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Jun 24, 2026 | Tom Buttafarro, director of government & community relations, was recently inducted into the Exchange Club of the Enchanted Mountains. He was sworn in by Cora Martin, club president.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Dr. Ebony White, associate professor of Counselor Education, recently published an article titled "Fostering Ubuntu in Black Adolescents: Group Counseling as a Pathway to Advocacy" in the International Journal of Group Psychotherapy.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Dr. Connie Perkins, founding director of Nursing, has been elected the next president of the American Nurses Association-New York. Her two-year term begins in October, when she will be sworn in at the association's annual conference.

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Jun 24, 2026 | After hanging on by their fingernails in 2021 to edge Penn State, 19-18, for the National Collegiate Rugby Division I Championship, Â鶹ӳ»­ dominated Queens University, 55-19, Saturday in Houston to capture its second NCR title.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Â鶹ӳ»­ will offer a Master of Social Work (MSW) program beginning in January.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Dr. Chuan Luo, assistant professor of Psychology, published a paper in the journal Collabra: Psychology, studying how people coordinate their eyes, head and body to collect visual information efficiently.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Fr. Michael D. Calabria, O.F.M., Ph.D., associate professor and director of the Center for Arab & Islamic Studies, presented via Zoom at the 6th International Ebu’l-Hasan Kharkani Symposium, held at Oriental University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Nov. 1.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Â鶹ӳ»­â€™s Physician Assistant Studies program has achieved a significant milestone. The ARC-PA has granted Accreditation-Continued status to the PA program in the university’s Dennis R. DePerro School of Health Professions.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Every 2024 graduate of Â鶹ӳ»­â€™s Physician Assistant Studies program has passed the Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam (PANCE). The national pass rate for first-time PANCE takers is 93% over the last five years.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Dr. Rachel Harris, executive director of Â鶹ӳ»­â€™s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, was honored with the Olean Zonta Club’s Yellow Rose Award.

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Jun 24, 2026 | The Reverón Piano Trio will bring under-represented Latin American music to the forefront during their performance at Â鶹ӳ»­â€™s Quick Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 14.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Â鶹ӳ»­ recognized the successful completion of the inaugural BonaLeads: President’s Leadership Academy cohort in May during a full-day capstone leadership retreat focused on communication, crisis response, and values-driven decision making.

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Jun 24, 2026 | The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at Â鶹ӳ»­ is opening two new exhibitions this spring.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Celebrating the impact its graduates make on the world of sports media, Â鶹ӳ»­â€™s Jandoli School of Communication will honor two of its alumni shaping the intersections of sports, journalism, and public relations at a trio of on-campus events.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Â鶹ӳ»­ will celebrate the achievements of its Class of 2026 with two commencement ceremonies in Reilly Center Arena, highlighted by student speakers whose stories reflect leadership, resilience and community impact.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Â鶹ӳ»­â€™s nationally ranked women’s and men’s rugby teams square off with their counterparts from Walsh University Saturday at SBU’s Marra Athletics Fields Complex. The women, ranked No. 5 in the latest National Collegiate Rugby Division I poll, play No. 7 Walsh at 10 a.m. The 4th-ranked Bonaventure men play 6th-ranked Walsh at noon.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Award-winning children’s author and illustrator Heather Lynn Harris has received an Honorable Mention in the Purple Dragonfly Book Awards in the Children’s Picture Books, Ages 6+ category for her most recent title, "Something to Sing Â鶹ӳ»­."

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Jun 24, 2026 | The SBU Jazz Band will perform a program of original contemporary jazz arrangements as well as new arrangements of classic tunes by an array of jazz giants at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, at Â鶹ӳ»­â€™s Quick Center for the Arts.

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Jun 24, 2026 | A majority of Americans say athletes, coaches and other figures in professional sports speaking out against what they believe are social injustices is good for sports, according to a new survey of United States residents released today by the Siena Research Institute (SRI) and Â鶹ӳ»­â€™s Jandoli School of Communication.

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Jun 24, 2026 | Megan Weinheimer, '11, adjunct instructor in the master's in Marketing Communication program, has accepted a new role as paid media and affiliate marketing manager with General Assembly.

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