News Archive

Representatives from Chonnam National University met with college administrators in Academic Affairs on Monday to learn more about Geneseo and possible future collaboration.

Lynette Bosch, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Art History and chair of Geneseo’s Department of Art History, will among those presenting at the Cuban Cultural Center of New York’s annual conference Nov. 20 at Sotheby’s in New York City. This year’s conference will focus on the history and development of art in Cuba – from colonial times to present-day performance art.

SUNY Geneseo Small Business Development Center (SBDC) to assist Monks’ Bread in promoting their most recent expansion of baked goods; Monks’ Fruit and Nut Bars and Monks’ Biscotti.

Wendy J. Deichmann, professor of history and theology at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, will deliver SUNY Geneseo’s 2016 MacVittie Lecture Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Doty Hall Recital Hall.

Elizabeth Witherell, editor-in-chief of “The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau” will deliver this year’s Walter Harding Lecture Nov. 8 at SUNY Geneseo.

Senior Erik Mebust is driven by curiosity and a desire to make tangible, positive impacts on other people’s lives. He achieves this through his altruistic, dedicated work on and off of the SUNY Geneseo campus - including an internship with the New York City Office of United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.

IDS Project staff members have helped make the initiative a national resource. From left to right are Cathy Taylor, Mark Sullivan, and Bill Jones.

President Denise A. Battles was elected to the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU) Board of Directors during the association’s annual meeting on Nov. 1.

SUNY Distinguished Professor of Physics Stephen Padalino was recently elected as a Fellow in the American Physical Society (APS).

Research funding totaling more than $495,000 for two separate projects will benefit several Geneseo faculty members in the natural sciences and mathematics.

In 2002, the college introduced a campus shuttle service. Fourteen years later, the number of cars on campus has been drastically reduced.

A SUNY Geneseo faculty member is heading to Antarctica with a team of climate scientists this month where he will gather information to compose music based upon seismic data gathered at the site.

Geneseo’s School of Business has reached a major milestone with the opening of its Trading Room, an applied learning facility giving business students real-time trading experience through state-of-the-art technology.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has appointed Jill (Yonkers) Emmons to the SUNY Geneseo College Council. Emmons is a 1996 Geneseo graduate and is a policy coordinator for Erie 1 BOCES (Board of Cooperative Educational Services) in West Seneca, N.Y.

Improved electrical and telecommunication infrastructure, updated electrical equipment and heating, and water and sewer upgrades are all in the cards thanks to a major campus construction project set to begin April 2017.

The annual observance of Cultural Harmony Week has become a tradition at Geneseo that truly puts into practice the sentiments expressed in its mission and values statements.

GENESEO, N.Y. – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has appointed Melisza Campos to the SUNY Geneseo College Council.

After graduating in 2014 with a degree in childhood/special education as well as a minor in Asian studies and a concentration in women and gender studies, Hannah Hunter moved to Pattaya, Thailand to teach.

Geneseo gets an up-close look at extraterrestrial lunar rocks dating back billions of years.

The SUNY Geneseo men's and women's cross country teams were both ranked No. 1 in Division III; the first time in the history of the rankings that one institution has held the top spot in both polls at the same time. 

President Denise A. Battles and volunteer leadership staff were in Washington, D.C., last week and returned with an important honor: The college is again named in the President’s 2015 Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.

October is Sustainability Month at the college and campus community members are hosting more than a dozen lectures, workshops and hands-on events that raise awareness, spark discussion and promote personal involvement.

SUNY Geneseo Professor of English Rachel Hall, who was awarded the G.S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction by BkMk Press, has recently published a collection of linked short stories entitled “Heirlooms.”

Items that would be bound for the trash heap but instead were donated by departing students last summer raised more than $8,000 for the campus InterFaith Center and food and other resources for local organizations.

Cornell University Professor Tony Ingraffea, featured speaker for the President’s Annual Sustainability Lecture, will give a talk at Geneseo about the need for renewable energy.