Category: Schools

SUNY Geneseo's first group in a student-support program includes 150 students across 31 majors, with more than 90% of them the first in their families to attend college. The Advancing Completion through Engagement … more: SUNY Geneseo ACE program serves 150 students in first cohort

Keuka College has named four instructors to its fall STAR Faculty Panel, set for 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, in the Hawkins Lounge of the Dahlstrom Student Center. The forum focuses on … more: Keuka College names panelists for Oct. 14 faculty forum

A Hobart and William Smith Colleges graduate who spent more than four decades as a pediatric reconstructive surgeon will return to campus next week to explain how three-dimensional thinking shapes both … more: HWS alum to discuss surgery and sculpture in Geneva

Indigenous students at Cornell University are sharing how plants connect their families, cultures and communities in a new exhibit at Cornell Botanic Gardens that will remain on display through the end of 2027. … more: Cornell exhibit connects Indigenous students’ stories with plants

Ithaca-based Cornell University biologist Matthew Zipple has been named a finalist for a $10,000 Blavatnik Regional Award in Life Sciences for research that places laboratory mice in outdoor enclosures to study how their … more: Cornell biologist named Blavatnik finalist for research with outdoor mice

A Cornell anthropologist will discuss her new book on the relationship between plants, food and healing at two upcoming Ithaca events, drawing on work with community organizers and farmers in Tanzania. Stacey … more: Cornell anthropologist to discuss plant-based healing research in Ithaca

Two public lectures at Cornell University later this month will examine political systems in China and Russia, with a former U.S. ambassador and a historian of modern China speaking in Ithaca. The … more: Cornell to host October talks on China, Russia and democracy

Two Midlakes seniors are organizing the first of three school blood drives this academic year, with the next donation event set for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 29 at Midlakes High … more: Midlakes students organize October blood drive at high school

Two band directors at Midlakes, a school district serving Phelps and Clifton Springs in Ontario County, have been elected to lead a regional organization that supports school music programs across the Finger … more: Midlakes band directors elected to regional music posts

Cuban jazz pianist Chucho Valdés will open Cornell University's 2026-27 Dallas Morse Coors Concert Series with an 85th-birthday performance in Ithaca on Friday, Oct. 23. Saxophonist Joe Lovano and trumpeter Etienne … more: Chucho Valdés concert to open Cornell series Oct. 23

Kali O'Sullivan, a nurse on Geneva General Hospital's 3-North unit, has received a DAISY Award for her care of patients and their families, University of Rochester Medicine Finger Lakes Health announced Monday. The … more: Geneva General Hospital nurse receives DAISY Award

Cayuga Community College student Maddox Fraher is spending her final semester learning two sides of broadcasting: hosting shifts at the college radio station and running replays for televised high school football games. … more: Cayuga student builds broadcasting experience on air and on the football field

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan told a Hobart and William Smith Colleges audience that consumer spending remains strong even as higher interest rates, borrowing costs and government debt complicate the economic … more: Bank of America CEO tells HWS students to stay curious as AI reshapes work

Keuka College has named four members to its Board of Trustees, including two alumni, a library and education leader, and a student representative. Janet Chin, Kyle Sylor, Christina AmEnde and student trustee … more: Keuka College names four trustees, including student representative

Hobart and William Smith Colleges graduate Brendan Csaposs has received City Year Baton Rouge's 2026 Alumni Shining Star Award for his continued work in education and community service. The Geneva alumnus began his … more: HWS graduate honored for education service in Baton Rouge

Cornell University physicist Peter McMahon has won a five-year, $1.35 million award to investigate programmable chips that could handle different forms of quantum light. The project aims to make quantum devices more … more: Cornell scientist wins $1.35 million award for quantum-light chips

Cornell University professor Steven Jackson has been selected as the Library of Congress' fall 2026 Kluge Chair in Technology and Society. Jackson, Cornell's vice provost for academic innovation, plans to use the … more: Cornell professor named Library of Congress Kluge Chair

A new Cornell University Library exhibit will examine how clothing protects workers — and how climate change is altering the risks they face on farms, at factories and at construction sites. “Weathering … more: Cornell exhibit explores work clothing and climate change

Hobart and William Smith Colleges’ 24-hour Day of Donors drew gifts from 513 people totaling more than $285,000, the Geneva college reported after the Oct. 6-7 campaign. Participation also met both donor-count … more: HWS Day of Donors draws 513 gifts totaling more than $285,000