Stony Brook Southampton Marine Station

Field station name: Stony Brook Southampton Marine Station

URL: https://www.somas.stonybrook.edu/about/facilities/southampton-marine-station/

Year founded: 2006

Mission statement: SoMAS has three core missions:
 Research — to increase fundamental understanding of the oceans, the atmosphere,
their interactions, and the life systems they support.
 Education — to develop academic excellence in students, enabling them to become society’s
future leaders and informed and productive citizens.
 Service — to design and communicate innovative solutions to the environmental
problems of society at local, regional, national, and global scales.

Annual visitors: 1500

Land: 2 acres (1 hectares)

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Outreach Goals

[✓ = applies to this field station, ✗ = does not apply to this field station]

    ✗ Build community

    ✓ Disseminate place-based knowledge and/or skills

    ✓ Encourage conservation or environmental stewardship

    ✗ Inspire curiosity

    ✗ Make field station resources available to the public

    ✗ Promote STEM careers

    ✗ Raise awareness of the field station's work

    ✗ Raise money

    ✗ Reach a particular audience

    ✓ Teach about the environment generally

    ✗ Teach researchers how to communicate with the public

Outreach Programs