Monique Patenaude, PhD Archives

‘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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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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GOLD Event: Constitution Day Deliberative Dialog on Finding a “Political Fix”

Monday, September 18th is Constitution Day. In honor of the day, Geneseo is hosting a special deliberative dialog discussion, “Political Fix–How Should We Get American Politics Back on Track?” Advance registration, which is required, closes on Friday, Sept. 15 at noon. Students are eligible for Silver or Diamond credit.

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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Heather Ann Thompson to Speak on Attica Uprising

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Heather Ann Thompson, professor of history at the University of Michigan, will deliver a lecture on the Attica Prison uprising of 1971. Her talk, “The Attica Prison Uprising and Why It Matters Today,” will occur on the 46th anniversary of the uprising, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 7 p.m. in Newton Hall. The talk is free and open to the public. A book signing and reception will follow.

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Crow delegation to Washington, early 19th c.

Oberg’s Native America Textbook out in Second Edition

Professor Michael Leroy Oberg’s revised textbook, “Native America: A History, Second Edition,” hit college bookstore shelves just in time for the new academic year. Oberg, a SUNY Distinguished Professor of history at Geneseo, says that the new edition includes expanded discussions on the law and native history since World War II.

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