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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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Cultural Studies 4+1

SUNY Geneseo’s accelerated BA to MA partnership program with Claremont Graduate University leads to an advanced degree in history or cultural studies in less time.

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Student-Faculty Research Team Selected for CUR Advocacy Program

The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) has selected a SUNY Geneseo student-faculty research mentor team for the 2024 advocacy program Scholars Transforming Through Research (STR).

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SUNY Geneseo Launches New Study Abroad Option

SUNY Geneseo recently launched the Travel After Commencement (TAC) study abroad opportunity that provides students with more time in the field while saving tuition costs for a faculty-led international experience.

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Geneseo Ushers In a New Academic Year

New and returning students and faculty gathered at two campus convocations to mark the beginning of Fall 2024.

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SUNY Geneseo Announces New 3+3 Program with UB School of Law

SUNY Geneseo and the University at Buffalo (UB) School of Law have formed a collaborative agreement allowing students to complete their BA and JD degrees in six years of full-time study.

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Law 3+3

The 3+3 BA/JD program with the University at Buffalo School of Law encourages students to accelerate their course of study by completing their Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor in just six years of full-time study, saving them one year’s worth of time and tuition.

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Students reading old manuscripts (SUNY Geneseo/Keith Walters)

American Cornerstones Project

Student reading old manuscript (SUNY Geneseo/Keith Walters ’11) History News The American Cornerstones Project is a new initiative at SUNY Geneseo funded by the Teagle Foundation. Its purpose is to provide first-year and transfer students with a shared experience reading transformational text in America Democracy, and with high-impact, community-based research in their hometowns exploring American

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Latin American and Caribbean Studies

This minor gives students a broad, interdisciplinary understanding of Latin America and the Caribbean.

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