News Archive

If you are an alum and you receive a phone call from a student, it just may be Claire on the phone.

SUNY Geneseo is among the top selective colleges in the nation for serving students from low-income backgrounds, according to a list recently published in The New York Times Magazine.

Schiller C. Joseph ’04 draws on his Geneseo foundation to help others in his career.

SUNY Geneseo is in the top ten for undergraduate teaching, innovation, and top public schools. 

Kaitlin Anzalone ’24 has created the first Disabled Student Alliance.

Social entrepreneur and urban revitalization strategist Majora Carter will deliver this year's President's Sustainability Lecture on October 4.

Christian Wightman, MD, joins SUNY Geneseo as medical director for Student Health and Counseling Center.

New and returning students and faculty gathered at two campus convocations to mark the beginning of Fall 2023.

SUNY Geneseo earned first place in Washington Monthly’s annual college rankings of more than 604 master’s universities for contribution to the public good.

In March, the men’s indoor track and field team made Geneseo history with their wins at the NCAA Division III Indoor National Championships. 

Aside from animated movies starring adorable bugs, people don’t generally think about insects having feelings.

File this under the heading Cool College Trivia: Geneseo students once corresponded with world leaders.

SUNY Geneseo is included in The Princeton Review's 2024 The Best 389 Colleges and in its "Best Regional Colleges: Northeast."

Laura D’Amico ’18, who majored in biology with a minor in dance studies, has won a 2023–24 Fulbright US Student Study/Research award for Italy.

John "JD" Dennis '79 crafted functional art all his life. Then, he found his passion for creating banjos. 

The State University of New York recognized Geneseo men’s lacrosse player Trevor Bollinger ’24 as the SUNY Men’s Scholar Athlete of the Year for Division III institutions.

Geneseo Featured in 2024 Fiske Guide to Colleges

SUNY Geneseo has signed a teach-out contract with Medaille University, which announced its closing in May.

SUNY Geneseo has appointed Lerong He, PhD, as the next dean of the School of Business, effective July 6.

SUNY Geneseo has named Clifton Harcum as its new director of multicultural affairs, beginning June 22.

On Saturday, May 20, SUNY Geneseo held its 157th Commencement, conferring nearly a thousand degrees before a capacity audience of family, friends, faculty, and staff.

Geneseo's School of Business is introducing a new marketing major for undergraduate students beginning in Fall 2023.

Kodjo Adabra, associate professor of Francophone studies in Global Languages and Cultures, has been elected to a three-year term as a councilor in the Arts and Humanities Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR).

Abdul Sanderson ’20 has been awarded both a prestigious 2023 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship and a 2023–24 US Student Fulbright award for Kyrgyzstan in highly competitive national competitions.

​​​​​​​Three members of the campus community were recently recognized with the second annual Advancing Our Institutional Mission (AIM) awards for their dedication to the college’s mission and for exemplifying the SUNY Geneseo spirit.