In February 2026, the State University of New York system officially launched the SUNY Research Connect Portal, which features a collection of research and research publications from scholars throughout the various SUNY schools.

If everything goes according to plan Wednesday, Apr. 1, four astronauts, Reid Wiseman (Commander), Victor Glover (Pilot), Christina Koch (Mission Specialist), and Jeremy Hansen (Mission Specialist), will strap to the inside of a capsule and begin a journey that no human has made since the 1970s, according to NASA.

Rhinos have returned to Kidepo Valley National Park after 43 years of absence, according to the World Wildlife Fund. AP News reported that the rhinos from Kidepo Valley National Park were killed by poachers, with the last ones being slaughtered in 1983.

SUNY Geneseo has announced new steps toward improving accessibility across campus in response to recent updates to Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as per their online news center.

As we enter the month of April, it is important to acknowledge this month as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

On Mar. 23, 2026, the moon suddenly and mysteriously disappeared from Earth’s orbit.

In a situation which experts are calling “deeply serious and mildly concerning,” the vaquita porpoise, previously believed to be one of the rarest marine mammals on Earth, has now announced tentative plans to overthrow the Mexican government. This is reportedly expected to happen either sometime “very soon” or “never,” though those claims cannot be substantiated, as no one is able to properly speak porpoise. 

Earlier this March, a team of professional archaeologists and anthropology students made a profound and startling discovery in the back of the Anthropology Department of SUNY Geneseo: a projectile point.

Attention! Attention SUNY Geneseo students! The college’s president, Dr. Painted T. Ree, has announced that New York’s Public Honors College will be receiving a new mascot, effective immediately.

As the semester comes to an end, we wanted to recap the Campus Treasure that has been known but never found for the last six decades.

With the nicer weather approaching, more Geneseo residents and community members will be outdoors, and appreciating nature. With a recent award, Geneseo can now offer its community members even more nature to explore. The village of Geneseo has been “designated as a Tree City USA community by the National Arbor Day Foundation,” as of Jan. 22, 2026, as per a Geneseo community notice flyer posted on geneseony.org. 

The Geneseo Dance Ensemble (GDE) took the stage this past weekend with its latest production, “Rising to New Heights,” a performance highlighting “an evening of diverse, dynamic, and original dance works,” as noted on SUNY Geneseo’s webpage.

On Mar. 8, 2026 at 1 p.m. Peace Action Geneseo (PAG) hosted a Women’s March at the Veteran’s Memorial Park, located on the corner of 20A and Main Street.

With election day coming up on Mar. 18, 2026, a three-way race is underway for Geneseo mayor with incumbent Chris Ivers up for reelection. Making their bid for the position this election cycle are Republican candidate Brian Spindler and Village Trustee Eddie Lee, who is running independently.

Polar bears—one of the most important apex predators in the food chain—are facing population decline amid climate change and loss of habitat. According to the World Wildlife Fund, “The biggest threat to polar bears’ survival is climate change – a warmer Arctic destroys the habitat polar bears need to survive.” 

In the mid-1800s, the Floreana giant tortoise was believed to have gone extinct, according to the Galapagos Conservation Trust. Floreana Island was colonized in 1832 by Ecuador and with that came disruptions to the ecosystem of Floreana. Smithsonian Magazine details that many of the animals brought over by the colonizers posed a threat to the native species of the island, eventually outcompeting many of them. Scientific American reports that in the 2000s, however, it was revealed that a tortoise population found on Isabela Island were genetic descendents of the giant tortoises from Floreana. 

The recent death of 56-year-old Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a disabled Muslim Rohingya refugee fleeing genocide in Myanmar, according to CNN, in Buffalo, New York has raised public scrutiny of the Buffalo Police Department and its collusion with immigration enforcement, having released Shah Alam into Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody despite legal status and a plea deal ensuring his exemption from immigration detainment.

 This month marks 39 years since the United States has first begun celebrating Women’s History Month every year in March.

The United States finds itself now deeply entwined in an intensifying conflict with Iran after a coordinated military campaign with Israel. The campaign is said to have targeted Iranian military infrastructure and political leadership, including the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Feb. 28, 2026. 

Mauritius Island, situated in the middle of the Indian Ocean, creates a habitat for more than 250 coral species, as documented by Nausicaá Ocean Magazine. These corals and hydrozoans—a species with some similarities to jellyfish, but which form coral-like colonies, according to the University of California Museum of Paleontology— “form reefs that shelter a quarter of the island’s marine life and provide food for fish and human populations,” per the Nausicaá Ocean Magazine.