School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences

08/25/2026

Here's to the start of the new semester! Check in with some of the Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences graduate students about what they are looking forward to this semester (and what they are least excited for, as well)!

08/20/2026

The Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences is hiring! We are currently accepting applications for an Associate Facilities Manager for our South Campus buildings, including Challenger, Dana, Discovery, and Endeavour Halls, along with our Boathouse. Help us find a great candidate!

https://stonybrooku.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?job=2602878

08/19/2026

Viktoria Skobodzinski earned her B.A. in Environmental Studies and Ecosystems and Human Impact and her M.A. in Marine Conservation & Policy (MCP) from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University in 2025. Her capstone project, “Assessing the No Discharge Zone in the Peconic Estuary,” focused on boating waste, infrastructure, and compliance, resulting in recommendations to strengthen local protections.

Today, she works as a Vegetable Program Assistant with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County (CCE), supporting agriculture research and working with growers across Eastern Long Island.

She credits the MCP program’s focus on research, science communication, and community engagement for helping her transition into her current role and says the diverse backgrounds of MCP students and faculty were her favorite parts of the program.

To read more about Viktoria or to see other MCP journeys, visit our alumni perspectives page: https://www.stonybrook.edu/somas-mcp/students-alumni.html

08/18/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Stony Brook Village Green for the last concert of the summer and a laid-back "Welcome Back SoMAS" event! Here's to kicking off the Fall 2026 semester with good vibes 😀

📸: Anushka Rajagopalan

08/17/2026

This week's Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Spotlight features Graduate Student Alyssa Pfitzer Price, who shares a "Day in the Life" conducting sustainability surveys in Brooklyn, NY, as part of the Coastal Disturbance Ecology Lab with Dr. Gio McClenachan. is working on her MS at SoMAS. For more information, please visit https://www.cdel.org/brooklyngreenspace.html

08/10/2026

Check out a "Day in the Week" from Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Student Anushka Rajagopalan from her recent trip to the International Coral Reef Symposium in Auckland, New Zealand. Anushka is a member of the Seascape Lab of Dr. Daniel Holstein.

08/06/2026

This summer, the Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences supported a faculty trip to the Turkana Basin Institute (TBI) for Drs. Oliver Shipley (MAR) and Shelby McClelland (SUS). They were joined by TBI's most recently sponsored hire, Dr. Daniel Griffith from the Stony Brook University Ecology and Evolution. The faculty were provided a first hand experience across TBI Turkwell and Ileret campuses with the hope of seeding novel, sustainable research. These topics will include sustainable agricultural systems, historical and modern lake ecology, and grassland ecology, which all provide a forward looking perspective on life throughout the basin.

08/03/2026

This time next month the Fall semester will have started! Catch up on everything that happened in July at the Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences!

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07/31/2026

Before the semester officially starts, join the SoMAS Graduate Student Club at the Stony Brook Village Summer Concert Series and enjoy an evening of live music on Sunday August 16 from 7pm - 9pm. Incoming and current MS, PhD, MCP students, postdocs, faculty, staff, and alumni - bring a chair or blanket and your family and friends. This means YOU! This event is free and open to the public More information about the Summer Concert Series is available at the Stony Brook Village Center website: https://stonybrookvillage.com/event/2026-summer-concerts/