Faculty lines to be added

Within the next academic year, a committee will begin searching for faculty to fill 22 temporary full-time lines, 15 of which could potentially develop into tenure tracks.

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History professor Bill Cook retiring

After 42 years at Geneseo, Distinguished Teaching Professor of History Bill Cook is retiring.

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Award-winning poet Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon shares wisdom

On Thursday March 29, award-winning poet Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon conducted a poetry reading and Q-and-A session with creative writing students in the College Union’s Fireside Lounge in Newton 214.

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Biology professor Kevin Militello awarded $387,768 for second round of research

Kevin Militello, associate professor of biology, has been awarded a renewal of the Academic Research Enhancement Award grant for his project “Cytosine DNA Methylation and Transcriptional Repression in African Trypanosomes.” 

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Suspicious driver soliciting young women

On Monday Feb. 27, four young women in Geneseo separately reported being followed by a suspicious vehicle. According to the women, the suspect, a male, tried to wave them over to his car while possibly pulling his pants down with the other hand.

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LeRoy girls on the mend, cause of illness still unknown

According to USA Today, two of the 18 girls affected by the strange illness in Le Roy, N.Y. are healthy and three are improving.

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Sigma Tau Delta lecture explores truth about Austen

On Feb. 23, English professor and Dean of Residential Living Celia Easton presented a paper titled “Who Needs Vampires? Jane Austen’s Wit Was Biting Enough” as part of the Sigma Tau Delta lecture series.

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2013 federal budget invests in college opportunity

President Barack Obama's proposal for the 2013 budget places a large amount of focus on expanding college opportunity, investing billions in new programs to encourage affordability, diversity, success-rates and effective teaching.

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In local news: Le Roy High School students suffering from mysterious illness

Up to 15 students at Le Roy High School in Le Roy, N.Y. about 60 miles west of Geneseo, have been stricken by a mysterious illness, coming down with symptomes including Tourette's-like tics and outbursts.  The cause of the illness is unknown.

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Lauderdale renovation, reorganization complete

Renovations in the Lauderdale Health Center are officially complete and on Jan. 18 the center held an open house to showcase the remodeling.

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Newbery Award winner visits Geneseo, discusses novel on local Sudanese “lost boy”

On Thursday Nov. 17, Newbery award-winning children's author Linda Sue Park spoke at the Central Presbyterian Church on Center Street. The event was organized by the Wadsworth Library and attendees of all ages filled the room.

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Take Back the Land battles foreclosure crisis

Members of Take Back the Land, a national movement focused on assisting citizens they believe were unjustly evicted from their homes, spoke in the Multicultural Organization Space for Activities, Inclusion and Collaboration on Monday Nov. 14.

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College mourns loss of Hayley Fuchs

Hayley Fuchs, a 20-year-old Geneseo junior that was on a leave of absence this semester, died in her Port Washington, Long Island home on Oct. 26.

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Registration process streamlined; spring registration going smoothly

At a recent meeting of Student Association's Student Affairs committee, a subcommittee focused in part on improving the registration process, committee members discussed past changes and how students and faculty have received them.

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Students organize Occupy Geneseo general assembly

After weeks of organization, Occupy Geneseo has been set in motion, with a general assembly scheduled for Thursday Nov. 3 at 5 p.m. on the College Green.

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Shaping Lives of Purpose launches regional event

On Oct. 13, over 300 alumni, faculty, parents and friends attended a fundraiser at the Locust Hill Country Club in Rochester, the first of a series of 13 regional events for the Shaping Lives of Purpose campaign.

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Geneseo launches national capital campaign: Shaping Lives of Purpose

On Sept. 15, Geneseo launched the public phase of a national capital campaign called Shaping Lives of Purpose with the goal of raising $22 - $25 million, the largest fundraising endeavor in Geneseo’s history.

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Geneseo student’s team awarded for EmPower app idea

This summer, junior psychology major Matthew Bower and two students from other colleges came in second at an international competition with an idea for a smartphone application.  

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SA looks to provide food, prizes at weekly meetings

Student Association is planning to budget $5,000 from the SA Programs Student Government Meetings line of its budget to provide a variety of perks at SA general meetings.

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NY SUNY 2020 grants rational tuition

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's NY SUNY 2020 legislation passed this summer with great support across the state. The bill offers a number of provisions, most notably a rational tuition policy.

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