The Leader, SUNY Fredonia’s student-run newspaper, won two awards in editorial writing in the 2008 Better Newspaper Contest, the New York Press Association (NYPA) announced. “In a field of many screechy, preachy submissions, these editorials took a quiet leading role,” judges commented about the winning articles.

SUNY Fredonia Women’s Studies majors and minors will present the results of their senior capstone research at the Women's Studies Spring Symposium on May 6 at 5:30 p.m. in the Williams Center in S-104.

SUNY Fredonia will present an interdisciplinary roundtable discussion focusing on productive cross-fertilizations between the arts and humanities and the natural and social sciences. This event will take place at noon on Wed., May 6, in Room S104 of the Williams Center.

When the process of bringing the current production of “Romeo and Juliet” to life began, director Tom Loughlin had a clear vision of what he wanted to do. Instead of setting the production, which opened April 24 in Marvel Theatre at SUNY Fredonia, in a specific time period, Loughlin set out to “create a world for the play which blends the Elizabethan classic and traditional feel of the play with a contemporary style and look.”

After 10 weeks of competing to reduce, reuse, and recycle, in the 2009 RecycleMania event, SUNY Fredonia generated nearly 72,000 pounds of recycled materials.

SUNY Fredonia has reached a new campus record for freshmen applications, exceeding last year’s previous high of 6,538 received. The new mark stands at over 6,600 and will continue to rise as freshmen applications are still being accepted. Just as importantly, despite the challenging economic environment, freshmen deposits are ahead of last year’s pace, and university officials expect that the Class of 2013 will represent Fredonia's most academically selective incoming freshmen class to date.

The striking, nearly 1,600-cubic-foot sculpture known as “Popeye,” which has called the front walkway of Rockefeller Arts Center home for two years, has become a permanent installation on campus, resting on a concrete foundation just feet from where it has pleased observers since first brought to campus in 2007.

The last International Brown Bag event will feature a presentation on SUNY Fredonia's "Youth Filmmaking Project in Turkey." The event i...
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A record 315 students representing nearly every academic department on campus will participate in 11th annual Student Research and Creativity Exposition.  The event, the featured program each year for the Office of Student Creative Activity and Research (OSCAR), takes place Thursday, April 30 from noon to 7 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the Williams Center.

Tony Vitrano, a 1983 SUNY Fredonia alumnus, spoke at a luncheon sponsored by the School of Business on Wednesday, April 22, at the Alumni House about his success as a CEO of two very successful companies.

Paul Blanchet (communication disorders and sciences), Timothy Radoff (sociology) and Bruce KIonsky (psychology) the article, "Undergraduate and g...
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Relay For Life volunteers in the Colleges Against Cancer campaign raised $25,600 for the American Cancer Society during its April 2009 event on c...
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Fredonia's Lyric Arts International singers will present Musica e Cantante at a concert Tuesday, May 5, at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall.

“FredFest” is fast approaching, and with the chart-topping rock band O.A.R. (Of a Revolution) serving as the headliner, advanced tickets are required to attend this year's sold-out May 2 concert in Steele Hall Arena.

Visual Arts and New Media Professor Jill Johnston-Price will speak at the fifth Kalamazoo Animation Festival International (KAFI), a biennial animatio...
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Special guest artists join the Fredonia Improv. Collective led by David Rudge for its spring performance on Wednesday, April 29, at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Another exhibition featuring the works of students from the Department of Visual Arts and New Media at the State University of New York at Fredonia will be on display in the art galleries at Rockefeller Arts Center beginning May 1.

SUNY Fredonia has launched a Veterans Honor Roll on its website. The names of U.S. veterans are placed on the list by donors to the new Veterans Scholarship Fund, which has been created by the Fredonia College Foundation and the Veterans Affairs Office.

The Fredonia Jazz Ensemble has produced its first studio album in 16 years. The 19-member group will unveil the CD, entitled, "Still Kickin'," at a special release concert and reception on Sunday, April 26, at 5 p.m. in Diers Recital Hall. During the past year the group took a hiatus from the spotlight to re-energize itself, and the result — “Still Kickin’” — has garnered considerable praise even before its planned release.