Nobel Laureate Discusses the Power of Economics to Stop Poverty, Ensure Progress
Overall mistrust of economists is high among the general public because these experts are not perceived as good forecasters. Still, economists possess the intellectual capacity and analytical means to...
Tobin Marketing Professor Wins Film Award
#SustainUP, the first film by Iris Mohr, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of marketing at The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, was selected as a co-winner in the “Eco-Sustainable Fashion"...
St. John’s Historian Garners Media Attention in Siberia
Associate Professor of History Mauricio Borrero, Ph.D. recently traveled to Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, where he delivered a keynote address at the Seventh Siberian Historical Forum. Approximately 600...
12,498 Miles and Counting for International Graduate Student
Yisikandaier Aireti grew up in a remote town in the Uyghur region of China, where those who sought a good education had no other choice but to leave home. For Yisikandaier, it meant traveling 72 hours...
AS-L Projects Support the Soweto Kliptown Youth Foundation
S. Joshua Thomas, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy Kliptown, one of the most severely impoverished townships in Soweto, South Africa, is also home to SKY, the Soweto Kliptown Youth...
Audiology Students Offer a Helping Hand to Peruvian Ears
In January, 15 students and two clinical faculty members of the Long Island Doctor of Audiology Consortium—a collaborative terminal degree program offered jointly by Adelphi, Hofstra, and St. John’s...
Global Experiences within the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
For Russell J. DiGate, Ph.D., Dean of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, international experience is central to a health sciences education. “Our college aims to produce health-care...
GLOBE Expansion Marks 10th Anniversary
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business is proud to announce that Global Loan Opportunities for Budding Entrepreneurs (GLOBE), an academic microlending program, enters its second decade this year with an expansion into a seventh partner country.
Ozanam Scholars Program Helps Students Examine Global Role
Undergraduate students who receive an Ozanam Scholarship participate in one of the University’s most mission-centered programs. “In the spirit of Frédéric Ozanam, scholars are called to serve with...
St. John’s First Stop for US Fulbright Grantees
Once again St. John’s and the Fulbright US Student Program collaborated to promote world peace and gain a deeper understanding and tolerance for others by preparing the 2019 US Fulbright grantees for...