Category: SoMAS

Academics Faculty/Staff Long Island Medicine and Research Research SoMAS Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

$1.1 Million Secured for New York Sea Grant Research Projects

Five new two-year coastal research projects are now underway and all are being administered at Stony Brook University. Two of the projects are being led by Christopher Gobler, Endowed Chair of Coastal Ecology and...

May 31, 2018

3 min read

Academics Community Faculty/Staff SB Southampton SoMAS Sustainability

Earth Day Beach Cleanup at Warner Island Is a Success

Students, faculty and staff from Stony Brook Southampton and the Stony Brook main campus celebrated Earth Day on Sunday, April 22 with the annual Beach Clean Up at Warner Island in Shinnecock Bay. Captain Andrew Brosnan...

April 25, 2018

1 min read

Academics Events SoMAS Sustainability

Earthstock 2018 to Combine Traditions and Innovations

Earthstock, Stony Brook’s annual celebration of Earth Day, kicks off Monday, April 16, featuring a winning combination of hallowed traditions and fresh programming. More than a week’s worth of educational...

April 11, 2018

7 min read

Academics Events Faculty/Staff On Campus SoMAS

Discover What Animals Think and Feel with Carl Safina, March 19

Does my dog really love me? Consciousness, self-awareness, empathy, non-verbal communication, imitation, teaching, grief — join conservationist Carl Safina as he shows that many non-human minds are rather similar to...

February 26, 2018

2 min read

Academics Faculty Faculty/Student Spotlights Giving Back SB Southampton SoMAS Stony Brook Matters

Turning the Tide for Long Island’s Coastal Ecosystems

New Endowed Chair in Coastal Ecology and Conservation helps advance impactful research at School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences As a professor in Stony Brook’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Christopher...

February 23, 2018

6 min read

Academics Faculty Faculty/Student Spotlights Featured Story Leadership Main University SoMAS Stony Brook Matters University

Paul Shepson Named Dean of SoMAS

Paul B. Shepson has been named Dean of Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS), announced Michael Bernstein, Provost and Chief Academic Officer. Selected after a national search...

February 23, 2018

2 min read

Academics Medicine and Research News Highlights Research SoMAS Stony Brook Matters

Researchers to use Climate Data to Better Predict Marine Distribution in Northeast

Scientists from Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) will be developing seasonal predictions of fish and marine mammal distributions in the Northeast United States with the goal to...

October 23, 2017

3 min read

Academics Events On Campus SoMAS

Celebrate SoMAS’ 50th Anniversary on October 13

The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) celebrates its 50th Anniversary on Friday, October 13, with an Environmental Media Conference, The Risk of Saying Nothing. Hear from several Stony Brook speakers...

October 10, 2017

2 min read

Academics Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights SoMAS Stony Brook Matters

SoMAS Professors Share Expertise and Advocacy on Hudson Fisheries

Three Stony Brook science professors delivered a powerful message to Capitol Hill at a public forum on water quality last month. Professors Jeffrey Levinton, Joseph Warren and Michael Frisk journeyed to Washington, DC...

July 18, 2017

4 min read

Academics Community Events Main University SB Southampton Social Sciences SoMAS Stony Brook Matters

Food for Thought: A Day with Bobby Flay and Food Lab

It was a perfect June morning on the East End of Long Island. Breeze flowing off the water, clouds providing a slight scrim for the sun trying to push through. Sitting at a remote picnic table (although not quite remote...

June 16, 2017

8 min read

Academics Research SB Southampton SoMAS

Shinnecock Bay Restoration Program Fights Water Pollution

In response to deteriorating environmental conditions in Shinnecock Bay on Long Island, faculty at Stony Brook’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) founded the Shinnecock Bay Restoration Program...

June 2, 2017

1 min read

Academics Alumni Events Arts & Entertainment Long Island On Campus SB Southampton SoMAS Stony Brook Matters

Southampton Food Lab Conference Features Bobby Flay, David Barber, Michel Nischan

World-famous chef and restaurateur Bobby Flay will deliver the first of two keynotes at the third annual Food Lab Conference hosted by The Food Lab at Stony Brook Southampton June 9-10, 2017. David Barber of Blue Hill...

April 25, 2017

4 min read

Academics Community SB Southampton SoMAS

Stony Brook Southampton Joins Great East End Clean Up

Sixteen people from the Stony Brook Southampton Office of Student Life and Semester by the Sea program took part in the annual Great East End Clean Up on Sunday, April 23. The group took a boat out to Warner Island in...

April 25, 2017

1 min read

Academics Awards and Honors Events SoMAS Student Spotlight

Alfredo Esposito ’18 Accepts Eng Scholarship in Environmental Studies

Bringing together the festive atmosphere of Stony Brook’s annual Earthstock celebration with the serious business of scholarship, Alfredo Esposito ’18 was awarded the Jeffrey Eng Memorial Scholarship in...

April 24, 2017

4 min read

Academics Main University Medicine and Research News Highlights Research SoMAS Stony Brook Matters

SBU-led Study: Climate Change Threatening Humans Through Toxic Algae Spread

One oceanic consequence of climate change is well underway, and it’s likely already having a negative impact on human health, according to a new study led by a professor at Stony Brook’s School of Marine and Atmospheric...

April 24, 2017

3 min read

Academics Faculty/Staff Global SoMAS

Ellen Pikitch to Advise President of Palau on Ocean Resource Management

Renowned marine fisheries scientist Ellen Pikitch has been appointed by President Tommy Remengesau of the Republic of Palau to be his special advisor on Matters on Oceans and Seas. Pikitch, director of the Institute for...

March 6, 2017

2 min read

Academics Faculty/Staff Main University Research SoMAS Stony Brook Matters

SoMAS’ Ellen Pikitch Part of Team Studying Marine Fisheries Reform in China

Professor Ellen Pikitch, executive director of the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University, is part of a research team led by Stanford...

January 23, 2017

2 min read

Academics Research SoMAS

North Atlantic Tuna Less Toxic, Study Finds

In a piece of welcome news for seafood lovers, a Stony Brook-led research team has found declining levels of mercury in bluefin tuna caught in the North Atlantic over the past decade. Mercury is a neurotoxin harmful to...

December 7, 2016

2 min read

Category: SoMAS

$1.1 Million Secured for New York Sea Grant Research Projects

Earth Day Beach Cleanup at Warner Island Is a Success

Earthstock 2018 to Combine Traditions and Innovations

Discover What Animals Think and Feel with Carl Safina, March 19

Turning the Tide for Long Island’s Coastal Ecosystems

Paul Shepson Named Dean of SoMAS

Researchers to use Climate Data to Better Predict Marine Distribution in Northeast

Celebrate SoMAS’ 50th Anniversary on October 13

SoMAS Professors Share Expertise and Advocacy on Hudson Fisheries

Shinnecock Bay Restoration Program Fights Water Pollution

Southampton Food Lab Conference Features Bobby Flay, David Barber, Michel Nischan

Stony Brook Southampton Joins Great East End Clean Up

Alfredo Esposito ’18 Accepts Eng Scholarship in Environmental Studies

SBU-led Study: Climate Change Threatening Humans Through Toxic Algae Spread

Ellen Pikitch to Advise President of Palau on Ocean Resource Management

SoMAS’ Ellen Pikitch Part of Team Studying Marine Fisheries Reform in China

North Atlantic Tuna Less Toxic, Study Finds

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