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NU Chemistry Professor Awarded Travel Grant from American Chemical Society

January 27, 2012

Ronny Priefer, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry, has been awarded a $600 travel grant to attend a national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in San Diego, Calif., this spring. This year’s event, titled “Chemistry of Life,” takes place March 21-25. Dr. Priefer will be among ...

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NU Joining Music is Art to Collect Musical Instruments for Area Schools

November 8, 2011

The Niagara University communication studies department, public relations office and WNIA are joining Buffalo-based nonprofit Music is Art (MIA) to collect new and gently-used musical instruments that will be cleaned, refurbished and distributed to benefit Niagara County schools and youth programs. ...

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NU Chapter of Philosophy Honor Society Inducts New Members

November 7, 2011

Phi Sigma Tau, the International Honor Society in Philosophy, inducted 12 new members into Niagara University’s Omega chapter during a ceremony held Nov. 1, 2011. Following a welcome by Sebastian Galbo, ’12, vice president of Niagara’s chapter of the society, discourses on the importance of ...

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Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society Earns Repeat Recognition

October 26, 2011

For the second straight year and the fourth time in five years, Niagara University’s American Chemical Society (ACS) student chapter has been recognized by The Society Committee on Education. Dr. Mary McCourt, chair of Niagara’s biochemistry/chemistry department, received a letter in late ...

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Philosopher Peter van Inwagen Delivers 2011 Albertus Magnus Lecture

October 23, 2011

Peter van Inwagen, an expert on metaphysics and philosophical theology, addressed a crowd of about 150 Niagara University students, faculty and staff in the Castellani Art Museum Oct. 20, 2011. His presentation on the coherence of the Judeo-Christian and Islamic doctrine of the resurrection of the ...

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Hardy Becomes First NU Student to Receive Fulbright Teaching Assistantship

October 21, 2011

Niagara University is pleased to announce that Shannon Hardy, ’11, has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Scholarship, making her the first student to receive the honor while enrolled at NU. (Other Niagara graduates have received awards but did so while pursuing advanced degrees ...

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NU Student Receives Scholarship from Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI

September 20, 2011

Elizabeth Berger, a Niagara University student from Mount Morris, N.Y., has been selected as the recipient of a $2,500 scholarship from the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI. The award is presented annually to nine Criminal Justice majors nationwide through the J. Edgar Hoover Memorial ...

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NU Students Taking Higher Education to the High Seas

July 20, 2011

Five Niagara University students will be among the 20 taking higher education to the high seas later this month when they participate in an educational program that takes place aboard an authentic 19th century wooden sailing ship. Jason Davis, ’13, Danielle Graham, ’14, Joe Grenga, ’12, Lauren ...

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31st Annual Day of Recognition Celebrates NU’s College of Arts & Sciences

May 11, 2011

It was a celebration of the arts and sciences on Friday, May 6, 2011, as Niagara University’s oldest college held its 31st annual Day of Recognition at the Castellani Art Museum. The Rev. Joseph L. Levesque, C.M., president of Niagara University, instituted the event in 1981 while serving as the ...

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Congresswoman Slaughter announces federal grant for the Center for Integrated Sciences

October 21, 2010

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter announced that Niagara University is poised to receive $550,000 to purchase equipment for the B. Thomas Golisano Center for Integrated Sciences. More on this Story Niagara University Article Niagara Gazette Article The following are Dr. McGlen's thank you remarks for ...

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