News, Publications & Research | St. Bonaventure University School of Arts & Sciences

Calabria is invited speaker for South Asia Seminar at Emory

Oct 20, 2023 | Fr. Michael Calabria, associate professor and director of the Center for Arab & Islamic Studies, was an invited speaker for the South Asia Seminar sponsored by the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies at Emory University.

Simpson presents on PFAS pollution at annual workshop

Oct 20, 2023 | Chemistry Professor Dr. Scott Simpson presented his work titled "Using quantum chemical calculations to estimate physicochemical properties of PFAS" at the 19th Annual Workshop on Emerging HRMS & LC-MS/MS Applications in Environment Analysis & Food Safety, held Sept. 24-25 at the University at Buffalo.

SBU’s Franciscan Institute publishes a new book on St. Francis’ Earlier Rule

Oct 13, 2023 | Franciscan Institute Publications of St. Bonaventure University has published a new study of St. Francis of Assisi’s rule of 1221.

WNY Chamber Orchestra & fortepiano soloist Adam Maltz to perform at St. Bonaventure’s Quick Center

Oct 06, 2023 | Western New York Chamber Orchestra with conductor Glen Cortese and acclaimed Hammerfluegel (fortepiano) soloist Daniel Adam Maltz will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, at St. Bonaventure University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

Franciscan scholar Cusato writes new biography of St. Francis

Oct 05, 2023 | A new biography of Francis of Assisi by Fr. Michael Cusato, scholar-in-residence at St. Bonaventure Friary, represents decades of original research and reflection by the author, one of the leading historians of the Franciscan phenomenon working in the world today.

Article by Simpson explores storing hydrogen as fuel source

Oct 05, 2023 | Dr. Scott Simpson, professor of chemistry, and Matthew D. Hanson, former quantum chemical postdoctoral researcher at the university, published an article in ACS Omega titled “Geometric and Electronic Effects in the Binding Affinity of Imidazole-Based N-Heterocyclic Carbenes to Cu(100)- and Ag(100)-Based Pd and Pt Single-Atom Alloy Surfaces.”

Essay by Phillips posted on website of Adirondack Life

Oct 05, 2023 | A short essay by Mark Phillips, retired tutor and teacher with the St. Bonaventure Higher Education Opportunity Program, has been posted on the website of the regional magazine Adirondack Life.

Hager in documentary selected for international film festivals

Sep 21, 2023 | Dr. Audrey Hager, visiting assistant professor of psychology, is featured in the documentary "Tradition, Trauma, & Tenderness" that has been selected for submission into three different film festivals: The 2023 Buffalo International Film Festival, the Cannes World Film Festival and the Stockholm City Film Festival.

Matz lectures in Road Scholar program at Chautauqua

Sep 21, 2023 | Dr. David Matz, professor emeritus of classics, spent the week of Sept. 3 at Chautauqua Institution, serving as a lecturer in the Road Scholar program. His topic: The Ancient Greek Olympic Games.

Two SBU undergraduate students dive into research as part of Roswell Park summer research experience

Sep 21, 2023 | Two St. Bonaventure University undergraduate students were recognized for their research and public speaking skills following a 10-week summer experience alongside biomedical researchers at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Avalon String Quartet and Julia Bentley to open Friends of Good Music season at St. Bonaventure

Sep 15, 2023 | Avalon String Quartet, with mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley, will open the 2023-2024 Friends of Good Music performance season at St. Bonaventure University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts with a performance at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22.

The Mulryans and Bona's

Sep 08, 2023 | Sandra Mulryan, former lecturer of English, and her husband, Dr. John Mulryan, professor emeritus of English, taught a combined 71 years at St. Bonaventure University before retiring from full-time work (she in 2013 and he in 2011). They touched the lives of thousands of Bona students throughout their careers.

St. Bonaventure students get opportunity to spend semester getting inside look at Albany

Sep 08, 2023 | For two students hailing from tiny hometowns, getting dropped off to intern for a semester in the bustling state capital of New York was a bit of a culture shock.

Uhl presents at 10th Slovenian Conference on Graph Theory

Sep 07, 2023 | Dr. Christine Uhl, associate professor of mathematics, presented her joint work with Briana Foster-Greenwood (Cal Poly Pomona) on the metric dimension of generalized Hamming graphs at the 10th Slovenian Conference on Graph Theory on June 16 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.

Dr. Guy Imhoff named interim dean of Arts & Sciences at St. Bonaventure

Sep 07, 2023 | Dr. Guy Imhoff has been named interim dean of the School of Arts & Sciences at St. Bonaventure University.

Native American powwow set for Sept. 14 at St. Bonaventure’s Reilly Center Arena

Sep 06, 2023 | The campus and local communities are invited to learn more about Native American heritage and culture at a powwow Sept. 14 at St. Bonaventure University.

SBU chemistry students eligible for automatic entry in Ph.D. program at University of Rhode Island

Sep 05, 2023 | Students who graduate with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from St. Bonaventure University are now eligible for automatic acceptance and immediate entry to the Ph.D. program in chemistry at the University of Rhode Island.

St. Bonaventure Criminology Club to sponsor SBU Criminal Justice Day on campus

Sep 04, 2023 | The Criminology Club at St. Bonaventure University will hold its first-ever SBU Criminal Justice Day on campus on Friday, Sept. 15. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Richter Center and on the adjacent parking lot between Richter and Reilly centers.

St. Bonaventure professor Kaitlyn Dykstra receives grant to integrate digital technology in coursework

Aug 30, 2023 | Dr. Kaitlyn Dykstra, assistant professor of biology at St. Bonaventure University, has been named one of 52 educators to receive funding from a grant program through online learning platform Course Hero.

St. Bonaventure University theology professors lead international conference in Rome

Aug 24, 2023 | Dr. Aaron Gies and Dr. Andrew Belfield, assistant professors of theology and Franciscan Studies at St. Bonaventure University, recently led an international group of theologians considering the topic “Alexander of Hales and the Early Franciscan School on the Last Things” at Collegio Sant’Isidoro in Rome, Italy.