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SUNY Potsdam will rededicate its refurbished Satterlee Hall clocktower following a restoration project, on Friday, April 25, at 11:45 a.m.

SUNY Potsdam to Rededicate Satterlee Hall Clocktower

SUNY Potsdam will celebrate the restoration of its landmark next week, with the rededication of the newly refurbished Satterlee Hall clocktower. The College will mark the occasion with a rededication ceremony and reception, on Friday, April 25, at 11:...

Apr 18, 2025, 4:00pm EDT

SUNY Potsdam students cheer at Madfest, the annual music festival sponsored by Madstop Records. This year’s Madfest will be held on Saturday, May 3 from 4 to 10 p.m., in the Marshall Park Bandshell, as part of the LoKo Arts Festival.

Arts for All Ages: LoKo Arts Festival Returns to SUNY Potsdam

SUNY Potsdam is thrilled to bring together campus and community with its annual celebration of creativity -- the LoKo Arts Festival. The 2025 LoKo Arts Festival will feature a range of free events highlighting the beauty and complexity of the visual, ...

Apr 18, 2025, 11:34am EDT

Crane School of Music Student Ensembles Take Center Stage in Upcoming Concerts

SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music will feature its talented students and in a series of nearly daily upcoming live performances this month. All performances are free, and the public is invited to attend. The Crane Concert Band will take the stage ...

Apr 9, 2025, 3:45pm EDT

Robin Wall Kimmerer, who recently published “The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World,” helped to transplant serviceberry seedlings during a session in the WISER Greenhouse at SUNY Potsdam.

Hundreds of Visitors Attend Talk by Renowned Author Robin Wall Kimmerer at SUNY Potsdam

SUNY Potsdam welcomed more than 600 guests for a public discussion with the award-winning author Robin Wall Kimmerer yesterday, in a talk titled "Moving Beyond Gratitude: Our Responsibility to Develop a New Narrative for our World." The free public ta...

Apr 4, 2025, 4:55pm EDT

Our Ability President and CEO John Robinson will visit SUNY Potsdam’s career services on April 10, as part of the Pathways to Inclusion Program (Photo credit: Albany Business Review).

SUNY Potsdam Welcomes Our Ability CEO John Robinson for Pathways to Inclusion Program

SUNY Potsdam will welcome guest speaker John Robinson, the president and chief executive officer of Our Ability, who will visit campus as part of the Pathways to Inclusion Program on Thursday, April 10. The Pathways to Inclusion initiative aims to enh...

Apr 2, 2025, 2:00pm EDT

SUNY Potsdam graduate Ty Santiago ’17 conducts research on methods to administer chemotherapeutics through gold nanoparticles in Stowell Hall. The alumnus is now a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University.

SUNY Potsdam Biochemistry Program Receives National Accreditation

SUNY Potsdam's Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce that its Bachelor of Science degree program in biochemistry has been nationally accredited by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB). SUNY Potsdam's biochemist...

Mar 31, 2025, 5:08pm EDT

SUNY Potsdam Department of Theatre and Dance Presents 'The Two Worlds Project'

The SUNY Potsdam Department of Theatre and Dance will present "The Two Worlds Project," a verbatim documentary play that explores the urban-rural divide in New York State, on May 9 and 10. Created from interviews with residents of the North Country an...

Mar 27, 2025, 3:44pm EDT

Jefferson Community College has signed a 2+2 pathway for guaranteed admission to SUNY Potsdam’s undergraduate chemistry and biochemistry programs (SUNY Potsdam photo).

SUNY Potsdam and Jefferson Community College Establish 2+2 Programs in Natural Sciences, Biochemistry and Chemistry

SUNY Potsdam and Jefferson Community College are pleased to announce a new articulation agreement strengthening STEM education in the North Country. The newly approved AS/BA and AS/BS programs in natural sciences, chemistry and biochemistry can be com...

Mar 26, 2025, 9:00am EDT

The poster for the Crane Opera Ensemble production of “Cendrillon” and “Bluebeard’s Waiting Room” can be seen here. The free opera double-billing will be staged on March 28 and 29 at 7:30 p.m., in the Proscenium Theater, located in the Performing Arts Center.

Crane Opera Ensemble to Present 'Cendrillon' and 'Bluebeard's Waiting Room'

The Crane Opera Ensemble will present a spring production of folktale-inspired operas, with a double-bill of Pauline Viardot's "Cendrillon" and Milton Granger's "Bluebeard's Waiting Room," set to be staged this weekend. The award-winning ensemble from...

Mar 25, 2025, 3:51pm EDT

SUNY Potsdam will welcome award-winning author Robin Wall Kimmerer for a visit and public talk on Thursday, April 3. Her free discussion will be held at 6 p.m. in the Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall at The Crane School of Music, followed by a book signing and reception in the lobby (Photo credit: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation).

'Moving Beyond Gratitude': SUNY Potsdam Set to Welcome Renowned Author Robin Wall Kimmerer for Free Talk

Thanks to an outpouring of interest, SUNY Potsdam has moved the location of next week's discussion with the award-winning author Robin Wall Kimmerer to a larger venue. Free tickets are still available for the event, titled "Moving Beyond Gratitude: Ou...

Mar 25, 2025, 2:00pm EDT

About SUNY Potsdam

Founded in 1816, The State University of New York at Potsdam is one of America’s first 50 colleges -- and the oldest institution within SUNY. Now in its third century, SUNY Potsdam is distinguished by a legacy of pioneering programs and educational excellence. The College currently enrolls approximately 3,600 undergraduate and graduate students. Home to the world-renowned Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam is known for its challenging liberal arts and sciences core, distinction in teacher training and culture of creativity. To learn more, visit www.potsdam.edu.