Category: SoMAS

Academics Events News Highlights SoMAS STEM Sustainability University

Stony Brook Celebrates Climate Week NYC, Sept. 17-24

Stony Brook University will be celebrating Climate Week NYC — the largest annual climate event of its kind — from September 17-24. As a global leader in the fight for our environment, Stony Brook has a rich history of...

September 14, 2023

6 min read

News Highlights Research SoMAS University

Expanding Research on Sharks in New York Waters

Scientists call for more research and key steps to gathering evidence around human-shark interactions The lack of evidence about shark biology, their prey, and changes in the ecosystems of New York area coastal waters...

September 13, 2023

4 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences College of Business College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty/Staff News Highlights School of Communication and Journalism SoMAS University

IDEA Fellows Join Stony Brook Faculty

Stony Brook University is welcoming a new cohort of early career faculty, hired through the IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access) Fellows initiative

September 6, 2023

7 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Featured Story SoMAS Student Spotlight University

Internship Brings Chemistry Major Closer to the Ground

Stony Brook University junior Sania Ilyas spent her summer as an intern in the Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Suffolk County focused on growing grapes

August 28, 2023

4 min read

Faculty/Staff Global Leadership News Highlights SoMAS Sustainability University

SBU Environmentalist Charles F. Wurster, Co-Founder of Environmental Defense Fund, Dies at 92

One of the great environmental heroes of our time, Charles F. (Charlie) Wurster, died on July 6, 2023. An environmental scientist and co-founder of the Environmental Defense Fund, Wurster was Emeritus Professor of...

August 3, 2023

2 min read

Faculty/Staff Research SoMAS University

Dust from the Sahara Helps Remove Dangerous Atmospheric Methane

Findings published in PNAS improves understanding of global methane totals Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, potentially accounting for up to one-third of global warming, some scientists estimate. A new study...

July 26, 2023

3 min read

Academics Featured Story Research SoMAS STEM University

CEWIT Hosts First Radar Science Summer School

CEWIT at Stony Brook University hosted 25 students from the U.S. and abroad at its first-ever Radar Science Summer School

July 12, 2023

3 min read

Academics Faculty/Staff Research SoMAS Sustainability University

Gauging Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Our Skies

Paul Shepson of Stony Brook University has received a $1.725 million grant to complete air sampling and analysis of greenhouse gas emissions in the Northeast

July 7, 2023

3 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff News Highlights School of Medicine SoMAS University

Five More Professors Honored as SUNY Distinguished Faculty

Five Stony Brook University faculty promoted to Distinguished Faculty by the SUNY Board of Trustees were recognized at a Distinguished Academy dinner June 20

June 22, 2023

6 min read

Academics SoMAS STEM Sustainability University

President McInnis Discusses The New York Climate Exchange on PBS

Stony Brook University President Maurie McInnis appeared on Peril and Promise: The Challenge of Climate Change to talk about The New York Climate Exchange

June 16, 2023

1 min read

Academics Research SoMAS University

SBU Awarded IBM Grant to Support Sustainability Accelerator

Stony Brook University has been awarded a grant from IBM valued at $362,000 to co-develop the Clean Energy Equity Index (CEEI)

June 16, 2023

4 min read

Academics Alumni News SoMAS University

Geoff Bansen ’10 Delivers SOMAS Convocation Address

Meteorologist Geoff Bansen ’10, an alumnus of the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS), is featured in a new Q&A on SB Matters

June 15, 2023

1 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Community On Campus SoMAS Student Spotlight Sustainability University

‘Forever Wild’ Gives Voice to Ashley Schiff Preserve

Curated by Sowad Ocean Karim and Kellianne Ticcony, Forever Wild is a collection of poems and artwork that celebrates Ashley Schiff Preserve at Stony Brook

May 10, 2023

6 min read

Academics Events On Campus SoMAS Sustainability University

New York Climate Exchange Town Hall, Celebrations April 25

Stony Brook university will host a special Town Hall on Tuesday, April 25 on the creation of the New York Climate Exchange on Governors Island

April 24, 2023

2 min read

Academics Global SoMAS Sustainability University

Stony Brook University Selected as Anchor Institution by NYC for World-leading Climate Center on Governors Island

Stony Brook University will serve as the anchor institution for a world-leading climate solutions center on Governors Island, The New York Climate Exchange

April 24, 2023

11 min read

Academics Advancement Events SoMAS University

Stars of Stony Brook Gala Raises $2.1M for Scholarships

Over 500 guests gathered on April 11 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City to honor Laurie Landeau and Robert Maze at the Stars of Stony Brook Gala

April 17, 2023

6 min read

Academics Awards and Honors Faculty/Staff SoMAS University

SOMAS Professor Receives Prestigious NSF Undergraduate Grant

Sharon Pochron, associate professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, won a prestigious NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education award

April 7, 2023

3 min read

Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research SoMAS University

Scientists Study Ice Formation in the Atmosphere

Proposing New Methods to Better Understand This Atmospheric Phenomenon The formation of ice crystals in the atmosphere impacts cloud formation, weather, and precipitation amounts, and is essential for life on Earth...

April 7, 2023

3 min read

Category: SoMAS

Stony Brook Celebrates Climate Week NYC, Sept. 17-24

Expanding Research on Sharks in New York Waters

IDEA Fellows Join Stony Brook Faculty

Internship Brings Chemistry Major Closer to the Ground

SBU Environmentalist Charles F. Wurster, Co-Founder of Environmental Defense Fund, Dies at 92

Dust from the Sahara Helps Remove Dangerous Atmospheric Methane

CEWIT Hosts First Radar Science Summer School

Gauging Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Our Skies

Five More Professors Honored as SUNY Distinguished Faculty

President McInnis Discusses The New York Climate Exchange on PBS

SBU Awarded IBM Grant to Support Sustainability Accelerator

Geoff Bansen ’10 Delivers SOMAS Convocation Address

‘Forever Wild’ Gives Voice to Ashley Schiff Preserve

New York Climate Exchange Town Hall, Celebrations April 25

Stony Brook University Selected as Anchor Institution by NYC for World-leading Climate Center on Governors Island

Stars of Stony Brook Gala Raises $2.1M for Scholarships

SOMAS Professor Receives Prestigious NSF Undergraduate Grant

Scientists Study Ice Formation in the Atmosphere

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