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Kids On Earth in the 21st Century

Howard Blumenthal ’74 explores the future by interviewing kids around the world. By Kris Dreessen Watch the Kids on Earth videos. Howard Blumenthal ’74 created and produced the Peabody Award-winning PBS series, “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?” to teach kids geography and problem-solving. The show combined a detective story, game show, comedy and

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The Birks Are Back

The ’70s flower children wore them first. Form and function once again take the forefront in campus fashion. By Kris Dreessen While other students on cam-pus in the early 1980s sport-ed Birkenstock sandals, Denise Reed Lamoreaux ’84, P’11 never did — until her friends pooled their money and bought her a pair for her birthday.

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Unexpected History Makers

How ordinary people can catalyze extraordinary change. By Robyn Rime History is full of great people who have invoked great change. But just as often, great change happens through ordinary people, untrained in activism, whose convictions compel them to act and whose circumstances provide them an unexpected platform. Jim Obergefell is one such “ordinary” person, says

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American Sign Language Gets a Boost

Students pursuing any major can now take courses and fulfill foreign language requirements. By Kris Dreessen Learn helpful ASL phrases in this video. American Sign Language (ASL) courses at Geneseo can now fulfill the College’s foreign language requirements for graduation. Students who completed four years of ASL in high school can also fulfill the requirement.

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