News Releases


St. Bonaventure University

    Nov 17, 2021 | Dr. Oleg Bychkov, professor of theology and Franciscan studies, co-translated and co-edited with Lydia Schumacher from King’s College, London, "A Reader in Early Franciscan Theology: The Summa Halensis," published by Fordham University Press.

    Nov 17, 2021 | Fr. Ross Chamberland, O.F.M., associate vice president of Student Affairs, completed the Association of Franciscan Colleges and Universities' Certificate in Franciscan Studies, granted by the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Illinois.

    Nov 17, 2021 | Dr. Susan Branco, associate professor of counselor education, along with Dr. Nicola Meade and Roni White, co-vice presidents of the Association of Multicultural Counseling and Development's Native American Concerns Group, gave an online presentation Nov. 5 titled "Appreciate, Adapt, and Avoid Appropriation: Recommendations for Clinical Practice, Teaching, and Research."

    Nov 17, 2021 | Dr. Chris Mackowski, professor of journalism and mass communication, and chair of the Jandoli School's undergraduate programs, moderated a discussion with New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara as the keynote event for the fall 2021 Virtual Teacher Institute sponsored by the American Battlefield Trust (ABT).

    Nov 17, 2021 | Dr. Jinjing Zhu, assistant professor of management, will present her research titled "Corporate Social Responsibility in a Post-COVID World" at the 2021 Decision Science Institute Annual Conference online.

    Nov 17, 2021 | Dr. Gabriel Swarts, assistant professor and chair of the adolescence education program, co-authored an article for Education Sciences about implementing teacher education technology competencies (TETCs) into teacher preparation programs.

    Nov 16, 2021 | Each week, St. Bonaventure University students involved with SBU@SPCA visit the Cattaraugus County SPCA, a place many abandoned or relinquished animals call home.

    Nov 14, 2021 | Since 1975, the Franciscan Center for Social Concern has paired local students from kindergarten to sixth grade with Bona students through the Bona Buddies program. The program provides parents with a network of support and college students with the chance to make a difference in a young person’s life.

    Nov 10, 2021 | #GivingTuesdayatBonas takes place Nov. 30, 2021. All donations support the outreach ministries of the Franciscan Center for Social Concern.

    Nov 05, 2021 | Heather Harris, assistant professor and director of the Master of Arts in Communication program in the Jandoli School, won a Best Paper award at the Fall Academy of Business Research Conference, held Oct. 28 in San Antonio, Texas.

    Nov 05, 2021 | Dr. Daniel Tate, professor of philosophy, submitted an invited chapter on "Re-claiming Art's Claim to Truth" for inclusion in a volume of essays titled "Gadamer's Truth and Method: A Polyphonic Commentary," edited by Cynthia Nielsen and Greg Lynch, and under consideration at Rowman & Littlefield.

    Nov 05, 2021 | Sheri Voss, assistant professor and director of the MSED B-12 Literacy program, presented on the science of reading as it relates to early childhood literacy development at the Erie 2 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Early Learning Forum held on Oct. 14.

    Nov 05, 2021 | Dr. Kimberly DeSimone, associate professor in the Jandoli School of Communication and director of the Master of Arts in Leadership program, won a Best Paper award at the international Fall Academy of Business Research conference, held Oct. 28 in San Antonio, Texas.

    Nov 05, 2021 | Dr. Michael Hoffman, associate provost, chief information officer, and dean of the School of Graduate Studies, has completed the diversity and inclusion certificate program at Cornell University.

    Nov 05, 2021 | A book on the inscriptional program of the Taj Mahal by Fr. Michael Calabria, O.F.M., Ph.D., associate professor and director of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at St. Bonaventure, has been published by I.B. Tauris.

    Nov 05, 2021 | Dr. Lauren Matz, professor of English, presented a paper on Oct. 23 at the Semiotic Society of America’s 45th annual conference on the topic of “Addressing Precarity: Semiotics, Semiosis, and Semioethics.”

    Nov 05, 2021 | Connie Perkins, Ph.D., RN, CNE, founding director of nursing, along with four students from her spring Honors Special Topics course focusing on medical errors in the United States, published an article in Physician Outlook magazine.

    Nov 05, 2021 | Dr. Andrew Gertner Belfield, assistant professor of theology and Franciscan studies, defended his doctoral dissertation on Oct. 25.

    Nov 05, 2021 | A paper by Dr. Carl J. Case, professor of business information systems, and Darwin L. King, professor of accounting, was published in the Proceedings of the Institute for Global Business Research International Conference. The conference was held in October.

    Nov 03, 2021 | St. Bonaventure University’s Concert and Chamber choirs will return to the stage at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, for the first time since the pandemic began.