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Satellite imagery, 3D modeling, data-visualization maps: At SUNY Oswego, the tools of technology and the sciences are moving traditional humanities — history, philosophy, literature and languages — forward. Software usability, the ethics of technology, awareness of multicultural scientific advances: At the college, the values and thinking of the humanities are infusing the sciences and arts.

Catholic Charities of Oswego County hosted an open house Nov. 9 that featured a blessing by Most Rev. Robert J. Cunningham, Bishop of the Diocese of Syracuse, a ribbon cutting, and a throng of visitors curious to see the new location. Mary-Margaret Pekow, executive director, said, “The turnout was heartwarming, and our staff was extremely proud to host tours and show off out beautiful new facility.”

The planetarium’s director, Dr. Scott Roby of the college’s physics department, will point out the bright stars and constellations visible in early winter evenings and give a lighthearted version of some of the mythological tales behind the constellations.

Hundreds of SUNY Oswego students have explored a variety of career fields, networked with professionals, toured facilities and developed new connections with each other, faculty, employers and alumni, thanks to the Boniface Unendowed Career Planning Student Fund. The fund, established by 1992 SUNY Oswego alumni Thomas Jr. and Maria Parengkuan Boniface, has enabled the college’s Office of Career Services to host a wide variety of industry-specific events and opportunities.

The hour-long, narrated ballet features a lively cast of characters, some well-known, such as Dasher, some new, such as the reindeer Peppermint, Sir Ralph Elf, and two slightly confused penguins. The cast includes Stephen Huffaker of Phoenix (Dasher and Dancer) and Sarah Fisch of Fulton (Cocoa and Pepper).

A little kindness has gone a long way for Lanigan Elementary School students. Caring hearts of hundreds of students and staff members at Lanigan led to the collection of a few hundred non-perishable food items for the Food Bank of Central New York, strengthened friendships and messages of positivity throughout the building.

Thanks to the efforts of school counselor Dian Roberts, students have taken off with the “Palermo Puzzle” project which has involved writing positive, inspiring messages on each puzzle piece and then hiding them somewhere in the school in hopes of brightening a classmate’s or teacher’s day.

The Paul V. Moore Student Government will sponsor another exciting “Kids’ Night Out!” from 3 to 7 p.m. Dec. 2 at the high school, 44 School Drive. This safe and fun holiday event is being offered for parents and guardians who would like to enjoy an evening during the holiday season to get some shopping done, all while their children are being cared for and entertained in safe and friendly environment.