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Larry Cunningham on Closing the Justice Gap
Opinion: The legal profession needs some major changes to redress the justice gap afflicting low-income and middle-class people.
Law School Celebrates Commencement 2017
On Sunday, June 4, 2017 St. John's Law held its Commencement Exercises for the 147th academic year.
Focused on the Future of Entrepreneurship
Highlighting the role universities play in promoting global entrepreneurship, Katia Passerini, Ph.D., Dean, College of Professional Studies, joined a panel of business, political, and academic leaders at United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan for the International Council for Small Business, Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) Knowledge Summit Day.
Salute to our Veterans concert fundraises over $1000 to support the Students Veterans Association
The College of Professional Studies in collaboration with the Veterans Success Center conducted the first ever "Salute to our Veterans" concert. The concert featured the musical duo of John Martelli (Gigs) and our very own Assistant Dean Randolph D.J. Ortiz. The event was attended by over 250 people and featured music from the 40s through the 70s. The event was developed as a way to support our student veterans at St. John's. The event fundraised $1,385 which was donated to the Student Veterans Associations of St. John's University.
PhD Student Granted Access to Dominican Studies Archives
Raquel Corona ‘20Ph.D. first applied for a CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (CUNY DSI) Archives and Library Research Award in 2016 without success, but after some mentoring from Assistant Professor of...
Cardinal Tagle Honored at Post-Commencement Luncheon
After receiving an honorary degree at the University’s 148th annual Commencement Exercises and addressing the graduating Class of 2018 with a hopeful message encouraging them to always look out for the “missing in society,” His Eminence Luis Antonio Gokim Cardinal Tagle, D.D., S.Th.D, Metropolitan Bishop of Manila, was honored at a celebratory luncheon held at the Queens campus on Sunday, May 20.
Biology Professor Wins First NIH Grant to Combat ALS
Though Wan Seok Yang, Ph.D., is only in his second year at St. John’s University as an assistant professor of Biological Sciences, he has already been awarded his first National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for the research proposal, “Determination of Cell Death Pathways Activated in ALS.” The amount of the award is $492,000 and extends for three years until 2020, at which point Yang may apply for another NIH grant with a larger funding amount. The current grant is part of the Support of Competitive Research (SCORE) Pilot Project Award (SC2) program.
John Q. Barrett Widely Quoted on Trump and Russia
Major news outlets are turning to Professor John Q. Barrett for expert insights on President Trump and the Russia Probe
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.
Vincentian Values Celebrated at St. John’s Commencement Exercises
St. John’s University conferred more than 2,200 undergraduate degrees at its Staten Island and Queens, NY, campuses, on May 20 and 21, as leaders from business and the Church congratulated students during Commencement Exercises marking the institution’s 147th academic year.