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English Professor Receives Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
Shanté Paradigm Smalls, Ph.D. , (they/them/theirs), Assistant Professor of Black Literature & Culture in the Department of English, was awarded the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship at the...
St. John’s College Lecture Series Hosts Award-Winning Catholic Scholar
In a world so divided, it is difficult for those with opposing viewpoints to engage without a conversation deteriorating into a shouting match. And yet, however challenging, common ground can be...
Library & Information Science Alumna Knits Community Together
Sheila Cursio ‘71C, ‘92MLS, librarian at the Great Neck Public Library Parkville branch, leads a knitting and crocheting circle that has brought the surrounding community together in service. The...
Global Development and Social Justice Cohort Produces Innovative Research Projects
Students enrolled in the Integrating Seminar – the culminating course for the Master of Arts (M.A.) in Global Development and Social Justice – during summer 2019 completed capstone projects that cover...
Government & Politics Alumnus Awarded ERC Research Grant
Matthew DiGiuseppe, Ph.D. ‘04C, ‘06G , now an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, received a € 1.5 million research grant from the European...
Gerrymandering and Voting Rights Take Center Stage at Staten Island Constitution Day Forum
“Who decides your right to vote?” Professors Ellen Boegel , William Byrne , and Associate Provost Robert Fanuzzi extended this question to an engaged audience on the Staten Island campus of St. John’s...
Exploring Optics and French Cuisine during a Summer Internship in Paris
Fresh from a summer in Paris, France—as one of just eight students chosen nationally to be immersed in a prestigious internship program—a physics major has returned to St. John’s University with a...
Migration Anthology Receives Rave Review
The Penguin Book of Migration Literature , edited by Professor Dohra Ahmad, Ph.D. , of the Department of English , was published in fall 2019 and received a glowing review by Parul Sehgal of The New...
Math Majors Receive Summer Research Awards
Two undergraduate students in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science received research funding for summer 2019. Senior Seychelle Khan and junior Danielle Solomon – both Mathematics majors...
Ambassador Alumnus Invites Rome Students to Embassy
Murat Salim Esenli ‘99G, the current Turkish Ambassador to Rome and alumnus of the Master of Arts (M.A.) in Government and Politics invited students at the University’s Rome, Italy campus to visit the...