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Harrison Yang has earned the SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor honor

‘World-class’ educator named SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor

May 12, 2021 7 minutes to read

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.

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Oswego to hold 8 in-person Commencement ceremonies this weekend

May 12, 2021 2 minutes to read

SUNY Oswego will hold a series of celebrations for its Class of 2021 graduates across eight Commencement ceremonies May 14, 15 and 16 in the Marano Campus arena and convocation hall.

Michelle DiBlasio pictured from a previous study-abroad trip in Graz, Austria

Student earns award supporting year-long teaching opportunity in Austria

May 11, 2021 2 minutes to read

Michelle Diblasio’s big step after May graduation will take her across the world -- to spend almost a year teaching in Austria, thanks to a prestigious award.

Kathy Fenlon and Jeff Rea present Barbara Shineman with a copy of The Shineman Legacy book

New book traces the eventful lives of Shinemans, evolution of their foundation

May 10, 2021 4 minutes to read

“The Shineman Legacy: The Founder Speaks,” a new book explores the lives of two SUNY Oswego professors who met in middle age, lived humbly and productively –- and gave a fortune to create a foundation that today serves a key...

Max Cameron, a senior anthropology major, uses a large electromagnetic device called the EMP 400 in hunting for -- and apparently finding -- Oswego's 18th-century Fort George

Anthropology student potentially discovers historic Fort George location

May 10, 2021 3 minutes to read

For one SUNY Oswego student, the history of the Port City allowed the opportunity to advance his career experience by searching for -- and apparently discovering -- a long-lost fort.

Koushank Harinder Singh Ahuja and Olivia Colon (second and third from left) earn congratulations from Kerisha Lewis (left) and Laura Kelly (right) for winning the Outstanding Student Awards

Two selected for SUNY Oswego Outstanding Senior Awards

May 10, 2021 3 minutes to read

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.

Impact Scholar Colleen O'Dell is leading a project to build social-emotional learning connections with children, parents and school staff

Impact Scholar’s project aims to provide social-emotional connections for children

May 6, 2021 4 minutes to read

SUNY Oswego’s Impact Scholar program is helping Colleen O’Dell, a graduate student in the mental health counseling program, lead a project promoting social-emotional connection for schoolchildren even in a time with so much remote learning.

Photo of SAVAC ambulance on lakeshore at sunset

SAVAC marks half century of serving campus community

May 4, 2021 2 minutes to read

The Student Association Volunteer Ambulance Corporation (SAVAC) this year marks its 50th anniversary of helping the campus community, after starting as one of the first student-run ambulance companies in the country.

Meteorology faculty member Yonggang Wang and sophomore meteorology major Michael Pagnanelli recently earned a campus grant to support their research of Arctic cold air outbreaks

Campus grant supports student-faculty research on Arctic air impacts

May 4, 2021 4 minutes to read

While the SUNY Oswego family is well aware of what lake-effect snow is, a campus grant will enhance a federal funding for student-faculty research on a more large-scale effect involving Arctic air.

Kamal Morales recently released a new EP, Cycles of Love

Oswego students sweep top awards for elevator-pitch competition

April 28, 2021 5 minutes to read

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

Hitmaker Trippie Redd will headline OzFest on April 30

OzFest concert Friday to feature Trippie Redd, Snakehips

April 27, 2021 2 minutes to read

The OzFest concert returns in 2021 with a Friday evening virtual show on April 30 featuring hitmakers Trippie Redd and Snakehips.

In pre-pandemic days, the program now known as Focus Forward -- celebrating its 10th year as a mentoring program -- invited school mentees to tour campus with their mentors.

Focus Forward mentoring program celebrates 10 years of success

April 27, 2021 4 minutes to read

The successful, student-oriented peer-mentoring program Focus Forward is celebrating its tenth anniversary as it continues to cultivate student interest and bring new schools into its program.