Arts and Sciences News and Events

The Future is Bright for Biochemistry Major A sign in the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Athletic Center reads: Good, Smart, Talented.

08/08/2019 - Laser beams and glowing DNA are all in a day’s work for Max Howe, a science scholar and summer research fellow.

Student Research Converts DNA to Data Oscar Villalta conducting research in a lab setting.

08/06/2019 - A change in plans led one biochemistry student to bioinformatics research.

Research Opportunity Takes Trio to Notre Dame Alex Martinez and Fabio Sacco presented their projects to the members of the Zartman Laboratory as soon as they arrived, and presented their results before leaving.

08/01/2019 - For two months this summer, a Fisher faculty and student trio were deep in lab work and research in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at the University of Notre Dame, thanks to funding provided by the College’s Center for Student Research and Creative Work as well as the University Radiation Medicine Foundation.

Research Cracks Open the Tiger Nut Trevor Smith sets up an experiment in the lab as a part of his summer research project.

07/23/2019 - Found throughout the Eastern Hemisphere, Cyperus esculentus looks a lot like wild grass. Cultivated as a crop, this plant produces tiger nuts—small, wrinkly tubers resembling a cross between a peanut and a hazelnut.

#Fisher2019: Fisher Grad Aspires to Higher Ed Career Channon Jamison in cap and gown.

07/11/2019 - The transformative nature of a Fisher education can often be found in the close, quiet one-on-one mentorships between professors and students. That was the case for Channon Jamison ’19, who says an independent study with Dr. Patricia Tweet, assistant professor of sociology, had a “huge impact” on her.

#Fisher2019: Grad’s Career Off to Historic Start Jordyn Weller in cap and gown.

07/02/2019 - For Jordyn Weller ’19, life after Fisher has been history in the making.

Learning Fund Takes Students to Atlanta, Army West Point Andrew O’Hara, pictured here at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, is spending the summer with Atlanta United FC of Major League Soccer.

06/27/2019 - Fisher sport management majors Andrew O’Hara and Justine Tam have been selected as the recipients of the Sport Management Department’s 2019 Student Experiential Learning Fund.

#Fisher2019: Stellar Physics Graduate is Ph.D. Bound Robert Markwick in cap and gown in front of a St. John Fisher College step and repeat backdrop.

06/25/2019 - With his disciplined work ethic and deep knowledge of science, technology, and mathematics, not even gravity can hold down budding physicist Robert Markwick ’19.

Fisher Team Engaged in Student Success Program From left to right: Jonelle Mattiaco, Monica Litzenburger, Ed Freeman, Liz LaChance, Clair Smith, Kristin Picardo, Andrea Giordano, Jiayan Li, Michelle Erklenz-Watts

06/24/2019 - In August 2018, St. John Fisher College began participating in the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education’s Gateways to Completion Program.

Fisher Students Win Big during PR Awards Ceremony Professor Arien Rozelle with Fisher students Lindsey Garrant, Collen Senglaub, and Alyssa Whitley.

06/20/2019 - Students in the Department of Media and Communication at St. John Fisher College won three of the six awards given to students during the Rochester Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) annual PRism Awards.

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