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After a few years of silence, Siena College’s radio station WVCR-FM 88.3 “The Saint," has once again flipped the switch on its 24-hour online talk-radio station. The student-run, internet-based station called Saint Talk, is now broadcasting to the entire world.

Siena College Assistant Professor of Physics John Cummings, Ph.D., physics major Kyle Turck ’12 and fellow members of the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment, an international collaboration of physicists, have announced a finding that will pave the way for explanations of why matter exists in the universe.

First-Year Seminar professor John Harden, Esq. and a dedicated group of students have made Siena the first four year college to partner with the non-profit organization Teach on the Beach. The program provides education, monetary support and international student interaction to a small group of children and young adults from the West African nation of Ghana.

Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for the Study of Government and Politics Len Cutler, Ph.D., will be using his knowledge of the legal system in his newly appointed role on the Merit Selection Panel as the United States District Court seeks a full-time United States Magistrate Judge in Albany, New York. Cutler was appointed to the panel by the Chief Judge of the United States District Court of the Northern District, Hon. Gary Sharpe.

Members of Siena’s Creative Arts Department and Stage III theatre program proudly presented Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler.

Siena College is taking another step toward meeting the goals outlined in its strategic plan, Living Our Tradition.

Siena College Assistant Director of Admissions and Coordinator of Multicultural Recruitment Tony Rivera has been named a Forty Under 40 Rising Latino Star by the Hispanic Coalition NY, Inc.

Siena College recently launched the St. Clare Leadership Series. It provides women with the resources they need to develop skills and improve their communities. The series started this semester with the inaugural “Ours To Do: Women Leading the Way” Lecture delivered by St. Bonaventure University President Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., S.T.D.

Referred by some critics as the story of a female Hamlet, Hedda Gabler is the tragic tale of a woman trapped in a troubled marriage. But when she manipulates her husband to create the life she wants, she finds herself ill-prepared to face the results of her treachery.

Professor of Sociology Paul Murray, Ph.D. shared his research with members of the Siena community during his lecture “Catholics in the Civil Rights Movement.” Murray's speech was given as part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Lecture Series on Race and Nonviolent Social Change.