Unravelling the Mysteries of Mars
Little is still known about the Red Planet, but faculty, students and alumni are conquering the great space unknown. We Earthlings have long been captivated by what occupies the unfathomable vastness of our universe, now with a diameter we can see of about 93 billion light years. In our own solar system of eight major planets, the mysteries of Mars are particularly fascinating, mainly because it is among our closest planetary...
Geneseo’s Problem-Solvers
Alumni and faculty members make important contributions toward addressing needs in healthcare, community development and energy. Some people say that every problem is really an opportunity and wrestling with a problem provides the opportunity to make tangible differences for good. While no individual alone can cure a disease or shrink humanity’s carbon footprint, each person who confronts a need joins a team that spans time and...
On the Front Lines to Defend Wildlife
Working with the National Geographic Society, I have turned my passion for animals into my purpose. Follow Tara Keir on Instagram: @tarankeir If you are lucky in life, you find something you love. If you are even luckier, passion will find you. And if you are me, it will hit you as if you’ve run head-on into a brick wall. From that perspective, I have been incredibly lucky all of my life. Traced back to elephants and their...
Developing Anti-Cancer Medicines with Fewer Side Effects
A Professor’s research on how pharmaceuticals interact with our biomolecules may lead to less toxic treatments. Pharmaceuticals are often necessary in the fight against cancer. But targeting cancer cells has a harsh impact on other cells in the human body, often leading to side effects such as infertility, hair loss and digestive problems. Ruel McKnight, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Geneseo, has spent more than 15...
Change, Before It Happens
Bruce Himelstein ’76 started hotel work as a bellhop. He became a sales and marketing expert known for innovation and customer service. Six months after graduating as a communication major from Geneseo, Bruce Himelstein ’76, in desperation, took a job as a housekeeper at the Americana Inn in Albany, N.Y. He struggled to clean hotel rooms and was fired after a week. The hotel’s general manager, however, liked him and rehired him...
Scene Around the World
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