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...
Cernadas-Martín Is a Champion for Marine and Human Diversity

Cernadas-Martín Is a Champion for Marine and Human Diversity

Photo above: Sara Cernadas-Martín with the research vessel Seawolf behind her. Photo by John Griffin From Cernadas-Martín Is a Champion for Marine and Human Diversity by Glenn Jochum on Stony Brook University News, May 7, 2021 Sara Cernadas-Martín is a self-described...
Students Ask: What’s Your Opinion of the Hudson?

Students Ask: What’s Your Opinion of the Hudson?

Photo Above, from left to right: Wendy Arias Guanga, researcher; Melanie Formosa, research manager; Dana Franz, researcher. From Students Ask: What’s Your Opinion of the Hudson? by Glenn Jochum on Stony Brook University News, May 11, 2021. Three Stony Brook University...
Undergraduate Research Celebrated at Annual URECA Event

Undergraduate Research Celebrated at Annual URECA Event

Students from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences participated in URECA, the Stony Brook University annual event that showcases undergraduate research and is open to all SBU undergraduates conducting faculty-mentored research and creative projects.  ...
MCP Student Highlight – Steve Silverman

MCP Student Highlight – Steve Silverman

Time to highlight one of our amazing current Marine Conservation and Policy students, Steve Silverman! Where did you go to undergrad? Binghamton University, graduated in 2020 with an Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Biology Major and Environment Sciences minor. Why...
Semester by the Sea Students Clean Up Warner Island Beach

Semester by the Sea Students Clean Up Warner Island Beach

From Semester by the Sea Students Clean Up Warner Island Beach by Tamara Gregorian on Stony Brook University News on May 6, 2021 On the last weekend in April, Stony Brook University students took part in the Southampton Warner Island Cleanup. Students from the School...
Gobler Lab Joins the Battle Against Algal Blooms

Gobler Lab Joins the Battle Against Algal Blooms

Photo above: Blue-green algal blooms, like this one at Roth Pond in 2015, have greatly affected Lake Agawam in Southampton over the past decade. From Gobler Lab Joins the Battle Against Algal Blooms on Stony Brook University News, April 26, 2021. Lake Agawam in...
Stony Brook University Receives $5M to Support Offshore Wind Research

Stony Brook University Receives $5M to Support Offshore Wind Research

Photo above: Stony Brook’s Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center From: Stony Brook University Receives $5M to Support Offshore Wind Research on Stony Brook University News, April 26, 2021. Joint venture partners Ørsted and Eversource — developers of New...
Exchange Program Combines Love of Major with Love of Language

Exchange Program Combines Love of Major with Love of Language

From Exchange Program Combines Love of Major with Love of Language by Glenn Jochum on Stony Brook University News, April 29, 2021. Biology major Laura Roesch ’21, from Glen Cove, New York, has been selected to represent Stony Brook University in the Congress-Bundestag...

Latest News and Press from SoMAS

Here’s the latest round up of news featuring SoMAS faculty, staff, and students! Newsday: Bat signals: Research, community projects aim to protect the creatures on LI  Bats “get a bad rap all the time, but we want to promote all the great things they...
Two SoMAS Faculty Rise to the Rank of SUNY Distinguished Professor

Two SoMAS Faculty Rise to the Rank of SUNY Distinguished Professor

From Five SBU Faculty Rise to the Rank of SUNY Distinguished Professor on Stony Brook University News, April 20, 2021. Stony Brook University faculty members Anissa Abi-Dargham, J. Kirk Cochran, Maurizio Del Poeta, Yi-Xian Qin and Paul Shepson have been elevated to...
SoMAS, Southampton Communities Remember Ryan Durie

SoMAS, Southampton Communities Remember Ryan Durie

From SoMAS, Southampton Communities Remember Ryan Durie on Stony Brook University News on April 21, 2021. Ryan Durie had a profound effect on those who knew him, and the impact he made on others’ lives is reflected in the response from his friends, family and the...
Stronger Together With Your Support!

Stronger Together With Your Support!

Welcome!Welcome to SoMAS! If you are a marine science, atmospheric science, or sustainability studies student, you have made a wise choice in choosing a field that is about understanding and protecting Earth resources. The world needs you, literally! Read More from the Dean

Maria Brown Goes to Bat for Bats

Maria Brown Goes to Bat for Bats

Photo above: Maria Brown and daughter Lexi prepare at dawn to return to the location in Peru’s Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve where bats were captured the night before. The bats were released back into the wild. Photo credit Melissa Ingala From Maria Brown Goes to Bat for...