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Casey O’Bryan, Grace Sweeney, Alexandra Kiedrowski, and Dr. Cassandra Marnocha at the American Society for Microbiology Microbe 2024 meeting at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga., June 13-17, 2024.

Niagara University Students Present Research at International Microbiologist Conference

July 26, 2024

Dr. Cassandra Marnocha, associate professor of biology at Niagara University, and rising seniors Casey O’Bryan, Grace Sweeney, and Alexandra Kiedrowski presented their research at the American Society for Microbiology’s Microbe 2024 meeting at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga., June 13-17, 2024.

Niagara University Receives New York State Biodefense Award to Develop Novel Anti-Viral Therapy

July 25, 2024

Niagara University has been selected to receive a grant from the New York State Biodefense Commercialization Fund. The award of nearly $261,500 will be used to formulate a general anti-viral therapeutic using CholestosomeTM technology, a molecule delivery system developed at Niagara by Dr. Mary McCourt, professor of chemistry.

Dr. Dana Radatz Receives Grant from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

July 22, 2024

Dr. Dana L. Radatz, associate professor of criminology and criminal justice at Niagara University, was awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Connection Grant for the project "Understanding, defining, and assessing coercive control to prevent IPV: Outreach to identify knowledge gaps and research needs.”

Dr. Petter Lovaas, Niagara University’s chief information security officer and chair of the Department of Cyber Security & Operations; Dr. Timothy Ireland, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs; Samantha DalPorto, field representative for Congressman Timothy M. Kennedy; Rev. James J. Maher, C.M., president of Niagara University; and George McNerney, regional director for Congresswoman Claudia Tenney, at the announcement of Niagara University’s designation as a National Security Agency Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense.

Niagara University Receives Center of Excellence Designation from National Security Agency

July 10, 2024

Niagara University is proud to announce its designation as a National Security Agency Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense. This important recognition underscores the university’s commitment to advancing cybersecurity education, research, and developing the next generation of cybersecurity professionals to protect the United States’ critical national information infrastructure into the future.

Dr. Talia Harmon Publishes Article in Public Interest Law Review

July 10, 2024

Dr. Talia Harmon, chair and professor of criminology and criminal justice at Niagara University, recently published an article in the University of Richmond’s Public Interest Law Review. The article, “‘Their Futures, So Full of Dread’: How Barefoot’s Contamination of the Death Penalty Trial Process Continues,” was co-authored by Niagara University alumni Maren Geiger, ’22, M.S.’24, and Moana Houde-Camirand, ’22, M.S.’23, and Michael L. Perlin, professor of law emeritus at New York Law School.

Dr. Shannon Risk Presents Lecture on the Life and Times of Elizabeth Upham Yates

July 10, 2024

Dr. Shannon Risk, professor of history at Niagara University, presented a lecture based on her book, “The Life and Times of Elizabeth Upham Yates: Crusader for Women's Suffrage, Temperance, and Missionary Work” at the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum in Adams, Mass., on June 29, 2024.

Dr. Laura Kremmel Authors Chapter in “Religious Horror and the Ecogothic”

June 20, 2024

Dr. Laura Kremmel, assistant professor of English, authored a chapter in “Religious Horror and the Ecogothic,” a recently published collection that illuminates the ways in which a Christianized understanding of hierarchy, dominion, fear, and sublimity shapes reactions to the environment and conceptions of humanity’s place therein through a survey of Ecogothic texts from the 18th century to the present day.

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Niagara University Awarded $100,000 U.S. National Science Foundation Award

June 6, 2024

Niagara University professors Dr. Maritza Branker, associate professor of mathematics, and Dr. Caitlin Riegel, assistant professor of education, have been awarded a $100,000 grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Robert Noyce Scholarship Program to expand STEM education pathways for secondary teachers in high-need school districts.

Dr. Joseph Little (wearing yellow hat) and his wife, Samantha, led a group of Niagara University students on a California Wonder Walk this spring.

Niagara Students and Professor Enjoy the Wonders of California

June 3, 2024

For seven days in March, Dr. Joseph Little, associate professor of English, and his wife, Samantha, led a group of six Niagara University students on a trip to the West Coast designed to immerse them in the natural beauty and rich cultural contexts of California's southern and central coasts.

Niagara University Pre-Law Students Attend Oral Arguments at Supreme Court

May 14, 2024

The Niagara University Pre-Law Student Association recently returned from its annual trip to Washington, D.C., to attend oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court.

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