College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

The 2024 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Professional Service recognized two important members of the SUNY Oswego community in Kristin I. Gublo, instructional support specialist for the Chemistry Department, and Magdalena (Maggie) D. Rivera, assistant dean of students for student outreach and support.

SUNY Oswego faculty member Lisa Glidden, a professor of political science and director of global and international studies, has earned the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service.

If you appreciate that your cell phone fits nicely in your pocket or purse, you can thank physics major and 1980 SUNY Oswego graduate Paul Vianco and the contributions made by his team at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque to the electronics industry. He recently also decided to contribute toward the next generation of researchers by creating a physics scholarship for students at his alma mater.

In late July, SUNY Oswego’s Office of International Education and Programs hosted 18 students and teachers from the SIS International School in Gwangju, South Korea. While the experience itself was fun for participants, it also represented the return of the Institute for Global Engagement Summer Global Partnership Programs, previously curtailed by the COVID pandemic.

“Off the Books,” an acclaimed new novel by Soma Mei Sheng Frazier of SUNY Oswego’s English and creative writing faculty, deftly walks a tightrope of an engaging character-driven story and a serious exploration of international atrocities in China.

SUNY Oswego is among the recipients of grants from the Library of America’s “Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home” project, which invites participants into a nationwide conversation about Latino poetry.

Bruce Ellsworth of SUNY Oswego's Class of 1987 and his wife, Geeta Govindarajoo, have established a scholarship for chemistry students -- with both taking inspiration from legendary Oswego chemistry faculty member Augustine Silveira Jr.

SUNY Oswego’s archaeology field school led by anthropology faculty member Dr. Alanna Ossa returned this summer as 11 students participated in this year’s dig on a local property.

For SUNY Oswego physics and astronomy faculty member and Shineman planetarium director Natalia Lewandowska, an editorial appointment to NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day website is an opportunity to come full circle.

A groundbreaking book by history professor Murat Yaşar in the emerging field of borderland studies has visited the top of the Amazon sales charts in recent weeks.