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Siena College Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Margaret E. Madden announced the appointment of John Cummings, Ph.D., as the dean of the School of Science today. Cummings served as interim dean for the past year.

Siena College’s annual Hip Hop week celebrates the social influence of the music genre and includes programs that explore the roots of the hip hop culture amid today’s society.

Innovative Wednesday-only Classes Reduce Scheduling Conflicts for Working RNs; Program to be Named for Major Benefactors Thomas and Laurie Baldwin.

Siena College has announced its 24 hour Siena Giving Day-#SienaOpensDoors will take place on Wednesday, April 6, 2016.

For 29 years, Siena College has hosted The Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Lecture Series on Race and Nonviolent Social Change. This lecture series was established on Siena’s campus in 1988 to preserve the legacy of nonviolent human rights movements, which was exemplified through the lives of these two historical activists. This lecture series brings to light societal issues concerning social change.

With next week being Hip-Hop Week at Siena, it was only right to interview Professor Todd Snyder for part two of our faculty Q&A series. Originally from West Virginia, the often-raved-about English professor has been with Siena since 2011—and is the man behind one of our most popular courses, "Rhetoric(s) of Hip-Hop Culture."

As Decision Day approaches, everything seniors read this time of year is about why you should attend this college or that college. Today, we thought we'd change things up. Here are seven reasons you should not attend Siena College. (And p.s., happy April Fools' Day...)

Ambassador Douglas T. Hickey ’77, Commissioner General of the USA Pavilion at Expo Milano 2015, will receive an honorary degree and address this year’s graduates during Siena’s Commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 15 at 10 a.m. at the Times Union Center in downtown Albany.