Tag Archives: Academics

Natural Science Seniors Present Capstone Research

Daemen University Natural Science majors presented their senior research posters to a bustling room of faculty, staff, and peers last month. The posters, which are the culmination of four semesters of work, represent findings from their capstone research sequence. … Read More »

Daemen Announces Graduate Ceremony Commencement Speaker

Kleinhans Music hall during commencement

With graduation celebrations quickly approaching, Daemen University is excited to announce Nate Breske, Head Athletic Trainer for the Buffalo Bills, as the graduate ceremony speaker. Since being hired by the Bills in 2018, Breske and his athletic training staff have… Read More »

Daemen Celebrates BA Liberal Studies-Israel Program Graduates

On February 19th, Daemen recognized students graduating from the Bachelor of Arts Liberal Studies-Israel program at a ceremony in Brooklyn. Sara Adler and Yehudis Fischer, were awarded Outstanding Academic Achievement awards for earning a 4.0 and 3.95 GPA, respectively. Additionally,… Read More »

Social Work Graduate Student Interning To End Gun Violence

Daemen University is utilizing its graduate programs and internships to help support Gov. Hochul’s goal of ending the gun violence epidemic in the United States. Graduate student Jailyn Weiss, who is in her second year of the Master of Social … Read More »

PT Faculty and Students to Present at National Conference

Daemen PT faculty and students have been selected to present their research at the American Physical Therapy Association’s (APTA) Annual Combined Sections Meeting which, according to Dr. Greg Ford, PT Department Chair and recently-named Founding Dean of the College… Read More »

Master of Social Work Program Receives Grant

Daemen’s Master of Social Work (MSW) program will receive a $150,000 grant over a three-year period from the Patrick P. Lee Foundation to fund student scholarships. The Foundation will provide $50,000 each year to fund scholarships of up to $10,000… Read More »

Falletta to Serve as Commencement Speaker

With graduation exercises quickly approaching, Daemen University is pleased to announce that it will honor this year’s graduates with Grammy Award-winning conductor JoAnn Falletta, who will serve as Daemen’s 2023 undergraduate commencement ceremony speaker. Falletta serves as Music… Read More »

Daemen Invites Submissions for Emergence Art Show

The Leadership and Entrepreneurship in the Arts program at Daemen University, in collaboration with Arts Services Inc. (ASI) and Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology (BCAT), has issued a call for work to artists under the age of 30 for… Read More »

Daemen Most Selective University in WNY

Daemen is the most selective university in the Western New York region, according to a new data analysis by Buffalo Business First. With an acceptance rate of 62 percent, Daemen beat the national average by nearly 10 percentage points among… Read More »

Summer PT Institute Offers Inventive Onramp into Profession

Daemen has long been a destination for studying physical therapy. As Daemen was one of the first four-year institutions in the country to offer a degree in the field starting in the 1970’s, it’s only fitting that the university launched… 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 »

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 »

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 »

Commencement Ceremonies Celebrate – and Challenge – Class of 2022

While 1,102 days had passed since Daemen last held commencement at Kleinhans Music Hall, this year’s ceremonies – the 71st in the institution’s history – were a welcome return to the university’s long-standing tradition of holding graduation in one of… Read More »