GENESEO, N.Y. – Meghan Barrett, a senior from Penfield, N.Y., has received a prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Writing Internship for 2016.

The Phi Beta Kappa chapter at Geneseo recommended Barrett to work this semester with the society’s national office in Washington, D.C., where she will serve through May.

Barrett is a senior with a double major in biology and creative writing. She also is part of the college’s Edgar Fellows Honors Program and was inducted into the Alpha Delta of New York chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in 2015.

SUNY Geneseo Student Ambassador Matthew McClure, the 2014 Gerard Gouvernet Ambassador in French Language and Culture in the Center for Inquiry, Discovery and Development, has spent time in Haiti improving his oral French and Haitian Creole while making lasting friendships. The center is accepting ambassadorship applications for 2016-17 through Jan. 29.

GENESEO, N.Y. – Gwendolyn Simmons, professor of religion at the University of Florida, will deliver the keynote address Jan. 27 during Geneseo’s weeklong commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Her address, titled “Inconvenient Hero: Martin Luther King” begins at 7 p.m. in Alice Austin Theatre and is open to the public without charge.

GENESEO, N.Y. – SUNY Geneseo’s production of the musical “Nine” will employ aerial arts and live-feed video rarely used in Rochester-area theatrical productions.

The Department of Music is staging the Tony Award-winning production Jan. 20-24 in Wadsworth Auditorium. The Wednesday through Saturday shows begin at 7:30 p.m.; the Sunday matinee begins at 2 o’clock. General admission tickets are $15 and are available online. Due to some adult situations, the musical is not appropriate for young children.

GENESEO, N.Y. – The 2001 Nobel Laureate in physics, Wolfgang Ketterle, will deliver the 2016 Robert “Duke” Sells lecture in physics Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. in Newton Hall Room 202.

Ketterle, the John D. MacArthur Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will address “The Coolest Use of Light – How to Make the Coldest Matter in the Universe.” The lecture is free and open to the public. 

GENESEO, N.Y. – SUNY Geneseo is receiving funding from the newly-established SUNY Investment and Performance Fund to support two programs aimed at helping more students complete their degrees.

Ava Pascalar received a surprise visit from her son, U.S. Army Sgt. Randolph Pascalar, when she received Geneseo's Gloria and Van Quaal Outstanding Quality Service Award for 2015.

GENESEO, N.Y. – SUNY Geneseo has been named to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance’s list of the Top 300 Best College Values of 2016, ranking 81^st on the comprehensive list.

Geneseo also ranks 13^th on the list of public colleges for out-of-state students and 37^th among public colleges for in-state students.

A SUNY Geneseo student is the sole nominee from the United States in a Fairtrade International contest to recognize the “Biggest Fairtrade Fan” in the world for 2016.