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Geneseo Announces Honorary Degree Recipients Two SUNY Geneseo alumni will receive honorary degrees at this year’s undergraduate Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 16.

2 Geneseo alumni, Rebecca Wilson Bresee ’93 and Jeff Clarke ’83, MBA, will receive honorary degrees at this year’s undergraduate Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 16.

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#ICYMI Geneseo held its 8th annual Diversity Summit. This full-day event featured keynote speaker, Don McPherson, and a series of diversity-focused sessions.
Thank you to everyone who made this year's Diversity Summit a success!
Find out more about the Summit on our website 👉https://bit.ly/3P1134Q

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SUNY Geneseo Receives Gift, Enters Partnership with Eastman Kodak Company Integrated Science Center (SUNY Geneseo/Matt Burkhartt) SUNY Geneseo has partnered with Eastman Kodak’s Pharmaceuticals unit to create an advanced electrophysiology research lab on campus.  A gift of ...

SUNY Geneseo has partnered with Eastman Kodak’s Pharmaceuticals unit to create an advanced electrophysiology research lab on campus with a generous $625K gift from Kodak.

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@douglassday.bsky.social were happily transcribing away this Douglass Day! (And enjoying cake in honor of his bday)

Geneseo Honored as Combined Top Fulbright Producer SUNY Geneseo has once again been named a Top Producer of both Fulbright US Student and Fulbright US Scholar awards, as announced by the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs an...

SUNY Geneseo has once again been named a Top Producer of both Fulbright US Student and Fulbright US Scholar awards! 👏

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Did you know? In 1868, Frederick Douglass spoke in Geneseo where he strongly voiced his support for Ulysses S. Grant’s presidential campaign and the expansion of African American rights. The Genesee Valley Herald praised Douglass’s speech as “replete with logic, sound argument and eloquence.”

Can't get enough of these snowy pics of campus ❄️

Geneseo's dept of performing arts is performing Godspell! You can attend tonight and through this weeked 👉 bit.ly/4bdd54o

Ketogenic Diet Reduces Alcohol Consumption and Improves Memory and Sociability in Mice: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs: Vol 0, No ja Objective: Alcohol use disorder is highly prevalent with known associations to poor health and memory. Diet interventions are a useful tool that have the potential to help many, as they are relatively non-invasive and accessible. The ketogenic diet (KD) is a high fat, low carbohydrate diet that has been used for decades to reduce seizures in children with epilepsy. In the current study, the effects of 3 weeks of KD on alcohol use and anxiety, and post-alcohol anxiety, sociability and memory were assessed in C57BL/6J mice. Method: In Experiment 1 and 1a, mice were allowed to drink alcohol for 8 weeks using the intermittent drinking in the dark paradigm. Across the last 3 weeks of drinking, mice were fed either KD or a standard chow diet and tested for performance in a Barnes maze. In Experiment 2, mice were fed either KD or standard diet for 3 weeks and observed for anxiety and social behaviors, and memory. Experiment 2a extended this work using a small number of male mice that were injected with alcohol for 1 week prior to behavioral assessment. Results: Overall, our findings suggest a therapeutic effect of KD on alcohol consumption and post-alcohol deficits. Conclusions: Benefits were independent of effects on generalized anxiety yet support a more specific effect of KD to increase exploration and reduce behavioral inhibition. This study did not investigate the neurobiology mediating these effects and future research for this is now needed.

Ketogenic Diet Reduces Alcohol Consumption and Improves Memory and Sociability in Mice (just accepted in @jsadjournal.bsky.social)
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SUNY Geneseo Expands Teacher Professional Development Days MacVittie Union (SUNY Geneseo/Matt Burkhartt) SUNY Geneseo has recently expanded professional development opportunities for local K–12 teachers. The annual Teachers’ Day events have drawn participants...

SUNY Geneseo has recently expanded professional development opportunities for local K–12 teachers. The annual Teachers’ Day events have drawn participants from Albany to Buffalo for faculty-led workshops on both content and pedagogy, both what to teach and how to teach it.

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Day 2 of AASCU’s #DCLI26 centered on strengthening leadership through reflection, practice, and collaboration. With @sunygeneseo.bsky.social Provost Mary Toale, participants explored managing difficult conversations and engaged in peer leadership consulting for shared problem-solving.

Volodymyr Zelensky: A New Ukrainian Masculinity Summary By wearing military-style clothes Zelensky tailored his look to highlight Ukraine’s culture and history while also emphasizing that the country is in a state of war and increasingly focused on...

Alla Myzelev, assoc prof of art history, has published an article in the journal “Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty” (2025) examining how Ukrainian President Zelensky tailored his look to highlight Ukraine’s culture and history while also emphasizing that the country is in a state of war 🇺🇦👇

And now, you can read more about Jesse Gavin ‘03 and his time on @Netflix.com @strangerthings.bsky.social season 5 on our news center!

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Geneseo Officers and Student Intern Recognized by SUNY Police Chiefs Association Officers Herrick and Youngers of SUNY Geneseo's University Police Department, and student intern Jillian Mitchell ‘25, were recently honored by the SUNY Police Chiefs Association in Albany.

Officers Herrick and Youngers of Geneseo's University Police Department, and student intern Jillian Mitchell ‘25, were recently honored by the SUNY Police Chiefs Association in Albany.

Herrick and Youngers received the Life Saving Award for their efforts during an April 2025 call.

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School of Education Names New Dean SUNY Geneseo has appointed Ann Monroe-Baillargeon, PhD, as the dean for the Ella Cline Shear School of Education (SOE), effective January 29, 2026. She comes to Geneseo from Houghton University (NY), ...

Geneseo has appointed Ann Monroe-Baillargeon, PhD, as the dean for the Ella Cline Shear School of Education (SOE), effective January 29, 2026. She comes to Geneseo from Houghton University (NY), where she served most recently as associate provost and director of online programs.

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Massive 3,000-year-old Maya site in Mexico depicts the cosmos and the 'order of the universe,' study claims A roughly 3,000-year-old site in Mexico was built in the shape of a cosmogram that stretches for miles, a new study suggests.

Geneseo Anthropology prof James Aimers was quoted in a @livescience.com article about new research that suggests a 3,000-year-old Maya site in southeastern Mexico is actually a giant cosmogram, depicting how ancient people at the site viewed the order of the universe.

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Alam Earns Fulbright Specialist Award Intekhab Alam, distinguished teaching professor of marketing in SUNY Geneseo’s School of Business, has received a prestigious Fulbright Specialist award to consult at the Graduate School of Business a...

Intekhab Alam, distinguished teaching professor of marketing in Geneseo’s School of Business, has received a prestigious Fulbright Specialist award to consult at the Graduate School of Business and Entrepreneurship (GSBE) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

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Congrats to @sunygeneseo.bsky.social alumna Clare Cusack of the New York Bankers Association on receiving the 2025 Distinguished Alumnus Award!
"My work has been rooted in the belief that we have a responsibility to lift people up and open doors, not close them."

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SUNY Geneseo Celebrates 2025 Enrollment Gains SUNY Geneseo has made remarkable gains by growing enrollment amid record demand while maintaining its academic strength and upholding its strong reputation for educational excellence and student succe...

Geneseo has made remarkable gains by growing enrollment amid record demand while maintaining its academic strength.

Geneseo saw a 10% increase in first-year and transfer applications, with first-time student enrollment nearly 7% above last year​.

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SUNY Geneseo Offers Military Tuition Rate Starting Spring 2026 SUNY Geneseo has adopted the new SUNY Military Tuition Rate Program, announced this week by State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr. The program, beginning Spring 2026 at Geneseo and o...

Geneseo has adopted the new SUNY Military Tuition Rate Program, announced this week by @sunyofficial.bsky.social.

The program, beginning Spring 2026 ensures SUNY's academic excellence is affordable for active-duty service members, members of the National Guard, and members of the Reserves.

Thank you to all veterans who have served—past, present, and future. 🇺🇸

New Professor Brings Gaming Expertise to the School of Education Taylor Kessner is a new assistant professor in Geneseo’s Ella Cline Shear School of Education whose research focuses on games, game design, and simulations as methods to teach students social studies ...

Taylor Kessner is a new assistant professor in Geneseo’s Ella Cline Shear School of Education whose research focuses on games, game design, and simulations as methods to teach students social studies and history. 🎮

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NYBA President & CEO Clare Cusack '96 to Receive AASCU Distinguished Alum Award The Board of Directors of the New York Bankers Association (NYBA) announced today that the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) has selected SUNY Geneseo alum and current NY...

The Am Association of State Colleges & Universities selected Geneseo alum and current NYBA President and CEO Clare Cusack ’96 with the Distinguished Alumnus Award.

The award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to the public, intellectual, or cultural life of the nation.

We have officially welcomed SUNY Geneseo’s 14th President, Melinda Treadwell, PhD.

Welcome to Geneseo, President Treadwell!

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Have you been keeping up with our faculty's recent research?

They are doing some incredible things, including Jovana Babović's recent book, "The Youngest Yugoslavs: An Oral History of Post-Socialist Memory"

Check it out in the Reseach Briefs section of our news center 👉 bit.ly/4hoAIrB