The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals recently established a force in Livingston County with the goal of stopping animal suffering as a result of abuse or neglect. The SPCA has no immediate plans to open a county shelter, however.

A panel of two men and two women discussed personal journeys and issues faced associated with the transgender and transsexual community on Wednesday April 24. This panel was created as part of the service learning for the Real World Geneseo program.

Students from the communication department will present their research at the 104th Annual Eastern Communication Association Convention in Pittsburgh, Pa. April 24-28. 

The search committee for the director of affirmative action hosted an open forum on March 8 to facilitate discussion about the position. Tonia Williams, an applicant for the position, answered questions for committee members who led the forum. 

Geneseo was recognized on President Barack Obama’s 2013 Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, released on March 4.

At the Student Association meeting on Wednesday March 6, candidates for the 2013-2014 SA executive committee presented their campaign speeches.

There is currently no available funding allotted for Geneseo Late Knight activities for the remainder of the semester, according to Director of College Union and Activities Charles Matthews. This is due, not to loss in funding, but rather to total depletion of the money allocated for events.

On Jan. 16, the former Geneseo restaurant Papa Jay’s Homemade Café reopened at 93 Main St. in Mount Morris. The family-owned restaurant initially opened in the village of Geneseo on Dec. 1, 2010 before closing in September 2012.

As oil grows increasingly more expensive, hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking, has become a debated natural gas alternative across New York state. Associate professor of History Jordan

On Nov. 28, professor of history Michael Oberg presented a lecture titled “What New York Students Should Learn, But Aren’t Taught, About the Iroquois.”

On Wednesday Nov. 14, Colgate University professor of international relations Fred Chernoff presented a lecture titled “Foreign Policy Challenges in the New Presidential Term: Nuclear Proliferation, Iran and the Military Option.”

Areas of New York state are still coping with the destruction that Hurricane Sandy left in its wake on Oct. 29.

The State University of New York recently received a $500,000 grant that will enable students to reverse-transfer credits between four-year colleges and their original community colleges in order to secure their associate degrees.

Geneseo welcomed candidates running for New York State’s Supreme Court, Senate, Assembly and the Congressional District at a forum on Wednesday Oct. 17 to discuss their respective campaigns.