Alumnus Fosters Community Spirit On and Off the Field
Since 2000, the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball have been one of the region’s premier sports franchises. For 18 of those 20 years, Michael Pfaff ’95SVC has worked for...
Students Urge Congress to Support Billions in Funding to Combat Coronavirus
During a recent virtual meeting with staff members from the office of US Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), students from St. John’s University advocated that Congress provide billions...
Two History Faculty Members Receive NEH Summer Stipends
Two faculty members in the Department of History are recipients of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipends for research. Associate Professor Kristin M. Szylvian, Ph.D. , and...
R.C.I.A. Offers a Life of Faith
Thirteen members of the St. John’s University community made their commitment to a life of faith by receiving the Sacraments of Initiation at St. Thomas More Church on Sunday, September 20, an...
Tobin Student Pursuing Graduate Degree in Sports Management
Joseph Kotler ‘20TCB is just your everyday, ordinary student – everyday and ordinary, that is, for someone with a 3.87 GPA, a winning personality, and an unwillingness to give up. When he graduated...
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Icon of Women’s Rights and Social Justice, Dies at 87, Leaving Behind a Legacy of Inspiration and Greatness
The following, re-published in full with permission and without editing, is an obituary for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg written by the editorial board of the Law School’s student...
Rising to the Challenge: St. John’s Community Faithful to the Mission during Pandemic
It is often noted that humanity’s goodness is most evident during difficult times. When the global pandemic threw the world into turmoil in the spring, members of the St. John’s community rose to the...
NSF ADVANCE Award Supports “Gender Equity in STEM”
Several faculty members and administrators across St. John’s University have been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) ADVANCE grant in the amount of $300,000 for the project, “ ACE-IT...
Summer Teaching Assistants Work to Build a More Diverse and Inclusive Legal Profession
Things came full circle for Ashley Williams ’21 as she settled in front of her computer for the opening of this year’s Ronald H. Brown Law School Prep Program for College Students , the award-winning...
COVID-19 Presents New Challenges for Covenant House
Like so many other organizations that serve disaffected populations, Covenant House International grappled with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the homeless youth to whom they minister. They...