Juniors and sophomores from 15 area high schools are coming to campus Nov. 18 to experience a day-long leadership training program created for the first time last year by a Geneseo student that focuses on empowering tomorrow’s leaders. At least 220 student are expected to attend from high schools in Livingston, Wyoming, and Genesee counties.

GENESEO, N.Y. – Lynette Bosch, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Art History and chair of Geneseo’s Department of Art History, will be among those presenting at the Cuban Cultural Center of New York’s annual conference Nov. 20 at Sotheby’s in New York City. This year’s conference will focus on the history and development of art in Cuba – from colonial times to present-day performance art.

The Abbey of the Genesee has long been a favorite landmark of the region — and a tasty contributor to many a meal with the brothers’ loaves of freshly baked breads delivered to area stores. Now, the college’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will assist Monks’ Bread promote their most recent expansion of baked goods; two new lines of specialty products — Monks’ Fruit and Nut Bars and Monks’ Biscotti.

When it comes to building impressive resumes, Geneseo students aren’t the only ones pursuing excellence in their chosen fields. The college boasts a number of faculty who, year after year, are recognized by their academic and industry peers for making outstanding contributions in their areas of study.

President Denise A. Battles was elected to the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU) Board of Directors during the association’s annual meeting on Nov. 1.

The AASCU is a Washington, D.C.-based higher education association of more than 400 public colleges, universities, and systems whose member institutions share a learning- and teaching-centered culture, a historic commitment to underserved student populations, and a dedication to research and creativity that advances their regions’ economic progress and cultural development.

GENESEO, N.Y. – Elizabeth Witherell, editor-in-chief of “The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau” (also known as the “Thoreau Edition”) will deliver this year’s Walter Harding Lecture Nov. 8 at SUNY Geneseo.

The lecture, titled “Thoreau’s Manuscripts and the Prepared Eye,” begins at 7:30 p.m. in the college’s Doty Recital Hall and is free and open to the public.

Research funding totaling more than $495,000 for two separate projects will benefit several Geneseo faculty members in the natural sciences and mathematics.

The Department of Physics and Astronomy has received $313,100 for the 2016-2017 school year from the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics in support of the ongoing collaborative research project, “Nuclear and Plasma Diagnostics for the EP-OMEGA and MTW Laser Systems.”

NOTE: Glenn McClure will be maintaining a Music in the Ic