OSWEGO, NY — Visiting professor Sara Burch made an appearance on campus in a public lecture to educate students on her research concerning predatory dinosaurs, specifically the evolution of their forelimbs. The students who had attended this lecture were given a new way of thinking about our evolutionary predecessors

“The past of, like, you know, dinosaurs, all this kind of stuff, is more complicated than we thought about when we were kids,” said student Michael Fontana. “But it’s a lot more in-depth than what we previously thought of.”

Professor Burch’s research had started since her undergraduate degree.  Her discoveries were accompanied by the research of her Geneseo students, who had made their own in-depth discoveries about the dinosaurs, and she is hopeful that students may rethink the stereotype of the dinosaurs’ forelimbs

“I think what I would hope to take away is to kind of challenge their ideas of what dinosaurs might have been doing with their forelimbs,” Professor Burch said. “So, you know, the T-Rex, everyone knows they have tiny forelimbs, they weren’t using them, but hopefully, maybe I convinced some people that they were maybe using them, and that there’s a lot more behind the story.”

Professor Bursch’s research with her students at SUNY Geneseo still continues to this day.

This year’s edition of SUNY Oswego’s ‘Cruising Around The World’ took place this past Sunday, April 7.

Students toured different residence halls on campus. Each residence hall represents a different country or culture, and students are given a passport.

“We have been in Funnelle, Johnson, Mackin, and Sheldon, which are together, plus Riggs, Scales, and Waterbury. We are on our way to Seneca now,” Oswego student Valentina Solonos said. 

Food and drink are also provided, for which volunteers are needed.

“I make sure that they come, have fun, and take pictures,” volunteer student Britini Robinson said.

Hart Hall featured the Bahamas. Here students could taste some food from the Bahamas such as piña colada, or experience the music or the culture from the Bahamas. Not only did students learn about the music and the food from the Bahamas, but also some of the slang from the region.