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The Siena BA in Visual Art and Design, approved this week by the New York State Education Department, will invite students to exercise imaginative thinking, engage in critical discourse, and learn the technical skills needed to support their passion for the arts.

Craft breweries, distilleries, wineries and meaderies are proliferating in the Capital Region. Several Siena faculty saw an opportunity to support the local economy while offering experiential learning for students.

Inspired by his parents' own sacrifices, Zaki Farah '23 knew exactly how he could make a difference in the world, if only he was given the chance. But his future was in the hands of a judge.

Microbiology students are used to swabbing on Petri dish surfaces, but why not make a little art out of their science experiments?

Mr. and Mrs. Ghobriel knew their son would make a great doctor or lawyer. George Ghobriel '21 (above, middle) disappointed them when he passed on both professions. Instead, his parents had unwittingly inspired a completely different career path.

For the first time in school history, Siena captured the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Women's Commissioner's Cup.

Siena President Chris Gibson ’86 joined the leaders of Russell Sage College, Hudson Valley Community College and Excelsior College to explore key issues in higher education at a June 23 Rensselaer County Regional Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

We all know real life is different from what it looks like on Facebook or Twitter. But, when it comes to colleges and social media, you can gain a great deal of insight about an institution—and what it might be like to be a student there—by spending some time clicking through their social media accounts.

Take your list of top schools and see what platforms they have accounts on, then log on and consider these seven things a college’s social media can tell you:

Most students and faculty are eager to get back to in-person classroom and lab work now that colleges are opening up post-pandemic. However, let’s not throw the pedagogical baby out with the bathwater. Some of the technology that was used to teach remotely will still prove very useful going forward even when we’re all back on campus.

Nanea Perkins ’22 is building the foundation for a career that will help protect the natural beauty of her home state of Hawai’i.