News Archive

In her first semester, Kya Primm ’23 landed a summer internship with a Fortune 500 company.

<em>Washington Monthly</em> magazine has named SUNY Geneseo to three of its 2020 rankings and honor lists.

Senior Sarah Channels, a double major in English and communication, offers tips for first-year and new transfer students who are on campus this semester.

New and returning students and faculty are settling in for the start of the 2020–21 academic year as classes begin.

SUNY Geneseo Welcomes Foster, Title IX Coordinator

The Princeton Review selected SUNY Geneseo for inclusion in its 2021 edition of <em>The Best 386 Colleges</em>. The College also appears on the ranking company's Best Regional Colleges in the Northeast list.

Six new members have joined the Board of Directors for The Geneseo Foundation, Inc.

Elizabeth “Bizzy” Coy ’06 has won a 2020–21 U.S. Student Fulbright open study/research award for Ireland to earn a master of arts in creative writing at Dublin City University.

Geneseo has created virtual global education experiences—programs and opportunities for students to engage in meaningful international learning without traveling outside the country.

SUNY Geneseo is featured in the latest edition of Fiske Guide to Colleges. The College was selected for its outstanding educational value and high-quality academics.

The SUNY Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) announced that its member institutions will suspend fall sports competition and that winter conference and non-conference schedules will be delayed until January 2021. We at SUNY Geneseo acknowledge that this decision—while made in the interest of health and safety—is disappointing to our student-athletes and all who support intercollegiate athletics across our Geneseo community.

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Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Music Robert “Bob” M. Isgro and Maria “Mary” Isgro have made a combined outright and planned gift in support of chorus ensembles and vocal students in SUNY Geneseo’s Department of Music.

Conversation among people of different social identity groups has never been more important. That’s why robbie routenberg ’05, Geneseo’s Chief Diversity Officer, is bringing Inter-group Dialogue (IGD) to the campus.

The SUNY Geneseo Alumni Association (SGAA) has announced a new slate of officers and board members.

SUNY Geneseo has named Bruno Renero-Hannan as its first SUNY PRODiG Fellow (Promoting Recruitment, Opportunity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Growth). He'll serve as a visiting scholar in the anthropology department.

SUNY Geneseo President Denise A. Battles has joined more than 160 college presidents and chancellors in committing to full student voter registration and participation in all elections through the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge.

Bridget Pitre ’20 from Sayville NY, and Kelsey Zorn ’20 from Leicester, NY were each selected to receive fellowship awards of $5,000. The fellowship is a one-year grant to be used to defray non-tuition expenses such as room, board, textbooks, and other costs of attending a SUNY institution. Both graduates are returning to SUNY Geneseo for their graduate degrees.

SUNY Geneseo is now test-optional, having eliminated the requirement of SAT/ACT scores for admission.

Geneseo offers a vibrant student and campus life environment. Our students are involved in award-winning leadership development and community service programs, nationally competitive intercollegiate teams, and about 200 student-led organizations

A three-year study by anthropologists Jennifer Guzmán and Melanie Medeiros shows that driver licensing restrictions...

Christopher Prusak has been appointed chief of the University Police Department (UPD) at Geneseo. Prusak succeeds Chief Thomas Kilcullen, who is retiring after six years in the position.

Sharmila Biswa ’21 has won a Freeman Awards for Study in Asia scholarship to spend Fall 2020 in Seoul, South Korea.

Geneseo seniors James Canning, Conlan Keenan, and Angel Qiu have received 2020 Chancellor’s Awards for Student Excellence.

Alberta Eshenour ’20 from Waterloo, NY, has received the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals (CBYX) Fellowship.