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.

Karleen West with leader of an Amazon group and Todd Eisenstadt
Professor's Amazon Research Published in National Journals

Assistant Professor of Political Science Karleen West’s research on indigenous reactions to oil development in…

The Wilson Ice Arena full of students at the 2016 Relay for Life
Relay for Life Ready to Break Records

Geneseo's Relay for Life is one of the most successful in the country. This year, students will try to break a new…

SNCC Activists
MLK Jr. Commemoration to Feature SNCC Activists

SUNY Geneseo's annual April commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy will feature panel discussions with…

Gillen D'Arcy Wood
‘Year Without a Summer’ is Topic of American Rock Salt Lecture April 6

Gillen D’Arcy Wood, professor of environmental humanities at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, will…

Danielle Ellingston '97 in a village in Ghana
Peace Corps Voices: Danielle Ellingston '97, Lessons from Ghana

I learned so much that it's hard to say what the one most valuable lesson was.

Jessica Kroenert '15 in Senegal with her village.
Peace Corps Voices: Planting Seeds for Change in Senegal

When I introduce myself in Senegal, I tell people my name is Mata Dia, the name my host family gave me when I began…

Meara Bowe '15 with Botswanan girls.
Peace Corps Voices: Meara Bowe '15, at the Core, We Are All the Same

The Peace Corps was always on my radar, but it wasn’t until after I took Humanities II in Nicaragua as a junior…

Bethany at the rice fields.
Peace Corps Voices: Bethany Stewart ’03, Becoming Part of the Family in The Gambia

One perspective I gained is to know that it's ok when things don't work out as you planned. You simply use that…

Class in Red Hook, Brooklyn, in front of a mural
Urban Immersion: Geneseo’s Uncommon Study Ground

Red Hook, Brooklyn, was once a struggling neighborhood and is changing dramatically. It is now the college’s newest…

Cover for "Marriage, Divorce and Distress in Northeast Brazil: Black Women's Perspectives on Love, Respect and Kinship"
Geneseo Professor Studies Afro-Brazilian Marriage

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Melanie Medeiros is getting ready to celebrate the release of her book, Marriage…

Patricia Gualinga
Amazon Leader Discusses Land Preservation Fight

When their land in the Ecuadorian Amazon was opened for oil drilling, the First People of Sarayaku fought back - and…

Ambassador Dennis Ross
Ambassador Dennis Ross to Deliver Roemer Lecture on the Middle East

Ambassador Dennis Ross will deliver the Kenneth Roemer Lecture on World Affairs at SUNY Geneseo. He will address "…