FREDONIA - To help celebrate the opening of its new, 92,000-square-foot Science Center, SUNY Fredonia will welcome world-renowned scientist, engineer, comedian, author and inventor Bill Nye “The Science Guy” to campus this fall. The 2014-15 series … [Read more...]
Training for Citizen Preparedness Corps Scheduled for April 24
FREDONIA - Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that the Citizen Preparedness Corps Training Program will take place on Thursday, April 24, in Chautauqua County. The program, highlighted in Governor Cuomo’s State of the State Address in January and … [Read more...]
SUNY Fredonia’s Emily Dickinson Singers to Perform at Reg Studio Theater Wednesday Night
JAMESTOWN - SUNY Fredonia's The Emily Dickinson Singers will perform a concert inspired by the poet on Wednesday, March 26 at 7 p.m. in The Reg Studio Theater in Jamestown. Emily Dickinson was one of 19th-century America’s greatest and most … [Read more...]
Acclaimed Slam Poet to Appear in Jamestown Wednesday as Part of Big Read Project
JAMESTOWN - Prendergast Library will kick off the 2014 Big Read focusing on the poetry of Emily Dickinson at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, with a poetry slam. Brandon Williamson, founder of Pure Ink Poetry Slam of Buffalo and an admissions … [Read more...]
SUNY Fredonia Public Relations Students to Assist Rails to Trails, Greystone Nature Preserve
FREDONIA - SUNY Fredonia President Virginia Horvath announced Tuesday that the seniors within its Public Relations Capstone course have chosen Chautauqua Rails to Trails and Greystone Nature Preserve as the two organizations they will support during … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: SUNY Fredonia Ranks 14th Among Public Universities from 11 States
FREDONIA - For the second year in a row, SUNY Fredonia has been ranked 14th among the top public universities in the North in U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Colleges” rankings. In the larger category of both public and private … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Over 1500 Turnout for PSC Public Hearing on NRG Plant
FREDONIA - More than 1600 people were at SUNY Fredonia last night to attend a public hearing that will help decide the fate of the NRG Power Plant in Dunkirk. According to an article in today’s Jamestown Post-Journal, those who were in attendance … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Reed Says He’s Committed to Helping to Save NRG Power Plant
DUNKIRK - Congressman Tom Reed (R-Corning) says that he is continuing in his effort to help save the NRG power plant in Dunkirk by converting it from a coal-burning plant to a natural gas burning facility. Currently, the New York Public Service … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: PSC Schedules Public Hearing on July 15 for NRG Upgrade Project
DUNKIRK - Senator Catharine Young say the new york state public service commission will hold a public hearing at SUNY Fredonia about the competing NRG and National Grid proposals currently under review by the Public Service Commission. Senator … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Free Screening of Blue Heron Documentary Tonight at Jackson Center
JAMESTOWN - A film screening of Hidden in the Hills - a documentary film celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Great Blue Heron Music Festival - will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Robert H. Jackson Center’s theater. The event is free … [Read more...]