Sustainability News

Sustainability is central to the mission and strategic plan of SUNY Geneseo, and we're proud of the many ways our campus community has effected positive change in the world we all share.

Professor Tony Ingraffea
Sustainability Lecture Focuses on Renewable Energy

Cornell University Professor Tony Ingraffea, featured speaker for the President’s Annual Sustainability Lecture,…

Gilman Program recipients.
Gilman Scholarship Program Aids Students with Limited Financial Means to Study Abroad

The Gilman Scholarship Program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial…

Humphrey Nature Center
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth State Park Officially Opens

SUNY Geneseo President Denise A. Battles was among those cutting the ribbon this week to officially open the…

Ben Conard '16
Students and Graduates Earn International and National Awards

Several students and recent Geneseo graduates are overseas helping with country development, learning about…

Noreen Corey '83 at the school in Equatorial Guinea.
Sparks of Change: Alumna Creates First School for the Deaf

Sparks of Change: Alumna Creates First School for the Deaf

Raymond Lord III '11 in NYC
Alumni Spotlight: Raymond Lord III '11

The first home Raymond Lord III ’11 sold as a newbie real-estate agent was $3 million. He's paying his success…

Jenna Babad
Janna Babad and Anna Sophia Katomski '15 Earn Fulbright Awards

A SUNY Geneseo graduating senior and a recent alumna have been awarded highly competitive U.S. Student Fulbright…

Geneseo campus at spring.
Turning Ideas Into Action

Four SUNY Geneseo students were selected to travel to the University of California, Berkeley for the 2016 Clinton…

sturges Quad
Students Complete Another Record-Breaking 'Relay for Life' Effort

SUNY Geneseo students raised an unprecedented $173,282.51 in Saturday’s 11th annual Relay for Life, a fundraiser…

Speaker Robert Mosil
President’s Sustainability Lecture April 12 to Feature Leader of Rachel Carson Council

Robert Musil, president and CEO of the Rachel Carson Council (RCC), will deliver SUNY Geneseo’s second annual…

Geneseo campus at spring.
Students Build Unique Solar-Powered Cart

Students Brandon Mark '16 and Zachary Hallenbeck '16 have built a unique solar-powered golf cart as part of an…

Roemer Arboretum entrance with trees
Geneseo Certified as a Tree Campus USA College

Geneseo has been certified as one of 254 Tree Campus USA colleges for its commitment to sustaining a healthy…