Geneseo has built transformative academic and personal relationships with a neighborhood in Italy. By Kris Dreessen The 12th-century city of Siena, Italy, comprises 17 contrade, or neighborhoods, each with its own church, museum, horse-racing team, and loyal community members who consider themselves family. One of those contrade, Capitana dell’Onda (Onda), has been home to Geneseo’s
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Geneseo now has a collection of a Union soldier’s letters available for student research. By Kris Dreessen Union soldier Elisha Randolph (E.R.) Robinson was present at the Appomattox battlefield when Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered, and wrote about it the day before President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. When it came to recounting and
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Geneseo students help communities rediscover their past and celebrate their legacies. By Kris Dreessen Some of Rochester’s best-known buildings were designed by Thomas W. Boyde Jr., who made history himself as the city’s first African American architect. He helped plan Rundel Library beside the Genesee River, the ornate facades of Monroe Community Hospital, and dozens
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The environmental justice movement was launched by residents who suffered consequences of pollution and other issues — and refused to be ignored. By Kris Dreessen In the late 19th century, John Muir’s writings and advocacy focusing on the Sierra Nevada mountains sparked discussions about protecting wild spaces, ultimately leading to the creation of Yosemite National
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Amanda Lewis-Nang’ea’s research brings historical perspective to the issues of land management and resource stewardship in Kenya. By Robyn Rime Amboseli National Park in Kenya is one of the best places in the world to get close to free-ranging elephants. The park, formalized as a national game reserve in 1948 and as a park in
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