She will pursue a master's degree in international development, with guaranteed placement as a foreign service officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Marine sciences major Ashley Goland ’23 has been interested in animals since she was very young, spending a lot of her childhood time reading about them in the local library. Growing up in North Andover near the...
From a very early age, Erica Cirino ’14, ’15 has felt a strong connection to nature. “Nature was my refuge,” said Cirino, who grew up in Huntington, NY, near Caumsett State Park. “There was a wildlife...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s cavernous halls and exhibition spaces were empty and silent when a small group of people entered the Egyptian wing with a 500-pound scientific device on a cart. They cracked open the...
The impact of climate change on Long Island is visible almost anywhere you look. A new WSHU podcast, Higher Ground, produced with help from faculty and students at Stony Brook’s School of Communication and Journalism...
Stony Brook University hosted a panel of city and state officials to discuss how partnerships between government, universities, and industries can not only help New York State meet its climate goals, but also improve...
A team of researchers led by Stony Brook Professor Matthew Eisaman is using electricity to remove acid from the ocean while also taking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
The EarthBus Partnership will recruit and mentor students at high schools with large populations of underrepresented students, bringing awareness of geoscience careers.
Marine Sciences Center Manager Christopher Paparo shares his encounter with a great horned owl family and how he helped save an owlet that fell out of its nest.
Since arriving last summer, Stony Brook University President Maurie McInnis has shown her commitment to supporting doctoral students through several critical investments. The latest are the Presidential Completion...
Scientists have been studying mercury uptake into the food chain during the winter, and how mercury uptake may change in the future, as climate conditions change.
Three students are conducting a survey to determine the public's perception of the Hudson River under the mentorship of Professor David Taylor in the sustainability studies program.
Sara Cernadas-Martín is a self-described interdisciplinary scientist with knowledge spanning the fields of marine biology, molecular genetics, and conservation ecology, with an MS and a PhD from Stony Brook University...
Shinnecock Bay bears the name of an indigenous people, but due to human activity it bears little resemblance to what it once was when it sustained Native American populations. In recent decades, poor water quality...
Lake Agawam in Southampton Village has recently looked more like pea soup than the pristine body of water that it has been for so many years. Dense algal blooms have affected the lake since 2003, according to the 2017...
A GoFundMe campaign to raise money to satellite tag and release a seal through the New York Marine Rescue Center in Riverhead has been set up in his memory.