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Siena College received a $687,876 grant from the National Science Foundation to support the Siena Plan for Attracting and Retaining Computer Scientists.

A Rosetti Hall classroom is buzzing with activity and energy this week as children between the ages of 10 and 14 are learning how to navigate the virtual world of Minecraft. The best-selling computer game of all time, Minecraft allows players to build worlds and complex objects, such as houses and tools, out of blocks. Siena has taken the opportunity to use this popular game as a learning tool for pre-teens and early adolescents during Minecraft camp.

Dressed for the occasion in Siena hardhats, physics students and faculty helped the team from BBL Construction Services finish assembling the newest addition to campus, a radio telescope. The piece of equipment was so large that a crane was needed to move its pieces.

Kermit the Frog once sang, “It’s not that easy being green,” but if the monochromatic Muppet studied chemistry at Siena College, he’d be singing a different tune.

Siena’s chemistry professors are committed to creating lab experiments that are as green as Kermit himself. “They’re one of the few universities in New York State that actually does green chemistry at the college level,” said Department of Environmental Conservation Environmental Program Specialist Deborah Knight.

Siena College’s dining hall is getting a fresh start under a new name. The building, which first opened in 1959 as Serra Hall, will now be known as Lonnstrom Dining Hall in honor of Professor of Quantitative Business Analysis Doug Lonnstrom ’66, Ph.D. and his wife Cristine.

Siena’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (CURCA) received nearly $10,000 from a fundraiser held at a soft opening for Bellini’s Italian Eatery’s new location on Route 9 Thursday evening.

Shaker High School student Gili Rusak is gearing up for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Switzerland thanks to help from students and professors in Siena College’s computer science department.

Photos: A record number of Siena alumni, more than 1,000, traveled back to campus from near and far to see old friends and re-live their college days this past weekend.

Class of 2018: We’re also sharing some of our favorite res hall room ideas ... after all, this will be “home base” for the next year. Get creative!

Siena College president, Fr. Kevin Mullen ’75, O.F.M., Ph.D., announced today that he has been elected provincial minister of Holy Name Province, the largest Franciscan community in the United States.