Lily Shields ’23, an anthropology and sociomedical sciences graduate from Honeoye Falls, NY, has won a 2024–25 Fulbright US Student award to Uganda. She will spend the year as an English Teaching Assistant (ETA) in Kampala.

Biochemistry major Abbey Hanes ’25 has been awarded a 2024 DAAD RISE scholarship to intern this summer in a German research laboratory. Hanes, from Angola, NY, will work in the Niemeyer Lab at the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology in Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.   

For the sixth time in the past seven years, SUNY Geneseo has been named a Top Producer of Fulbright US Student awards, the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced in its annual article in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

SUNY Geneseo professor of physics and astronomy Aaron Steinhauer is bringing his expertise into local schoolrooms ahead of the total solar eclipse on April 8.

Two things to know about SUNY Geneseo associate professor of English Ken Cooper: he’s a tree hugger from way back, and he knows the value of interdisciplinary learning.

The $40 million renovation to SUNY Geneseo’s Milne Library is on track to open during the 2024–25 academic year, and a new virtual rendering of the library provides a preview. 

Funded in part by the State University Construction Fund and designed by JMZ Architects, the updated library received significant input from students, faculty, and staff. It features increased seating, improved windows and lighting, and the addition of study rooms, event spaces, and a cafe. 

In a national competition, five SUNY Geneseo students so far have won 2023–24 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships: Genesis Flores ’25 (Senegal); Abby Gleason ’26 (Switzerland); Iliana Papadopoulos ‘25 (Senegal); Corina Tulevech ’25 (Senegal); and Kimberly Wu ’24 (South Korea). Since 2007, 50 Geneseo students have won Gilman scholarships.

SUNY Geneseo students can gain first-hand research experience with primary source materials, thanks to the college’s Special Collections. The Special Collections archive spans hundreds of years and encompasses books, papers, manuscripts, maps, photographs, and miscellaneous artifacts.

Geneseo is introducing a new history master’s degree, available to students beginning in Spring 2024.