This website is the Aprils Fools 2019 Joke by the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and Department of Music at Stony Brook University.  Many thanks to the School of Journalism, the Center for News Literacy, the College of Arts and Sciences and others for their assistance.

Message from the Dean

Welcome to SoMUS! Many opportunities await you here. There could be no better time to enter a sustainable career in marine and atmospheric sciences and music.

Undergraduate Studies

There are many opportunities for undergraduates at SoMUS. We offer 10 degree programs and 11 minors.

Graduate Studies

Over 100 M.A., M.S. and Ph.D. students in Composition, Ethnomusicology, History and Theory of Music, Marine and Atmospheric SciencesMarine Conservation and Policy, and Musical Arts study at SoMUS. Our graduate programs stress rigorous, interdisciplinary approaches to problem solving.

We are working on the most important problems on the planet, and want you to be part of the solution! 

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The Conservation of Sounds with Ben Mirin

The Conservation of Sounds with Ben Mirin

Better known by his stage name, DJ Ecotone, Ben Mirin is a sound artist and television presenter who records wildlife and composes music from the sounds of nature. This includes his own voice, since he is also an internationally recognized beatboxer. He is the host...

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