New York’s Public Honors College, SUNY Geneseo, was recently named as a ‘Best College’ in the Princeton Review’s 2026 edition of The Best 391 Colleges.

SUNY Geneseo’s School of Business has introduced a new 100% online master’s program in Accounting. It is currently open to part-time students in the Fall 2025 semester and will be available to part-time and full-time students in the Fall 2026 semester. Admission into the program will be available at the start of both the Fall and Spring semesters.

September is Chiari Malformation Awareness Month. Chiari is a lesser-known condition in which the brain extends downwards into the spinal canal due to a lack of space in the skull.

On Aug. 12, 2025, SUNY Geneseo re-approved its Assembly Policy, following a yearly review and update made to the policy. Amidst this yearly review, tensions rise on both the national and international levels due to ongoing pressures/conflicts, leading to confusion, fear, and the possibility of gross misinterpretations of the policy and its reasons for implementation. 

The Department of Global Languages and Cultures  at SUNY Geneseo has recently redesigned their program and its offerings. Dr. Beverly Evans, Department Chair & Distinguished Teaching Professor of French, offered some valuable insight into these changes.

On Sunday, Apr. 27, 2025, Sisters Making a Change (SMAC) hosted their annual Out of the Darkness Walk on campus in partnership with the Livingston County Suicide Prevention Task Force, a fundraiser dedicated to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP).

President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) named “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy” earlier this week. The recent signing of this order is raising concerns for women's financial independence, among other civil rights issues.

Recent bioarchaeological and osteological analysis of a skeleton excavated from a Roman cemetery outside the city of York, United Kingdom, has revealed physical evidence of a person being assaulted by a large cat in the context of Roman gladiatorial combat, a first-of-its-kind discovery in the Roman archaeological record.

The month of May has been recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month since 1949. This month-long acknowledgment of mental health aims to “increase awareness of mental illness and wellness,” according to Psychiatry Advisor.

As April showers begin to let up, it’s the perfect time to plant trees and appreciate the environment. Arbor Day occurred this past Friday, Apr. 25, with countries worldwide celebrating the secular holiday. Here in Geneseo, the village hosted an open volunteer event organized by the Geneseo Garden Club, where anyone could come and plant trees, fall bulbs, and wildflowers.

Lesbian Visibility Week is from Apr. 21 to Apr. 27, celebrating the power of sisterhood by uplifting incredible LGBTQIA+ women and non-binary people from every generation, in every field, and every country around the world; “one community, so many brilliant individuals,” according to lesbianvisibilityweek.com.

On Apr. 16, researchers from the Austrian Academy of Sciences— Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (OeAW) —and the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced that they had discovered a series of medieval inscriptions and drawings at the site believed to have been the location of the Last Supper on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, Israel.

Many librarians learned in early April that the Trump Administration had revoked previously approved budgeting decisions, even though some previously approved grant funding had already been used. 

As the school year ends, new faces will take their place in lecture halls and dormitories as seniors cross the stage. Admitted Student Days are specifically designed so these incoming students and their families can get a glimpse of what life might be like at Geneseo. 

On Mar. 26, 2025, SUNY Geneseo was listed in a survey, conducted by Georgetown University in Washington, DC, to have a high return on investment (ROI) for one’s degree.

A sightseeing helicopter tour across the Hudson River ended in tragedy after the vehicle crashed into the river, with all six passengers, including the pilot, passing away on Thursday, Apr. 10. 

Each year, on Apr. 22, Earth Day is celebrated by many across the nation. It is a day to give back and appreciate all that the Earth provides for us. 

On Friday, Apr. 11, SUNY Geneseo announced Agya Boakye-Boaten (pronounced “Ay-jah Bwachee Bwahten”) as the new Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. He will also hold the rank of Professor of Black and Africana Studies in the Department of Anthropology and the Center for Social Justice Studies. He will assume his role(s) on July 17, 2025.

In a pivot of normal content produced in this column, today, we will be focusing on the issue of source credibility. In order to ensure the news information you receive is factually based, not based on presumptions and possible biases, you must undergo a diligent process that will involve you putting in effort.

For decades, researchers have theorized that ancient cats in and around Cyprus—  located southeast of Greece, south of Turkey —most likely followed early farmers and then “gradually got accustomed to living with humans over thousands of years," according to The Independent.