Blending a touch of humor with serious work, Geneseo celebrated the fifth anniversary of ASSESStivus, the college-wide discussion that promotes “assessment for the rest of us.” The name is a nod to the classic 1997 Seinfeld episode when George Costanza revealed his family’s celebration of its own secular holiday called Festivus.

GENESEO, N.Y. – 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 2017 edition of its annual flagship college guide, "The Best 381 Colleges." About 15% of America's 2,500 four-year colleges are profiled in the book. SUNY Geneseo has consistently been on the list for a number of years.

GENESEO, N.Y. – Classes are underway for the 2016-17 school year at SUNY Geneseo as the College welcomed the Class of 2020 and other new students to campus during the weekend.

Drawing from a talented pool of close to 8,800 applications, an estimated 1,241 first-year students and 283 transfer students have enrolled this semester, joining an estimated 4,003 returning undergraduates. Graduate student enrollment is estimated to be 84 for a total estimated full-time and part-time enrollment of 5,611.

GENESEO, N.Y. – SUNY Geneseo’s Departments of Biology and Chemistry will benefit from a National Science Foundation (NSF) major research instrumentation award of $38,125 for the purchase of a new imaging system.

The system, a UVP BioSpectrum 815, is an advanced imaging system and will accelerate research in biology, biochemistry and chemistry through it increased sensitivity for data collection, among other benefits.

GENESEO, N.Y. – SUNY Geneseo today launched a new, redesigned version of its website (geneseo.edu), combining a clean, visually-powerful and content-rich interface to afford a positive user experience.

The revamped site was a collaboration between the Office of College Communications and Marketing, and the Department of Computing and Information Technology (CIT) with significant support from the Milne Library web team. It’s the College’s first major website update in eight years.

GENESEO, N.Y. – Five SUNY Geneseo faculty members and Milne Library will be implementing three Innovative Instruction Technology Grants (IITG) that SUNY has announced for the 2016-17 school year. Geneseo’s awards were among 35 selected across the SUNY system from 78 proposals. The competitive grants fund campus innovations and initiatives with potential to be replicated throughout the SUNY system and benefit students and faculty members worldwide.