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Accepted Students Open House is April 6 & 20

All accepted first-year and transfer students are welcome to learn more about all SUNY New Palz has to offer

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President Wheeler’s March 2024 Report to the Faculty

Reflections at the midpoint of the spring semester, plus updates on budget, enrollment, a new families communication initiative, a recent West Coast alumni trip, and more

Department of Theatre Arts’ production of “Urinetown: The Musical” debuts April 12

Early-2000s Broadway comedy musical on water shortage will be performed at Parker Theatre

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Without Limits welcomes journalist and author Meredith Broussard April 11

Broussard will discuss AI ethics and using data analysis for social good as part of lecture series on liberty & technology

Distinguished Speaker Series welcomes Museum of Natural History President Sean Decatur

“Past is more than Prologue” will explore how the history of our planet explains present-day scientific dilemmas

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Whatever your plans are for this week, remember to kick back and relax any chance you get. Enjoy your Spring Break, Hawks!

More news from around campus

Alumna Anna Benlien ’23 explores fascination with time in first-ever original play, “Waiting for Summer”

Debut as a dramatist served as the recent graduate’s senior-year Honors Program thesis

“Sustaining Resilience in the Responder Community”: IDMH Conference May 14-15

Annual conference will focus on insights into first responder challenges and best practices in how to navigate overcoming them

Glenda Rodrigues Santos Giordani ‘25 (Mechanical Engineering) breaks ground on green alternatives for building material

Giordani embarked on faculty collaboration centering around the durability of a concrete alternative known as hempcrete

Biology Professor David Richardson’s study of lake ice and climate change

3/11/24, Spectrum News
Richardson recently formed partnership with international researchers on comparative study of lake ice around the world

Catalyzing Innovation: Profile of Hudson Valley Venture Hub

3/14/24, Chronogram
The Hub is accelerating its work helping start-up businesses grow and succeed, with significant funding from Empire State Development

Profile of New Paltz’s effort to recover and study the remains of enslaved Africans

3/19/24, Poughkeepsie Journal
A group of students and faculty have undergone a years-long study of local burial sites to illuminate Black history