
New Building, Unlimited Possibilities
Edward R. Leahy Jr. Hall, an ideal space for active learning, opens its doors to the University community.
Edward R. Leahy Jr. Hall, an ideal space for active learning, opens its doors to the University community.
What was once just a normal spring day at the University is now a day to be celebrated. On May 6, alumni, students, parents, employees and friends pulled together to give back to Scranton.
The University welcomed more than 1,200 alumni and friends to campus June 12-14 for Alumni Weekend. Alumni with class years ending in a ‘5’ or ‘0’ celebrated their milestone reunions, but all members of the University community were invited to share in the festivities.
Join us in person, or in spirit, to support The Presidential Scholarship Endowment at The 14th President’s Business Council Annual Award Dinner at The Pierre in New York on Oct. 8 to honor Francis J. Pearn ’83, P’16.
The late Dave Gavitt, one of the architects of modern college basketball and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, was recognized at the fundraising event, held June 8 at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
A 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.
When Anthony Simone ’90 and his wife Kelley (Marrinan) Simone ’90, G’91 were asked by the University to co-chair the Parents’ Executive Council (PEC), they were surprised and honored.
Jay Nathan, Ph.D., the greatest education a person can have is a global one. “We can all learn from each other, and when we do, we are better off,” said Jay Nathan, Ph.D., a professor of management at St. John’s University in Queens, New York.
With smart planning, you may actually increase the size of your estate and/or reduce the tax burden on your heirs. Just as importantly, you will know that you have made a meaningful contribution to The University of Scranton.
The University of Scranton Alumni Society’s Board of Governors elected seven new members to the board of directors.
University experts weigh in on the importance of the pope's encyclical.
The Athletics Department held its 24th annual Senior Student-Athlete Luncheon on May 16, in the DeNaples Center.
Athletics photos and news from the spring are featured here.
A victim of polio finds strength through acting.
The secretary of health of Pennsylvania gets down to the nitty-gritty.
An accountant who has stayed with one company for 40 years still faces crossroads…even today.
The University presented its annual Pedro Arrupe, S.J., Award for Distinguished Contributions to Ignatian Mission and Ministry to Margaret Ann O’Neill of the Sisters of Charity.
Triple major Christopher L. Kilner is among just 260 students in the nation earning a 2015-2016 Goldwater Scholarship — one of the most coveted honors in academia.
A recent report by the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program places Scranton among the top schools in the nation for economic value of education.
The Board of Trustees announced in August that the new building on the corner of Linden Street and Jefferson Avenue would be named Edward R. Leahy Jr. Hall.
The University’s Kania School of Management honored five alumni as the first members of its Business Leader Hall of Fame in April. Among them, they have decades of experience in law and leadership.
University students are singularly devoted to service. Their efforts landed Scranton on a prestigious list - the 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
Christopher LoGiurato was among just 123 students in the nation named “University Innovation Fellows” by the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation.
In January, 16 students participated in Trading Places, an intense, weeklong poverty simulation that included spending plenty of time outdoors in frigid winter weather.
Scranton’s long tradition of success with students earning Fulbright scholarships continues with two graduates earning this honor this year: Benjamin Turcea ’15 and Brian Entler ’13, G’15.
Four faculty members have teamed with two professional colleagues to rally the community, especially its most front-line professionals, around the problem of illiteracy.
On the sixth annual “Scranton Day of Service” on March 21, alumni volunteered at 11 local services sites organized by nine Scranton alumni clubs in eight states and Washington D.C.
Create “the next great embedded technology invention.” That was the challenge of the Intel-Cornell Cup, a national engineering competition for student inventors, held in May at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The Edward R. Leahy Jr. Center Clinic for the Uninsured received two grants this past semester - one from The CVS Health Foundation and one from the Northeastern Pennsylvania Health Care Foundation.
Assessment at the University begins with the faculty in particular, and the job of the Office of Educational Assessment, established in July 2014, is to be a resource.
During Commencement weekend, the University conferred more than 1,600 degrees. To watch the 2015 graduation, visit scranton.edu/scrantongraduation2015!
Five individuals have been named to the Board of Trustees: Patricia A. Byrnes Clifford ’86, P’17,’19; Alan J. Griffith ’76; Rev. Herbert B. Keller, S.J. H’06; James M. Slattery, CPA ’86; and Robert S. Weiss ’68.
We talked with University Provost Donald R. Boomgaarden in detail about the University's new Strategic Plan.
A collection of faculty news from winter, spring and summer 2015 is below, featuring everything from teachers of the year to awardees in scholarship and service.