Monique Patenaude, PhD

Marlene Laruelle, a research professor of international affairs at the George Washington University, will deliver the annual Kenneth Roemer Lecture on World Affairs at SUNY Geneseo. Her talk, “Making Sense of Russia: Putin’s Fourth Term and its Implications for Russia and the World,” will take place at 4 p.m., Thursday, March 22 in the Doty Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Four SUNY Geneseo students will be among more than 1,100 students from around the world who will attend the Clinton Global Initiative University’s (CGI U) 10th annual meeting and work on action plans later this month at Northeastern University.

Vincent Markowski, an associate professor of psychology, was recently awarded a nearly $400,000 research grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Markowski will use the three-year grant to study the cognitive effects of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the drug most commonly found in marijuana.

Monday, September 18th is Constitution Day. In honor of the day, Geneseo is hosting a special deliberative dialog discussion, “Political Fix–How Should We Get American Politics Back on Track?” Advance registration, which is required, closes on Friday, Sept. 15 at noon. Students are eligible for Silver or Diamond credit.