Arts and Sciences News and Events

Fisher’s Douglass Images to Exhibit in Brazil A photograph of Frederick Douglass from Lavery Library's special collection holdings.

01/24/2020 - The Special Collections at Lavery Library has contributed two photographs of Frederick Douglass for the 34th Bienal de São Paulo, organized by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo.

Webinar: Fisher’s Strategic Communication Master’s Degree Delivers a Professional Edge Students listening to a lecture.

01/23/2020 - If you have a passion for helping companies and non-profit organizations communicate their missions, products, or brands across a range of media platforms, and a desire to advance in your current communications position, the online master’s degree in strategic communication program at St. John Fisher College is for you.

Vicker Joins Webinar to Talk Assessment of Pharmacy Programs Lauren Vicker

01/21/2020 - Dr. Lauren Vicker, professor of media and communication, was invited to be a presenter on a webinar sponsored by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. The topic was “Co-Curriculum Assessment Modalities across Accredited Pharmacy Programs,” and mainly detailed the results of a large-scale survey of pharmacy programs.

Art Exhibit Illuminates Irish Famine A piece by Robert Ballagh is among the work on display at the Patricia O’Keefe Ross Gallery.

01/16/2020 - Beginning this month, St. John Fisher College’s Patricia O’Keefe Ross Gallery will exhibit a major collection of art from Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University.

Endowed Scholarship Supports STEM Disciplines at Fisher Banners on a wall in the Integrated Science and Health Sciences Building showcases the many disciplines students can explore at Fisher.

01/09/2020 - A new scholarship fund at St. John Fisher College will benefit undergraduate or graduate students studying disciplines in the natural sciences, thanks to the generosity of alumnus Michael E. Haefner.

Faculty Member’s Poem Chosen for Publication A book with the word poetry written on an open page.

12/13/2019 - Lloyd Milburn’s poem “Blanket Dance” was published in the fall issue of The New Guard, a literary review. “Blanket Dance” was one of only 10 finalists out of nearly 2,000 poems.

Seward Scholar Develops Passion for Film Production Johairy Delacruz

12/10/2019 - This fall, the Department of Media and Communication selected Johairy Delacruz ’20 as the recipient of the James E. Seward Scholarship. Carrying a $1,000 award, the scholarship honors Jim Seward and his 41 years of college teaching, 29 of which were spent at Fisher. The scholarship was established by former students, friends, and colleagues when he retired in 2011.

Blaine Publishes in CUR Journal Bruce Blaine

12/10/2019 - Dr. Bruce Blaine, professor of mathematics and computer science, published a paper in the fall 2019 issue of Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research (SPUR).

Two Biology Students Win National Research Grants Matthew Kaiser and Evan Gundell

12/06/2019 - Matthew Kaiser and Evan Gundell, undergraduate biology students at St. John Fisher College, are winners of the competitive 2019-2020 TriBeta Research Grant Awards. In all, the students have received grants totaling $1,100 in support of their undergraduate academic research at Fisher.

First-Year Students Participate in New Creed Ceremony Two first-year students deliver a presentation about the Fisher Creed.

12/06/2019 - For over 20 years, incoming first-year students have signed the Fisher Creed as part of the annual Matriculation Ceremony, officially marking the end of their Orientation and the beginning of their student journey. But this fall, throughout the final week of classes, first-year students participated in new Creed signing ceremonies while also reflecting on what they have learned in their first semester at Fisher.

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