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A beloved Siena tradition is being carried on at a Catholic high school in Raleigh, North Carolina.

In Finance 435, the stakes – and the stocks – make it feel like Wall Street.

"How come you don't look like a biker?" The put together, female college professor gets asked that question all the time. She decided to write a book about her answer.

Out of the blue, a patient opened up to Mary Akinniyi '27 about the sexual abuse he suffered as a child. He turned to drugs, he told her, because the high – even if it only lasted a fews seconds – was his only escape from the trauma. The drugs led him on a path to the Washington County Jail. The patient considers his time behind bars as rehab, but he's worried he'll fall back into his old lifestyle when he's released. After finishing the story, Akinniyi asked rhetorically to no one or maybe everyone:

"Is he any less deserving of care?"

Before Hurricane Melissa gathered steam in the Atlantic, Kevin Garcia-Perez '27 was excited to visit Jamaica as a tourist. But after the hurricane delivered its blow, he just wanted to be there to help. 

Ten things you probably don't know about the Department Chair and Professor of Religious Studies.

The Siena Research Institute is now formally integrated with ReconMR, a national research and analytics firm based in Texas. As announced by President Chuck Seifert before the holiday break, the move expands SRI’s national footprint while creating a more sustainable and efficient operating model that keeps Siena’s academic leadership front and center in public opinion research.

Families weigh academics, outcomes, culture, cost, and fit. Siena University meets the unspoken expectation of stability, strong leadership, and lasting support.

When people imagine college classes, they often think of lecture halls, notebooks, and exams. And yes, those exist. But at Siena, learning shows up in ways that feel far more immersive. A Siena education isn’t something you simply receive. It’s something you actively *do*. Sometimes that means swapping a desk for a kitchen. Other times it means stepping in front of a camera, standing on the sidelines of a live sports broadcast, or heading outside to observe wildlife in its natural habitat. It might even mean studying the night sky or traveling internationally as part of a class.