A new study examines the spread of mistletoe—a parasitic plant—and finds that the plant’s success is determined not only by its compatibility with a host tree but also whether or not the plants’ fruiting seasons overlap. Knowing what factors are necessary for the parasite to spread may help scientists better understand the variability of other parasitic interactions, including infectious diseases.
More than 700 high school guidance counselors and college admissions professionals from around the state will get to experience SUNY Geneseo’s sense of community first-hand when they visit the campus in June as the college hosts the annual conference of the New York State Association for College Admission Counseling (NYSACAC).
The annual gathering will run June 6-9 with the theme of “One Association. One Vision” and will celebrate a NYSACAC milestone: the organization’s 50th anniversary.
James W. Ratigan, a 71-year-old retiree from Friendship, N.Y., is not one to remain idle. And now that he has a Geneseo bachelor’s degree in hand, it’s unlikely that idleness will ever be an issue.
Ratigan retired from the U.S. Postal Service in 2000 but didn’t find retirement to his liking.
“Staying at home was too confining and not my style,” said Ratigan, a U.S. Army and Navy veteran. “So I decided to go to college.”
Ratigan received his associate’s degree from Genesee Community College in 2001, where the allure of theatre got his attention.
SUNY Geneseo alumna Molly Smith Metzler made it clear to the graduates in the Class of 2017 today that life likely will not go the way they think it will but encouraged them to treat setbacks as “the stuff that will give you a wonderful and interesting life story, one that you get to write and star in.”
Metzler was the keynote speaker for Geneseo’s 151st commencement ceremonies during which the college conferred an estimated 1,175 degrees.
Charles Freeman, professor and chair of SUNY Geneseo’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, is among faculty members the State University of New York Board of Trustees has named to a distinguished professorship.
The board appointed Freeman Distinguished Teaching Professor of Physics. The distinguished rank recognizes and honors mastery of teaching. Candidates must have demonstrated consistently superior mastery of teaching, outstanding service to students, and commitment to their ongoing intellectual growth, and adherence to rigorous academic standards and requirements.
SUNY Geneseo alumna Molly Smith Metzler, playwright, screenwriter and TV writer, will deliver the keynote address for the college’s two undergraduate commencement ceremonies May 13 in the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena. Metzler will her speech, titled "Did I Give My Friends E-coli?", at both the 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. ceremonies. The college will confer an estimated 1,175 undergraduate degrees this year.
GENESEO, N.Y. — Two faculty members in the Department of Geography have received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) award of $232,099 for a collaborative research project to assess the environmental and human drivers and the cultural dimension of changes in oak forests in the eastern United States.
GENESEO, N.Y. — Anne Pellerin, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, and Amber Charlebois, chemistry department lecturer, have received a Consortium for High Achievement and Success (CHAS) faculty grant of $6,500 for a pilot project to build a tiered mentoring program for undergraduate women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields at Geneseo.
GENESEO, N.Y. – A SUNY Geneseo VentureWorks team won second place and two others received awards of recognition in the finals of the New York State Business Plan Competition in Albany April 28. Geneseo’s teams were among 103 from 60 colleges and universities in the statewide competition.
GENESEO, N.Y. – Geneseo’s School of Business has received extension of its business accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Such accreditation by the AACSB International Board of Directors is the hallmark of excellence in business education and has been earned by less than five percent of the world’s business schools.