Heather Lynch Receives Prestigious Blavatnik Award

Heather Lynch Receives Prestigious Blavatnik Award

Photo above: Heather Lynch, PhD, is the winner of the 2019 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists in the category of Life Sciences. (Photo: Rolf Sjogren) From Heather Lynch Receives Prestigious Blavatnik Award on Stony Brook News on June 26, 2019. Heather...
Karen Chytalo’s Retirement Party

Karen Chytalo’s Retirement Party

Karen Chytalo, a SoMAS graduate and a great friend and supporter of SoMAS, retires from the NYSDEC this month.  SoMAS commemorated the occasion with a retirement send off celebration for her in Endeavour 120 on June 27, 2019.  Larry Swanson presented her with a canvas...
Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2019-06-26

Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2019-06-26

Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on June 26, 2019.  The flyover mosaic is available below.  This is the 77th geo-referenced photo mosaic in the series. Mark Lang has assembled all the geo-referenced photo mosaics into a...
Montauk Lighthouse Historical Society Summer Talks

Montauk Lighthouse Historical Society Summer Talks

​The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, in partnership with the Montauk Lighthouse Historical Society, will present a summer lecture series on topical marine and atmospheric science issues in July and August.  Topics, speakers and dates are listed below.  All...
Greg Marshall (PhD, 2019)

Greg Marshall (PhD, 2019)

From For Greg Marshall ’88, an Emmy-Winning Career Started at SoMAS on Stony Brook News on May 30, 2019 Imagine being underwater and seeing a shark swimming nearby. What would go through your mind? Fear? Wonder? When Greg Marshall ’88 saw a shark in the water near him...
Chris Crosby (BS, 2019)

Chris Crosby (BS, 2019)

From Chris Crosby ‘19 Aims to Leave the Planet Healthier Than He Found It on Stony Brook News by Glenn Jochum Maybe it was going hunting and fishing with his grandmother. Or being glued to the Discovery Channel as a kid. Either way, Chris Crosby’s love of nature was...
New York State Ocean Acidification Task Force Meeting

New York State Ocean Acidification Task Force Meeting

The next meeting of the New York State Ocean Acidification Task Force will be held on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm at School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University in Endeavour Hall Room 120. The Ocean Acidification Task Force works...
Saving the Sharks by way of Biological Research

Saving the Sharks by way of Biological Research

From Saving the Sharks by way of Biological Research on Stony Brook News on June 3, 2019. Global shark populations have experienced exponential declines for decades due to marine pollution, fisheries exploitation and coastal development. Oliver Shipley, a PhD student...