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McNair Grant Launches Students Toward PhD Studies

SUNY Geneseo has been selected to participate in the prestigious Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program. The aim of the McNair Program is to increase the numbers of low-income, first-generation, and historically underrepresented undergraduates who pursue Ph.D. degrees. Diedre DeBose, director of Access Opportunity Programs, will serve as the McNair Scholars Program director.

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Q&A with Alumna Jordan Cimilluca ’15

Jordan Cimilluca ’15 is a senior community development manager at the American Cancer Society (ACS) in Rochester, NY. She partners to organize cancer awareness and fundraising events with student organizations at area colleges.

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‘Lake of Betrayal’ Screening and Q&A with Filmmakers at Riviera

Lake of Betrayal, a documentary that explores the history of Kinzua Dam and its effect on the Seneca Indians whose lands were taken for the reservoir, will be shown at Geneseo’s Riviera Theater on Wednesday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. A Q&A session with the filmmakers and Michael Oberg, SUNY Distinguished Professor of History, will follow the screening. The event is free and open to the public.

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‘Write Like a Girl’ at Fringe Showcased Strong Female Voices

At the Rochester Fringe Festival earlier this fall, Arianna Miller ‘18, Isabel Owen ‘19, Jennifer Galvao ’19, and Jasmine Cui ‘20 read a set of poems and a short story. Their performance set, “Write Like a Girl,” was selected for its overarching message of empowerment and strength.

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Cybersecurity: How to Protect Yourself

October is National Cyber Security Awareness month.
This is the third article in a four-part series on security brought to you by Geneseo’s Information Security Program Team.

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Students to Attend Clinton Global Initiative University Meeting

Four SUNY Geneseo students will be among more than 1,100 students from around the world who will attend the Clinton Global Initiative University’s (CGI U) 10th annual meeting and work on action plans later this month at Northeastern University.

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Study Will Look at Cannabis’s Effect on Brain and Behavior

Vincent Markowski, an associate professor of psychology, was recently awarded a nearly $400,000 research grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Markowski will use the three-year grant to study the cognitive effects of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the drug most commonly found in marijuana.

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Geneseo Combines Homecoming and Family Weekends

For the first time, SUNY Geneseo will host a combined Homecoming and Family Weekend, Sept. 22 –23. Over 1,600 alumni and parents have registered for the event. See the story for a highlights list of events

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President Battles Selected as Vice Chair/Chair-Elect of ACE Council of Fellows Program

President Denise A. Battles has been elected vice chair/chair-elect of the American Council on Education’s Council of Fellows. The Council comprises alumni of the ACE Fellows Program, which is regarded as the country’s premier higher education leadership development experience, preparing senior leaders to serve American colleges and universities.

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Discovery Cafe to Bring Science Talks to Community

Patrick Buckley ’19, will launch his Discovery Cafe with three free public events this fall. The first talk, “A Series of Discrepant Events: Some Physics in Action,” presented by Kurt Fletcher, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Physics & Astronomy, will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m. at the Wadsworth Library on Center St., Geneseo.

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