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Focusing on Body, Mind, and Spirit, Alum Helps Veterans Heal
“There are a lot of veterans out there who are really suffering,” said Dan Libby ’09Ph.D., Founder and Executive Director of the Veterans Yoga Project (VYP). “But if you can teach somebody a practice that helps them feel a little less pain—it makes it all worthwhile.”
Physicist Lands Supercomputer Time Fund for SJU
The allocation makes use of the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), a virtual system for scientists to share computing resources, data, and expertise.
St. John’s Debate Society Holds Historic Internet Debate with Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan
The St. John’s University Debate Society held its first ever formal debate over the internet with a University located more than five thousand miles from the Queens campus.
Three NIH AREA Grants Awarded to Biology Faculty
All received $495,000 to support their research programs within St. John’s University.
Math and Science Faculty Members Bring NSF S-STEM Program to St. John’s
Five faculty members spanning four departments have secured scholarship funding for SJU undergraduates as part of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) Program.
Consul General of India Addresses CLACS Conference on Relationship with Latin America
Ambassador Riva Ganguly Das, Consul General of India in New York, joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1986, and has held various diplomatic positions since then, including in Spain, Bangladesh, the Netherlands, China, Romania, Albania, and Moldova.
Foreign Policy Expert Adds Council on Foreign Relations Fellowship to List of Accolades
After receiving a fellowship last year from the East Asia Institute (EAI), Government and Politics Associate Professor David W. Kearn, Ph.D., will serve for the 2016-2017 academic year as a fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Section of the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
SJU Faculty and Students from Across Disciplines Participate in International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference
Faculty and students from across St. John’s University presented multidisciplinary research at the 2016 International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference (IWAC).
Ozanam Scholar Accepted to Top-Tier Law Schools
“If I didn’t go to St. John’s,” said Joseph De Jesus ‘16C, “there’s no chance I would end up getting accepted to Harvard.”
Government and Politics Major Earns Coveted Watson Fellowship
Arizona-native Trevor Farland ’17C traveled more than 2,200 miles to attend St. John’s University. Now, through the highly selective Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship he has been awarded, Farland will work as an intern at influential global organizations in New York and the Middle East.