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Changes to Federal Financial Aid Filing: What Parents, Students Need to Know
Sweeping changes have come to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®)—but representatives from St. John’s University’s Office of Student Financial Services say not to worry.
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Public Defender Kayla Hardesty ‘16 Helps Make History in New York’s Highest Court
Good afternoon, Your Honors, and may it please the Court. Kayla Hardesty, Cortland County Public Defenders Office, for the appellant, Michael Bay. With that brief introduction, Kayla Hardesty began...
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New Resource Aims to Foster Innovation and Entrepreneurship across Campus
St. John’s University is establishing a new resource to rally students, faculty, administrators, staff, and members of the Queens , NY, community around a culture of entrepreneurship and collaboration...
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Hon. Rowan Wilson, New York’s Chief Judge, to Speak at St. John’s Law Commencement
Hon. Rowan Wilson, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals and the State of New York, will be the Law School’s commencement speaker and honoree on Monday, May 20, 2024. The commencement exercises will...
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Students Get an Insider's View of Nation’s Capital from Alumni
For the last 44 years, St. John’s University students interested in career opportunities in and around Washington, DC, have been provided a unique networking opportunity through the Alumni Insider’s...
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Jelani Jefferson Exum Named Next Dean of St. John’s University School of Law
After an extensive national search, Jelani Jefferson Exum has been appointed the next dean of St. John’s Law. Currently the Dean and Philip J. McElroy Professor of Law at the University of Detroit...
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Working Towards Justice Mary Johnson ‘24 Mentors Amputee Children
Do you have a job? Do you go on dates? What sports do you do? Mary Johnson happily answered those questions and others on a recent visit to Ethiopia, where she spent a week mentoring amputee children...
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Environmental Justice and Human Rights Advocate Samia Shell '21C, '24L Receives the 2023 United Nations Human Rights Prize
In December, joining a distinguished group that includes Malala Yousafzai, Nelson Mandela, and Martin Luther King Jr., St. John’s Law student Samia Shell received the UN Human Rights Prize. She was...
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Tobin Students Present Investment Recommendations
Students in The Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University put their knowledge to the test on Friday, December 8, delivering their recommendations for a trio of student-managed endowment funds.
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Physics Minor Earns First-Place Poster Award at National Conference
A St. John’s University student who minors in Physics recently won a top prize at a poster competition held during the 2023 National Society of Black Physicists Conference at the Knoxville Convention Center in Knoxville, TN.