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November 2024 News and Press at SoMAS

Dec 1, 2024

Photo above: Student mural artist Norah Allam is celebrated for her work at SoMAS with her parents Bassem Allam and Emmanuelle Pales-Espinosa and Dean Paul Shepson. Congratulations to Dr. Chris Gobler, who was one of eleven Stony Brook University endowed faculty...

October 2024 News and Press from SoMAS

Oct 31, 2024

Photo above: SoMAS Senior Assistant Dean Stefanie Massucci stands next to her now empty whiteboard as she prepares for retirement. Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate Stefanie Massucci’s retirement! She will be moving to a new home in Georgia and...

September 2024 News and Press from SoMAS

Oct 1, 2024

Photo above: Join us on Saturday October 5, 2024 at LaValle Stadium as the Stony Brook Football team on Villanova. Tickets are free, just stop by our parking lot tailgate between 1-3 to pick them up! If you already have tickets, stop by section 108 and say hello!...

August 2024 News and Press from SoMAS

Aug 30, 2024

Photo above: SoMAS Dean Paul Shepson and his wife Jody take a selfie with Wolfie Dean Paul Shepson welcomes everyone to SoMAS to kick off the Fall 2024 Semester Welcome back students and welcome and congratulations to the Class of 2028! You have chosen your university...

July 2024 News and Press from SoMAS

Jul 31, 2024

Photo above: Jim Quigley and David Hirshberg cut the cake celebrating their retirement from SoMAS/Stony Brook in 2018 It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of David Hirschberg, who was a part of the SoMAS family for 25 years, starting in the graduate...

June 2024 News and Press from SoMAS

Jul 1, 2024

Photo above: Nikita Agrawal presents her 2023 Simons Scholars project in the Wang Center at Stony Brook University Nikita Agrawal, a high school student from Chicago who was mentored by Dr. Brian Colle in the 2023 Simon’s Summer Research Program, presented her...

May 2024 News and Press from SoMAS

May 31, 2024

Photo above: the 2024 Vax to Flax Participants gather at the SoMAS sign outside Endeavour Hall after completing the race around the Stony Brook University campus on April 27, 2024 Congratulations to our graduates! The 2024 SoMAS Convocation event was held on Friday,...

SoMAS Convocation 2024

May 19, 2024

Photo above: Dean Paul Shepson Congratulates the SoMAS Class of 2024 Congratulations to our graduates! The annual SoMAS Convocation event was held on Friday, May 17, 2024 at the Bauman Center for Leadership and Service. Students gathered with their friends and family...

April 2024 News and Press from SoMAS

Apr 30, 2024

Photo above: 25 miles south of the Canadian border in Vermont, SoMAS Associate Professor David Black captured the Eclipse as it approached and entered totality. Congratulations to Dr. Joe Warren who has been promoted to Full Professor! Thank you to everyone who...

March 2024 News from SoMAS

Mar 29, 2024

Photo above: Poster session at the SoMAS Graduate Recruitment Event on March 8, 2024 We received news that Dr. Frank Roethel passed away on the morning of March 26 surrounded by his family. Frank was one of the first MSRC (now SoMAS) PhD graduates, earning his PhD in...

Baymen: Our Waters Are Dying

Mar 11, 2024

SoMAS recently received a donation of a 1976 documentary film by Anne Belle, “Baymen: Our Waters Are Dying.” The 16mm film gift comes from Donna Burrell and her family. Donna’s grandfather, Edwin S. Furman, president of the Southampton Town...

February 2024 News and Press from SoMAS

Feb 29, 2024

Photo above: aerial photo of SoMAS buildings on South Campus taken by Arthur Mabaka on November 19. 2023 from a small private plane operated by Dean Shepson. The photo was a finalist in the Atmospheric category of the SoMAS Photo Competition. Thanks to everyone...

SoMAS Photo Competition 2023-2024

Feb 15, 2024

Previous SoMAS Photo Competitions SoMAS Photo Competition 2023-2024 2022 SoMAS Photo Competition 2021 SoMAS Photo Competition 2020 SoMAS Photo Competition 2019 SoMAS Photo Competition 2018 SoMAS Photo Competition 2017 SoMAS Photo Competition 2016 SoMAS Photo...

January 2024 News and Press from SoMAS

Jan 31, 2024

Photo above: The plaque dedicating the Larry Swanson Room in Challenger Hall Read about the adventures of 14 undergrad and 5 MCP students (and 2 professors) who took Tropical Marine Ecology this month in Jamaica ! The class blog ( http://you.stonybrook.edu/tropical )...

December 2023 News and Press from SoMAS

Dec 22, 2023

From all of us at the Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, we hope you have a joyous holiday season! Thank you to everyone who joined us at this year’s Okubofest! The event offered a chance for SoMAS students, faculty, and staff to...