News
- Jan 04, 2019
- Office of Communications
Slavery Adverts 250 Project Featured on Detroit Public Radio
Professor Carl Robert Keyes, Ph.D., was featured on WDET’s “Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson,” an NPR-affiliated current events program. Prof. Keyes, associate professor of history and director of the Women’s Studies Program at Assumption, discussed the history of newspaper advertisement...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Office of Communications
Assumption President receives Leadership in Education Award
Assumption President Francesco C. Cesareo, Ph.D., received the “Leadership in Education” award at the Italian Heritage Month committee’s 2015 Annual Kickoff event. The annual celebration, held on Oct. 1 in the House of Representatives Chamber at the State House in Boston and presided over by S...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Office of Communications
FBI Cyber Division Assistant Director James Trainor ’87 to Speak at Assumption About Cyber Threats, Working for the Bureau
On Friday, November 13, Assumption will welcome back to campus James Trainor ’87, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) assistant director of its Cyber Division. Trainor will speak to students about the Bureau’s work to protect individuals and the nation from cyber threats and vulne...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Office of Communications
Athletics Honors Six at 2018 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Assumption officially welcomed six new members into its Hall of Fame at the 2018 Assumption Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony held on Friday, October 26 in the Tsotsis Family Academic Center. This year's Hall of Fame Class includes: Larry Bornheimer '89 (basketball), Karen Doucette '85 (bask...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Office of Communications
Assumption’s Accounting Program Among Top 10 in Massachusetts
Accounting Degree Review has ranked Assumption’s accounting program at number 7 in its recently published “Top 10 Undergraduate Accounting Programs in Massachusetts. The purpose of Accounting Degree Review’s “Top 10 Undergraduate Accounting Program” rankings is to hi...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Office of Communications
Kayla Harrison, 2012 London Olympic Gold medalist in Judo to Speak at Assumption, Share Advice with Students
On Thursday, February 25, Assumption will welcome Kayla Harrison, the U.S.’s only Olympic Gold medalist (male or female) in judo. During her talk—which will take place at 4 p.m. in Assumption’s Hagan Hall of the Hagan Campus Center at 500 Salisbury St.— Harrison will discuss her experie...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Jordan Aubin '16
Assumption Partners with Humanitarian Organization to Generate Awareness of Global Poverty
For the next three weeks, Assumption will team up with Catholic Relief Services to hold the inaugural Hounds4CRS Campaign. Officially a global partner of CRS, Assumption aims to engage students in a meaningful charity organization through this campaign. Over the three-week span, Hounds4CRS will i...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Office of Communications
Silva '06, Colleague Among Early Pioneers of 3D-Printed Prosthesis
Meet Dr. Kyle Silva, D.O., ’06, chief resident, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Jacobi Medical Center in New York City, who holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Assumption. Dr. Silva and his colleague are creating prosthetic devices using 3D printing technology, a method...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Office of Communications
Assumption Students Stage Exhibit on Race in America at American Antiquarian Society
Assumption students have created an exhibit, consisting of a collection of student-designed posters, at the American Antiquarian Society entitled, “From Frederick Douglass to Ferguson: Graphic Design Projects on Race in Modern America Inspired by the Collections of the American Antiquarian Society...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Wilfrid Kibanda, AA, Rector of ISEAB
Two Assumption Professors Mentor ISEAB, Form Partnership During Meeting in Nairobi
From March 7 to 10, representatives of the only two Assumptionist university-level institutions in the world met in Nairobi for a work session intended to assist the newer of the two institutions, ISEAB (l’Institut Supérieur Emmanuel d’Alzon de Butembo). The main theme was the articulation and ...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Office of Communications
Assumption New Academic Building to Integrate Classic Liberal Arts Tradition with Professional Formation
Assumption hosted a ceremony today to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new academic building on the institution's Worcester Campus. Dozens of students, faculty, staff and members of Assumption's Board of Trustees gathered to commemorate this momentous occasion with the turning of dirt a...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Office of Communications
Assumption Professor Awarded Fulbright Grant to Create STEM Teaching Resource for College Faculty in South America
Assumption English Professor and director of its Center for Teaching Excellence James M. Lang, Ph.D., has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Grant to collaborate as a Fulbright Specialist with three Colombian universities to create a free, public resource for higher education facult...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Office of Communications
Assumption and Washington University in St. Louis Partner to Offer Dual Engineering Degree
Assumption University and Washington University in St. Louis’s School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS) announced an agreement between the two institutions to offer a Dual Degree Program. This new program offers to students an opportunity to earn an undergraduate degree from As...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Office of Communications
Assumption, Catholic Relief Services Sign Agreement to Serve Those in Need Though Education, Prayer and Action
Carolyn Woo, Ph.D., CEO of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and President Francesco C. Cesareo, Ph.D., have signed an agreement that makes Assumption the first institution of higher learning in New England – and ninth in the nation – to become an official CRS Global Campus. The partnership wa...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Office of Communications
Alden Trust Awards Assumption $1 Million in Support of New Academic Building
Assumption has announced that the Trustees of the George I. Alden Trust of Worcester, Massachusetts have awarded a $1 million grant to the institution in support of the construction of its new state-of-the-art academic building. The grant is among the highest that the Trust has awarded to an in...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Office of Communications
Assumption Launches Applied Behavior Analysis Programs
Behavior analysis is a field with an increasingly growing demand. According to a 2015 study conducted by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB), the demand for behavior analyst jobs more than doubled between 2012-14. Though this is a national trend, the increase was most heavily concentrate...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Frank Bruno '17
New Assumption Program Enables Students to Teach in Argentina, Learn New Skills
In an effort to stay true to its mission of forming graduates with critical intelligence, thoughtful citizenship and compassionate service, Assumption has created an international internship program in which undergraduates can engage in international exploration while using the skills obtained in th...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Frank Bruno '17
MBA Students Apply Classroom Skills in Foreign Internships; Immersed in Italian Culture
While “Villino Duffault,” Assumption’s Campus in Rome, Italy, is usually home to undergraduates spending their fall or spring semesters abroad, this summer, Rome, as well as several other Italian cities, became a classroom for students in the MBA program. From June 4- July 3, a ...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Frank Bruno '17
Nation’s Top Children’s Hospital Invites Assumption Student to Intern, Conduct Pediatric Research
Although classes aren’t in session, Robert Benjamin ’17 is spending his summer learning outside of the classroom, obtaining real-world experience working for the neurology department at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH), one of the world’s leading pediatric hospitals. As an intern, Benjamin, ...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Frank Bruno '17
Assumption Students Travel to China for Unique Opportunity to Teach, Explore New Culture
Jean-Pierre Tetreault ’18, a foreign language and political science major from Manchester, NH, ventured across the Pacific this summer, embarking on a seven-week journey halfway across the world. Tetreault, along with Meghan Gaughan ’16, a human services and rehabilitation studies and psychology...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Office of Communications
Assumption’s Rehabilitation Education Master’s Program Receives Full Accreditation from National Organization
A nationally respected accrediting entity has recognized Assumption's rehabilitation counseling master’s program with full accreditation for eight years, the longest period for which accreditation is available. “We are very pleased with CORE’s decision to recognize the value of our pro...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Office of Communications
Assumption Biology Major First International Undergrad to Conduct Microbiology Research at Brazil’s Top University
While millions of people across the world flocked to Rio di Janeiro for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, Marielena Layuno Matos ’17 spent her summer conducting research focused on oral microbiology at the neighboring University of São Paulo. Layuno Matos, a biology major from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico,...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Office of Communications
Summer Internship Helps Assumption Students Find Purpose in Serving God, Others
During the school year, Corinne Murphy ’17, a human services and theology major from Wilbraham, and Mary Boulton ’17, an elementary education and mathematics major from Poughquag, NY, invest much of their spare time serving as peer ministers among other Campus Ministry-related activities on the ...
- Jan 04, 2019
- Office of Communications
The Princeton Review Ranks Assumption One of the “Best 381 Colleges” & “Best Regional Colleges”
For the third consecutive year, Assumption is included in the 2017 edition of The Princeton Review’s annual “Best 381 Colleges” publication. The nationally recognized education services company also ranked Assumption one of the “Best Regional Colleges” for the Northeast region. “...
