Society

SUNY Oswego sociology professor and chair Tim Delaney recently published the textbook "Social Deviance," which he says is the natural heir to nearly all of the books -- 16 of them -- he has written before.

The New York State Education Department recently awarded a five-year, $1.63 million grant to SUNY Oswego's School of Education to scale up and enhance its Teacher Opportunity Corps program, which seeks to attract and retain teacher candidates from underrepresented groups -- particularly young men -- in high-need schools.

Millions around the world followed the pregnancy of April the giraffe -- and the care of her favorite keeper, Allysa Swilley, a 2015 SUNY Oswego zoology graduate.

Four SUNY Oswego students were among those representing their fellow students across the state during a recent SUNY Students on the Hill event on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on March 28 and 29.

In early April 2017, It's On Oz -- the SUNY Oswego chapter of the It's On Us movement -- held awareness events and asked members of the campus community to sign the pledge to stop sexual assault.

Hundreds of SUNY Oswego campus and community members will go miles against relationship violence during Yards for Yeardley, a One Love Foundation awareness event from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 27.

College and community members are invited to hear from a series of speakers through SUNY Oswego in "The Experience of War: Moral Transformation, Injury and Repair."

The college's annual Sportsmanship Day Symposium allows sociology students and other majors to discuss fair play and societal issues every spring.

SUNY Oswego's sociology department and sports studies minor present the ninth annual Sportsmanship Day Symposium at 2:20 p.m. Thursday, March 2, in Room 103 of Lanigan Hall. This event is free and open to the public.

SUNY Oswego students and staff recently helped a new homeowner and Habitat for Humanity in Omaha -- one of four alternative winter break trips, along with New Orleans; Memphis; and Elizabethtown, Kentucky.