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Geneseo Chem Professor Publishes Children’s Book

Chemistry and Biochemistry News Dr. Barnabas Gikonyo, Director of Introductory Chemistry Laboratories at Geneseo, recently published his 5th book. Although his previous works are all related to green chemistry and bio-fuels, Dr. Gikonyo’s area of research expertise, his latest work is a children’s book. ‘Stay Happy, Children’s Stories’ are based on real life adventures from

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Drew O’Neil (Class of ’21) Awarded Prestigious Center for Disease Control Fellowship

Photo of Drew O’Neil from 2019 Lamron Article “Student researchers analyze local cemetery records, historical implications” Anthropology News Drew O’Neil, a 2021 Geneseo graduate has been selected to be a Center for Disease Control Public Health Associate. Drew was one of 120 people selected out of 4,000 applicants.  In October she will begin a 2-year term working on environmental

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Welcome to the Class of 2025!

Chemistry and Biochemistry News The 2020-2021 academic year begins today. The Chemistry Department welcomes 11 new chemistry majors, 28 new biochemistry majors, and 18 new neuroscience majors. We look forward to working together and getting to know the new students in the coming years. Best wishes to all chemistry and Geneseo students as they begin

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Lauren Crescenzo DeGasperis ’00

Alumni Relations News Tell us about yourself. Where you live now, career, and/or family news. What have you been up to since you left Geneseo?  After (reluctantly!) leaving Geneseo after graduation, I earned my M.S. in School Counseling at the College of New Rochelle. After doing counseling work through Project Liberty and the NYC Dept

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Janielle Zinna Kovacik ’97

Alumni Relations News Tell us about yourself. Where you live now, career, and/or family news. What have you been up to since you left Geneseo? I moved back to Congers (the town I grew up in) in 2019. I am a speech-language pathologist for the North Rockland Central School district and a former union Vice

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Gabriel E. Jensen ’12

Alumni Relations News Tell us about yourself. Where you live now, career, and/or family news. What have you been up to since you left Geneseo? I currently live in South Florida and I am an award winning underwater photographer, Shark diver, and I run a Medical Marijuana Analytical Laboratory. After a few years as an

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Chemistry Professors Receive $200k Grant

Chemistry and Biochemistry News Chemistry professors Kazu Yokoyama and Rabeka Alam, along with collaborators in the Biology and Geological Sciences departments, received a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) for their project, “Acquisition of a Three Dimensional Raman Imaging System for the Integrated Science Center of SUNY Geneseo.” The grant

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Debra Timpone Marotta ’88

Alumni Relations News Tell us about yourself. Where you live now, career, and/or family news. What have you been up to since you left Geneseo? Since graduating from Geneseo I’ve worked as a school-based speech language pathologist. My husband & I have raised 4 terrific kids ages 21, 21, 19 & 16. What did you

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