Convocation Honorees Heed St. Vincent’s Call to Action
Each year, at the annual Vincentian Convocation during its Founder’s Week celebration, St. John’s honors individuals and organizations who mirror the work of St. Vincent de Paul.
Students Attend The Journey Fashion Show during New York Fashion Week
New York Fashion Week has taken over New York City these past two weeks. On September 13, 2018, students from St. John's University had the opportunity to attend The Journey Fashion Show with Dr. Andrea Licari, who is the director of The Fashion Institute and ten of her St. John’s University Fashion Studies students. This event was part of Fashion Week 2018 and was hosted by Malena Belafonte, Harry Belafonte’s daughter-in Law, In Symphony Space, located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
As the Inaugural Sui-Wah Li Lou Memorial Scholar Christy Li ’21 Pursues Her Dream of Becoming a Lawyer and Serving the Public
1L Christy Li has been selected as the first recipient of the Sui-Wah Li Lou Memorial Scholarship at St. John’s Law.
Public Safety Prepares for Disaster in Large-Scale Drill
A daunting scenario was played out on St. John’s University’s Queens campus from 9 a.m. to noon on August 11, when fire, police, and medical and emergency personnel from St. John’s and New York City joined forces to execute a massive simulation of a disaster.
St. John’s Intellectual Property Law Center Welcomes IP Honors Program Scholar Gabriela Zapata ‘21
“The more I learned, the more I wanted to know what motivated and enabled people to be curious, invent, and move science and medicine forward,” Zapata says.
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GOLD Alumni Event Focuses on Networking
More than 60 young alumni came together on September 13 at St. John’s Manhattan, NY, campus for the third annual “Finding the GOLD” networking event, which featured a TED-style talk from guest speaker Angela M. Guzman, Director of Supplier Diversity at NBCUniversal.
IISR’s Fall SJU Sport Analytics Seminar
One of the thrusts of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Sport Research (IISR) is advancing research and exploring applications of sport analytics while simultaneously equipping our students with first-hand knowledge of the field. This fall’s St. John’s University Sport Analytics (SJUSA) seminar is the IISR’s first initiative in the sport analytics space.
In Fourth State of the University Address, President Focuses on Progress and Opportunities
Before an audience of students, faculty, administrators, staff, alumni, and members of the Board of Trustees and Board of Governors, Conrado “Bobby” Gempesaw, Ph.D., President of St. John’s, delivered his fourth annual State of the University Address, setting an upbeat and positive tone as he outlined his vision for the University for the 2018–19 academic year and beyond.
A Snapshot of the First-Year Class of 2018
The University enrolled more than 3,100 first-year students in fall 2018, an increase of 4% from last year's class.