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New MBA in Real Estate Launched in Tobin
Within a few miles of St. John’s University sits some of the most valuable real estate in the world.
Students Gain Hands-On Cybersecurity Experience in Competition
Over the weekend a team of CPS students competed in the Department of Energy’s annual Cyber Defense Competition. The competitors consisted of 68 universities across 7 national laboratories.

Research Project Serves Immigrant Learners with High Potential
In the spirit of St. John’s University’s Vincentian mission, Project BRIDGE in The School of Education (SOE) has crossed disciplines through the collaboration of SOE faculty from three departments, graduate students, visiting scholars, and external experts to help neglected, underserved immigrant students with high potential in New York.
Call for Applications: Faculty Collaborations with Writing Across Communities
St. John’s University’s Writing Across Communities program encourages and supports students and faculty who strive to use writing to sustain diverse academic, cultural, civic, and professional communities both across St. John’s and beyond the university. (https://www.stjohns.edu/academics/office-provost/writing-across-communities) Writing Across Communities works with a “Students as Partners” philosophy, and Undergraduate Writing Coordinators are fully collaborative partners with “distinct, yet equally valuable expertise and experience to contribute” to projects (Bovill, Cook-Sather, Felten 2011). Faculty from any discipline and college at St. John’s University, including University Libraries, are invited to propose collaborations. Below you’ll find a list of suggestions for projects. Based on the project faculty propose and develop with Writing Across Communities staff, faculty will receive a stipend in the range of $250-$1000. The determination of the actual amount of faculty stipends will be informed by contact hours, duration, and scope of engagement, as well as the integration, implementation, and impact the project will have within writing communities.
Call for Applications: Faculty-in-Residence, Writing Across Communities
As Writing Across Communities Faculty-in-Residence, SJU faculty from any and all disciplines and colleges will have the opportunity to gain knowledge and experience related to writing and writers across communities, be central to the initiatives of the program, and collaborate with/mentor faculty peers, students, and administrators.

M.A. Sociology Alumni Achieve Success in Diverse Fields
Alumni of the Master of Arts (M.A.) in Sociology at St. John’s have pursued diverse and exciting career paths. Gabriela Calhorrano ’13CPS, ‘15G, Christine Casiano ‘90C, ‘91G, Heather Gautney ‘97G, and Paul-Brian McInerney ‘95C, ‘98G have all found that the skills and connections they developed at St. John’s led them on a path to success.

Rome Campus Graduate Students Focus on Immigration Issues
Students enrolled in the Master of Arts program in Government and Politics in St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences explored a variety of topics involving immigration this past summer on the Rome, Italy, campus.
Dr. Andrea Licari and Ms. Tanya James Present: The Fashion and Technology Lecture Series
Dr. Andrea Licari co-hosts demo and lecture series on the Manhattan Campus to discuss the Fashion Industry and how it applies Technology within the its industry.
Dr. Bernard A. Jones, CPS Assistant Professor: General Session & Breakout Session Presenter at SURGE 2018
Dr. Bernard A. Jones served as a general & breakout session presenter at SURGE 2018, Assurance Software Inc’s Customer/User Conference held at the Chubb Hotel & Conference Surge 2018, Lafayette Hill, PA – October 28, 29 & 30.

The Data Deluge: Understanding How to Visualize and Manage Data in the Transportation Industry
Ankush Karnik is one of the analysts who makes sense of large data sets by bridging gap between computer scientists and operational analysts. A project manager at Volanno, a woman-owned small business consulting firm based in Washington DC, he counts over fifteen years of experience in the ground transportation industry (at New Jersey Transit), finance (at Citibank) and has leveraged his skills in different industry sectors and is now working closely with the FAA to help derive actionable insights from aviation data.