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Becoming a true trailblazer: starting a business in Madagascar
I entered into Stony Brook Southampton in 2009, my second year at Stony Brook University – as what the school called a “Trailblazer.” That term always stuck with me, what really made me a trailblazer?...
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Sustainability Studies Program spends another summer in Madagascar!
Ranomofana National Park, Madagascar How did you spend your summer? In late May, Dr. Heidi Hutner, professor and director of the Sustainability Studies Program at Stony Brook University, packed up and...
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Students to Study Human Use Patterns at Ashley Schiff Park Preserve
When Margaret Conover asked the Sustainability Studies Program if we could quantify use-patterns in the Ashley Schiff Park Preserve, two Environment and Human Impact students enthusiastically said yes!...
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The Sustainability Studies Spring 2016 Newsletter
The Sustainability Studies Spring 2016 Newsletter is now available!
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Katherine Aubrecht Awarded for Incorporating Sustainability into Chemistry...
From Katherine Aubrecht Awarded for Incorporating Sustainability into Chemistry Education on Stony Brook Happenings Katherine Aubrecht, an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at Stony...
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A Summer at the Turkana Basin Institute
In the most ancient wastes in their modern facilities, for over sixty years the Leakey’s et al have been the (arguably) lead in human origins research. Richard Leakey, a faculty member of Stony Brook...
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Sustainability Studies Student to Cycle for Change
In 2011, I came to Stony Brook University totally unaware of the environmental truths of my time. In all my years of learning and growing, I had never been fully informed of the reality in which I...
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Nicole Casamassina Presents GSS 313/314 Project at Northeastern Storms...
Nicole Casamassina is an Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences student minoring in Coastal Environmental Studies and Geospatial Science. As a result of her work in GSS 313/314 with Maria Brown, she...
View ArticleEmily Markowitz receives Undergraduate Recognition Award
SoMAS is proud to announce that Emily Markowitz has been awarded the 2016 Undergraduate Recognition William J. Sullivan Award, the most prestigious service award Stony Brook presents to a graduating...
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Examining Seeds of Change
Joy Dinkelman is a student in the Sustainability Studies program here at Stony Brook University. After having the amazing and life-changing experience of attending the Omega Institute Seeds of Change...
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Dr. Larry Swanson Appointed Interim Dean of Stony Brook University’s School...
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The Future of Seed Saving at Stony Brook University
Joy Dinkelman is a student in the Sustainability Studies program here at Stony Brook University. This is her second contributed piece to the Sustainability Studies Blog. The end of the semester is...
View ArticleSoMAS Convocation 2016
Congratulations to our graduates! The annual SoMAS Convocation occurred on Friday, May 20, 2016 at the SAC auditorium. Students gathered with their friends and family and SoMAS faculty and staff to...
View ArticleThe Sustainability Studies Program joins SoMAS!
The Sustainability Studies Program (SUS) has now merged with the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. Sustainability Studies was a standalone academic unit within the university that was...
View ArticleSearch for the next Dean of the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) at Stony Brook University seeks nominations and applications for the position of Dean. Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric...
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Medicine Not Bombs with Patricia Wright and Peter Small
SPECIAL EPISODE: MEDICINE NOT BOMBS WITH DR. PATRICIA WRIGHT AND DR. PETER SMALL, SUMMER 2016 A special episode on the breaking story of the first use of medical drones in Madagascar, the third...
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Welcome Back!
From Larry Swanson, Interim Dean of SoMAS and Director of MSRC. Welcome to all new faculty, staff and students and welcome back to those who have been away for the summer either on vacation or...
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SoMAS Students Participate in SEA Semester Journey
Alexandra Bonecutter, a student in the Environmental Studies program with a Marine Science minor, and Ruthann Monsees, a student in the Coastal Environmental Studies program Sustainability Studies...
View ArticleFloating on Warmer Water with Bethany Wiggin
Floating on Warmer Water with Bethany Wiggin, Fall 2016 Join Heidi Hutner in this interview with Bethany Wiggin; Her interests lie in the intersections between the early modern period and contemporary...
View ArticleThe Solutions Project with Mark Jacobson
THE SOLUTIONS PROJECT WITH MARK JACOBSON, FALL 2016 In this episode of Coffee with Hx2, Heidi Hutner speaks with Professor Mark Z. Jacobson, an engineer and Senior Stanford Woods Fellow at Stanford...
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