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SBU grad Erin McNell, ’20, accepted into competitive ASBMB Honor Society

May 27, 2020 | St. Bonaventure University May graduate Erin McNell of Springville, New York, has been accepted into the competitive American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Honor Society for 2020.

St. Bonaventure University employees mark anniversary milestones

May 19, 2020 | Thirty-nine employees at St. Bonaventure University are marking employment anniversaries or retiring this spring.

Nuttall, Stanley honored by their peers with St. Bonaventure Faculty Excellence Awards

May 15, 2020 | St. Bonaventure University faculty members have honored two of their colleagues with awards of excellence for their efforts inside and outside the classroom.

St. Bonaventure University recognizes graduates for academic excellence

May 14, 2020 | St. Bonaventure University has announced the academic awards and honors for seniors and graduate students in the Class of 2020.

Michelle Onofrio, Trevor North named SBU’s Ideal Bonaventure Students for the Class of 2020

May 14, 2020 | Michelle Onofrio of West Haven, Connecticut, and Trevor North of Westfield, New York, have been named St. Bonaventure University’s Ideal Bonaventure Students for the Class of 2020.

ROTC cadets to be commissioned in streaming Saturday ceremony at St. Bonaventure University

May 14, 2020 | Graduating seniors who served as cadets in the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) at St. Bonaventure University will be commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army on Saturday.

SBU students, faculty, staff and programs honored with annual Fr. Joe Doino Awards

May 13, 2020 | Twelve members of the St. Bonaventure University community, SBU’s Food Pantry and the Damietta Center have been honored with 2020 Fr. Joe Doino, O.F.M., Awards.

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.

Manuscript by Kaminske and Ryan accepted for publication

May 06, 2020 | A manuscript by Dr. Althea Need Kaminske, associate professor of psychology, and Dr. Sean Ryan, assistant professor of biology, was accepted for publication at the journal Cell Biology Education - Life Sciences Education.

Walsh awarded fellowship in support of book project

May 06, 2020 | Dr. Megan Walsh, professor of English and department chair, has been awarded a 2020-2021 Short-term Reese Fellowship in the Print Culture of the Americas at the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.

Sharing Knowledge

Apr 02, 2020 | Do you believe some people are born with the ability to focus, while others aren’t? That multitasking is a useful skill? That examples make a topic interesting? If so, you’re wrong — but you’re also not alone in holding these beliefs.

Walsh is inaugural recipient of fellowship at Florida Atlantic

Mar 17, 2020 | Dr. Megan Walsh, professor of English and director of the Honors Program, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Samuel Victor Constant Fellowship in Memory of Kenneth R. Lavoy Jr. at Florida Atlantic University.

Manuscript accepted by Chemistry Teacher International

Mar 17, 2020 | A manuscript by Dr. Scott Simpson and Dr. Kellie Gast, assistant professors of chemistry; Patrick Schneider, visiting lecturer of chemistry; and Madeleine Wedvik, a senior chemistry major from Westerly, Rhode Island, was accepted to the open-access journal Chemistry Teacher International.

Calabria presents on his new book at conference in Tehran

Mar 17, 2020 | Fr. Michael Calabria, O.F.M., Ph.D., founding director of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at St. Bonaventure, presented at the Tehran First International Conference on Qur'an Studies at the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies in Tehran, Iran, on Feb. 24.

Lauren and David Matz present papers at convention

Mar 17, 2020 | Dr. David Matz, professor of classics, and Dr. Lauren Matz, profesor of English, presented papers at the Northeast Modern Language Association, in addition to moderating a panel session on “The Classical Classroom: Learning and Literature in Antiquity and Beyond.”

SBU professor, organizations spark drive to aid Chinese medical personnel

Feb 21, 2020 | A biology professor and two St. Bonaventure-based organizations are spearheading a campaign to raise money to protect medical personnel in the Chinese city devastated by the coronavirus outbreak.

Noted epidemiologist and Olean native Dr. John Vena to present lectures at St. Bonaventure and JCC

Feb 19, 2020 | Olean native and St. Bonaventure University graduate Dr. John E. Vena will speak about his research and experiences as an epidemiologist, educator and mentor during his March 9-19 residency at St. Bonaventure and Jamestown Community College.

Poet Alice Notley to read from her work as Lenna Visiting Professor at SBU & JCC

Feb 14, 2020 | Alice Notley, a spring 2020 Lenna Visiting Professor at St. Bonaventure University, will read from her acclaimed poetry during her March residency at St. Bonaventure University and Jamestown Community College.

Book project by Stanley accepted for publication

Feb 14, 2020 | A book project by Dr. Christopher D. Stanley, professor of theology and Franciscan studies, has been accepted for publication by Bloomsbury, one of the world's leading publishing houses.

Haden's book studies the effect of Christian nationalism

Feb 14, 2020 | "Embodied Idolatry: A Critique of Christian Nationalism," the second book by Fr. Kyle Edward Haden, O.F.M., Ph.D., assistant professor of theology and Franciscan studies, is an examination of the effect of Christian nationalism on Christian practice in the United States.