News Archive

Barnabas Gikonyo, director of introductory chemistry labs and lecturer at SUNY Geneseo, has received the prestigious 2023 Stanley C. Israel Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences from the American Chemical Society (ACS) Committee on Minority Affairs.

Curiosity inspired Holly Nicole Kandel ’16 to move to Senegal. She built a career in Africa, advocating for health and community development.

SUNY Geneseo President Denise A. Battles first saw the Bhangra student club perform during her early days on campus — and wanted to try it.

Geneseo’s Student Managed Investment Fund provides real money for students to learn about investing first hand.

Educator Derinda McKinstry MSEd '17 will speak at SUNY Geneseo's master's degree commencement May 12.

SUNY Geneseo will award an honorary degree at its undergraduate commencement ceremony on May 20 to alum Molly Smith Metzler ’00.

Julia Grunes ’23, an English (creative writing) and psychology double major from Monroe, NY, has won a 2023–24 US Student Fulbright award to Israel.

SUNY Geneseo is designated a “Voter Friendly Campus” for 2023–24 through a program sponsored by the Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and Fair Election Center’s Campus Vote Project.

Cora Woloson ’23 has won a Critical Language Scholarship award to study Hindi during Summer 2023 in Jaipur, India, at the American Institute of Indian Studies.

Rocio Ruiz ’23 is a communication major from Freeport, NY. Watch this video to learn more about her Geneseo experience.

State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr., EdD, will address SUNY Geneseo’s undergraduate Commencement ceremonies this year on Saturday, May 20.

A  biology professor and student researchers are discovering more about a species not documented in the United States until 2001.

SUNY Geneseo has hired a recent alum as its first sustainability fellow to help the college’s sustainability efforts and guide sustainability interns in expanding their work. 

SUNY Geneseo recently invited students into the college’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, prompted by their recent election by faculty members of the college’s chapter.

Emma Belica '24 is a dual biology and sustainability studies major from Buffalo, NY.

Geneseo’s director of creative writing Kristen Gentry on writing — and revising — what you know.

Geology and microbiology professor Bruce W. Fouke will deliver the 19th annual American Rock Salt Lecture in Geology on Thursday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. at SUNY Geneseo in Newton Hall, room 202.

McNair Scholar Muwafaq "Moe" Ibrahim ’25, a neuroscience major from Rochester, NY, has won a scholarship for the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine Experience in Research during Summer 2023.

Isabella "Bella" Adamo ‘24 is a communication major from Barneveld, NY.

Matt Weber '24 is a communication major in the journalism and media track from Orchard Park, NY.

Investigative journalist Jared Bennett ’11 fights for accountability, including in the wake of weather disasters. 

Gina Wittek ’22 has been the interim coordinator for Fraternal Life and Off-Campus Services in SUNY Geneseo’s Office of Fraternal Life since summer 2022. The coordinator provides resources to students involved with or interested in Greek life and those who are looking to move off-campus.

Professor of Communication Meredith Harrigan studies people’s experiences with their families and social circles to gain insight into human behavior and how communication matters.

Carley Salerno '23 plans to become an attorney specializing in international law, and Geneseo provided opportunities that helped focus her college experience with that career goal in mind.

SUNY Geneseo will offer several new Living-Learning Communities for Fall 2023. The LLCs connect housing and academics into intentional communities that align with student interests and help them develop a sense of belonging.