Student Phonathon callers connect with alumni By Carol Marcy If you are an alum and you receive a phone call from a student, it just may be Claire on the phone. The psychology major, high school mentor, and aspiring social worker is one of 12 students on Geneseo’s phonathon team. The team called and spoke
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Ten pin makes a comeback By Mat Johnson The first indoor bowling alleys opened in New York City in 1840. The game has been an American mainstay since, though not always popular with younger adults. There has been a bowling alley in Geneseo for generations. The former Palace Theatre was even an alley for a
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Video by Mat Johnson John “JD” Dennis ’79—co-founder of Hickory Street Banjo and maker of sought-after hand-crafted banjos—is emphatically, unabashedly, not a musician. But he is devotee of process and a craftsman. Together with his longtime friend—and musician— David Frenzel, they carefully create banjos for musicians from all over. Hear Frenzel play some music on
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Curiosity inspired Holly Nicole Kandel ’16 to move to Senegal. She built a career in Africa, advocating for health and community development. By Kris Dreessen Holly Nicole Kandel ’16 spent six months studying French language and literature in southern France as a Geneseo psychology and Francophone studies double major. But it was her on-campus classes about
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High-energy-density physicist Danae Polsin ’13 and professor of physics Stephen Padalino explain experiments that recently harnessed the same energy produced by the sun and stars — and what it may mean for the future of energy. By Robyn Rime Among physicists, there is an old joke that fusion is 50 years away — and always will
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Investigative journalist Jared Bennett ’11 fights for accountability, including in the wake of weather disasters. By Jared Bennett ’11 In July 22, a once-every-thousand-year flood hit Appalachian eastern Kentucky. A lingering storm dropped more than a foot of rain in just a few hours, sending water careening down the mountains and into the hollers
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SUNY Geneseo President Denise A. Battles first saw the Bhangra student club perform during her early days on campus. It was the first time she had seen the traditional Punjabi style of dance. “It’s very joyous,” says President Battles. “I thought, I would love to be able to do that.” Members welcomed her to a
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A biology professor and student researchers are discovering more about a species not documented in the United States until 2001. By Carol Marcy It looks like an ant you see on your deck railing or crawling across a leaf or down the stem of a plant. But it’s not an ant — it’s a
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Geneseo’s director of creative writing Kristen Gentry on writing — and revising — what you know. by Robyn Rime Even back in grade school, Kristen Gentry wrote stories. “I always loved writing because I always loved reading,” she says. “But it never crossed my mind to think it was something I could actually do.
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A Geneseo professor and students research our life experiences to get to the heart of relationships. By Kris Dreessen For more than 16 years at Geneseo, Professor of Communication Meredith Harrigan has studied people’s experiences with their families and social circles to gain insight into human behavior and how communication matters. Her research has
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