Awards + honors

While COVID-19 has altered many routines, changes did not stop one ongoing tradition -- SUNY Oswego student-run WNYO 88.9 FM and WTOP-10 TV earning awards.

Continuing work to elevate learning on the SUNY Oswego campus and across academia has earned John Kane, director of the college’s Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) and a professor of economics, a SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service.

"From Suarez's Basement," a video podcast hosted by communication studies faculty member Francisco Suarez, is receiving the 2021 Communicator Award of Excellence in the educational video category from the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts.

From studying the scale of the universe to inspiring students across the globe, SUNY Oswego physics professor Shashi Kanbur’s far-reaching efforts earned the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities.

Catalina Iannone of SUNY Oswego’s modern languages and literatures recently earned a national award for her journal publication, "Visualizing Blackness in Contemporary Spain: Race and Representation in Juan Valbuena’s 'Salitre.'"

Consistently going above and beyond has earned Kestas Bendinskas of Oswego’s chemistry faculty the prestigious rank of Distinguished Service Professor from SUNY.

Excellence inside and beyond the classroom earned Harrison Yang of Oswego’s curriculum and instruction department the rank of SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, a top honor in the statewide system.

Koushank Harinder Singh Ahuja of Faridabad, India, and Olivia Colon of East Durham have been selected as the Oswego Alumni Association’s 2021 Outstanding Senior Award recipients.

Three SUNY Oswego students swept the top awards in anelevator-pitch contest for Central New York college students.

The magazine that made the Fortune 500 rankings famous published its first-ever list for online MBA programs, where SUNY Oswego ranks first in New York state among public institutions.