SoMAS Students Receive End of Year Honors
The end of every school year is an opportunity to highlight the work, honors, and accomplishments of our students, and this year we are celebrating their success again! The SoMAS Undergraduate Environmental Essay Award recognizes and rewards Sustainability Studies and...
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...
Stony Brook Southampton Volunteers Clean Up Warner Island
Many thanks to Semester by the Sea Faculty Director Kurt Bretsch for organizing the Warner Island Beach Cleanup, as part of Stony Brook University’s contribution to the Town of Southampton’s Great East End Clean Up event. This year’s group was a...
Vax to Flax 2019
Thank you to everyone who came out for this year’s Flax to Vax Run/BBQ on Saturday April 27! This event is hosted by the SoMAS Graduate Student club and had a great turnout. The Club Officers hope everyone had as much fun as they did! The results of the race:...
SoMAS Alum Returns for Honorary Degree
Photo above: Greg Marshall with his son and SoMAS Faculty and Staff in 2017. From “Stony Brook to Award Honorary Degrees to Diverse Trio of Trailblazers” on Stony Brook News, April 29, 2019. STONY BROOK, New York–April 29, 2019–-Stony Brook University...
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...
NSF Supports Marine Science Educational Research Programs
Photo above: Professor Gordon Taylor in his lab. From NSF Supports Marine Science and Chemistry Educational Research Programs on Stony Brook News on April 12, 2019 by Greg Filiano STONY BROOK, NY, April 12, 2019 – The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the...
Dr. Minghua Zhang joins the ranks of SUNY Distinguished Professors
From Three SBU Faculty Appointed to SUNY Distinguished Professor on Stony Brook News, April 1, 2019 Three members of the Stony Brook University faculty — Yusuf A. Hannun, Joel Kenny Professor in Cancer Research; Peter J. Tonge, Professor of Chemistry and Radiology (by...
Announcing the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and Music!
This article is the Aprils Fools 2019 Joke by the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and Department of Music at Stony Brook University. Many thanks to the School of Journalism, the Center for News Literacy, the College of Arts and Sciences and others for their...
Do Animals Think and Feel?
Photo above: Carl Safina with Erica Cirino and friends. From Do Animals Think and Feel? on Stony Brook University News by Glenn Jochum on February 22, 2019 What, if anything, are your pets thinking? Do they value you beyond your reliability as a source of food? What...
SoMAS Faculty Participate in Task Force Trying to Bridge the Weather-to-Climate Prediction Gap
A NOAA task force is working to improve meteorological predictions that go beyond 2-week weather forecasts and extend up to seasonal climate outlooks. These predictions are highly sought after by the agricultural and water sectors, among many others. From Bridging the...
Two SoMAS Teams Awarded Ocean Research Grants to Study Waters off NY
Photo above: New York Bight Whale Monitoring Program. Property of NYSDEC and the aerial survey contractor, Tetra Tech From Two SBU Teams Awarded Ocean Research Grants to Study Waters off NY on Stony Brook News, February 6, 2019. Nearly $570,000 in ocean research...
SoMAS MCP Students Spend Winter at Cape Eleuthera
Photo above by Oliver Shipley: Marine Conservation and Policy Students at Cape Eleuthera Institute during a two-week field research class in Eleuthera Over Winter Break, Marine Conservation and Policy students participated in a field course held in collaboration...Subscribe by Email
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