SoMAS Honors Graduates at Convocation Ceremony

The morning before the Stony Brook University graduation ceremony on Friday, May 23rd. SoMAS hosted a convocation ceremony to honor and celebrate the accomplishments of graduating students. This year, more than thirty undergraduates earned either a B.S. in Atmospheric...

RV Seawolf Assists in Release of Bottlenose Dolphin

The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) assisted The Riverhead foundation for Marine Research and Preservation with the release of “Seabreeze” a nine-foot long male offshore bottlenose dolphin, for the last 3 months, Seabreeze had undergone...

Anne Ellefson Awarded 10th Annual Liblit Scholarship

On October 31, 2007. the Evan R. Liblit Memorial Scholarshp Fund celebrated its tenth anniversary at its annual fundraiser/award breakfast. The Liblit Fund was established in 1997 to honor the memory of Evan R. Liblit, a nationally recognized professional, innovator...

SoMAS Welcomes New Graduate Students

The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences welcomes the entering graduate class of 2007, the first to come in under the new banner of SoMAS. Orientation was held on Monday, August 27th, where nineteen new faces were greeted warmly by faculty, staff and students....

Testimony on the Hill

On Thursday, May 10, 2007, MSRC’s Dean and Director, David Conover, spoke before the Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee of the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Dr. Conover was asked to testify as an expert...

10th Annual National Ocean Sciences Bowl at Stony Brook University

Stony Brook University and MSRC will host the 10th Annual National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) this weekend, April 28-30th. The NOSB is the culmination of the 25 regional competitior’s, including MSRC’s annual Bay Scallop Bowl, which took place around the...