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...
SoMAS Professor Advocates for Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act on Capitol Hill
From the Office of Government Relations Newsletter, June 27, 2019. On Tuesday, June 18, Professor Nicholas Fisher of Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) attended meetings in Washington, DC with staffers of Sen....
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...
Charting a Path Toward Bird-Friendly Buildings
Photo above: Stony Brook University freshmen Garret Van Gelder and Katherine Houston. From Charting a Path Toward Bird-Friendly Buildings by Glenn Jochum on Stony Brook University News, May 6, 2019. Two Stony Brook freshmen recently took on a big issue on campus and...
Study Points to Kelp Farming Opportunities on Long Island
Photo above: Stony Brook University scientist Mike Doall, left, and oyster farmer Paul McCormick with kelp grown on the Great Gunn oyster farm this spring. From Study Points to Kelp Farming Opportunities on Long Island on Stony Brook News, April 25, 2019. Pioneering...
Building a Bee-Friendly Campus
Photo above: Apis mellifera, the common honeybee From Building a Bee-Friendly Campus on Stony Brook News by Glenn Jochum on April 15, 2019 Bees are considered the world’s most important pollinator of food crops. In fact, it’s estimated that one-third of the food we...
Sydney Bell ‘22 Makes a Splash with Sustainable Designs on Campus
From Sydney Bell ‘22 Makes a Splash with Sustainable Designs on Campus on Stony Brook News on March 25, 2019 March is Women’s History Month and an ideal time to celebrate the brave, bold and fearless women who have influenced history. Freshman Sydney Bell is making...
Reflections on Jamaica
Undergraduate Paul Boasiako Reflects on his Study Abroad experiences in MAR 388 – Tropical Marine Ecology: Traveling to a new country, exploring a different culture and venturing outside my comfort zone were milestones I never imagined myself accomplishing some...
SoMAS Makes a Splash with Best College for Marine Biology Ranking
From Stony Brook Makes a Splash with Best College for Marine Biology Ranking on Stony Brook News by Amelia Camurati on November 20, 2018 College Magazine has ranked Stony Brook University fourth on its list of “The 10 Best Colleges for Marine Biology,” the only...
Winners Honored at Evan R. Liblit Memorial Scholarship/Fundraiser Breakfast
Photo above, from left: Dr. Darcy Lonsdale with Graduate Liblit Scholar Karin Schweitzer and Michael Cahill, Chair of the Liblit Scholarship Steering Committee The 21st annual Evan R. Liblit Scholarship/Fundraiser Breakfast took place on November 14 at the Irish...
SoMAS Faculty and Staff Honored at Annual Awards Dinner
Photo above (from left): Honorees Dr. Hyemi Kim and Dr. Lesley Thorne with Chancellor’s Award Recipient Dr. Sharon Pochron. Last July, it was announced that fourteen faculty and staff at Stony Brook University received the 2017-2018 State University of New York...
Using GIS to Find the Perfect Summer Internship
About the Author: Lucy DiBenedetto is a fourth-year student in SoMAS Sustainability Studies Program. She currently serves as a mapping intern with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, a GIS Technician for the Shinnecock Bay Restoration Program, and as a...
Kaylee Surace ’21 Says “No More” to Ocean Waste
From “Kaylee Surace ’21 Says “No More” to Ocean Waste” on Stony Brook News Sustainability Studies student Kaylee Surace ’21 is a student on a mission — she is committed to ocean conservation. Drawn to the ocean since she was a child, Kaylee finally decided...
SoMAS Celebrates CommUniversity Day
On Saturday, September 22, SoMAS joined many other departments at the University for the 2nd annual campus-wide open house event, CommUniversity Day! With the fantastic weather, SoMAS had a great opportunity to shine and showcase our programs. Our impact on the event...Subscribe by Email
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