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“Chancellor Zimpher has introduced exciting ideas to propel SUNY to national prominence in a time when public universities in every state are challenged to deliver the best possible education to our citizens in the face of declining resources.

Contractors for SUNY Oswego reached a milestone Oct. 12 when they drilled the 240th and final geothermal well to help heat and cool the new Science and Engineering Innovation Corridor.

Two new SUNY Oswego graduate certificate programs in health information will help address a pressing need, fueled by federal mandates and incentives, for trained workers to make medical records available electronically across the spectrum of health care providers.

The SUNY board of trustees passed a resolution Sept. 20 recognizing SUNY Oswego’s 150th anniversary, one of many markers celebrating the college’s sesquicentennial.

Drilling for geothermal wells as part of SUNY Oswego’s new Science and Engineering Innovation Corridor has begun, college officials reported, meaning neighbors can expect more noise than usual around Washington Boulevard.

Completion of new science facilities at SUNY Oswego may be a couple of years in the future, but state-of-the-art equipment planned for the new structure is already showing up next door as the college’s science faculty members continue their teaching and research.

A three-year series of projects to renovate and expand buildings to house all six departments of the School of Education will start taking shape this summer.

The U.S. Green Building Council has certified the 68 units of SUNY Oswego’s new residential community, the Village, as meeting the “LEED Gold” rating under its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Homes program.

The SUNY Construction Fund has sent a notice of bid award for nearly $46 million to The Pike Co. of Rochester, setting the next stage for SUNY Oswego’s new 150,000-gross-square-foot building for the sciences and engineering.

Members of the SUNY Oswego community and the greater Oswego community, including dignitaries from Albany, will celebrate the start of building Oswego’s new sciences facilities and the opening of the Village residential units in two events Friday, Sept. 17. More...

The kinetic energy of Step Afrika will come to SUNY Oswego on Monday, Aug. 30, in a free performance for the campus and community. More...

Artswego at SUNY Oswego launches its 2010-11 Performing Arts Series with a free, pulse-pounding appetizer of a performance by Step Afrika, and moves on to music and dance entrees of international flair, with a side order of classic American comedy. More...

The Village, SUNY Oswego’s new townhouse community, invites local residents to an open house featuring tours from noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 19.