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.

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Storytelling Map Shares How Geneseo Leads Sustainability Action as a Participant in a U.N. Effort

As a participant of the U.N. Global Compact, SUNY Geneseo has joined world leaders at the United Nations in adopting…

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Impact of Chemical Use Topic of President's Sustainability Lecture

David O. Carpenter will deliver “Is the human race sustainable after the age chemicals?” on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at 2:…

Colleen Bonadonna '93 gives the polio vaccine to children.
Colleen Bonadonna '93: On the Front Lines of Eradicating Polio

Bonadonna has made the elimination of the virus her personal mission, leading education and advocacy efforts for…

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…

Two students learn to make thread in Ghana.
Courses Explore Global Health and Development in Ghana

This summer, 26 students explored health, environment, education and economics for four weeks this summer, all…

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…

Randy French '83 on a boat in Antarctica
Alumnus Science Educator Expands Field Experience in Antarctica

Randy French ’83, a science teacher at Geneseo Central School, also journeyed to Antarctica last year, made possible…

Jessica Kroenert '15 in her Senegalese village.
Peace Corps Champions: A Tradition of Service, Excellence

Geneseo is ranked 14th nationwide for alumni currently serving in the Peace Corps. We explore why so many make the…

Ray Rizzo '15 with teachers he works with in Nicaragua.
Peace Corps Voices: Ray Rizzo '15, Geneseo's Newest Volunteer

My name is Ray Rizzo and I am a Peace Corps volunteer. This is the first time I have actually said (or typed) that…

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Students Earned Prestigious Global and National Awards

This summer, Annie Renaud ’19 and Alex McGrath ’17 are living with host families in Russia, immersed in the culture…

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Rochester City School District Students Exploring the Road to Mars at Geneseo Camp

Could students from the Rochester City School District (RCSD) be instrumental in NASA’s goal to send humans to Mars…

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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…