Howard Blumenthal ’74 explores the future by interviewing kids around the world. By Kris Dreessen Watch the Kids on Earth videos. Howard Blumenthal ’74 created and produced the Peabody Award-winning PBS series, “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?” to teach kids geography and problem-solving. The show combined a detective story, game show, comedy and
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The ’70s flower children wore them first. Form and function once again take the forefront in campus fashion. By Kris Dreessen While other students on cam-pus in the early 1980s sport-ed Birkenstock sandals, Denise Reed Lamoreaux ’84, P’11 never did — until her friends pooled their money and bought her a pair for her birthday.
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How ordinary people can catalyze extraordinary change. By Robyn Rime History is full of great people who have invoked great change. But just as often, great change happens through ordinary people, untrained in activism, whose convictions compel them to act and whose circumstances provide them an unexpected platform. Jim Obergefell is one such “ordinary” person, says
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Photo by Keith Walters ’11 The online revolution is eclipsing traditional techniques of reaching audiences. Your own video may even be the star. By David Irwin If you hang out on social media, you may have caught a video last year of a whale in the South Pacific that seemed to be protecting a diver
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Alumni conquer real-life boundaries — and serious topics — as illustrators, editors and actors of graphic novels, comics and anime. In the world of graphic storytelling, a teen morphs into a super-hero and swings between buildings with webs spun from his fingertips, and an orphaned goblin faces danger and creatures we’ve never seen before with a
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Embracing the principle of integrative learning, members of the Geneseo community weave disparate strands of knowledge and experience into a strong new fabric. By Merrill Douglas Watch a video about the philosophy curriculum that’s related. In college, you choose a major. In the wider world, you never just have one focus. You might be a
As an explorer, author and equality advocate, I have learned the importance of embracing life’s blurry lines. By Holly C Corbett ’00 When I first arrived at Geneseo, I’d never been on a plane. Heck, I was born and raised in New York state, yet had never before visited New York City. My senior year
By Sherrie Negrea | Photo by Keith Walters ’11 Jamie Sacca Dostal ’08 blends science and music to help children with disabilities. Watch a video of Jamie at work. Jamie Sacca Dostal ’08 was playing musical instruments with a group of children in her preschool classroom last spring when she heard a child diagnosed with autism
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Faculty and students from several majors created a course that focuses on sustainability. By David Irwin Watch the student teaching assistants explain the course and mission. Lara Mangino ’21 was part of a team of faculty and fellow students last year who developed the Geneseo Green Quotient, an innovative course that draws on multiple disciplines.
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Current and former leaders in higher education share insights about integrative learning and career advice. Introduction by Carol Marcy Five Geneseo alumni who are current or former presidents of higher education institutions participated in a panel discussion, “From SUNY Geneseo Student to College President,”during Homecoming & Family Weekend on Sept. 21. Moderated by President Denise
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