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August 2024 News and Press from SoMAS
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
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
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 "Using...
May 2024 News and Press from SoMAS
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
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
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
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
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 Baymen's Association at the...
February 2024 News and Press from SoMAS
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
The SoMAS photo competition is an annual event where students (graduate and undergraduate), faculty and staff share their pictures with the SoMAS community and the general public. The categories represent our SoMAS diversity and showcase the representation of our...
January 2024 News and Press from SoMAS
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
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...
November 2023 News and Press from SoMAS
Photo above: New endowed faculty members; Back row (from left to right): Thomas Diacovo, MD, Styliani-Anna E. Tsirka, PhD, Loredana Polezzi, PhD, Eden Figueroa, PhD, William A. Wertheim, MD, MBA, James A. Vosswinkel, MD, FACS, Kathleen McGarry, PhD; Front row (from...
October 2023 News and Press from SoMAS
Photo above: Tom Wilson demonstrates the Augmented Reality (AR) Sandbox at Stony Brook's CommUniversity Day on October 14, 2023 at the Wang Center. Congratulations to the SoMAS recipients of SUNY Chancellor's Awards, who were celebrated at a ceremony on October 27:...
September 2023 News and Press from SoMAS
Photo above: SoMAS Faculty and Staff met in Southampton for a retreat on Friday September 22, 2023 Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate the new class of graduate students on Friday September 15 in the courtyard. Photos by Ginny Clancy, Steve Ortega, and...
August 2023 News and Press from SoMAS
Photo above: The inaugural class of Stony Brook’s 2023 Chancellor’s Summer Research Excellence Fund internships which facilitated the university’s Summer Opportunity for Academic Research (SUNY SOAR). SUNY SOAR is a pilot program that provided $250,000 from SUNY to...
July 2023 News from SoMAS
Here's the latest news and press headlines from July at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University! Paul Shepson, PhD, Distinguished SUNY Professor and Dean of the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) at Stony Brook...
June 2023 News from SoMAS
Photo above: Inauguration of Shinnecock Bay as a Global “Hope Spot”. Stony Brook marine scientists, Mission Blue and Dr. Sylvia Earle, The Explorers Club, members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, Schmidt Marine Technology Partners and others come together during a day...
May 2023 News from SoMAS
Summer is here! Here's what happened at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences as we wrap up the semester and kick off the summer research season! Congratulations to the graduates of the Class of 2023! In case you missed it, SoMAS celebrated the Class of 2023...
SoMAS Convocation 2023
Photo above: Dean Paul Shepson Congratulates the SoMAS Class of 2023 Congratulations to our graduates! The annual SoMAS Convocation event was held on Friday, May 19, 2023 at the Bauman Center for Leadership and Service. Students gathered with their friends and family...
April 2023 News from SoMAS
From left to right: Stony Brook University President Maurie McInnis, Peggy Gelfond, honorees Robert J. Maze and Laurie Landeau, and Rich Gelfond, Stony Brook Foundation chair and CEO of Imax Corporation at the 2023 Stars of Stony Brook Gala. Here's the latest news and...
March 2023 News and Press from SoMAS
Here’s the latest news and press from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University. Thank you for your support of SoMAS during Stony Brook University's Giving Day! With your help we are able to #HoldDoorsOpen for our fellow Seawolves!...
February 2023 News and Press from SoMAS
Here's the latest news and press from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University. Congratulations to Sara Hamideh, whose promotion to Associate Professor, and tenure, have been approved by the Chancellor! David Taylor and Carl Safina had...
January 2023 News from SoMAS
Happy New Year! Here's to a great start to the semester, and here's the latest news from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University! Dr. Sharon Pochron and co-PIs Dr. David Taylor and Dr. Elizabeth Newman has received a new grant from the...
December 2022 News from SoMAS
Wishing you Peace, Love, Joy, and Discovery this Holiday Season from all of us at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University! We hope this has been a great year and wish you the best for 2023! Here's what happened this month: The 2022...
November 2022 News and Press
We are thankful to enter the holiday season and the end of the semester! Here's what happened in November at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University. SoMAS has had the benefit of 25 years of student scholarships, from the...
October 2022 News from SoMAS
Photo above: Students in the Semester by the Sea Program class MAR 303 - Long Island Marine Habitats visited the Rocky Intertidal at Montauk Point. Follow the class on their Blog! Here's the October News and Press from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at...
September 2022 News and Press from SoMAS
Photo above: The 2021 Class of Stony Brook University 40 Under 40 were honored on September 13 at Tribeca Rooftop in New York City where over 150 alumni and friends joined Stony Brook University President Maurie McInnis, PhD. This group included SoMAS alumni Rachel...
August News and Press from SoMAS
Welcome back everyone, and greetings to our new students! Here's the latest news and press from SoMAS for the month of August! Seven members of the Chen Lab here at SoMAS co-ran the Lenfest Ocean Program’s International Crustacean Fisheries Task Force workshop the...
July 2022 News from SoMAS
Here's the news and press from July 2022 from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences! Congratulations to Ali Farhadzadeh, whose promotion to Associate Professor, and tenure, have been approved by the Chancellor! Dr. Brian Colle and Dr. Christine Gilbert have a...