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Board Chair Yurtchuk Named a 2022 C-Level Executives Award Winner

John Yurtchuk, the chairman of Daemen University’s Board of Trustees, was honored by Buffalo Business First as a 2022 C-Level Executives award winner. The annual honors, now in their 11th year, recognize western New York’s most effective business… Read More »

U.S. Blind Hockey Team Holds Camp at Daemen

The U.S. Blind Hockey Team recently held its national tryouts and camp at Daemen. Players from around the country stayed in the university’s apartments and ate meals on campus in dining halls. They practiced and scrimmaged at the nearby Northtown… Read More »

Tickets Now Available for 75th Keynote by Baratunde Thurston

Tickets for Daemen’s 75th anniversary keynote speech by Baratunde Thurston – the host of the new hit PBS show America Outdoors – are now available. While the event is free and open to the public, tickets must be reserved via … 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

75th-Anniversary Celebrations Take Shape

As the academic year closes, Daemen is ramping up plans to celebrate its 75th anniversary. Throughout the summer and fall, a spate of events will honor the institution’s history and gather the university’s community of students, alums, faculty, staff and… Read More »

Academic Influence Ranks Daemen ABA in Top 20 Nationally, Among Other Honors

Academic Influence, an online scholarly ranking publication, has included Daemen University on its national and international lists of most influential schools. Included in these rankings was Daemen’s online master’s in applied behavior analysis, which placed in the top 20… Read More »

Daemen Named a Top 3 Program in New York for Online Nursing

Registered Nursing, an online information resource for nurses, has ranked Daemen University’s Nursing, B.S. (R.N. to B.S.) program third in New York State. “As one of the top online nursing programs of its kind in New York, we’re proud… Read More »