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Aug 07, 2024 | 51�Թ�app has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for $205,241 that will engage chemistry faculty and students over a three-year period beginning Sept. 1.

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Jul 27, 2024 | The Vigil Prayer Service and Funeral Mass for Fr. Dan Riley, ofm, who passed away Wednesday, will be held at 51�Թ�app on Thursday, Aug. 1., and Friday, Aug. 2, 2024.

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Jul 25, 2024 | Fr. Dan Riley, ofm, founder and animator of Mt. Irenaeus and one of the most beloved friars in the history of 51�Թ�app, passed away Wednesday. He was 81 years old.

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Jul 18, 2024 | For 50 years, 51�Թ�app’s student-run Warming House has been addressing the food insecurity crisis in the Olean area. In recognition of the golden anniversary of the Olean soup kitchen, the university is striving to ensure the Warming House is around for at least another 50 years.

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Jul 10, 2024 | As 15 51�Թ�app students immerse themselves in Italian culture through a five-week study abroad session in Sorrento, Italy, this month, they’ll also have the opportunity to explore and promote the Franciscan roots of a convent there.

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Jul 09, 2024 | Students in the Master’s Entry to Practice (MEP) nursing program at 51�Թ�app had an experience this summer they won’t soon forget.

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Jul 08, 2024 | Every 2024 graduate of 51�Թ�app’s Physician Assistant Studies program has passed the Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam (PANCE). The national pass rate for first-time PANCE takers is 93% over the last five years.

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Jun 27, 2024 | Francisco “Frank” Morales, director of 51�Թ�app’s Office of Veterans Services, has been inducted into the 10th Mountain Division Warrior Legend Hall of Fame.

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Jun 20, 2024 | The chair of the Department of Mathematics at 51�Թ�app continued his outreach with local school districts, working with students in Linda Dodd-Nagel’s precalculus class at Allegany-Limestone Central School to build a work of mathematical art: a 3D “shadow” of a four-dimensional shape.

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Jun 20, 2024 | Climate change, artificial intelligence and NCAA conference realignment are among the topics 51�Թ�app faculty members tackled in a hybrid journalism project for the Jandoli Institute.

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Jun 17, 2024 | 51�Թ�app is the recipient of a $953,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to encourage and support aspiring Adolescence Education teachers in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).

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Jun 14, 2024 | With its first course beginning in two months, the new doctoral program in Educational Leadership at 51�Թ�app has been granted membership in the Carnegie Project on the Educational Doctorate (CPED) Network.

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Jun 13, 2024 | The Franciscan Institute at 51�Թ�app celebrated the achievement of 23 people today as they completed the Padua Program, the Franciscan mission-based leadership program, on the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua (June 13).

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Jun 11, 2024 | 51�Թ�app’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts (QCA) will temporarily close for renovations from June through the end of August 2024.

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Jun 04, 2024 | Despite significant delays in the federal financial aid process, 51�Թ�app has more than 600 incoming freshmen confirmed for the fall semester.

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Jun 04, 2024 | In 1984, Bob Beretta was named captain of the 51�Թ�app baseball team. Forty years later, Beretta is being waved home, this time by the president, not the third-base coach.

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May 30, 2024 | Francisco “Frank” Morales, a decorated veteran of the U.S. Army and director of the Military Aligned Students Program at 51�Թ�app, was inducted Tuesday into the New York state Senate’s Veterans Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Albany.

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May 29, 2024 | Influential, dedicated and passionate about their alma mater. These are just a few of the traits embodied by 51�Թ�app’s 2024 Alumni of the Year: Jim, ’73, and Eileen, ’74, (McGowan) Buzzard, Mary Ann (Hickey) Glennon, ’79, and Chris LaPlaca, ’79.

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May 23, 2024 | Four scholars from the Franciscan Institute at 51�Թ�app have joined in the publication of a new international volume edited by Krijn Pansters and Anton ten Klooster titled “Moral Conversion in Scripture, Self, and Society.”

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May 22, 2024 | The Master’s Entry to Practice Nursing program at 51�Թ�app has received accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

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