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SUNY Geneseo’s "Day of Leadership and Service" celebrated the work and teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 15 with a series of inter-generational and interfaith discussions, workshops, and community outreach projects. Some 153 participated in the day’s activities, including Geneseo students, Office for the Aging seniors, community volunteers and school-age students.

A family with ties to Geneseo for 80 years has made a major gift to the College. The Neureiters’ connection to Geneseo as well as their experiences studying and working abroad have transformed their lives, and they want students to have similar opportunities.

Duane McPherson, associate professor of biology, received a $13,537 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support travel expenses and fees for eight presenters at a symposium titled “Integrative Biology of Sensory Hair Cells.” The symposium was part of the recent annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB).

Organic garlic harvested from the Geneseo e-Garden is making its way to the plates of students, faculty and staff at the College. Food Studio North and Max Market, two of the newest on-campus restaurants, will be using the 120 pounds of garlic harvested from the e-Garden throughout the beginning of the spring semester.  

SUNY Geneseo has been named to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance’s list of the Top 300 Best College Values for 2018, ranking 120th on the comprehensive list of public and private colleges.

The College will host the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Leadership and Service on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, with relevant addresses, workshops and activities that assist others in the community.

Geneseo- based startup company Verdimine has signed an exclusive license agreement with the Research Foundation for The State University of New York to employ a proprietary green chemistry process that improves safety and efficiency in manufacturing specialty chemicals across many industries.

The selection committee for the Gloria and Van Quaal Outstanding Quality Service Award deemed the nominations so exceptional this year that the committee selected three awardees from the nine nominations they received.

SUNY Geneseo School of Business seniors Alex Hall and Patrick Climie found their niche at Geneseo in a nontraditional way that has allowed them to excel in the business world.

Two SUNY Geneseo students, Thasfia Chowdhury and Chelsea Pierre-Louis, have won Institute for International Education (IIE) Generation Study Abroad Travel Grants in a national competition.

Three administrators in the College’s Center for Community are serving in leadership roles of three major national student affairs professional association governing boards.

SUNY Geneseo has been selected to participate in the prestigious Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program. The aim of the McNair Program is to increase the numbers of low-income, first-generation, and historically underrepresented undergraduates who pursue Ph.D. degrees. Diedre DeBose, director of Access Opportunity Programs, will serve as the McNair Scholars Program director.

Two SUNY Geneseo faculty members have each received a $750 mini-grant from the Finger Lakes Project to jointly develop a sustainability curriculum project titled “Food Sustainability Across Disciplines.”

SUNY Geneseo's Dance Ensemble will feature works by student choreographers during its "49.5 Live: Dancing Towards 50" performance Dec. 7-10 in the Alice Austin Theatre. The Thursday through Saturday performances begin at 7:30 p.m. and the Sunday matinee begins at 2 o'clock. Tickets are $10 and available through the Student Association Ticket Office or online.

Jordan Cimilluca '15 is a senior community development manager at the American Cancer Society (ACS) in Rochester, NY. She partners to organize cancer awareness and fundraising events with student organizations at area colleges.

The Department of Physics and Astronomy has received a $420,000 award for the 2017-18 school year from the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics in support of an ongoing collaborative research project titled “Nuclear and Plasma Diagnostics for the EP-OMEGA and MTW Laser System.”

The SUNY Geneseo Music Department’s Faculty and Guest Artist Series will feature the Geneseo Piano Trio Dec. 3 at 3 p.m. in Doty Recital Hall. The program will begin with a recently composed work, “Moments Past,” by James Walker (above), professor emeritus of music at the College.

How do you define happiness? Jim Allen, associate professor of psychology at SUNY Geneseo, has taken a critical look at that question in his recently published textbook titled “The Psychology of Happiness in the Modern World: A Social Psychological Approach.” Published by Springer, the book places a socio-cultural lens on the field by emphasizing economic and other social/structural factors that influence human happiness.

Twelve SUNY Geneseo students and two recent College alumni presented their Geneseo-mentored research projects Oct. 22-25 at the annual Geological Society of America (GSA) Meeting in Seattle, Wash.

For well over 10 years, Geneseo students, faculty, staff and community residents have helped homeowners in the Biloxi area rebuild their homes and communities after Hurricane Katrina. Conducted through Livingston CARES, SUNY Geneseo’s non-profit humanitarian organization, these efforts serve as one of the College’s longest-running relief commitments.

SUNY Geneseo students have resurrected The Memories Campaign at the college (formerly Heard@Geneseo) to continue the organization’s legacy of documenting the lives of senior citizens in the region.

Leah McGray will debut as the new Geneseo Symphony Orchestra principal conductor when the symphony joins the Geneseo Festival Chorus and the Genesee Valley Children’s Choir in presenting Carl Orff’s 20th century masterpiece “Carmina Burana” Nov. 19 at 3 p.m. in Wadsworth Auditorium.

Imam Khalid Latif, executive director and chaplain for the Islamic Center at New York University, will deliver SUNY Geneseo’s 2017 MacVittie Lecture Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Doty Hall Recital Hall. His address, “Racialized Religion: Understanding Faith in the United States,” is free and open to the public.

GENseng, Geneseo’s Asian American Performance Ensemble, is joining the Department of Theatre and Dance in the revival of Cherylene Lee’s play, “Carry the Tiger to the Mountain,” Nov. 8-12 in Alice Austin Theatre. The Wednesday through Saturday performances begin at 7:30 p.m. and the Sunday matinee begins at 2:00 p.m.

Taking on new challenges is nothing new for Distinguished Service Professor of Education Dennis Showers.