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Geneseo Students Present at Inaugural WNY Political Science Conference

The inaugural Western New York Undergraduate Political Science Conference was held at the Rochester Institute of Technology on Saturday, February 28. Around 20 students in total from SUNY Geneseo, RIT, SUNY Brockport, Nazareth University, and St. John Fisher University presented papers in five panel sessions on topics such as political theory, foreign policy, and American

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photo of a laptop showing quote "I design and develop experiences that make people's lives simple."

SUNY Geneseo Response to Title II Accessibility Changes

Photo by Ben Kolde on Unsplash League of Storytellers News Written by Ryan Seubert, first year student First Edit by Sammi McGiveron, junior Second Edit by the EIT Committee SUNY Geneseo is successfully working towards creating an accessible community for everyone. The college has responded to the recent updates to Title II of the Americans

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Alexis Flint, Alexis Patrick, and David Levy at the APA Conference

Philosophy Students Present at APA Conference

The annual meetings of the American Philosophical Association are the “flagship” conferences for the profession. Faculty and graduate students seek highly prized spots on the program and look forward to networking with their peers and mentors. It’s exceedingly rare to see any undergraduates at the conferences, and even rarer to encounter any who are presenting.

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Faculty and students collaborating over archival material.

Inaugural MA in History Class Prepares for May 2026 Graduation

Justin Behrend (right), professor of history and graduate program director, works with students in the archives. (Photo Provided) “A wonderful community of learning.” This description of the Master of Arts in History program rolls off the tongue of Justin Behrend, professor of history and graduate program director. It’s quickly proven accurate in talking with Behrend

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Sisterhood of Support Ensures Success

Zeta Iota Sisters League of Storytellers News Written by Nathaniel D’Amato, graduating senior Since April of 1979, SUNY Geneseo has fostered a lifelong sisterhood of strong-minded and determined women through its chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated—Zeta Iota. This sorority centers on the principles of scholarship, service, sisterhood, and finer womanhood—the idea of

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Professor Justin Behrend Publishes Article on the Local History of Abolitionism

History News Professor of history Justin Behrend published “Abolitionism and the Struggle Against Slavery in Livingston County” in the Fall 2025 issue of the Livingston County Historical Review. This article explores the creation of the Livingston County Anti-Slavery Society in 1837. It was a reform group of more than one hundred residents who were committed to ending

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Education Professor Receives Second-Year Funding from the Library ofCongress

Dr. James Oigara, assistant professor of education, has secured a second-year fundingrenewal for the SUNY Geneseo Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources(TPS) grant project, reaffirming the program’s success and impact. This three-yearinitiative empowers both pre-service and in-service teachers to bring history and socialstudies to life by integrating primary sources from the Library of Congress

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James Oigara Leads Workshop for Teaching with Primary Sources

James Oigara (SUNY Geneseo/Matt Burkhartt) James Oigara, assistant professor in Geneseo’s Ella Cline Shear School of Education, recently led a teacher workshop on Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS), sponsored by the SUNY Geneseo Library of Congress TPS grant project. The workshop supported educators in integrating primary sources into classroom and inquiry-based learning assignments that enhance student engagement and

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Geneseo Alum Alex Chin ’17 Earns Prestigious APS 2026 GCCM Award

SUNY Geneseo alum and LLE assistant scientist Alex Chin ’17 (Image courtesy of University of Rochester/LLE) Physics and Astronomy News Alumni Relations News The department of physics and astronomy at SUNY Geneseo congratulates Alex Chin ’17 on receiving the 2026 GCCM National Award from the American Physical Society (APS) for exceptional dissertation research. Chin, who is an assistant

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Massive 3,000-year-old Maya site in Mexico depicts the cosmos and the ‘order of the universe,’ study claims

Photo of Drew O’Neil from 2019 Lamron Article “Student researchers analyze local cemetery records, historical implications” Anthropology News Professor James Aimers was quoted in a Live Science article about new research that suggests a 3,000-year-old Maya site in southeastern Mexico is actually a giant cosmogram, depicting how ancient people at the site viewed the order of the universe.

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