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New Book by SUNY Potsdam Professor Emerita Addresses Misconceptions Surrounding Amish Women
The obscure and often misunderstood communities of the Amish remain in focus for author and SUNY Potsdam Professor Emerita Dr. Karen Johnson-Weiner. In a new title released this week, however, Johnson-Weiner draws from a lifetime of study and nationall...
Sep 16, 2020, 11:00am EDT
SUNY Potsdam Begins Comprehensive COVID-19 Surveillance Testing of Students
As part of its efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 on campus and in the community, SUNY Potsdam has launched a comprehensive surveillance testing program for residential and local students, starting today. The College is partnering with Upstat...
Sep 15, 2020, 12:00pm EDT
SUNY Potsdam Ranked in Top Tier of Northern Regional Universities by U.S. News & World Report
The State University of New York at Potsdam continues to earn high marks in the rankings released by U.S. News & World Report each year. SUNY Potsdam has once again been named to the top tier of the best regional universities in the Northern United Sta...
Sep 14, 2020, 2:00pm EDT
Antennae on Roof of SUNY Potsdam Residence Hall Link College to Hemispheric Research
A rooftop on SUNY Potsdam's Bowman Hall has become one of the stages for the world's largest web of receivers designed to track radio-tagged animals, ranging from aquatic creatures to migrating birds. Crews installed an array of eight antennae atop ...
Sep 11, 2020, 2:00pm EDT
Award Funds New Tools for SUNY Potsdam Chemistry Professor's Research on Iron-Related Diseases
An award announced this week will help SUNY Potsdam Chemistry Professor Dr. Fadi Bou-Abdallah to continue a groundbreaking examination of the role of iron imbalances in a host of human diseases -- research that has moved forward, despite the COVID-19 c...
Sep 10, 2020, 9:00am EDT
Crane School of Music Offers Free Vocal Experience for Young Singers
SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music is pleased to offer free online vocal ensemble and singing instruction for children and youth, between the ages of 8 and 18. Participants will engage in vocal warm-ups, songs and creative projects, and will be ab...
Sep 8, 2020, 12:00pm EDT
Crane School of Music Kicks Off Semester with Virtual Faculty Gala Concert
SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music will open the 2020-21 academic year with the traditional Faculty Gala -- in a very nontraditional format. This year's gala concert, highlighting Crane's world-renowned faculty of scholars and teaching artists, will ...
Sep 4, 2020, 5:42pm EDT
SUNY Potsdam Student Joins North Country Public Radio Staff for Korva Coleman Journalism Internship
Alexandra Rivera '22 felt the potential of storytelling when she visited family in Puerto Rico soon after Hurricane Maria in 2017 and interviewed local residents about the devastation. This week, Rivera began a journalism internship with North Country ...
Sep 2, 2020, 5:00pm EDT
SUNY Potsdam Professor's Race to Save Threatened Turtles Continues, Despite Pandemic
Elbow-deep in marsh water the color of coffee and texture of melted chocolate, Olivia Brown and Jase Briggs '18 & '19 feel for treasure. The beep of a radio receiver has narrowed the search coordinates to the thin mud around their feet, and finally Bri...
Aug 31, 2020, 10:08am EDT
SUNY Potsdam Returns to Disciplined Inquiry in Education Seminar Series With an Online Format
The theme of games as an engine of academic inquiry and student success will open the 2020-21 Disciplined Inquiry in Education Seminar Series at SUNY Potsdam. School of Arts and Sciences Dean Dr. Gretchen Galbraith will launch the series at noon on ...
Aug 26, 2020, 10:58am EDT