Video: The Simple Life, Unplugged
At Geneseo, Nik Varrone is the support services manager for IT. At home, he and his wife, Anya, run a farm and plows the land using a method that was most popular in the 1700s. The Varrones use horse plowing and have created a lifestyle that fits their beliefs, goals and is more sustainable. “If you look at what we do from the outside, it looks simple,” says Nik Varrone, Geneseo’s support services manager in the IT...
Video: A Home Away From Home
If it’s Tuesday or Thursday, Terry Price ’58 is probably at the Home Away From Respite program, which provides companionship and programming for seniors with memory-related illnesses and free time for their caregivers. Students like Raina Schoen Thomas ’20, he says, have become friends and help him with his memories....
Video: A Forest Sanctuary
Geneseo’s Director of Sustainability Dan DeZarn and Kimberly Keil-DeZarn ’06 show us around their home, which they’ve built to have many sustainability related features. It’s even built from mostly recycled and reclaimed...
Video: Geneseo’s Beekeeping Club
Geneseo Beekeeping Club’s Allison Menendez ’20 takes us on a visit to the campus hives, and shares how members explore the complex role of honeybees in the world and how they help them thrive on...
Video: Spreading the LEGO Mission of Play
Amanda Santoro Madore ’05 spreads the mission of the world-famous toymaker in her career, which revolves around innovation, creativity and...
Photo Gallery: Big Names on Campus
Some of entertainment’s most beloved artists performed at Geneseo. Students who helped book them remember the experiences. Click on the photo to go to the main gallery.
Video: Making History in Women’s Sports
Jami Cohen ’15 is living her dream in the Women’s National Hockey League as as the Buffalo Beauts’ operations coordinator and social media editor. She is one of several alumni highlighted who have made successful and innovative careers in play, entertainment and...
Video: Augmented reality sand box
Research suggests people learn better when it is more like play. Professor of Geological Sciences Scott Giorgis demonstrates how the augmented reality sand box teaches students how to read a topographical map in an immersive, interesting...
Video: Fighting African sleeping sickness
Kevin Militello, professor of biology, and Geneseo students are researching the chemical modifications of parasite RNA in hopes of finding new treatments for African sleeping sickness. Their work may also advance our knowledge of genetics. His current research is supported by a $460,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...
Video: Teddy Bear toss
Our “Looking In” photo spread for Spring 2019 featured the 8th annual Teddy Bear Toss hosted by the Ice Knights. Geneseo fans donated 655 stuffed toys that found new homes with children in need in Livingston County. Watch the moments after the Knights scored their first goal and the stuffed animals went...
Scene Around the World
Where will you take your issue of the Geneseo Scene? Check out our Scene Around the World photo gallery and submit your own snapshot.