GENESEO, N.Y. -- Waderlie Mendez ’20 has been named a Fund for Education Abroad (FEA) Scholar for 2018-19 and will travel to Cadiz, Spain, and around the country this summer to study Spanish language and culture. The sophomore psychology major is the first Geneseo student to win this award and joins a class of 100 Scholars chosen from a pool of more than 2,300 applicants representing approximately 517 colleges and universities across the country.
GENESEO, N.Y. -- A few weeks into her 2017 study abroad semester in Córdoba, Amanda Langan’s Argentine friend Pilar Herrera asked a tricky but familiar question, “¿Por qué todos los estadounidenses se llaman americanos?,” which roughly means, “Why do all ‘unitedstates-ians’ call themselves Americans?”
GENESEO, N.Y. – Three researchers in the Department of Physics and Astronomy have received a $20,000 research initiation grant from the NASA/NY Space Grant Consortium.
Principal investigator David Meisel, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Computational Astrophysics, is teaming with Charles Freeman, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Chair of the department, and Savitri Iyer, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, on the project, titled “Explorations into Time-resolved Particle Tomography for Atmospheric and Space Research."
GENESEO, N.Y. – SUNY Geneseo’s Asian/Asian American Studies and Programming and the Department of Theatre and Dance are sponsoring dance studies guest artist Chung-Fu Chang in residence Feb. 21-25.
Chang is a full professor in the Colorado State University (CSU) School of Music, Theatre and Dance and has showcased his theatrical works and performances in many parts of the world.
GENESEO, N.Y. -- SUNY Geneseo students Thasfia Chowdhury '20 and Isabel Owen '20 have won Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships in a national competition. They are the 23nd and 24th Geneseo students to win this State Department award created to financially assist U.S. undergraduates of limited financial means in pursuing academic studies or credit-bearing, career-oriented internships abroad to better prepare them to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world.
Geneseo’s Interfaith Service Project (GISP) kicked off the semester with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Leadership and Service and continues with a lineup of events in February.
GENESEO, N.Y. – A leading authority on South Asian religions as well as environmentalism and religion, David L. Haberman, will deliver SUNY Geneseo’s Phi Beta Kappa lecture Feb. 22. The lecture, titled “Drawing Personality Out of Stone: Environmental Possibilities in the Worship of Natural Entities in India,” is scheduled for 4 p.m. in the Doty Recital Hall and is open to the public without charge. A reception will follow in the Doty Hall Foyer.
GENESEO, N.Y. - 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.
GENESEO, N.Y. – 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.
The campaign recently celebrated the release of its newest life profile, or “chapbook,” of the well-known alumna and community member Patricia Malet Fennell ’65.
The campaign has its roots in the Edgar Fellows (Honors Program) Senior Capstone project of Michael Roff ’12.
GENESEO, N.Y. – 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.