News Archive

President Denise A. Battles gets a residence hall room tour and reminisces about being a new student with Greta Recktenwald '26.

Gail Cabahug ’22, an international relations graduate from Albany, NY, has won a 2022–23 US Student Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award to Spain.

Geneseo's sustainability studies major helped Lauren Goulet '22 gain the skills and experience she wanted for her budding career.

Department of Geological Sciences faculty member D. Jeffrey Over has been awarded the rank of Distinguished Professor by the SUNY Board of Trustees.

Steve Hilfiker ’88 was saved by a heart transplant. He’s now dedicated to raising awareness of his rare disease and the importance of organ donation.

The article shares lessons from SUNY Geneseo’s Marine Biology course and presents a model for bringing deep-sea research into undergraduate classrooms.

Ben Ludlow ’23 springboards his self-motivation and passion for teamwork into swim accolades and academics. 

Professional potters Mark Lukacs ’76 and Cathy Lukacs ’74 met in a ceramics class at SUNY Geneseo, and the rest is history.

The causal impact of global trade policies on local populations: As a field of study, it sounds wonky and impersonal. What possible effect could lifting export tariffs have on, say, the daily health of women in Nigeria?

Three regional business journals recently recognized seven SUNY Geneseo alumni with 40 Under 40 awards.

When an international student got caught up in world politics, the Geneseo community stepped in to help.

SUNY Geneseo student ambassadors Lauren Goulet '22 and Brendan Shortt '23 are recipients of the John A. '87 and Mary Grace '84 Gleason Ambassadorship in Student Affairs. Their project focuses on creating an on-campus food forest at the on-campus eGarden, overseen by the Office of Sustainability.

The Department of Music & Musical Theatre at SUNY Geneseo recently added a new minor option for students, as well as a specialty track, or concentration area, of study.

SUNY Geneseo has been recognized by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge as a 2022 ALL IN Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting.

Geneseo is the kind of village in which people take care of and invest in each other. Meet some of the alumni business owners on Main Street.

Geneseo students help communities rediscover their past and celebrate their legacies.

Wrileigh Bacon '26, an English major and first-generation student from Syracuse, loves the campus environment and the many student clubs Geneseo offers.

Kaaden Sherwood '26 has more time to focus on his education, thanks to a First Generation Scholarship.

SUNY Geneseo's Department of Theatre and Dance Studies presents the Geneseo Dance Ensemble in Pursuing Connections featuring works by student choreographers with 31 performers, November 10–13.

SUNY Geneseo’s divisions of Finance and Administration and Academic Affairs have named Joanna Santos-Smith project director for revenue generation.

SUNY Geneseo is one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2023 Edition.

n a special Halloween edition of Knight Lights, we feature the research of George Goga ‘17. Goga’s research centers around economic and political theories of the occult in Eastern Europe, focusing on marginalized groups who voluntarily adopt the identity of the witch.

Ten SUNY Geneseo students will serve as Presidential Scholars for the 2022-2023 academic year. The students represent a variety of academic areas and exemplify the college's institutional values. Presidential Scholars are top-achieving members of the senior class who also serve as ambassadors for the College.

The College recognized Robert E. Murray '83 for his extended and generous support of the College by dedicating the Murray Conference Room in the School of Business in his honor.

In 2018, SUNY Geneseo marine biologist, Mackenzie Gerringer, was part of an international team of scientists who used free-falling “landers” to study the Atacama Trench, gathering images and specimens of deep-sea creatures. The team discovered a new snailfish species unique to the trench and to all other known fish species.