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Courageous Voices

#MeToo Highlights the importance of speaking out, even when it is difficult. In 2017, actress Alyssa Milano published a simple Tweet on social media: “Me Too.” She suggested every woman who has been a victim of sexual harassment and abuse do the same.  Users shared or reacted to the post 24 million times in 24

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Profile: An Alumnus Tackles Global Challenges With His Bite-Sized Chocolate

As a student, Ben Conard ’16 had a vision to produce fair trade chocolate snacks. Geneseo’s VentureWorks program helped him launch a successful, award-winning business. Ben Conard ’16 says he has always had an entrepreneurial spirit, but it was the VentureWorks program at Geneseo that gave him the experience and training to launch his business,

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Explorer. Scholar. Teacher.

Since 1969, Ronald Herzman has examined culture, the arts and humanity across the world and through time. Students and colleagues say the voyages they have taken have been transformative. On a Wednesday in early April, Ronald Herzman, Distinguished Teaching Professor of English, Geneseo faculty member since 1969 and international scholar, now in the last month

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The First Human Cyborg

Emily Borghard ’11 was one of the first people to receive a brain stimulator implant. For Borghard, a life without seizures has opened up a new world.  By Kris Dreessen As part of her daily commuting routine, Emily Borghard ’11 stands outside the 168th Street subway station in New York City with a stash of

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Zebrafish May Advance Our Vision

Small pet-store fish with regenerative powers may help conquer sight loss in humans. By Kris Dreessen The National Eye Institute estimates that the number of people affected by eye diseases will increase significantly by 2050. Many of these disorders, such as age-related macular degeneration, result in the breakdown of the retina, which contains photoreceptor neurons

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Intersession

Students can use Intersession courses to accelerate their academic progress or maintain their eligibility in the Excelsior Scholarship. Non-Geneseo students and members of the public are also welcome to enroll in the online courses offered by Geneseo over intersession. A variety of classes are available to fulfill both major and general education requirements. For more

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2012 MLK Commemoration

Keynote Address Thursday, March 8, 2012, at 7 pm Geneseo welcomes Judy Richardson, Dorothy Zellner, and Betty Garman Robinson, Civil Rights activists and editors of Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC, for the college’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration. This keynote presentation will address Richardson, Zellner, and Robinson’s work

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