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SUNY Geneseo’s Asian/Asian American Studies and Programming and the Department of Theatre and Dance are sponsoring dance studies guest artist Chung-Fu Chang in residence Feb. 21-25.

American oceanographer and explorer David Gallo will deliver the keynote address for Geneseo’s two commencement ceremonies on May 12 in the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena. The morning ceremony begins at 10 a.m.; the afternoon ceremony begins at 2 p.m.

SUNY Geneseo’s Department of Music is staging the musical comedy “It Shoulda Been You” Feb. 14 – 18 in the Alice Austin Theatre. The Wednesday through Saturday shows begin at 7:30 p.m. and the Sunday matinee begins at 2 p.m.

Composer and singer Ysaÿe Barnwell ’67, ’68 will join Geneseo’s celebration of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by conducting a Community Sing on Tuesday, February 27 at 6 p.m. in the College Union Ballroom. The sing is free and open to the public.

SUNY Geneseo students Thasfia Chowdhury '20 and Isabel Owen '20 have won Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships in a national competition.

Students will have the opportunity to develop stand-out skills and learn how to project an authentic leadership style during SUNY Geneseo’s eighth-annual Women’s Leadership Conference and Networking Dinner on Feb. 28.

For nearly 20 years at Geneseo, associate professor of anthropology Barbara Welker has kept her phone nearby; she has to be ready to spring into action. Welker has become the go-to adviser and volunteer for local police agencies for her forensic expertise.

The Geneseo campus community is now able to skip the lines in on-campus restaurants and cafés and pre-order meals online through a new online ordering system.

A leading authority on South Asian religions as well as environmentalism and religion, David L. Haberman, will deliver SUNY Geneseo’s Phi Beta Kappa lecture Feb. 22.

Geneseo’s Interfaith Service Project (GISP) kicked off the semester with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Leadership and Service and continues with a lineup of events in February.

The programming team engaged to carry out the renovations of Sturges and Fraser Halls is conducting a Town Hall meeting Feb. 14 at 3 p.m. in the Doty Hall Tower Room (Rm 300) to seek input on the renovated space.

SUNY Geneseo and the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County are holding a special event Jan. 27 to remember the life and legacy of the late College alumnus Sean Francis Ryan ’07 and to celebrate the remarkable decade-long partnership that has evolved between Geneseo and the library with Sean’s Traveling Trunk.

SUNY Geneseo is one of the nation's best colleges for students seeking a superb education with great career preparation and at an affordable price, according to The Princeton Review.

Against a backdrop of national debate on the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, mathematician Pamela Harris from Williams College will deliver a campus lecture titled “The Lonely Reality of an Academic Dreamer,” Jan. 25.

SUNY Geneseo’s "Day of Leadership and Service" celebrated the work and teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 15 with a series of inter-generational and interfaith discussions, workshops, and community outreach projects. Some 153 participated in the day’s activities, including Geneseo students, Office for the Aging seniors, community volunteers and school-age students.

A family with ties to Geneseo for 80 years has made a major gift to the College. The Neureiters’ connection to Geneseo as well as their experiences studying and working abroad have transformed their lives, and they want students to have similar opportunities.

Duane McPherson, associate professor of biology, received a $13,537 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support travel expenses and fees for eight presenters at a symposium titled “Integrative Biology of Sensory Hair Cells.” The symposium was part of the recent annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB).

Organic garlic harvested from the Geneseo e-Garden is making its way to the plates of students, faculty and staff at the College. Food Studio North and Max Market, two of the newest on-campus restaurants, will be using the 120 pounds of garlic harvested from the e-Garden throughout the beginning of the spring semester.  

SUNY Geneseo has been named to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance’s list of the Top 300 Best College Values for 2018, ranking 120th on the comprehensive list of public and private colleges.

The College will host the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Leadership and Service on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, with relevant addresses, workshops and activities that assist others in the community.

Geneseo- based startup company Verdimine has signed an exclusive license agreement with the Research Foundation for The State University of New York to employ a proprietary green chemistry process that improves safety and efficiency in manufacturing specialty chemicals across many industries.

The selection committee for the Gloria and Van Quaal Outstanding Quality Service Award deemed the nominations so exceptional this year that the committee selected three awardees from the nine nominations they received.

SUNY Geneseo School of Business seniors Alex Hall and Patrick Climie found their niche at Geneseo in a nontraditional way that has allowed them to excel in the business world.

Two SUNY Geneseo students, Thasfia Chowdhury and Chelsea Pierre-Louis, have won Institute for International Education (IIE) Generation Study Abroad Travel Grants in a national competition.

Three administrators in the College’s Center for Community are serving in leadership roles of three major national student affairs professional association governing boards.