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Ambassador Dennis Ross will deliver the Kenneth Roemer Lecture on World Affairs at SUNY Geneseo. He will address "How Should We Think About the Middle East" at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 23 in the MacVittie College Union Ballroom. The event is free and open to the public.

As part of CIT’s ongoing printing improvement Initiative, Computing and Information Technology’s gPrint system is helping to reduce waste on campus.

Sigma Phi Epsilon brothers established the Don Litzelman Foundation to preserve Don’s legacy by funding cancer research, providing awards to lacrosse players at Geneseo, supporting youth lacrosse in Don’s hometown of Camillus, N.Y., and donating a $500 scholarship to an athlete at Don’s high school.

Two Geneseo classes have partnered with the Livingston County Jail to record inmates reading books to send to the inmates’ children as part of the national “Storybook Project.”

Ben Rawlins has been on the job as director of Milne Library for seven weeks but already, he’s noticed a marked difference between the private and public higher education sectors.

Fatima Rodriguez Johnson is the recipient of the 2017 INSIGHT Into Diversity Giving Back Award for administrators. It is the only national award that honors college and university administrators for going beyond their everyday leadership tasks and give back to their campuses and communities.

One of Geneseo’s first international students, Akiko Shimojima ’00, recently earned a bronze award at the 10th Japan International MANGA Awards for her work as co-author of the book, “Secrets of the Ninja.”

The Ella Cline Shear School of Education at SUNY Geneseo and the Livingston County Community Service Board are co-sponsoring their biannual Transition Fair and Conference March 16 from 9-1 p.m. at the MacVittie Union Ballroom. The fair and conference welcomes school personnel, students with disabilities and their families preparing for transition from preschool to school-age programs or from high school to college, work or career readiness.

The Special Education program at SUNY Geneseo has earned a place in College Choice’s Best Special Education Degrees for 2017.

Every year in early March, while experts in the field of sustainable energy begin to flock to Austria for the annual World Sustainable Energy Days conference, students around the world are hard at work conducting sustainable research projects of their own. Last summer, Aidan Murphy, a senior math major, had the opportunity to work on a project at Geneseo’s own environmental research facility known as the eGarden.

SUNY Geneseo continues to be among the Peace Corps’ top volunteer-producing colleges in the country.

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At the National Institutes of Health, Greg Roloff ’12 analyzes blood samples of patients with leukemia that persists after cancer treatment — at levels below detection.

At the National Institutes of Health, Greg Roloff ’12 analyzes blood samples of patients with leukemia that persists after cancer treatment — at levels below detection.

He is part of a team of researchers who are developing clinical tests to find lingering cells sooner, and ultimately save lives.

The college has numerous diversity related events scheduled the remainder of the semester and faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend.

The first of a new series of “Cultivating Community” events to support Geneseo’s core values of diversity and inclusivity is scheduled Feb. 28 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. in the MacVittie College Ballroom.

The theme of Geneseo’s 3rd annual TEDx event is "Back to Basics." In the midst of an increasingly complicated world, there is a need to return to a place of simplicity.

It’s a banner year for the Geneseo men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams. Both teams recently won the State University of New York Athletic Conference Championship — and coaches Paul Dotterweich and Shawn Austin also took home top honors.

Three Geneseo coaches who earned national honors in 2016 share their experiences and expertise about how to keep any team strong.

Marking the 49th year of academic dance performances at SUNY Geneseo, the college’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present the Geneseo Dance Ensemble in its annual spring dance concert, “49Live: Leaping Boundaries,” on Feb. 23-26 in the Alice Austin Theatre.

The Jewish Foundation for the Education of Women (JFEW) announced it is extending the SUNY International Relations and Global Affairs Program, which offers a 2-year support package for SUNY women preparing for careers in international relations.

On Wednesday, March 1, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. in Newton 202, there is an information session for faculty, students and staff who may be interested in teaching, learning, conducting research or contributing their time to a project in the park.

Two Geneseo associate professors of physics James McLean and George Marcus applied for and received a $200,680 three-year Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grant from the National Science Foundation.
Their award led to the creation of a new summer program, known as SURGE, Supporting Undergraduate Research at Geneseo.

The PRR is required to fulfill Middle States accreditation requirements. Through the planning and leadership of co-chairs Cathy Adams, associate professor of history, and Ken Kallio, interim associate provost for personnel and diversity, the college is on schedule to complete its PRR by June 1.

Geneseo College Council member, retired educator and Geneseo alumna Iris Banister ’70 will deliver the keynote address at the ninth annual Women in Leadership Conference on March 1 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the MacVittie College Union Ballroom.