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.

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! 👇👇👇

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. Read more ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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. Read more👇

This is super cool! 👀👇

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. Read more 👇

Have a happy Thanksgiving!

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. Read more on our news center ⬇️

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." Read: tinyurl.com/4pnphdum #AASCU25

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​. @johnbkingjr.bsky.social @governor.ny.gov

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. 🇺🇸

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. 🎮 Read more on our news center👇

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!

6 days left to apply to 5 SUNY colleges for FREE! SUNY Free Application Weeks end on November 3rd. Use your Common App or go to suny.edu/apply to submit your free apps and start your SUNY journey.

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

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has named Joe Leathersich ’14 to SUNY Geneseo’s College Council for a seven-year term. Leathersich is director of advocacy, intergovernmental relations, and public policy at the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce. Read more 👇

Jennifer Waddington, lecturer in the School of Ed, has been selected as a Friend of the Year by Arc GLOW👏 Waddington is being recognized for “outstanding support and the meaningful friendship she has shown” to the organization. Arc GLOW will announce the honor at its annual awards dinner on 10/15

👀 Check out alumna Emily McMahon ’23's illustrations of the three recently named deep-sea snailfish created for the taxonomy publication 🐟 👇 From top to bottom: The "bumpy snailfish" (Careproctus colliculi), the "dark snailfish" (Careproctus yanceyi), and the "sleek snailfish" (Paraliparis em)

For the 11th time in @usnews.com’s 16 years of college rankings, SUNY Geneseo has earned the #1 spot for Best Undergraduate Teaching in the Regional Universities—North category. 👏 👏 Read more on our news center 👇

Geneseo’s director of the Teaching and Learning Center, Alexis Clifton, has been named a fellow of SUNY AI for the Public Good The Fellows will provide support for faculty working to update courses and incorporate AI literacy, including teaching students to evaluate AI-generated content critically👇

SUNY Geneseo and the @albany.edu have formed a collaborative agreement providing students an accelerated opportunity to earn an MPA degree in public administration and policy. Read more 👇

An interdisciplinary team at Geneseo has been awarded a $366,670 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity (EPIIC) program. Read more on our news center ⬇️

We are excited to formally announce SUNY Geneseo’s 14th President, Melinda Treadwell, PhD. Treadwell joins SUNY Geneseo after serving eight years as president of Keene State College. Her expected start date is October 27. Welcome to Geneseo, President Treadwell!

Infectious diseases are often front-page news, and Geneseo alums are on the front lines in helping to prevent them Surveillance epidemiologists Sydney Alexander ’19 and Julia Tellerman ’20, both work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Emerging Infections Program Read more👇

The Geneseo flag football team, led by head coach Rob Currin, volunteered at Damar Hamlin's Chasing M's Foundation Back to School event The event drew more than 1,300 attendees, provided free school supplies, haircuts, food, CPR instruction, and a Flag Football Clinic, led by Geneseo Flag Football

Is this the new face of the deep ocean? Researchers at @sunygeneseo.bsky.social have discovered a new species of deep-sea fish—and it’s adorable. May we most cordially introduce you to the bumpy snailfish. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/s...

Meet the newest (and cutest) addition to the snailfish family 🐟 MBARI collaborators @sunygeneseo.bsky.social have described three new deep-sea snailfishes, including one first discovered using MBARI’s remotely operated vehicle Doc Ricketts. Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbaris-...

SUNY Geneseo School of Education assistant professor Peter Kalenda recently served as a consultant for the Rush-Henrietta (NY) Central School District as it introduces artificial intelligence tools into its classrooms. Read more on our news center 👇

Did you hear? SUNY Geneseo’s School of Business has launched an online master’s in accounting program! The program is designed for students interested in pursuing an accounting career but who do not have an undergraduate accounting degree. Read more on our news center and learn how to apply 👇

Washington Monthly selected SUNY Geneseo as one of only 25 colleges and universities in the United States as a Best-in-Class College! Geneseo is the only SUNY selected for the Best-in-Class list, which includes renowned institutions such as Princeton, Johns Hopkins, and Rutgers. Read more 👇

Nicholas Warner ’00, associate professor of geological, environmental, and planetary sciences, was recently awarded a $307,000 grant from the NASA Mars Data Analysis Program for a project that will help advance Mars geological and climate research. Congratulations, Professor Warner! Read more 👇

@sunyofficial.bsky.social has appointed Mary C. Toale, Geneseo’s Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs since March 2024, as the officer-in-charge at SUNY Geneseo, effective August 25. Her appointment follows the departure of President Denise A. Battles. Read more on our news center ⬇️

We did it! Move-in 2025 was a big success! Welcome to our new students! We’re so happy you’re here.

We ate! We celebrated! We enjoyed being served delicious food by members of the college cabinet! Summer Knights may be coming to an end for faculty and staff, but we’re ready for a new academic year!

We have a new dean in town! Melanie Blood, PhD, has been appointed inaugural dean for workforce development and associate provost for curriculum. Read more on our news center! 👇👇👇

Geneseo @ Rochester Pride Parade! 🏳️‍🌈 👇

And another one! Congratulations to Intekhab Alam, distinguished teaching professor of marketing in SUNY Geneseo's School of Business, who has won a highly competitive 2025–26 Fulbright Association US Scholar award for Oman for Fall 2025. Read more 👇

🎉 Congratulations to Thomas Osburn, associate professor of physics, who has won a highly competitive Fulbright Association US Scholar award to Ireland and will spend an academic year at University College Dublin (UCD). 🇮🇪 Read more 👇

We did it! Read more about our successful capital campaign in our news center 👉 bit.ly/44kpTC4

Happy Fourth of July from SUNY Geneseo! 🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆

Did you know? Geneseo is a member of the McNair Scholars program. Our McNair Scholars just presented their research at another successful symposium! The program encourages the pursuit of doctoral study by providing research-intensive experiences and more! Learn more: geneseo.edu/mcnair

Exciting news! @theprincetonreview.bsky.social has named Geneseo a 2025 Best Value College! Read more about on our news center! 👉 bit.ly/4k8VgUS

Have you seen our new series featuring our amazing and always fascinating faculty? Check out the first one! 👇

She's a track star!🏃‍♀️ @sunygeneseo.bsky.social senior, Penelope Greene, left her mark on campus after becoming a two-time national champion at the NCAA Women's Track & Field National Championship last week. Congrats! www.thelcn.com/sports/suny-...

We can’t believe it; the class of 2025 has officially graduated! 🥹 Congratulations!

34 years ago today! I am grateful to @sunygeneseo.bsky.social for so many things. These lifelong friends are first on the list

The class of 2025, ladies and gentleman 👇