Arts and Sciences News and Events

Writer JR Fenn to Deliver Spring Cavanaugh Craft Talk Writer JR Fenn

02/20/2021 - Author JR Fenn will discuss the craft of writing during St. John Fisher College’s 2021 Cavanaugh Reading Series.

Making the Music that Moves Teddi Jack Laino deejayed an hour during the 2019 Teddi Dance for Love. This year, he is the deejay for the full 24 hours.

02/15/2021 - When St. John Fisher College students dance the night away to raise funds for the children of Camp Good Days and Special Times, the event will be deejayed by one of their own: Jack Laino ’21. A media management major and four-year Teddi veteran, Laino will bring his passion for music and mixing to the dance, playing tunes for the full 24 hours.

Countdown to Commencement 2021: Jack Mulvihill Jack Mulvhill

02/15/2021 - Biology major Jack Mulvihill is the next member of the Class of 2021 to be featured in the “Countdown to Commencement” series. Mulvihill was nominated by Jen Granger, assistant athletic director.

Miller Smith Appointed to Fairport Board of Education Dr. Arlette Miller Smith

02/03/2021 - Dr. Arlette Miller Smith, a longtime professor in the School of Arts and Science and Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. School of Education, was recently appointed to the Fairport Central School District’s Board of Education.

Student Presents Research at Mathematical Meeting LeChase Commons on St. John Fisher University's campus

01/29/2021 - In summer 2020, St. John Fisher College Honors student Natalie Petruzelli was selected to attend the Mathematical Biosciences Institute (MBI) Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program at The Ohio State University.

St. John Fisher College, Rochester Historical Society, Gilder Lehrman Institute Partnership Funds Scholarship Dr. Carolyn Vacca teaches a class outside on a warm fall day.

01/25/2021 - A new partnership between St. John Fisher College, the Rochester Historical Society, and the prestigious Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History will create a scholarship for students interested in pursuing studies in history.

College Offers Free January Seminars Through Extended Break Kearney Hall

01/04/2021 - St. John Fisher College has organized a series of seminars throughout the month of January in response to students interested in looking for ways to continue to connect and engage with each other and members of the faculty and staff through the extended break.

Media and Communications Honors Two Undergraduates Riley Moscicki ’21 and Kate Fitscher ’23

12/10/2020 - Two students in the Department of Media and Communication at St. John Fisher College were honored this fall for their academic accomplishments.

Fisher Faculty, Students Develop Diagnostics Prototypes in COVID-19 Era One of the devices designed and fabricated by the team containing a small chip that holds a membrane with a thickness and pore size that is measured in nanometers.

12/07/2020 - Since 2014, Associate Professor Dr. Fernando Ontiveros Llamas and his students have conducted research at the University of Rochester in collaboration with Dr. James McGrath, professor of biomedical engineering.

Two Sisters “Shine” at Fisher Helen Rose and Mary Grace Shine

11/27/2020 - Life for a college student can be very stressful. Add a full-time job to that, and you could say it is hectic. Make that job serving as an EMT, and you could call it down right impossible. But sisters Mary Grace and Helen Rose Shine handle the pressures of their dual lives with ease.

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