Summer Presentations by SoMAS Students
SoMAS students and faculty have spent some of their summer preparing for conferences, giving talks and training future scholars. Here are a few updates: Nicholas Leonardo, Ph.D. candidate in Prof. Brian Colle’s group, was awarded Best Student Oral Presentation...
Roger Flood’s Retirement Party
SoMAS celebrated Professor Roger Flood’s retirement on August 22nd. Photos taken by Malcolm Bowman are available on Google Photos.
Budget Shark Week hits Stony Brook University
Friday July 27th was #budgetsharkweek at Stony Brook University. Inspired by a video that was making the rounds on Facebook, Tom Wilson donated his own shark grabber and the shark made its way across campus with social media manager Mark Lang. The shark was...
SoMAS Waste Reduction and Management Institute promoting “Strawless Suffolk” Initiative
Photo above by Kimberly Williams From Stony Brook to Participate in “Strawless Suffolk” Initiative on SBU Happenings on July 18, 2018 The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) will take a lead role as Stony Brook joins a new, county-wide initiative called...
Artificial Reef Creation off Shinnecock Inlet
On May 31st, 2018, SoMAS faculty Chris Gobler, Joe Warren, Brad Peterson, Mike Frisk and Interim Dean Larry Swanson joined New York Governor Andrew Cuomo at the first phase of the “largest artificial reef expansion in New York state history.” The...
SoMAS Faculty Secure $1.1 Million for NY Sea Grant Research Projects
Photo Above: According to Gobler, 2017 was one of the worst years for brown tide and red tides that cause paralytical shellfish poisoning. It covered the entire south shore of Long Island by early June and persisted through late July in Great South Bay, pictured here....
Reservation for two species—fisherman and dolphins are grabbing a bite at the same NY artificial reef
Above: This underwater microphone heard people and dolphins using an artificial reef in New York to find fish to eat. Credit: Stony Brook University From “Reservation for two species—fisherman and dolphins are grabbing a bite at the same NY artificial...
Ryan Wallace Awarded 2018 Nuria Protopopescu Memorial Teaching Award
Above: Nuria Protopopescu Memorial Teaching Award Winner Ryan Wallace accepts his award at the SoMAS Convocation from Interim Dean Larry Swanson and Professor Bob Aller. After consideration of several outstanding nominees, Ryan Wallace has been selected as the...
Highlights From Our Recent Graduates
Highlights From Our Recent Graduates This Friday, the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences will celebrate our graduating students at Convocation, where 101 undergraduate and 36 graduate students will have their degrees conferred. Profiles for a few of our...
SoMAS Shines at Earthstock
SoMAS had great, enthusiastic participation at Earthstock this year. Thank you to everyone at SoMAS who helped with the event in some way: Interim Dean Larry Swanson kicked the week off with his lecture, “Dredging Stony Brook Harbor,” at the Three Village Historical...Subscribe by Email
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