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St. John’s, Guttman Community College Join in Unique Academic Partnership
St. John’s University has entered into a unique partnership with Stella and Charles Guttman Community College in Manhattan, NY, that will accelerate the transfer process for Guttman graduates eager to...

Research, Memory, and Respect: A St. John’s Student at the African Burial Ground
St. John’s University graduate student Sebastian Loiseau spent his summer in a sacred space—a reminder of a shameful period in US history, and a place where remembrance, research, and respect come...

Insurance Leader of the Year Dinner Raises $3.6M for GSRM Students
A global gathering of aspiring students, insurance industry executives, and other supporters of the Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science (GSRM)—part of The Peter J...

Law Matters: A Conversation With Professor Robin Boyle-Laisure
In this installment of our Law Matters story series, Dean Jelani Jefferson Exum speaks with Professor Robin Boyle-Laisure about her scholarship and advocacy addressing cults and human trafficking...

Student Turns Caregiving Experience into a Nursing Career
From an early age, Emma DerGarabedian seemed destined for a career in health care. “As a young athlete, I was overly injured and overly fascinated by injuries,” the St. John’s University senior said...

TSOE Alumna Appointed Director of Curriculum in Amityville
Jessica Kemler ’99ED,’22Ed.D.—a double alumna of The School of Education at St. John’s University—began the new year as the new Director of Curriculum in the Amityville, NY, School District. “We are...

St. John’s University School of Law Receives Historic Gift to Name DiMartino/Smith Public Interest Center
Dean Jelani Jefferson Exum has announced that the Public Interest Center at St. John’s Law will be named the DiMartino/Smith Public Interest Center in honor of alumna Rose DiMartino ’81 and her spouse...

Alumnus Appointed Bishop of Rochester Diocese
On January 7, Pope Leo XIV appointed Most Reverend John S. Bonnici ’87SJC as the 10th Bishop of the Diocese of Rochester, NY. Bishop Bonnici currently serves as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of...

Finding Light, Purpose, and Community: Catholic Scholars Reflect
Founded in 2012 by the late Pamela G. Shea-Byrnes, D.Min. ’86SVC, ’90G, the mandate of the Catholic Scholars Program is to form students not only intellectually, but spiritually and ethically, with an...

Celebrating Care and Kindness: DAISY Awards Honor St. John’s Nursing Excellence
Three members of St. John’s University’s Department of Nursing community in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences were honored in 2025 with DAISY Awards, a recognition program established by The DAISY Foundation that celebrates, recognizes, and thanks nurses for the care and kindness they provide.