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Professor Behrend presenting at Teachers' Day

SUNY Geneseo Expands Teacher Professional Development Days

History professor Justin Behrend at previous Teachers’ Day event (photo provided) SUNY Geneseo has recently expanded professional development opportunities for local K–12 teachers. The annual Teachers’ Day events have drawn participants from Albany to Buffalo for faculty-led workshops on both content and pedagogy, both what to teach and how to teach it. “The history department has been

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Justice statue with mortarboard, gavel, and books

Geneseo Prepares Many Grads for Law Careers

Photo by LightFieldStudios via Envato Nearly 40 percent of Geneseo alums who went on to complete a doctoral degree did so in law, according to recent data from the National Student Clearinghouse. The report covers alums from Spring 2014 through Summer 2023. “In addition, roughly a third of those alums who earned a JD were political science majors at Geneseo,”

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The Youngest Yugoslavs: An Oral History of Post-Socialist Memory

Associate Professor Jovana Babović (Image provided) Author Jovana Babović Publication University of Indiana Press (2025) Summary The Youngest Yugoslavs is an oral history collection that gives its readers in-depth, varied perspectives on why Yugoslavia continues to resonate among its former citizens more than 30 years since the state collapsed amid war, genocide, and dislocation. Abstract

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Book Talk w/ Dr. Jovana Babovic, Assoc. Prof. of History – The Youngest Yugoslavs

History News Friday, October 24, 2025 at 4pm – 6:30 pm Welles Hall – Room 123 Come hear Dr. Babović talk about the process of researching and writing her latest book! The Youngest Yugoslavs is an oral history collection that gives readers perspectives on why Yugoslavia continues to resonate among its former citizens more than

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students and faculty before New Student Convocation

Geneseo Launches a New Academic Year

Students, faculty, and staff marked the beginning of Fall 2025 at two campus convocations this week.

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Congratulations, Class of 2025!

On May 17, SUNY Geneseo held its 159th Commencement, conferring more than 900 degrees before a capacity audience of family, friends, faculty, and staff.

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Five Students Earn Gilman International Scholarships

In a national competition, five SUNY Geneseo students have won 2025–26 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for study abroad.

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Chancellor King, Joseph Vogt '25, and Michael Taberski, Geneseo VP of Student and Campus life (Image provided)

Student-athlete “Joe” Vogt ‘25 Earns Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence

Student-athlete Joseph Vogt ’25, a SUNY Geneseo history and adolescence education major from Penfield, NY, who is also a member of the men’s soccer team, has been selected for a 2025 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.

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The Science of Music: Knowledge Production In Medieval Baghdad and Beyond

The Science of Music cover art (Image provided) Author Mohammad Sadegh Ansari Publication Cambridge University Press (2024) Summary This book is a remarkable exploration of how music, mathematics, philosophy and cosmology interacted, were learned, studied, patronized and transmitted in medieval Baghdad, from the earliest translations of Greek texts through the classic works by al-Kindi, al-Farabi,

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Cope Awarded $500K Mellon Grant for Humanities Project

Professor of history Joe Cope has been awarded a $500,000 Mellon Foundation grant for the project Social Justice and the Humanities: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice.

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