March 2022 News From SoMAS

March 2022 News From SoMAS

Here’s the March News and Press Wrap-Up from The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University! Congratulations to Senior Systems Engineer Mark Lang, AKA Mark The Shark, who received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in...
January 2022 News from SoMAS

January 2022 News from SoMAS

Happy New Year and here’s to a great start of the Spring 2022 Semester! Hopefully your recovery from the snow event over the weekend was successful. Atmospheric Science researchers spent most of the weekend collecting data at South P Lot and elsewhere as part of...
December News from SoMAS

December News from SoMAS

From everyone at SoMAS, we hope you have a Happy Holiday and an excellent New Year! Here’s the news for December to close out 2021! The December URECA Student of the Month is Epraim Bryski Epraim Bryski is a senior Civil Engineering major who joined the Coastal...
November News from SoMAS

November News from SoMAS

Here’s the News and Press for November featuring faculty and staff at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences! Dr. Joe Warren has received an award from ONR, via Norwegian University of Science and Technology, in support of the project “Relationship...
October News from SoMAS

October News from SoMAS

Here’s the latest news and press for October from SoMAS! Our Bachelor’s in Marine Science is ranked #5 according to College Values Online and is in the Top 15 Best Colleges for Marine Biology according to American Oceans!   2021 Evan R. Liblit...
September Research and Press at SoMAS

September Research and Press at SoMAS

As the semester gets into full swing, here’s the latest updates from SoMAS Faculty and Staff. Dr. Yong Chen has received a new award in the amount $417,022, for the period 9/1/2021 – 8/31/2023 in support of the project entitled “Evaluating Impacts of...
August News and Research Updates

August News and Research Updates

As the end of Summer leads into the start of the Fall Semester, SoMAS Faculty and Staff are still in the news. Here’s the press and research updates from August: Dr. Roger Flood has received a new award from the State of Connecticut Dept. of Energy and...
SoMAS Faculty Release Long Island Water Quality App

SoMAS Faculty Release Long Island Water Quality App

How’s the water? – First-ever water quality app allows user to instantly know the status of any beach or water body across Long Island Southampton, NY, August 9th 2021- It’s summer and Long Islanders are enjoying beaches, swimming, fishing, and even clamming.  But how...
July News and Research Updates

July News and Research Updates

Photo above: Kevin Reed discusses the impact of climate change on extreme weather events on “Doug To The Rescue.” Here’s the latest news and press from SoMAS for July! Congratulations to SoMAS PhD student Arlaine Sanchez for her “Tools of the...
Latest News and Press from SoMAS

Latest News and Press from SoMAS

Above: Indian Island off Hubbard Ave in Peconic Bay, Riverhead, NY. Photo by Kaitlin Morris. Catch the latest press featuring SoMAS faculty and staff! The Environmental Protection Agency recently granted SoMAS with an award in the amount $522,537 in support of the...
Harmful Brown Tide Erupts Across Great South Bay

Harmful Brown Tide Erupts Across Great South Bay

Photo above: Brown tide in Patchogue on June 23, 2021 Stony Brook’s Gobler Laboratory monitoring the tide; newly spawned hard clams at risk STONY BROOK, NY, June 25, 2021 — An intense and damaging brown tide has erupted across Great South Bay on the south shore...
Cultivating Kelp Will Help Cut Down Nitrogen in Local Waters

Cultivating Kelp Will Help Cut Down Nitrogen in Local Waters

From Cultivating Kelp Will Help Cut Down Nitrogen in Local Waters on Stony Brook University News, June 4, 2021 Using kelp to help reduce nitrogen in Long Island waters was the subject of a May 27 press conference at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences...
News and Press from SoMAS

News and Press from SoMAS

Here’s the latest news and press from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University! Dr. Marat Khairoutdinov has received a new award from Brookhaven Science Associates, in the amount $64,851, for the performance period 6/1/21 –...

News Roundup from SoMAS

Did you catch SoMAS in the News? Here’s a few headlines featuring our students, faculty, and staff! Congratulations to Dr. Sara Hamideh, on her NSF CAREER Award, entitled “CAREER: Affordable Versus Vacation Housing Resilience: Mechanisms that Shape Housing...