International Potluck Dinner 2010

International Potluck Dinner 2010

Prospective graduate students from across the North America visited Stony Brook University the weekend of March 26 – 28 for a recruitment weekend filled with activities designed to showcase all SoMAS has to offer. Students had the opportunity to tour SoMAS...

Brown Tide Threatens South Shore Says Marine Science Researcher

STONY BROOK, N.Y., June 29, 2000—Brown Tide, the common phrase for a —nuisance algal bloom, is menacing South Shore beaches on Long Island, creating the worst problem of its kind in years, according to leading researchers at the University at Stony Brook. This is the...
Cruising Thru a Marine Science Cruise

Cruising Thru a Marine Science Cruise

From Cruising Thru a Marine Science Cruise by Joe Caponi on the SB Press V. 09 N. 04, October 27, 1987 The bottom of Stony Brook’s Marine Science research vessel, the Onrust, does not extend very deeply into the water. It was designed so the ship could operate...
R/V Onrust Fishing for Facts in NY’s Harbor

R/V Onrust Fishing for Facts in NY’s Harbor

From Fishing for Facts in NY’s Harbor by Peter Marks in Newsday on Friday July 5, 1985 They hauled enough fish aboard to make a cauldron of seafood gumbo. Not only fish, but an astonishing array of sea life – everything from starfish and small sharks to...