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Senior Anne Green Selected for Payne International Development Fellowship

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.

January 26, 2022

3 min read

Academics Research SoMAS Student Spotlight University

SoMAS Student and Shark Fan Gets Bitten by Science Journalism

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...

December 15, 2021

4 min read

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Thicker Than Water: Alumna Erica Cirino Seeks Solutions to the Plastic Crisis

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...

November 17, 2021

6 min read

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Storm Surge Working Group, SBU Faculty Identify Continued Need for Coastal Protection

SoMAS' Malcolm Bowman chairs the working group, which continues to push for storm surge barriers to protect the New York area.

November 5, 2021

2 min read

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Measuring the Met: Stony Brook Researchers Study Renowned Museum’s Air Quality

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...

October 20, 2021

5 min read

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Stony Brook Students, Researchers Contribute to WSHU’s Higher Ground Podcast

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...

October 15, 2021

4 min read

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SBU Leads Climate Week Discussion on Creating Green Partnerships

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...

September 29, 2021

2 min read

Academics Faculty/Staff Long Island News Highlights Research SoMAS Stony Brook Matters University

SoMAS Faculty Release Long Island Water Quality App

The Long Island Beach and Water Quality App (LIBAWQA) is described as the world’s first ever all-in-one water quality app for the public.

August 11, 2021

3 min read

Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences News Highlights Research SoMAS STEM Stony Brook Matters University

SEA MATE Program Reducing Acid in Oceans, CO2 in the Atmosphere

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.

July 20, 2021

2 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Community News Highlights Research SoMAS Stony Brook Matters University

SoMAS, Geosciences Take to the Road in the EarthBus

The EarthBus Partnership will recruit and mentor students at high schools with large populations of underrepresented students, bringing awareness of geoscience careers.

June 25, 2021

1 min read

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Great Horned Owls Descend on Stony Brook Southampton

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.

June 22, 2021

7 min read

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Presidential Completion Awards Help Doctoral Students Finish Degrees

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...

June 2, 2021

6 min read

Academics News Highlights Research SoMAS STEM Stony Brook Matters University

SBU Researchers Studying Mercury Levels Under Ice

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.

May 12, 2021

3 min read

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Students Ask: What’s Your Opinion of the Hudson?

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.

May 11, 2021

2 min read

Academics Research SoMAS Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight University

Cernadas-Martín Is a Champion for Marine and Human Diversity

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...

May 7, 2021

5 min read

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SBU Scientists Take a Multi-Faceted Approach to Restoring Shinnecock Bay

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...

May 3, 2021

7 min read

Academics Faculty/Staff Research SoMAS STEM Stony Brook Matters University

Gobler Lab Joins the Battle Against Algal Blooms

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...

April 26, 2021

4 min read

Academics Community News Highlights SB Southampton SoMAS University

SoMAS, Southampton Communities Remember Ryan Durie

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.

April 21, 2021

3 min read

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Senior Anne Green Selected for Payne International Development Fellowship

SoMAS Student and Shark Fan Gets Bitten by Science Journalism

Thicker Than Water: Alumna Erica Cirino Seeks Solutions to the Plastic Crisis

Storm Surge Working Group, SBU Faculty Identify Continued Need for Coastal Protection

Measuring the Met: Stony Brook Researchers Study Renowned Museum’s Air Quality

Stony Brook Students, Researchers Contribute to WSHU’s Higher Ground Podcast

SBU Leads Climate Week Discussion on Creating Green Partnerships

SoMAS Faculty Release Long Island Water Quality App

SEA MATE Program Reducing Acid in Oceans, CO2 in the Atmosphere

SoMAS, Geosciences Take to the Road in the EarthBus

Great Horned Owls Descend on Stony Brook Southampton

Presidential Completion Awards Help Doctoral Students Finish Degrees

SBU Researchers Studying Mercury Levels Under Ice

Students Ask: What’s Your Opinion of the Hudson?

Cernadas-Martín Is a Champion for Marine and Human Diversity

SBU Scientists Take a Multi-Faceted Approach to Restoring Shinnecock Bay

Gobler Lab Joins the Battle Against Algal Blooms

SoMAS, Southampton Communities Remember Ryan Durie

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