Academic Affairs News

Mary Toale Appointed as New Provost

Mary C. Toale, Ed.D., has been selected to serve as SUNY Geneseo’s new provost and vice president for academic affairs and will assume the role on March 28.
 

Academic Affairs in the News

The news items below are sorted by date published (newest at the top). 

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Discovery Cafe to Bring Science Talks to Community

Patrick Buckley ’19, will launch his Discovery Cafe with three free public events this fall. The first talk, “A…

Bill McKibben
Well-Known Environmental Activist Bill McKibben to Deliver Harding Lecture Sept. 30

Author and environmental activist Bill McKibben will deliver the 2017 Walter Harding Lecture Sept. 30 at 4 p.m. in…

Professor Jeff Koch
Political Science Professor Is Teaching at the USAF Academy

Political Science Professor Jeff Koch will join USAF Academy in Colorado Springs for a one-year appointment as…

Speech Buddies SoJin Lee '17 and Emily Rogers '17
Speech Buddies Bridge the Language and Culture Gap

Emily Rogers ’17 and SoJin Lee ’17 developed a friendship through the Speech Buddies program, where Emily helped…

Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of English Glenn McClure '86/M.S.Ed. '11, looks out over the landscape in Antarctica. Photo by Elaine Hood, U.S. Antarctic Program, National Science Foundation
Songs From the Ice: Antarctica Research Combines Math, Music and Nature

It’s a typical spring morning at Sweet Arts Bakery on Main Street in Geneseo. Students, teachers and townspeople…

Students at a poster session.
Students Spend Summer Focused on Research Projects with Faculty Mentors

The opportunity for undergraduate students to participate in research has become an important part of Geneseo’s…

Geneseo professor with Alytus College students
Geneseo Expanding Globally Networked Learning Opportunities

A recent visit to Lithuania’s Alytus College by Meredith Harrigan, associate professor of communication at SUNY…

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Western Humanities Students Interviewed on French TV

Two SUNY Geneseo students were interviewed recently on the France 3 public television channel during their study…

Kendon Bates
Education Major Kendon Bates Presents at Disabilities Studies Conference

Rising senior Kendon Bates ’18 presented his research earlier this summer at the International Disability Studies in…

Barbara Welker and Keenan Taylor
Anthropologist Barbara Welker Authors Open SUNY Textbook

Barbara Welker, associate professor of anthropology at SUNY Geneseo, is among recent authors for the Open SUNY…

Geneseo students in chemistry lab
Sleeping Sickness Grant Will Benefit Student Research

Kevin Militello, professor of biology, has been awarded a grant of nearly $460,000 from the National Institute of…

OpenStax - photo by Jemel Agulto
Geneseo Instrumental in New SUNY Partnership with OpenStax

The State University of New York is among 11 schools or systems in the nation selected to participate in the 2017-18…