Author Archives: Daniel Robison

A Conversation with Jessica Brass – Social Media Extraordinaire

Perhaps the latest content on Daemen’s social media has attracted your attention? If not, you’re missing out. The engaging contests, music and photography are brought to you by Jessica Brass, who recently joined Daemen in her role as communications specialist. … Read More »

Daemen to Celebrate 75th Birthday on Friday

Daemen University will mark the 75th anniversary of its founding this week. On Friday, two days before Daemen’s official birthday, the institution will host an 11:30 a.m. gathering near the front lawn of the Amherst campus. A Daemen flag will… Read More »

Daemen Nursing Recognized as One of Region’s Best

Daemen’s nursing programs have been named among the top of their kind in the region and in New York by Nursing Schools Almanac, an online educational resource for those looking to study nursing. The 2022 rankings placed Daemen at No.… Read More »

USA Hockey Spends Summer at Daemen

For the past month, USA Hockey has hosted multiple camps for young elite prospects at Daemen. While hockey matches and practices were held at the nearby Northtown Center in Amherst (and livestreamed on HockeyTV.com), players were housed, coached and took… Read More »

Student-Animated Films Win Five National Telly Awards

Five Daemen University student-animated short films recently earned international recognition at the 43rd annual Telly Awards. Honored with three silver and two bronze awards in the Non-Broadcast General-Student category, the five Daemen Class of 2021 alums completed the short… Read More »

Lumsden Gymnasium Floor Sports Refreshed Design

The hardwood floor of Lumsden Gymnasium has been renovated and redesigned in a project that represents the completion of the Division of Athletics’ first phase of branding updates necessitated by Daemen’s move to university status earlier this year.… Read More »

Kelly Receives National Prism Scholarship

Ann Kelly, associate director of technology support at Daemen University, has been selected as part of the inaugural class of Prism Scholarship awardees. The Prism initiative seeks to increase diversity, equity and inclusion in the higher education and audio… Read More »

New Art Exhibition Highlights Works by Summit Center Students

The Summit Center, a behavioral health center in western New York, has collaborated with Daemen on a new exhibition to celebrate artists and learners with autism. The show, consisting of paintings, digital artwork, and paper collage works by Summit students,… Read More »

A Conversation with Jeffrey Law – Assoc. Professor and Honors Program Director

Jeffrey Law, an associate professor of biology at Daemen University, has recently taken on the role of Honors Program director. Law, whose expertise is mainly in plants and insects, teaches multiple courses at Daemen, including introduction to biology, plant biology,… Read More »

Daemen Named a College of Distinction – for 15th Straight Year

Daemen University has been named a national College of Distinction – a prestigious recognition given to higher education institutions – as an acknowledgement of distinction in teaching, scholarship and student success. The honor marks the 15th consecutive year Daemen has… Read More »

Robert Gioia Joins Daemen Board of Trustees

Robert Gioia, a civic leader in western New York for nearly 50 years and retired president of The John R. Oishei Foundation, has been appointed to the Daemen University Board of Trustees. “There are few leaders in our region… Read More »

Professor Laura Watts Receives National Award for Book

The American Association for Italian Studies (AAIS) has awarded the book prize for Visual Studies to Laura Watts, professor of art history in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Daemen University, for her book Italian Panting in… Read More »

Oishei Children’s Hospital Awarded 2022 Daemen Community Partner Award

Daemen University’s Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) program recently presented Oishei Children’s Hospital its 2022 Community Partner Award – an annual recognition given to a local agency that has worked with the university to provide hands-on experience to ABA students.… Read More »

Numerous Daemen Staff, Faculty and Leadership Appear in Recent News Media

WGRZ-NBC What is Title IX and what impact has it had? Traci Murphy, director of athletics Albany Times-Union Commentary: New York City gave a thumbs up to Ranked Choice Voting Erin Carman, assistant professor of social work Jay … Read More »

Daemen Student-Athletes Continue Strong Academic Tradition

AMHERST, N.Y. – It was another successful term in the classroom for Daemen University’s student-athletes who achieved a collective 3.26 grade point average (GPA) during the Spring 2022 semester. It marks the 18th consecutive semester that Daemen student-athletes have recorded… Read More »