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Bysiek honored with chamber’s Enterprising Business Award
Oct 8, 2025 | Edward J. Bysiek, MBA, CPA, adjunct professor in the Department of Accounting and owner of Bysiek CPA, PLLC, was named the recipient of the Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce Enterprising Business Award.
Faculty members attend three-day sustainability workshop
Sep 10, 2024 | Five faculty members attended the Valley & Ridge Faculty Workshop for Sustainability held at Dickinson College in May.
ɬ's Marasco to present poster and paper at two April conferences
Mar 21, 2025 | Dr. Suzi Marasco, assistant professor of Occupational Therapy, will present a poster at the American Occupational Therapy Association national conference on April 4.
Historians to explore America’s unlikely Revolutionary victory
Apr 7, 2026 | On Monday, April 13, historians from the nationally acclaimed digital history platform Emerging Revolutionary War will present an interactive panel discussion titled “Winning the War: Why American Victory was So Remarkable” at 7 p.m. in 201 Plassmann Hall.
St. Bonaventure’s School of Communication adds bachelor’s program in Sports Media
Jul 10, 2020 | St. Bonaventure University’s Jandoli School of Communication, already with a rich history of producing acclaimed sports journalists, will begin offering a bachelor of arts degree in Sports Media this fall.
Chemistry Society journal to publish research by ɬ's Simpson
May 1, 2025 | Dr. Scott Simpson, professor of Chemistry and Honors Program director, had a manuscript accepted for publication in ACS Omega, a peer-reviewed, open-access journal of the American Chemical Society that publishes broad, high-quality research across all areas of chemistry and related sciences.
ɬ's Caliva Smart presents paper at Goddess at the Crossing Place
Mar 21, 2025 | Over midterm break, Dr. Kathryn Caliva Smart, assistant professor of History, presented a paper at The Goddess at the Crossing Place, a conference hosted by the Department of Humanities at Marshall University.
Bonnies advance to national rugby quarters with convincing victory
Nov 17, 2025 | Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame Coach Marv Levy often said before a game, “When it’s too tough for them, it’s just right for us.” Spoken or not, Danny Neighbour’s St. Bonaventure rugby team took that attitude to the pitch right from the opening kickoff.
Zhu presents AI research at conference
Apr 22, 2026 | Dr. Jinjing Zhu, associate professor and department chair of Management, presented a conceptual working paper titled “Cognitive Authority Reconfiguration Capability: A Higher-Order Dynamic Capability for Human–AI Complementarity” at the Midwest Decision Sciences Institute (MWDSI) Conference.
Bonnies heading to Florida for AAU hockey nationals
Mar 4, 2025 | St. Bonaventure (13-8-1) opens Pool B play vs. Fairfield (8-8) at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday in the 16-team AAU College Hockey National Tournament at Jacksonville, Florida. The Bonnies are ranked 7th overall in the tournament; the Stags are 10th.
Le Moyne’s Bob Beretta named ɬ’s VP and director of Intercollegiate Athletics
Jun 4, 2024 | In 1984, Bob Beretta was named captain of the St. Bonaventure University baseball team. Forty years later, Beretta is being waved home, this time by the president, not the third-base coach.
Siena/ɬ Survey: 29% picked Chiefs to win title before playoffs
Feb 4, 2025 | Prior to the start of the NFL playoffs, nearly half of Americans said the Kansas City Chiefs would win the AFC championship and 29% — twice as many as the Detroit Lions — said the Chiefs would win the Super Bowl, according to a new survey released today by the Siena College Research Institute (SCRI) and St. Bonaventure University’s Jandoli School of Communication.
Mackowski makes three invited presentations on the Civil War
Oct 25, 2024 | Dr. Chris Mackowski, professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, made a pair of invited presentations on Oct. 5 at the Art of Command Conference in Middleburg, Virginia.
ɬ Entrepreneurship Center to host Growth Conference for marketers, sales professionals
Sep 18, 2024 | The Entrepreneurship Center at St. Bonaventure University will host a Growth Conference this fall for marketers, sales professionals and entrepreneurs.
ɬ's Anne and Richard Lee present 'The Story of Taro Tsujimoto' at conference
Apr 6, 2025 | Jandoli School faculty members Anne and Richard Lee, lecturer and professor, respectively, presented at the Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism on March 28.
Sixty years later: A look back at the civil rights marches in Selma
Feb 6, 2025 | The university will host two upcoming programs that explore the 1965 civil rights marches from Selma, Alabama, to the state’s capital in Montgomery, that protested the denial of voting rights to African Americans.
Perkins, Buttafarro lead students on lobbying mission
Feb 24, 2023 | Connie Perkins, Ph.D., RN, CNE, and Tom Buttafarro, director of government and community relations at St. Bonaventure, accompanied Master's Entry to Practice nursing students to the Olean offices of two state representatives on Feb. 17 to lobby for legislation affecting nurses.
Paralympic gold medalist Rico Roman to speak at ɬ on Nov. 21
Nov 20, 2024 | Rico Roman, a three-time Paralympic gold medalist in sled hockey and a U.S. Army veteran who received a Purple Heart after being wounded in Iraq, will share his inspiring story at St. Bonaventure University on Thursday, Nov. 21.
Bussman to discuss memoir at Olean library event
Nov 19, 2025 | Jason K. Bussman, local author and adjunct lecturer, will host a book event at the Olean Public Library on Thursday, Dec. 11, at 6 p.m.
Podcast features Fr. Calabria on Franciscan-Muslim encounter
Nov 19, 2025 | Fr. Michael Calabria, O.F.M., associate professor and director of the Center for Arab & Islamic Studies, gave an interview for a podcast produced by Franciscan Media.