Celebrating Women: 50 Years of Coeducation at The University of Scranton
Spring 2023Campus unites for a 'Year of Gratitude' with programming, awards and more — all designed to salute this milestone of change.
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An Overview of Women's Contributions to the Life of the University
Spring 2023A pictorial timeline recognizes the 50th anniversary milestones and celebrates all of the women who came before.
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The Insider's Guide to the 'Scranton's Story, Our Nation's Story' Project
Spring 2023Hear from our community partners and University faculty at the center of the effort to reflect on Scranton's place in U.S. history.
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Graduate Education at Scranton: Taking it to the Next Level
Spring 2023How three advanced degrees and accelerated pathways represent an innovative new era of the University’s graduate education.
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Plan Launched
July 2022A new plan is released to support the Strategic Plan’s goal of building an inclusive community.
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Helping First-Generation College Students Achieve Endless Possibilities
July 2022“THR1VE brings a sense of belonging and community for those who identify as first-gen at Scranton. It helps break down the feeling of imposter syndrome and fear of being a first-gen student at a university where many students are not.”
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Student-Led Investing Pays Off
July 2022The PRISM student group has successfully managed a portion of the University’s endowment from $100,000 to nearly $1 million in 23 years.
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‘A Fire that Kindles Other Fires’: The Inauguration of Rev. Joseph G. Marina, S.J.
Fall 2021The sun shone on the Rev. Joseph G. Marina, S.J., as he strolled up the Commons in full academic regalia, waving to students on the way to his Inauguration as the 29th president of The University of Scranton in the Byron Recreation Complex on Sept. 24.
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The First 100+ Days of a Presidency
Fall 2021When Fr. Marina was inaugurated he'd been on the job for just over 100 days. Here are some highlights from those days.
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Now Launching: Budding Scientists
Fall 2021A ham radio enthusiast involves his students in work for NASA and the National Science Foundation.
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Recent Alumni Find Purpose and Balance Post-Pandemic
Fall 2021Despite the pandemic, or perhaps because of it, recent University graduates have found purpose, flexibility and balance in their young careers.
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‘One Foot Raised for the Journey’
Spring - April 2021Members of the University community take stock of their losses and prepare for a springtime “rebirth.”
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A Special Section on Father Pilarz: ‘A Pastor and Teacher to the End’
Spring - April 2021Father Pilarz drew on the words and lessons of Jesuits, poets and philosophers to shape and share his worldview, inspiring countless others and forever changing the face and soul of the University he dubbed the ‘miracle in the mountains.’
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Remembering Father Pilarz: A Timeline
Spring - April 2021Highlights from Father Pilarz's life and tenures as the University's 24th and 27th president are featured in this timeline.
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Remembering Father Pilarz: Video
Spring - April 2021Highlights from Father Pilarz's tenures at Scranton are featured in these videos.
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Remembering Father Pilarz: Memorial Site
Spring - April 2021On March 17, the University launched a memorial website to honor the life and service of Rev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., The University of Scranton’s 24th and 27th president, who passed away on March 10, 2021.
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Remembering Father Pilarz: Scott R. Pilarz, S.J. Scholarship Fund
Spring - April 2021Donations to the Pilarz Scholarship fund provides financial support to students at Scranton.
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Photo Essay: Campus Photographer Dies, Leaving University with Countless Memories
Spring - February 2021Terry Connors, who chronicled more than 50 years of campus life, passes away. See some of the moments he captured in this gallery.
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Financial Aid, Student Retention Thrive as Strategic Enrollment Plan Develops
Spring - February 2021In 2020, just two years after its launch, the SEP has brought about change, directly benefitting students and families and helping to advance the University’s mission and commitment to cura personalis, or care for the whole person.
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Coping Beyond Their Years
Spring - February 2021Students get through a year of instability by learning how to lean on others.
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Expert Opinion: The Pandemic and What Can We Expect as We Head into 2021?
Fall - December 2020Hospital epidemiologist and chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Penn (and Scranton alumnus) weighs in on how to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 through the holidays and what we can expect in the new year.
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Parenting During the Pandemic Has Been ‘One Wild Ride’
Fall - December 2020Achieving balance in daily life as parents is difficult even in normal times, but stay-at-home orders, virtual schooling and even illness threw off any semblance of it in 2020.
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University Publishes 2020-2025 Strategic Plan
Fall - December 2020“No doubt, the strategic plan we crafted together is lofty in its aspirations, and we launch it at a significant crossroads for higher education." - Rev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., president of The University of Scranton
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Class of 2020 Gateway Lightings This Year
Fall - December 2020On most evenings, the Class of 2020 Gateway was lit in honor of our health care heroes. However, it was lit to celebrate various holidays and events throughout the year.
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The Heart of Health Care
Fall - October 2020The Year of the Nurse provides a challenge met by Scranton nursing alumni and students.
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The Class of 2020 Perseveres
Fall - October 2020When the pandemic upended their senior year, they did what they learned to do at Scranton: come together as a community.
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Sameera Desai Sullivan ’05, G’06: Not Just by the Numbers
Fall - October 2020An alumna turns her accounting degree into a global career in fashion and fitness.
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Humanities in Action
Spring 2020The Slattery Center for Humanities opens up a new avenue for the exchange of ideas on campus.
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Two Hometowns
Spring 2020Scranton’s international graduates change the world for the better, at home and abroad.
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‘I Decided to be Undecided.’
Spring 2020At Scranton, students are encouraged to explore their interests before choosing a major, led by advising teams in the schools and experts in the career center.
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Alumni Bound by Mission in the Hudson Valley
Fall 2019Health care administrators and nurse alumni practice at a 10-hospital network in New York’s Hudson Valley, all with a shared mission that harks back to their Scranton days.
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Now What? How a Little Planning Goes a Long Way Toward a Fulfilling Retirement
Fall 2019Scranton professors and alumni offer their top tips for living your best life in retirement
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Expanding Scranton’s Pre-Law Program
Fall 2019New law school affiliations, a legal studies concentration, a successful mock trial team, and more, mean better opportunities for Scranton students interested in the law.
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Campus Update: St. Thomas Hall’s Façade
Fall 2019The façade of St. Thomas Hall facing Linden Street will have a new, modern design, which incorporates locally quarried stone with a lit glass wall that spans the center of the four-story building and features the University seal.
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Community Partnerships: Wolfer Honors the Muddle
Spring 2019A community commitment nearly always guarantees some disarray, but Loreen Wolfer, Ph.D., professor of sociology, criminal justice and criminology, is among those who welcome and honor the muddle, now being relieved, in part, by the new office.
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Pilgrim Travelers. Enlivened Educators.
Spring 2019Faculty and staff follow in the footsteps of St. Ignatius and other important Jesuits to enrich their own lives and others.
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Community Partnerships Bring Coursework to Life
Spring 2019Community-Based Learning courses, now supported in part by the strategic plan and a new office, are “win-win” opportunities for students and the community.
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Winning the Jesuit Way
Spring 2019Two alumni team up to examine the culture of Royals athletics.
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A Political Bubble, Burst
Fall 2018In the Jesuit tradition, students practice listening to understand in a recent civic engagement initiative to bridge the political divide.
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Joyous Return to Scranton
Fall 2018The Inauguration of Rev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., as Scranton’s 27th president took place on Sept. 21.
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Mind, Body, Spirit
Spring 2018Students “stress-less” thanks to programs across the University that focus on healthy and balanced lifestyles.
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The University Players Call McDade ‘Home’ for 25 Years
Spring 2018Players alumni reflect on how their experiences in the theatre shaped their minds and their careers.
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The Jesuit Seven
Spring 2018Scranton planted the initial seed for a Jesuit vocation for seven alumni.
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Scholars for and with Others by Christa Howarth '17
Fall 2017One recent Scranton graduate writes about how she and several other undergraduate Honors Program students have served their ‘neighbors.’
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Writing as Release, Teaching for Humanity
Fall 2017Student volunteers open up a sacred space for creative expression for women at a local prison.
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Student Experience, Improved
Fall 2017Now that the Strategic Plan 2015-2020: An Engaged, Integrated, Global Student Experience has been in place for a couple of years, what do we have to show for it? Well, you be the judge!
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Saying 'Siempre Adelante' To Scranton's 25th President
Fall 2017Kevin P. Quinn, S.J., who guided the University through important expansions and implemented a new strategic plan, steps down.
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Hand in Hand
Spring 2017Scranton’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Center helps female small-business owners get their start, and in turn supports the local economy and community.
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A 30-Year Journey
Spring 2017Students have been volunteering in Micronesia since the late ’80s, and, three decades later, the University has nine students from Micronesia and a long list of alumni.
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Residential Learning Communities Make a Difference
Spring 2017Students in Residential Learning Communities find support in one another, reinforcing the University’s overall sense of community.
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The Silver Tsunami
Fall 2016Alumni and faculty discuss the aging of Baby Boomers and how to help people ‘age well.’
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Battlefield Breakthroughs
Fall 2016Wartime lessons in medicine link two alumni trauma surgeons.
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The State of Scranton: A Resilient City
Fall 2016A newly launched seminar series informs the University ‘gown’ about its beloved town, opening discussions to further engage faculty, staff and students.
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A Partnership That has Transcended Time
Spring 2016The University’s MHA study-abroad program is a model for global graduate education.
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The Bottom Line
Spring 2016The ADPAC ensures that University accounting students are at the top of their game.
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In Solidarity with Syria
Spring 2016The University community brings attention to the Syrian and broader global refugee crisis.
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Emboldened by Pope Francis
Fall 2015University experts weigh in on the importance of the pope's encyclical.
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2015-2020 Strategic Plan - Engaged, Integrated, Global
Fall 2015A vision set forth by University President Kevin P. Quinn, S.J., challenges the community to reimagine what it means to be a Catholic and Jesuit institution today.
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New Building, Unlimited Possibilities
Fall 2015Edward R. Leahy Jr. Hall, an ideal space for active learning, opens its doors to the University community.
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A Walk With the Martyrs: Lecture by Oscar Torres
Spring 2015Oscar Torres, screenwriter of "Innocent Voices," gave a lecture as part of the week of 25th anniversary of commemorative events. His lecture can be viewed below.
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A Walk With the Martyrs: 'The Bridges' Program
Spring 2015Rev. Brendan Lally, S.J. ’70, former campus minister and rector of the University, was inspired to lead the Scranton community to El Salvador. He talks more about his experience below.
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A Walk With the Martyrs: Lecture by Dr. Will Cohen
Spring 2015Will Cohen, Ph.D., associate professor of theology/religious studies, gave a talk about the history of the civil war in El Salvador and the martyrs. Read it below.
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A Walk With the Martyrs: Rev. Brackley on El Salvador
Spring 2015After the six Jesuit priests were murdered, the late Dean Brackley, S.J., went to San Salvador to teach at the UCA.
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Coming Full Circle: Alumni Return as Professors
Spring 2015Alumni faculty members testify to what makes their alma mater, now workplace, so special.
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Modernizing Dharavi
Fall 2014This article is based on a study by Dr. Abhijit Roy, co-authored with Mousumi Roy, Ph.D., independent scholar: “Modernizing Dharavi: if you build, will they come?”
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A Campus Hub
Fall 2014The Weinberg Memorial Library just got loud, and the librarians aren’t even complaining. Construction on the first floor contributed to the clamor this summer, but — going forward — the Reilly Learning Commons will be abuzz with activity: a campus hub, complete with a computer lab and the latest software.
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Following a Jesuit Tradition in the 21st Century
Fall 2014University of Scranton professors serve refugee communities through Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at the Margins.
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A Deeper Dialogue
Fall 2014Scranton alumni in broadcast reveal the benefits and challenges of the 24-hour news cycle.
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A New Way of Thinking
Fall 2014University of Scranton young engineers’ focus on sustainable energy benefits local and global communities.
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A Friendly Oasis
Spring 2014Scranton PT & OT students enriched by service to Navajo Nation.
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The Politics of Transformation
Spring 2014Learning is an accretive process, a gradual building up of knowledge over time. Transformation, however, is sudden, dramatic, a lightning strike that makes a person completely new. Transformation is what comes to mind when students of Dr. Gretchen Van Dyke’s “PS 331: The European Union” talk about the experience.
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Faith in its Principals
Spring 2014Three Scranton alumni preserve Jesuit model of education.
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Celebrating 125 Years
Fall 2013Gratitude for the past and confidence in the future were the main themes sounded as the University's 125th anniversary year officially began with a Eucharistic celebration on Aug. 12.
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The Office Gets Memorable Scranton Send Off
Fall 2013Fans from around the world joined the University in bidding farewell in grand style to the cast and producers of “The Office,” the NBC TV series set in Scranton that aired its final episode on May 16.
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Reconnecting at Reunion
Fall 2013This year, more than 1,300 alumni and guests came home for Alumni Reunion Weekend in June to celebrate their years on campus and reconnect with those people who made the University so special.
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Surviving Sandy
Spring 2013In the days and months following Hurricane Sandy, countless Royals embraced their alma mater’s refrain of “being men and women for others,” assisting neighbors, friends and often strangers get back on their feet.
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'Nobody Can Picture It Until They're There'
Spring 2013A small group of University faculty and students spent 13 days in Uganda during intersession as part of the “Christianity in Africa” course.
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To the Extreme
Spring 2013Earning three credits has never been more breathtaking. The photographs you see are a sampling of images provided by the participants in the University’s intersession travel course “BIOL 395 – Extreme Physiology.”
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Forever Intertwined
Spring 2013Dating back to August 1888, The University of Scranton and the city for which the institution bears its name have been connected.
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University News
Fall 2012The following articles highlight the many news items involving the University and its students, faculty and staff.
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An Invitation to a Conversation
Fall 2012Years ago, as a young educator at St. Joseph’s Preparatory in Philadelphia, Ryan Maher, S.J., first learned of the devoted community at The University of Scranton from his former students who returned home from college.
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Without Scranton, ______________
Fall 2012The beauty of social media is simple. When it’s free of self-promotion and spam messages, there’s a real opportunity to connect with people you know – or hardly know – about a topic you truly care for.
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Scranton’s Fulbright Story Has Many Settings Worldwide
Fall 2012Now entering its fourth decade, the University's Fulbright Story has many settings across the globe.
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From the Commons to the Classroom
Fall 2012The parallels between Germantown’s DePaul Catholic School and the 40-foot mural – titled “St. Vincent’s Orchard,” recently completed on the school’s facade – run thicker than a few coats of paint.
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Scranton Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Coeducation
Spring 2012This year The University of Scranton celebrates the 40th anniversary of women studying and living on campus.
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Entrepreneurship: Seizing Your Opportunities
Spring 2012The University's new entrepreneurship minor teaches students to think critically and identify business possibilities.
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Los Angeles: The Ideal Classroom
Spring 2012The University's one-of-a-kind interdisciplinary intersession course takes students outside their comfort zone while visiting Los Angeles, Calif.
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Scranton Inaugurates Kevin P. Quinn, S.J., as President
Fall 2011In a celebration of The University of Scranton’s tradition and accomplishments, as well as its future as a leading Jesuit university in the 21st century, the University conducted an Inauguration Ceremony for its 25th president, Kevin P. Quinn, S.J., on Sept. 16.
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Transforming Our Campus
Fall 2011Since 2003, the University has invested more than $237 million in campus improvements, either completed or under way. Most recently, Scranton completed the first phase of the new Loyola Science Center and a new residence hall/fitness center on Mulberry Street.
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