Our Stories

Grace Babcock ’18 is a member of the Millennial Generation, born and bred in the digital age. She is also an English major concentrating in literature who has studied the works of 19th century poets including Longfellow, Thoreau and Dickinson. Those worlds collided when Babcock took on a project addressing this question: Can computers write poetry?

The annual Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) conference is a wordsmith’s paradise. The largest event of its kind in North America, the AWP features more than 2,000 presenters and 550 readings, panels, and craft lectures centered on writing, editing and publishing. The most recent conference, which was held in Tampa, Fla., drew more than 12,000 attendees, including several of Le Moyne’s creative writing students.

When Terri (Rangel) Mitchell '85 learned how sharply the percentage of computer science jobs held by women had dropped, she knew that she had to do something about it. The Le Moyne alumna thought, collaborated, and created. Empowering Women to Innovate and Thrive (eWIT) – a networking event for college students studying science, technology, engineering and math in Mitchell’s adopted home state of North Carolina – was born.

Ashley O’Mara ’10 ticked an item off of her “bucket list” – and tested her knowledge of the pyramids, former U.S. presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, and Dyson vacuums – when she appeared on Jeopardy!

Life of Reilley (LOR) is a family business, started in Ben and Shioban Reilley's home. The first distillery to open in Madison County, LOR was founded on "equal parts nerves and excitement." Ben Reilley studied English on the Heights, but he has always been "an entrepreneur at heart." He has returned to the Heights to tell today's students what he has learned about running a successful business.

Buoyed by a $3 million federal grant, an experiment led by Yale University with partners from four U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories and 10 universities including Le Moyne College will explore key questions about elusive particles called neutrinos — and potentially improve the way we monitor and safeguard nuclear reactors in the process Watch this story about the research that ran on WSYR-TV. The grant from the DOE Office of High Energy Physics will be used ...

’Phin Labs is gearing up to become an on-campus hub for hands-on, cross-disciplinary experiential learning in which students of all majors are encouraged to explore their entrepreneurial sides. Housed in the Division of Academic Affairs and created in collaboration with the College of Arts and Sciences and the Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship in the Madden School of Business, ’Phin Labs will connect students with the resources they need to take on enterprising projects.