Jun 24, 2026 | A few years ago, Dr. Will Elenchin, associate professor of sociology and criminology at St. Bonaventure University, was granted a sabbatical leave from teaching to work on his fourth book on behavioral health, this one dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder in high-stress professions. The project took an unexpected big turn less than a year later when Elenchin’s son, Zac, a U.S. Army combat medic serving a deployment in Afghanistan, experienced PTSD after responding to a mass casualty event.

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Jun 24, 2026 | St. Bonaventure University has received a $250,000 grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation to provide healthcare education in Cattaraugus County, a region with some of the highest rates of preventable diseases in New York state.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Dr. Guy Imhoff has been named interim dean of the School of Arts & Sciences at St. Bonaventure University.

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Jun 24, 2026 | In one of the most dominant performances in program history, St. Bonaventure stormed to a 31-0 halftime lead and ousted Brown (8-1), the nation’s second-ranked team, 51-7, to advance to the national semifinals Dec. 6 at Butler, Pennsylvania.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Dr. Kathryn Caliva Smart, assistant professor of History, spent a portion of last summer at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C., working on her current book project: "Speaking about Gods: Mythic Knowledge and Narrative Authority in Greek Lyric Poetry." The CHS is a research institute under the auspices of Harvard University that supports research on all aspects of ancient Greece. Caliva Smart's term as a Hellenic studies fellow at the center continues through May 2025.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Dr. Charles Olomofe, visiting assistant professor of Public Health, published a journal article and has had an abstract accepted for oral presentation at the American Public Health Association (APHA) conference in Minneapolis in October.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Dr. Connie Perkins, founding director of nursing, and Tom Buttafarro, director of the Office of Government & Community Relations at SBU, lobbied with Master's Entry to Practice nursing students at the Olean office of state Assemblyman Joseph M. Giglio on Feb. 16.

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Jun 24, 2026 | St. Bonaventure University faculty and students are once again inviting the public to “Fall in Love with Science” and explore the science behind their food, health and community.

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Jun 24, 2026 | St. Bonaventure University formally dedicated its new tennis court complex Wednesday, honoring the legacy of longtime SBU Hall of Fame coach Pat Panzarella while celebrating a transformational gift that has elevated the program’s facilities.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Dr. Elizabeth T. Gratz, assistant professor of Marketing, will collaborate with fellow track members at the 2025 Transformative Consumer Research (TCR) dialogical conference, June 12-15 in Washington, D.C., in a track titled "Improving Marketplace Access for All: Learning from those with Invisible Disabilities."

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Jun 24, 2026 | A St. Bonaventure University student journalist will spend his summer covering a story that makes international headlines daily: U.S. immigration policy.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Dr. Steven Pitt, associate professor of History, published a chapter in October in the “Cambridge History of the American Revolution,” a three-volume collection.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Dr. Caitlin Smith, assistant professor of English, has co-edited with Jan Stievermann and Eddie Glaude Jr. two final manuscripts accepted for publication in spring 2025 by Oxford University Press. Smith also published a chapter in “The Routledge Companion to Herman Melville,” and presented a paper at a conference at Catholic University.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Two national title games, including one championship, in the last three years. Talk about having big shoes to fill. But Danny Neighbour isn’t daunted by the lofty legacy.

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Jun 24, 2026 | 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.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Dr. Scott Simpson, professor of Chemistry and Honors Program chair, presented his work titled "Understanding the Bonding of N-heterocyclic Carbenes on Pd/Cu(111) Single Atom Alloys" at the 4th European Symposium on Chemical Bonding (CBOND2024), held at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Jun 24, 2026 | As part of the 30th anniversary celebration of the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, Heather Lynn Harris, MFA, will present a special exhibition in The Front Gallery.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Determining a way to manage inactive records wasn’t part of his job description, but Jacob Brockel, a junior Accounting major from Allegany, New York, tackled the problem anyway.

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Jun 24, 2026 | An article by three SBU professors titled "Study Abroad Programs: Real-Life Considerations and Cautions" was accepted for publication in a special edition of the Journal of Criminal Justice Education.

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Jun 24, 2026 | St. Bonaventure University is pleased to welcome alumna Lori V. Quigley, ’81, as the Spring 2024 Lenna Visiting Professor, March 11-22.

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