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One week to Giving Tuesday: Learning to lead by serving others

Nov 25, 2025 | On Dec. 2, the Franciscan Center for Social Concern will host its annual #GivingTuesdayatBonas fundraising initiative. The crowdfunding event aims to raise $75,000 for social justice, advocacy and service programs on campus.

Faculty share insights on ethics at global Catholic conference

Nov 19, 2025 | Three SBU professors presented at the International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference Friday, Oct. 24.

Hager and honors student present pilot data at conference

Nov 19, 2025 | Dr. Audrey Hager, assistant professor of Psychology, and honors student Marion Naple, a senior Psychology major, presented research at the Penn-York Undergraduate Research Association Annual Conference Nov. 15.

Stevens, Latvian composer inspire students through choral art

Nov 19, 2025 | Dr. Brian Stevens, director of choral activities in the Department of Art, Music and Theater, hosted acclaimed Latvian composer Laura Jēkabsone for a week of rehearsals and workshops with his Western New York-based professional treble chamber choir, Vox Lusciniae, in preparation for their Oct. 4 concert.

Caliva publishes essay on ancient Greek myth in Brill volume

Nov 19, 2025 | A paper by Dr. Kathryn Caliva Smart, assistant professor of History, has been included in a volume of essays on ancient myths and religion published by Brill.

Podcast features Fr. Calabria on Franciscan-Muslim encounter

Nov 19, 2025 | Fr. Michael Calabria, O.F.M., associate professor and director of the Center for Arab & Islamic Studies, gave an interview for a podcast produced by Franciscan Media.

Historian invited to share work on Boston’s 1689 mutiny

Nov 19, 2025 | Dr. Steven Pitt, associate professor of History, published a chapter in October in the “Cambridge History of the American Revolution,” a three-volume collection.

Bussman to discuss memoir at Olean library event

Nov 19, 2025 | Jason K. Bussman, local author and adjunct lecturer, will host a book event at the Olean Public Library on Thursday, Dec. 11, at 6 p.m.

Zhang and students advance plant immunity research

Nov 19, 2025 | Dr. Xiao-Ning Zhang's research project titled “A splicing regulator, SR45, suppresses plant immunity by regulating salicylic acid pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana” was published in Frontiers in Plant Science on Oct. 30.

Dr. Scott Simpson’s research published in ACS Nano

Nov 19, 2025 | Dr. Scott Simpson and collaborators have had their publication “On-Surface Photodissociation Control within Magic-Sized Nanoclusters by Halogen Bonding” accepted by the peer-reviewed journal ACS Nano.

Ott explores ethics of dissent at political theology event

Nov 19, 2025 | Taylor Ott, assistant professor of Theology and Franciscan Studies, presented a paper titled “Contested Encyclicals, Anti-Desegregationist Parishioners, and an Ethics of Dissent” at the Political Theology Network Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, Oct. 23-26.

SBU’s Quick Arts Center to Host Southern Tier Symphony

Nov 18, 2025 | Ring in the holidays with the Southern Tier Symphony’s “Holiday Brass” concert on Friday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Bonaventure University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

Military Aligned students to host Veterans Day ceremony Tuesday

Nov 07, 2025 | St. Bonaventure University’s Military Aligned Students Program (MASP) will host its annual Veterans Day ceremony at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, at the Veterans Memorial, located just outside the bookstore entrance to Reilly Center.

SBU's Calabria explores Taj Mahal’s sacred inscriptions

Nov 05, 2025 | Fr. Michael Calabria, O.F.M., director of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, presented a lecture at the opening of an exhibition at the Delhi Art Gallery (DAG) in New Delhi, India, Oct. 26

SBU Jazz Band to perform works of legends Nov. 9 at Quick Center

Oct 31, 2025 | The SBU Jazz Band will perform a program of original contemporary jazz arrangements as well as new arrangements of classic tunes by an array of jazz giants at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, at St. Bonaventure’s Quick Center for the Arts.

St. Bonaventure establishes Presidential Commission on AI

Oct 27, 2025 | St. Bonaventure University has established a Presidential Commission on Artificial Intelligence to guide the institution’s academic, ethical and operational use of AI technologies.

Professor and Bonnies tennis founder Dr. Pat Panzarella remembered

Oct 24, 2025 | The St. Bonaventure University community is mourning the passing of Dr. Pat Panzarella, longtime professor of English at St. Bonaventure, who passed away Sunday (Oct. 19, 2025) following open-heart surgery. Pat was 84.

Quick Center: ‘Art of Storytelling’ audio tour with Ed. Simone

Oct 20, 2025 | The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University invites visitors to experience a new kind of journey through time and beauty with “The Art of Storytelling,” now open in the center’s Beltz Gallery.

Couturier elected vice chairman of the board at Viterbo University

Oct 16, 2025 | Fr. David Couturier, O.F.M. Cap., director of the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University, has been elected vice chairman of the Board of Trustees at Viterbo University and will serve on the university’s executive committee.

SBU to host military education information night Nov. 11

Oct 15, 2025 | The Military Service Affinity Group of Western New York is holding its first ROTC, Service Academy and Student-Veteran Information Night on Veterans Day at St. Bonaventure University.