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Claire Frank ’13 and Madeline Campbell ’13 took their bachelor’s degrees and the experience they gained while at Siena College across the Atlantic Ocean to teach in Spain.

Siena College Associate Professor of English, Lisa Nevarez, Ph.D., is the editor of a collection of essays on teaching the figure of the vampire, titled "The Vampire Goes to College: Essays on Teaching with the Undead" and published by McFarland Press.

Students in Siena College’s Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) joined more than 800 other college students and administrators at the New York State Capitol in Albany earlier this month to advocate for student aid.

Assistant Professor of Physics John Moustakas, Ph.D., is part of a 10-person team of astronomers who are searching for the first galaxies to form in our 14-billion-year-old universe. The team is making use of data from the Hubble Space Telescope, a space-based observatory that is capable of capturing incredibly sharp images of distant galaxies.

There wasn’t an empty seat in the Marcelle Athletic Complex as students filed in to see who would be crowned the 2014 “Mr. Siena.” This was the competition’s ninth year and most successful show to date. The mock beauty pageant is held annually to raise money and awareness for Siena College’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity, a global nonprofit organization that builds and repairs houses using volunteer labor and donations.

Siena’s commitment to the local community was celebrated recently by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany Catholic Schools who recognized the College with its Community Partner Award. The award is given to a community partner that demonstrates commitment to Catholic school education.

The Siena College/Albany Medical College Program in Science Humanities and Medicine was recognized by Albany television station NEWS10 ABC and Capital Bank during a recent segment of the monthly series, Capital Heroes.

What do computer and art classes, elementary school students and Siena mentors have in common? They are all integral components of Siena’s School of Science Urban Scholars, a program that brings student mentors together with children from urban school districts int he Capital Region to explore new topics and ways of learning.

Mark O’Brien ’95, Esq., jokes that he wanted to be a lawyer from the time he was a kid, after he realized he would not become the starting shortstop for the New York Yankees. The summer after his junior year at Siena, the English major interned at O’Connell and Aronowitz, an Albany law firm, where he laid the foundation for a career in the courthouse.