SBU Mentors 21 Regeneron Finalists

SBU Mentors 21 Regeneron Finalists

Photo above: Regeneron Science Talent Search finalist Caitlin Gormley from Sayville Highschool standing with her GIS project Long Island as a region produced a total of 58 first-round prizewinners in the renamed Regeneron Science Talent Search (the competition was...

Awards, Publications and Grants

BIENNIAL REPORT 2016-2017 Celebrating 50 Years of Making Scientific Research Count at Stony Brook University! Dean’s Message Social Media 50MASstories Timeline People Awards Faculty Joint Faculty Adjunct Faculty Endowed Professorships Staff Dean’s Council...

Midwood High School Wins First Bay Scallop Bowl

From Bay Scallop Organizer John Mak: The 2016 Bay Scallop Bowl had quite the interesting final rounds of the competition. Midwood High School finished at the top of their bracket (the loss bracket), setting up a match against the undefeated Mt Sinai team. Midwood...

Awards, Publications and Grants

  Biennial Report 2014-2015 Dean’s Message Faculty Research Highlights Education Programs Alumni Awards Publications and Grants Financials Social Media   Awards and Honors Each year, SoMAS confers a number of awards on undergraduate and graduate...
Bay Scallop Bowl 2015

Bay Scallop Bowl 2015

The 2015 Bay Scallop Bowl, held on February 7th, 2015, was won by the team from Mt. Sinai High School, a perennial powerhouse at this event.  They will now begin to prepare for the 2015 National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) finals, which take place in Ocean Springs,...

Robert A. Armstrong

Robert A. Armstrong Associate Professor Emeritus Ph.D., 1975, University of Minnesota Email: Robert.armstrong@stonybrook.edu Mathematical modeling in marine ecology and biogeochemistry       Research Interests My specialty is mathematical modeling of...
Faculty defeat students in 20-something Annual Flax-to-Vax Road Race

Faculty defeat students in 20-something Annual Flax-to-Vax Road Race

By Chris Gobler Since ~1990, SoMAS (formerly MSRC) has gone through an annual, spring rite of passage: The Flax-to-Vax road race. Through the years, it has been Flax-to-Vax, Vax-to-Flax, and this year, Vax-to-Vax, but it has always been fun. Participation has waned in...

E-Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 1 – 17 Spring Semester 2013

E-Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 17, May 19 – 25, 2013 Information, Talks, and Publications about Atmospheres This is the final ITPA newsletter for the Spring 2013 semester.  Seminar schedules for the Fall 2013 semester will be available in mid-August at the following...
Mt. Sinai High School Takes 12th Annual Bay Scallop Bowl

Mt. Sinai High School Takes 12th Annual Bay Scallop Bowl

Mt. Sinai High School continued its dominance of the Bay Scallop Bowl with an impressive victory in the 2013 competition, held recently at Stony Brook University’s Student Activities Center. The SoMAS-run Bay Scallop Bowl, an annual regional competition in...

E-Newsletter Vol. 23 – 2012

E-Newsletter Vol. 23 No. 1, August 26 – September 1, 2012 Information, Talks, and Publications about Atmospheres Welcome! The Fall 2012 semester officially begins on Monday, August 27. The first Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will take...

Student Profile: Eda Gimenez

Eda Gimenez is an undergraduate student at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS), currently in her 3rd year of study.  Eda was recently awarded the 2011 Evan R. Liblit Undergraduate Scholarship, which honors undergraduates who show a commitment to...

Spatial Variability in the Causes of Hypoxia in Long Island Sound

The Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for Long Island Sound, produced in 1994 under the EPA’s Long Island Sound Study, identifies persistent summertime hypoxia (low dissolved oxygen) as the principal environmental problem affecting the Sound. The hypoxia...
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...
Bay Scallop Bowl 2010

Bay Scallop Bowl 2010

  Mount Sinai High School defeated Bronx High School of Science to win the 9th Annual Bay Scallop Bowl held at Stony Brook University on March 6, 2010. The Bay Scallop Bowl is one of 25 regional competitions that take place nationwide as part of the National...

2010 Press

Stony Brook University Establishes Advisory Committee to Develop Business Plan for Usage of Southampton Facilities Jul 23, 2010 – Stony Brook University has established an Advisory Committee to help guide best practice academic and functional utilization...