Goldstein Center) has 24 Windows PC's and one printer with a Pharos release station.
Tabler Digital Arts Media Lab
The Tabler Center computer lab is open the same hours of operation as the building. Check their web page for current hours.
The Undergraduate Colleges Centers are open for reservations only during the summer. Regular hours of operation resume in the Fall semester. *In order to request a space, please log in to your 25Live account.
Virtual SINC Site
The Virtual SINC Site provides a way for students, faculty, and staff members to access site-licensed, academic software titles directly from their personal computers from either on or off campus 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Students can also use the Virtual SINC Site to access the Print From Anywhere service using any device or operating system.
Student Printing In SINC Sites
All registered Stony Brook students have a semester long quota of ~1500 pages (75 credit) in the SINC Sites, Health Sciences Library, and Residential Computing Centers or by using the Print From Anywhere service. Funding for student printing comes from the Student Technology Fee. Stony Brook uses the Pharos system to manage printing.
In order to print, send print jobs to the print queue from a SINC Site computer, or from a personal computer using the Print From Anywhere software, web browser, or email. Students need their Stony Brook University ID card to release their print jobs.
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