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An event coordinated by a student ambassador in the college’s Center for Inquiry, Discovery & Development (CIDD) will help introduce new students to Geneseo’s Main Street.

Infrastructure improvements got underway this summer as part of a $10M project to upgrade electrical, telecommunications, heating, water and sewer lines on campus.

"Washington Monthly" magazine has ranked SUNY Geneseo first overall on its list of 632 master’s universities in the nation for its contributions to the public good across three broad categories: social mobility, research and service.

New and returning students and faculty are settling in for the start of the 2017-18 academic year as classes started today.

Geneseo is ranked 14th nationwide for alumni currently serving in the Peace Corps. We explore why so many make the leap and the difference they make.

Both new and returning students and faculty are beginning to arrive on the SUNY Geneseo campus in preparation for the start of the 2017-18 school year with classes beginning Aug. 28. Move-in Day is Aug. 25, when most new students arrive on campus and settle into their residence halls.

Last summer, Campus Auxiliary Services First-Time Study Abroad scholarship recipient Justen Geddes ’18 explored history and challenges and culture of African diaspora in Brazil. It was the first time he had been outside of the United States.
It changed his outlook, and his future.

My name is Ray Rizzo and I am a Peace Corps volunteer. This is the first time I have actually said (or typed) that in English! I have the privilege of serving my two-year Peace Corps service in San Sebastián de Yalí, Jinotega, Nicaragua, a town of approximately 27,000 people who reside in rural communities.

SUNY Geneseo is one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features the college in the just-published 2018 edition of its annual flagship college guide, "The Best 382 Colleges." About 15% of America's 2,500 four-year colleges and two colleges outside of the United States are profiled in the book. SUNY Geneseo has consistently been on the list for a number of years.

The opportunity for undergraduate students to participate in research has become an important part of Geneseo’s academic culture. Although many student participate in research during the academic year, summer is also a busy undergraduate research period for students. More than 60 students have been on campus this summer working in labs and elsewhere with their faculty mentors, thanks to support from the Geneseo Foundation in cooperation with the SUNY Research Council.

SUNY Geneseo’s summer learning program for elementary school students in rural areas is in its sixth year and Program Director Annmarie Urso continues to be pleased with the educational and social progress the students make.

Here's today's Final Jeopardy! answer: This SUNY Geneseo alumnus amassed five straight wins and $112,000 in winnings on a popular nationally syndicated game show.
The correct question is: Who is Justin Vossler ’11?

A recent visit to Lithuania’s Alytus College by Meredith Harrigan, associate professor of communication at SUNY Geneseo, has helped reinforce Geneseo’s involvement in globally networked learning (GNL).

This summer, Annie Renaud ’19 and Alex McGrath ’17 are living with host families in Russia, immersed in the culture, history and language.

They are recipients of Critical Language Scholarships given by the U.S. State Department, for undergraduates to study 14 languages deemed critical to national security and competitiveness.

Two SUNY Geneseo students were interviewed recently on the France 3 public television channel during their study abroad class’s visit to the Historial de la Grande Guerre (World War I museum) in Péronne, north of Paris.

Rising senior Kendon Bates ’18 presented his research earlier this summer at the International Disability Studies in Education (IDSE) conference in Minneapolis, Minn.

Barbara Welker, associate professor of anthropology at SUNY Geneseo, is among recent authors for the Open SUNY Textbooks initiative.

Geneseo celebrates the 200th birthday of Henry David Thoreau and reflects on past and present work on campus to advance the legacy of his literary genius.

Could students from the Rochester City School District (RCSD) be instrumental in NASA’s goal to send humans to Mars before the anticipated asteroid event in 2029?

SUNY Geneseo is among 38 “Best Buy Schools” in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, named in the 2018 edition of “The Fiske Guide to Colleges.” Inclusion on the list in the highly respected publication is based on the quality of academic offerings in relation to the cost of attendance.

Kevin Militello, professor of biology, has been awarded a grant of nearly $460,000 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The award will, in part, help fund undergraduate researchers who will work in Militello’s lab looking for new drug targets in the parasite that causes African Sleeping Sickness.

Last week, Geneseo chefs prepared potato salad for an employee year-end luncheon with garlic scapes harvested from the college’s own learning and experimental garden as the star ingredient.

Geography faculty members David Robertson and Stephen Tulowiecki ’09, have received an NSF grant to study 200 years of environmental and cultural changes in eastern US white oak forests.

The State University of New York is among 11 schools or systems in the nation selected to participate in the 2017-18 OpenStax Institutional Partnership Program to encourage use of free, peer-reviewed textbooks on campus. The SUNY application, submitted by SUNY OER Services at SUNY Geneseo on behalf of the system, was among 42 applications for the program.

Five SUNY Geneseo faculty members, two professional staff members and a member of the college’s classified services are among recipients of Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence for the 2016-17 academic year. The system-wide honors recognize consistently superior professional achievement and encourages the ongoing pursuit of excellence.