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Mini-grants to support 5 Grand Challenge projects

July 23, 2018

A SUNY Oswego panel has recommended college mini-grant funding for five project proposals -- ranging from a multicultural effort to provide water purifiers to Puerto Rico to helping support a talk by an eco-poet known for her poetry about the disasters such as those at Flint, Michigan, and the Deepwater Horizon -- developed for Grand Challenges: Fresh Water for All.

Research

Faculty member Caglar Yildrim researches smartphone dependency

July 17, 2018

Computer science faculty member Caglar Yildrim researches nomophobia (fear of being without a smartphone) and related technology questions.

Campus

Mars to shine in public viewing party July 24 to 31

July 11, 2018

SUNY Oswego will host a free public Mars Viewing Party, planned nightly though weather-dependent, from 11 p.m. [UPDATED START TIME] to 2 a.m. July 24 to 31 at the college's observatory at Rice Creek Field Station

International

Literature, Norway, Iceland offer students ‘incredible experience’

July 10, 2018

Notable literature and a study-abroad course took 20 students in Creative Writing 395 -- “Norwegian Literature From Trolls to Thor, Ibsen and Noir” -- through remarkable reads and stunning sights in Norway and Iceland.

Research

NSF grant supports professor, undergraduates studying cell movement

July 6, 2018

Thanks to a nearly $300,000 National Science Foundation grant, undergraduate researchers, starting this summer, are working with Dr. Yulia Artemenko of SUNY Oswego's biological sciences faculty to investigate how single cells determine where to move, which could have implications for why cancer cells metastasize -- migrate away from a primary tumor.

Student documents 'beyond humbling' Puerto Rico rebuilding effort

July 6, 2018

Fifteen SUNY Oswego students and a faculty team leader recently returned from Puerto Rico where they repaired roofs as part of the NY Stands with Puerto Rico Recovery and Rebuilding Initiative.

International

English Immersion Program students connect with Bishop's Commons residents

July 5, 2018

Participants in SUNY Oswego’s summer English Immersion Program made a visit to Bishop’s Commons in Oswego for a chance to practice their language skills while enjoying an afternoon of getting to know local seniors.

Society

Marketing students helping NYS firefighters recruit younger volunteers

June 26, 2018

As president of the New York State Association of Fire Chiefs, 1966 SUNY Oswego graduate John Sroka understands firsthand how important volunteer firefighters are to the safety of New York state. Of the state’s 1,665 registered fire departments, more than 90 percent rely solely on volunteers, so he turned to his alma mater to address falling numbers of recruits.

Campus

Sculptor makes gift of birdhouse-as-sculpture to college

June 26, 2018

As SUNY Oswego's third biennial exhibition of outdoor sculptures prepares to move in to the academic quad this summer, the sculptures of 2016-18 prepare to move back to their creators -- except one, a contemporary and symbolic birdhouse that has moved to a concrete pad just north of Tyler Hall.

Campus

Oswego to host Camp College for high school students

June 26, 2018

SUNY Oswego will welcome 180 high school students from New York City, Long Island, the North Country and points across the state to campus July 6 to 8 for Camp College, an important step toward college access -- and college success.

 

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