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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.

Dr. Cassandra Marnocha, professor Coleen Edwards, Dr. William Edwards, Ciaran Edwards, Samantha Wrobel, Bethany Mangioni, and Clare vanLieshout at the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography meeting at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison, Wisc., June 2-7, 2024.

Niagara University Students and Faculty Present at Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography

July 26, 2024

Niagara University biology/environmental science students and faculty showcased research findings at the annual meeting of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, June 2-7, 2024, in Madison, Wisc.

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.

Phillip Catanese (left), director of centers & college outreach at Niagara University, accepts the IlioDiPaolo Humanitarian Award from Dennis DiPaolo.

Phil Catanese Honored for Community Service

July 24, 2024

Phillip Catanese, director of centers & college outreach in Niagara University's Holzschuh College of Business Administration, received the Ilio DiPaolo Humanitarian Award on July 23 as part of the Buffalo Bisons Italian Night Festival.

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.”

Coleen Edwards with teachers on the lower Niagara River. Photo credit: Samantha Wrobel.

Professor Coleen Edwards Leads New York Sea Grant Plankton Workshop for Teachers

July 22, 2024

Coleen Edwards, a faculty fellow in biology and environmental sciences at Niagara University, hosted a professional development workshop sponsored by the New York Sea Grant and the Center for Great Lakes Literacy. Twenty teachers and educators representing 17 school districts participated in the two-day workshop, which was held July 18-19, 2024, and focused on plankton, the organisms that form the base of the Great Lakes food web.

Dr. Caitlin Riegel Publishes Article in The Teaching Professor

July 16, 2024

Dr. Caitlin Riegel, assistant professor in the College of Education, recently published an article titled "Leveraging Generative AI for Effective Rubric Development in Higher Education” in The Teaching Professor.

Dr. Natalie Snow Joins Niagara University in Ontario Criminal Justice Faculty

July 11, 2024

Niagara University in Ontario welcomes Natalie Snow, Ph.D., to the faculty of its Master of Arts in Criminal Justice Administration program.

Dr. Patricia Briscoe and NU alumnus John Della Fortuna, M.S.Ed.’06, M.S.Ed.’21, co-authored “Elite High-Level Sports Coach and the School Leader: What Can We Learn from Them?”

NU Professor Co-authors Article with NU Alumnus in the Open Journal of Leadership

June 13, 2024

Dr. Patricia Briscoe, Niagara University in Ontario associate professor of education, and NU alumnus John Della Fortuna, M.S.Ed.’06, M.S.Ed.’21, co-authored “Elite High-Level Sports Coach and the School Leader: What Can We Learn from Them?” which was published in March 2024 in the Open Journal of Leadership.

Dr. Patricia Briscoe and and NU alumna Jody-Ann Robinson, ’19, M.S.Ed.’22, co-authors of“Surviving and Thriving: An Autoethnography of a Black Afro-Caribbean Early Career Teacher in a Northern Ontario First Nation Community.”

NU Professor Co-authors Article with NU Alumna Detailing Experience of Black Afro-Caribbean Early Career Teacher

June 13, 2024

Dr. Patricia Briscoe, Niagara University in Ontario associate professor of education, and NU alumna Jody-Ann Robinson, ’19, M.S.Ed.’22, co-authored “Surviving and Thriving: An Autoethnography of a Black Afro-Caribbean Early Career Teacher in a Northern Ontario First Nation Community,” which was published in the Journal of Teaching and Learning.

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