Arts and Sciences News and Events
03/20/2026 - Faculty, staff, and students at St. John Fisher University achieve, create, and motivate through their work every day. Here’s a round-up of recent accomplishments.
03/16/2026 - This week’s featured student in the “Countdown to Commencement” series is Victoria Howard, a psychology major nominated by Chris Keyes, director of student engagement and leadership.
03/16/2026 - Renowned paleobiologist and astrobiologist Dr. Andrew Knoll, Fisher Professor of Natural History and Earth and Planetary Sciences, Emeritus in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, will deliver the annual Loss Lecture at St. John Fisher University. Free and open to the public, the lecture will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 9, in Cleary Family Auditorium in Kearney Hall.
03/13/2026 - St. John Fisher University will celebrate the seventh annual I Heart Fisher Giving Day this Thursday, Mar. 19, a day dedicated to celebrating all-things-Fisher.
03/13/2026 - Students in the Department of Modern Languages will invite the Fisher community to explore the rich diversity of Hispanic cultures through food at the LSPN 340: Fusion and Flavor Culinary Showcase on Thursday, March 19, from 3:10 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Golisano Gateway Midlevel.
03/12/2026 - The School of Arts and Sciences Division of Humanities will continue its Dialogue in the Humanities series in March with a session led by Dr. Fred Dotolo, associate professor of history, who will present “The Archives of Rome.”
03/09/2026 - This week’s “Countdown to Commencement” spotlights Mary Marrapese, an economics and Spanish double major, nominated by Dr. Luisa Cordaro‑Mammano, visiting assistant professor and language proficiency placement coordinator.
03/04/2026 - Writer and interdisciplinary artist Sarah Minor will serve as the 2026 Cavanaugh Reading Series guest speaker on Wed., March 18, at 7 p.m. The lecture will be held in the Black Box Theater at the Arts Center at Murphy Hall.
03/02/2026 - Soon-to-be-alumna Isabelle Newcomb ’26 is adding one more experience to her Fisher résumé before crossing the stage this May with a new co-op position in the Employee Communications and Engagement Department at Wegmans.
02/19/2026 - Assistant Professor of English Dr. Jonathan Shelley and students Robert Campbell ’29 and Gloriann Perez ’29 recently traveled to Toronto, Ontario to present at the 2026 Modern Language Association Conference.