St. John’s Dedicates Statue of Lou Carnesecca
Before a crowd of St. John's players, coaches and friends spanning more than 70 years of the program's proud history, the University unveiled a statue of legendary head coach Lou Carnesecca on...
Guided By a Rock Star Ciara Villalona-Lockhart ’22 Fulfills Her Dreams
Dreams rise from hardship . Some might see this as a catchy phrase, or a hopeful sentiment, or a resonant mantra. For Ciara Villalona-Lockhart, it’s a deep belief that has guided her from her...
Psychology Professor Awarded Prestigious Grant to Provide Services for Children Affected by Trauma
Elissa Brown, Ph.D. , Professor, Department of Psychology , and Executive Director, Child HELP (Heal, Empower, Learn, Prevent) Partnership at St. John’s University, was recently awarded a $3 million...
VCSJ Lecturer Discusses Scourge of Extrajudicial Killings in Philippines
For the last five years, the Philippines has been beset by a controversial war on drugs that focuses on those allegedly addicted rather than its systemic causes. To date, an estimated 30,000 young men...
P.A. Program Medical Director Honored by NYSSPA
The 2021 recipient of the Physician Advocate of the Year Award is Victor Politi, M.D., FACP, FACEP, Medical Director of the Physician Assistant program and the Emergency Medical Services Institute at...
UNITE’s Arrive Alive Tour® Visits St. John’s Staten Island Campus
More than 70 percent of St. John’s University’s students are commuters who travel to campus daily for classes and extracurricular activities. Popular modes of transportation include the true New York...
Inspired to Fight Injustice Cydiene Freitas ‘22LL.M. Charts a Path to Becoming a New York Lawyer
Queens is a long way from Manaus, the capital city in the middle of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest where Cydiene Freitas was born, raised, and educated. But, as she begins the U.S. Legal Studies LL.M...
St. John’s Alumnus Crowned King in Cameroon
Mfon Mforifoum Mbombo Njoya Mouhammad Nabil, who graduated from St. John’s University in 2015, was crowned King and Sultan of the Bamum Kingdom on October 10 before a crowd of 20,000. Rev. Brian J...
Back and Better than Ever: Family Weekend Returns to St. John’s
A total of 654 families—more than 2,634 students, parents/guardians, siblings, and relatives—joined together at the Queens , NY, campus of St. John’s University on October 8–10 for Family Weekend. “We...
Memorial Mass Announced for Richard F. Chapdelaine ’84HON
A memorial Mass for the late Richard F. Chapdelaine ’84HON will be held on Wednesday, October 20, 2021, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Thomas More Church on the Queens , NY, campus of St. John’s University. All...