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  • May 19, 2020
  • Kimberly Ruscitti

Perseverance: How Community, Compassion, and Cooperation Guided the Assumption Community through an Unprecedented Semester

In March, amid a global pandemic, Assumption was faced with making an unprecedented decision, and doing so quickly—to close the physical campus and shift to remote learning to ensure the safety of the College community. Under ideal circumstances, faculty would be allotted weeks, even months, to de...

Perseverance: How Community, Compassion, and Cooperation Guided the Assumption Community through an Unprecedented Semester
  • May 18, 2020
  • Office of Communications

Assumption Scholars Recognized for Excellence with Academic Honors

Assumption is honoring 80 students recognized with departmental honors, special awards, and Augustine Scholarships, academic awards for those who excel in their field of study. Each spring, an Honors Convocation recognizes those students who have received one of the aforementioned academic awards...

Assumption Scholars Recognized for Excellence with Academic Honors
  • May 18, 2020
  • Office of Communications

Prof. Pica-Smith Publishes Book on Intercultural Education

Cinzia Pica-Smith, Ed.D., associate professor of Human Services & Rehabilitation Studies and coordinator of the Working with Children & Adolescents in Community Settings Concentration, had her second book published in April.  The book, Intercultural Education: Critical Perspectives, ...

Prof. Pica-Smith Publishes Book on Intercultural Education
  • May 18, 2020
  • Office of Communications

National Podcast Features Assumption’s ABA Director 

Karen Lionello-DeNolf, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology and director of Assumption’s Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) program, recently appeared on the Operant Innovations podcast to discuss the undergraduate and graduate ABA programs at Assumption. Operant Innovations is an organization...

National Podcast Features Assumption’s ABA Director 
  • May 11, 2020

Assumption Honors ‘Resilient’ Class of 2020 with Online Conferral of Degrees Ceremony

On Sunday, May 10, the day on which the Class of 2020 was originally scheduled to receive their degrees at the 103rd Commencement, Assumption took a moment to celebrate the candidates for graduation and their years of hard work.  President Francesco Cesareo, Ph.D., was joined by Provost and Aca...

Assumption Honors ‘Resilient’ Class of 2020 with Online Conferral of Degrees Ceremony
  • May 11, 2020
  • Office of Communications

Prof. Briel Publishes Book on Greek Orthodox Theologian Scholarios

Assumption College Assistant Professor of Theology Matthew C. Briel, Ph.D., has published a new book about 15th century Greek Orthodox theologian Gennadios Scholarios.  Prof. Briel’s book, A Greek Thomist: Providence in Gennadios Scholarios (Notre Dame Press), is the first theological stud...

Prof. Briel Publishes Book on Greek Orthodox Theologian Scholarios
  • May 11, 2020

New Director of Athletics Presents Ambitious Vision for Assumption’s Future

Christine Lowthert will Enhance Assumption’s Athletic Profile through Execution of a Strategic Plan that Focuses Upon Academic and Competitive Excellence Sign-Up for Weekly Updates from Athletics The Assumption College Department of Athletics has announced that Interim Dire...

New Director of Athletics Presents Ambitious Vision for Assumption’s Future
  • May 04, 2020
  • Office of Communications

Citing Innovative Leadership and Growth of Institution, Trustees Grant President Cesareo Five-Year Contract Extension

As Assumption College begins the process of formally transitioning to university status, the institution’s Board of Trustees unanimously voted to renew the contract of President Francesco C. Cesareo, Ph.D., citing his innovative leadership during a challenging period for higher education, the expa...

Citing Innovative Leadership and Growth of Institution, Trustees Grant President Cesareo Five-Year Contract Extension
  • Apr 30, 2020
  • Office of Communications

Meghan Curtin ’16, Nurse Treating Coronavirus Patients in New York City, Featured in N.Y. Times

Meghan Curtin ’16, a former Assumption lacrosse player who is now a senior staff nurse for N.Y.U. Langone Health, was one of several nurses featured in today’s New York Times article, “’Patients Have Panic in Their Eyes’: Voices From a Covid-19 Unit.”  Read the N.Y. Times Ar...

Meghan Curtin ’16, Nurse Treating Coronavirus Patients in New York City, Featured in N.Y. Times
  • Apr 28, 2020
  • Office of Communications

With an Innovative Vision Set to be Implemented, Grenon School of Business Adds Experienced and Passionate Faculty 

This academic year, Assumption’s Grenon School of Business welcomed new faculty to the institution, expanding the depth and breadth of an already rich faculty roster.  “Since the formal naming, the Grenon School of Business has welcomed additional exemplary faculty to the School who shar...

With an Innovative Vision Set to be Implemented, Grenon School of Business Adds Experienced and Passionate Faculty 
  • Apr 28, 2020
  • Office of Communications

Renowned Catholic Scholar Robert Royal to Deliver 2020 Commencement Address

Robert Royal, Ph.D., founder and president of the Faith & Reason Institute and editor-in-chief of The Catholic Thing, will deliver the Commencement address during Assumption’s 103rd Commencement exercises on Sunday, August 23, at the DCU Center in downtown Worcester, which was rescheduled from...

Renowned Catholic Scholar Robert Royal to Deliver 2020 Commencement Address
  • Apr 27, 2020
  • Office of Communications

Study Reveals Benefits of Advocates for Children with Disabilities

Assistant Professor of Education Samantha Goldman, Ph.D., co-authored a paper with colleagues at Vanderbilt University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that details how children with disabilities and their families benefit from working with an educational advocate. The article, “...

Study Reveals Benefits of Advocates for Children with Disabilities
  • Apr 20, 2020
  • Office of Communications

Assumption Establishes $3 Million Coronavirus Relief Fund for Current & Incoming Students

Additional Financial Aid Available for Students and Families Facing Hardship Due to the Pandemic The Trustees of Assumption University have authorized the establishment of a $3 million fund to provide additional financial aid for students whose families are facing financial hardship due to t...

Assumption Establishes $3 Million Coronavirus Relief Fund for Current & Incoming Students
  • Apr 16, 2020
  • Office of Communications

Agudelo ’20 Manages Classes and Mass-production of Free Protective Masks

When Eliana Agudelo ’20 discovered her best friend was about to pay an exorbitant price for a pair of fabric masks to keep herself and her mother safe—$15 each with the price increasing every few days as demand grew—she put her sewing skills to work to make masks not only for her friend, but f...

Agudelo ’20 Manages Classes and Mass-production of Free Protective Masks
  • Apr 15, 2020
  • Office of Communications

Advance A Degree Program or Catch-up: Register Now for Assumption’s Summer Semester

This summer, Assumption will once again offer its high-quality, highly personalized online summer semester for those looking to catch up on or accelerate a degree program, or simply focus on a particular course with fewer distractions.  Register or view courses The courses offered during ...

Advance A Degree Program or Catch-up: Register Now for Assumption’s Summer Semester
  • Apr 14, 2020
  • Office of Communications

India’s Socialization of Care Work and Coronavirus: Not Just a ‘Women’s Issue’

Assumption Economics Professor breaks down why a lockdown won’t make up for the country’s investment in profit over people  Smriti Rao, Ph.D., professor of economics and global studies, published an essay with the International Development Economics Associates (IDEA), an international ne...

India’s Socialization of Care Work and Coronavirus: Not Just a ‘Women’s Issue’
  • Apr 09, 2020
  • Office of Communications

Assumption’s ABA Program Ranked Among Top Ten in Massachusetts 

Assumption's Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) program has been recognized as one of the top master’s degree programs in Massachusetts for 2020 by the Applied Behavior Analysis Programs Guide.  The Guide ranked Assumption as a top-ten program in the state.   Criteria used to rank instit...

Assumption’s ABA Program Ranked Among Top Ten in Massachusetts 
  • Apr 09, 2020
  • Office of Communications

Assumption PA Faculty Trade the Classroom for Emergency Rooms and ICUs

Though Assumption classes are being held remotely for the remainder of the spring semester, two physician assistant faculty members have been called to serve on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis in Worcester-area intensive care units. Nicholas Marshall, MS, PA-C, director of didactic education ...

Assumption PA Faculty Trade the Classroom for Emergency Rooms and ICUs
  • Apr 07, 2020
  • Office of Communications

Gender and COVID-19: Why Does the Virus Have a Greater Effect on Women?

How can governments provide support to women in response to global pandemics? Women have a higher risk of exposure to coronavirus due to the care duties they undertake at home, while at the same time are less likely to be treated or have their symptoms taken seriously, according to an articl...

Gender and COVID-19: Why Does the Virus Have a Greater Effect on Women?
  • Apr 01, 2020
  • Office of Communications

Global and Italian Studies Major Recognized with Doyle Award for Excellence

Isabella Bolognese ’20 was named the recipient of the 2020 George A. Doyle Merit Award for Excellence in Economics or Global Studies. Bolognese, of Millington, NJ, is a double major in global studies and Italian studies.  The George A. Doyle Merit Award has been given annually to a deservi...

Global and Italian Studies Major Recognized with Doyle Award for Excellence
  • Mar 26, 2020
  • Office of Communications

Pawtucket (Worcester) Red Sox Hire Richardson ’19 for Newly Created Role in Organization

For Alex Richardson ’19, baseball has always played a significant role in his life. After a successful baseball and academic career at Assumption, Richardson has been named the first community relations assistant with the Pawtucket (and soon to be Worcester) Red Sox, a position that was created fo...

Pawtucket (Worcester) Red Sox Hire Richardson ’19 for Newly Created Role in Organization
  • Mar 20, 2020

A Message to the Assumption Community from President Francesco C. Cesareo, Ph.D.

Remote Learning Extended to End of Spring Semester; Commencement Rescheduled to August I wish to take a few moments to thank our students and families for their patience during this period of transition; to thank our faculty for their remarkable work to quickly transition to online learning ...

A Message to the Assumption Community from President Francesco C. Cesareo, Ph.D.
  • Mar 20, 2020

Prof. Albert Discusses Assumption’s Cutting-Edge Cybersecurity Program

Assumption Professor Raymond Albert, Ph.D., professor of practice and director of the University's cybersecurity program, was recently interviewed by Cybersecurity Guide about the robust and exciting future of the cybersecurity industry. During the interview, Prof. Albert shared how Assumption’...

Prof. Albert Discusses Assumption’s Cutting-Edge Cybersecurity Program
  • Mar 10, 2020

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Precautions

University officials have been monitoring the coronavirus situation since it originated in the Wuhan Province of China. Since that time, Assumption officials have closely monitored updates from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and, with regard...

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Precautions