- Home
- News
Trip across the Atlantic Complements Students’ Africana Studies Course Work
When six St. John’s undergraduates joined Konrad Tuchscherer, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of Africana Studies, on a two-week trip through Cameroon in May, they not only got an inside look at the country of more than 23 million, they saw firsthand the benefits of experiential learning.
“SJU in Cameroon” Emphasizes Development, Sustainability, and Social Justice
As six St. John’s University students ascended the 6,500 foot Mount Mbapit in Cameroon this past summer, they laughed recalling the requirement to train with intense cardio in the SJU Fitness Center before joining the study abroad trip.
St. John’s Hosts Law School Access to Justice Conference
On May 18, 2017, St. John’s Law hosted the Sixth Annual Law School Access to Justice Conference.
SJU Exceeds all Schools in Donations at Blood Drive
St. John’s University received recognition from Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Ph.D., D.D., Bishop of Brooklyn, NY, and the New York Blood Center for making significant donations during the Diocese of Brooklyn’s 2016 Blood Drive Campaign.
St. John’s Mourns the Passing of Most Reverend Thomas V. Daily, Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn
Bishop Thomas V. Daily was born on September 23, 1927, in Belmont, Mass.; ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Boston on January 10, 1952; and ordained a bishop on February 11, 1975.
St. John’s Staten Island Campus Embarks on Public Health Research Project
St. John’s University embraces the Staten Island community as a partner in its Vincentian service, education, and academic research.
Milestone Year for St. John’s Relay For Life®
A record 1,962 students joined in solidarity at the Queens campus on April 21 to raise more than $137,200 for the fight against cancer at St. John’s 12th Annual Relay For Life®—bringing the total raised by the University’s students since 2006 to more than $1 million.
Bridging Gaps To Live Your Faith
St. John’s University’s Campus Ministry and Office of Multicultural Affairs, and the Vincentian Mission Institute’s Cohort IV, cosponsored the Inaugural Interfaith Dialogue and Dinner on March 28 in Taffner Field House. The evening’s theme, “Bridging Gaps to Live Your Faith in the American Culture,” focused on St. Vincent de Paul’s question, “What must be done?”
R.C.I.A. Offers a Life of Faith
Twenty-one St. John’s University students and employees made their commitment to a life of faith by receiving the Sacraments of Initiation at St. Thomas More Church on Sunday, April 23. It was an uplifting conclusion to eight months of study and reflection through the Rite of Christian Initiation (R.C.I.A.).
SJU Conference Seeks to Eradicate Human Trafficking
Sharing her personal story of surviving and combating the scourge of human trafficking, activist Donna Hubbard urged more than 250 guests at a St. John’s University conference to remember that we, as a society, are the true key to confronting and ending this global crisis.