Our Partners
Primary Partners
The Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering educates future leaders and provides students with the knowledge, tools and skills needed to address society's most challenging problems in the natural and built environments.
New York Sea Grant (NYSG) is a cooperative program between SUNY and Cornell University. NYSG promotes the informed stewardship of coastal resources, including the Great Lakes. NYSG has offices in Cornell, Stony Brook University, University in Ithaca, UB, and other locations throughout the state.
The RENEW Institute is a university-wide multidsciplinary research institute focusing on complex energy and environmental issues and associated social and economic issues.
- NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC)
- National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA)
- US Environmental Protection Agency: Great Lakes
- Great Lakes Regional Research Informaiton Network (GLRRIN)
- Center for Great Lakes Literacy
- Great Lakes Research Consortium (GLRC)
- Great Lakes Observing Systems (GLOS)
- Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC)
- Great Lakes Data Rescue Programs
- New York's Great Lakes Ecosystem Education Exchange
- Great Lakes Field Center (Buffalo State College)
- WNY PRISM
- Great Lakes Research Consortium
- Ohio State Stone Laboratory
- Tom Ridge Environmental Center (Erie, PA)
- The Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC) part of the Midwest region of the USGS
- SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
- Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER)
- Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGRL)
Lake Superior: Deepest of the Great lakes with a maximum depth of 1,332 feet. The highest of the Great Lakes at 600 feet above sea level.
Lake Huron: Fifth largest freshwater lake in the world. First of the Great Lakes to be discovered by European explorers.
Lake Michigan: Only Great Lake completely within the U.S. This lake's shoreline contains the largest freshwater dunes in the world.
Lake Erie: Shallowest and most biologically productive of the Great Lakes. Shortest retention time (2.6 years), and the only Great Lake with three distinct basins.
Lake Ontario: Has smallest shoreline volume of the Great Lakes. Last in the Great Lakes chain, and the only lake with controlled water levels.