
SoMAS Scientists Take a Multi-Faceted Approach to Restoring Shinnecock Bay
Photo above: Ellen Pikitch (top) and Christine Santora near the Ponquogue Bridge. Photo by John Griffin From SBU Scientists Take a Multi-Faceted Approach to Restoring Shinnecock Bay by Glenn Jochum on Stony Brook University News, May 3, 2021 Shinnecock Bay bears the...
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...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...
Graduating SoMAS Senior featured in URECA Researchers of the Month
From Researchers of the Month May 2020 on the URECA website, May 2020 Graduating senior and Marine Vertebrate Biology and Applied Math and Statistics double major Delphine Mossman, mentored by Dr. Jeffrey Levinton, has been selected as one of the URECA Researchers of...
Stony Brook Students Join the Frontlines of Climate Change Research
From Stony Brook Students Join the Frontlines of Climate Change Research by Glenn Jochum on Stony Brook University News, April 22, 2020. An acidic ocean that won’t support marine life. Plants and animals that can’t adapt to that acidification. Armed with facts and...
Tropical Marine Ecology Students Winter in Jamaica
Drs. Brad Peterson and Joe Warren are currently leading a group of students looking to leave the cold and rain of New York during the Winter Intersession in the tropical environment of Discovery Bay, Jamaica for MAR 388 / 537 – Tropical Marine Ecology. This 4...
New York State Ocean Acidification Task Force to Meet on December 3
The third public meeting of the NYS Ocean Acidification Task Force will take place on Tuesday, December 3, 6:30-8:30 pm in 201 Wang Center. All are invited to attend. Dr. Brad Peterson from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University will...
Montauk Lighthouse Historical Society Summer Talks
The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, in partnership with the Montauk Lighthouse Historical Society, will present a summer lecture series on topical marine and atmospheric science issues in July and August. Topics, speakers and dates are listed below. All...
SoMAS Convocation 2019
Photo above: Dean Shepson welcomes the Class of 2019 at the SoMAS Convocation. Congratulations to our graduates! The annual SoMAS Convocation occurred on Friday, May 24, 2019 at the Center for Leadership and Service. Students gathered with their friends and family...
SoMAS 2019 Photo Competition
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SoMAS Photo Competition 2018
Previous SoMAS Photo Competitions 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 Competition 2015 SoMAS Photo Competition...
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....