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SBU marks Arbor Day with tree planting

Apr 26, 2024 | St. Bonaventure University celebrated its 15th consecutive year of being a certified Arbor Day Foundation Tree Campus USA on Friday by planting two hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) trees in the Rob-Fal courtyard.

Bona’s Break the Bubble program allows students to assist the disadvantaged — both locally and abroad

Nov 04, 2022 | St. Bonaventure University students step out of their zip codes and comfort zones through the Franciscan Center for Social Concern’s Break the Bubble program. They serve as compassionate volunteers at the St. Francis Inn in Philadelphia’s Kensington area, learning about homelessness and the humanity of a soup kitchen. They also help build wheelchair ramps in the communities surrounding campus, plus prepare and serve nutritious meals at the university’s Warming House.

St. Bonaventure marks another Tree Campus USA designation by planting a white birch on campus

Apr 29, 2022 | St. Bonaventure University celebrated its 12th consecutive year of being a certified Arbor Day Foundation Tree Campus USA on Friday by planting a white birch tree next to the Administration Building on campus.

St. Bonaventure students make winning entrepreneurial pitch at Techstars Startup Weekend

Mar 01, 2021 | Two St. Bonaventure University students were members of the winning team at a Techstars Startup Weekend competition, a virtual event hosted by the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth over the weekend of Feb. 19-21.

SBU students sought for participation in 2021 Marine Energy Collegiate Competition

Nov 11, 2020 | Students interested in the “blue economy,” a growing global concept involving the economic, social and ecological sustainability of the oceans, are being sought to participate in the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2021 Marine Energy Collegiate Competition.

Journal publishes research by three at St. Bonaventure to help identify a new class of pollutants

Oct 02, 2020 | “A publication by Jonathan Antle, undergraduate student in the Department of Chemistry, Paul Vexelman, graduate of St. Bonaventure, and Dr. Scott Simpson, assistant professor of chemistry, has been published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials.

SBU Sociology professors see greater focus on environmental issues during pandemic

Jun 30, 2020 | Not all of the news emerging from the coronavirus pandemic is bleak, according to two faculty members of the Department of Sociology and Criminology at St. Bonaventure University.

Instrumentation suite offers students a competitive edge

May 11, 2020 | Bona students are gaining hands-on, employable skills while conducting high-quality research — all thanks to a modern instrumentation lab.

Work by Simpson and chemistry grad Izydorczak to be published

Feb 14, 2020 | A publication by Alex Izydorczak, a graduate of the Department of Chemistry, and Dr. Scott Simpson, assistant professor of chemistry, has been accepted for publication in ChemistrySelect, a journal of ChemPubSoc Europe

Bona’s Simpson awarded $119,373 research grant from National Science Foundation

Jun 21, 2019 | Dr. Scott Simpson, assistant professor of chemistry at St. Bonaventure University, has been awarded nearly $120,000 in grant funding for research from the National Science Foundation.

#Bonas to host seventh annual Trashion Fashion Show, combining high fashion and environmental awareness

Apr 12, 2019 | It’s lucky number seven for the Trashion Fashion Show as St. Bonaventure University hosts its annual runway showcase highlighting sustainable designs constructed by university students and middle/high school students from surrounding communities.