April 2025


April 30, 2025
Chancellor King Celebrates Leading Graduate Researchers with SUNY GREAT Awards

Albany, NY – State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr. today recognized 38 outstanding graduate student researchers across the SUNY system with the 2025 SUNY Graduate Research Empowering and Accelerating Talent (GREAT) award.
April 30, 2025
Chancellor King Celebrates 193 Students with SUNY’s Highest Honor for Academic Excellence and Leadership

Albany, NY – State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr. today announced that 193 students from 63 campuses were awarded SUNY's highest honor for academic excellence and leadership. The 2025 Chancellor's Awards for Student Excellence
April 29, 2025
Chancellor King Announces the Inaugural Horizon Award for Faculty Research and Scholarship Honorees

Albany, NY – State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr. today announced the inaugural faculty member awardees of the Chancellor's Horizon Award for Faculty Research and Scholarship. The honor awards early-career faculty research and
April 28, 2025
Chancellor King Celebrates Ribbon Cutting For $40 Million SUNY Geneseo Milne Library Renovation

Albany, NY – State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr. celebrated the completion of a $40 million, five-year renovation for SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library. The nearly 60-year-old building, the most widely used on campus, was transformed
April 28, 2025
SUNY Chancellor King Announces $2.6 Million Green Workforce Grant Program to Expand Pathways for Students to Clean Energy Jobs

Albany, NY – State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr. today announced awards from the $2.6 million Green Workforce Grant program to help more students pursue clean energy jobs through academic programs and state-of-the art training
April 24, 2025
Statement from Chancellor King and the SUNY Board of Trustees on Yom HaShoah

"Yom HaShoah is not only a day to remember the six million Jews, and all those murdered by the Nazi regime and their supporters during the Holocaust, it is a day to recommit ourselves to ensuring such horrors will never again be allowed.
April 22, 2025
Chancellor King and SUNY Board of Trustees Statement on Earth Day Past, Present, and Future

"During the original Earth Day on April 22, 1970 – 55 years ago – universities and their students helped organize 20 million Americans to demand action. They were motivated by some very visible scars upon the Earth: smog, roadside litter, piles of
April 21, 2025
Chancellor King Celebrates First SUNY Esports Tournament

Albany, NY – State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr. today celebrated the first SUNY Esports Tournament, and congratulated tournament winners. The inaugural SUNY Esports Tournament since the establishment of the SUNY Esports League
April 16, 2025
SUNY Chancellor King Celebrates Funding for Healthcare Workforce and Efforts to Attract Adult Learners During Fulton-Montgomery Community College Visit

Johnstown, NY – State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr. today joined SUNY Trustee Giovanni Harvey and Fulton-Montgomery Community College President Greg Truckenmiller, students, faculty, and staff to highlight the campus' efforts
April 15, 2025
Chancellor King Marks Milestone Formalizing Clinton Community College’s Relocation to SUNY Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh, NY – State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr. met with North Country leaders to sign two agreements as part of Clinton Community College's relocation to SUNY Plattsburgh. The move marks a turning point for higher
April 4, 2025
SUNY Chancellor King, Yonkers Public Schools Superintendent Soler Discuss College Financial Aid With High School Seniors, Encourage FAFSA Completion

Yonkers, NY – State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr. and Yonkers Public School Superintendent Anibal Soler, Jr. co-hosted an event with Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, HESC President Dr. Guillermo Linares, elected officials, and area
April 2, 2025
SUNY Celebrates 40 Years of Financially Uplifting New York State’s Economy Through the Small Business Development Center Network

Albany, NY – State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr. today celebrated the impact of the New York Small Business Development Centers (New York SBDC) for their 40 years of service. The centers empower entrepreneurs through one-on-one