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- News and Media Relations
Scranton, PA 18510-4628
Phone: (570) 941-7662
Fax: (570) 941-4097
Highlights
- Fulbright Tradition Continues at The University of Scranton
- BCMB, English Double Major Earns Nation’s Most Coveted Science Scholarship
- Scranton Student Represents Pennsylvania as National Truman Scholar
- Nine University of Scranton Students Named Scholars in Service
- Student Stories Feature Student Service
- Fall 2011 Dean's List
Points of Pride
National Recognition
- For 19 consecutive years, U.S. News & World Report's "Best Colleges" guidebook has ranked the University among the 10 top master's universities in the North, the survey's largest and most competitive region. In the 2013 edition of "Best Colleges," Scranton placed 10th in the North. The University was one of just 27 institutions included in a national listing of “stellar examples” of schools with “A Focus on Student Success." In addition, Scranton was included in an online listing of just 49 “up and coming” colleges in the nation and was named in a listing of “A-Plus Schools for B Students.”
- The University's MBA program is among the top 15 in the nation for general management according to a national ranking of business schools published by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review.
- For the past 11 years, The Princeton Review has included Scranton among its “377 Best Colleges.” Outstanding academics is the primary criteria for inclusion in the book, which lists only about 15 percent of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges.
.The University of Scranton was included in three of The Princeton Review’s “Best 376 Colleges” rankings, including “Best Campus Food” (12) and “Most Religious Students (19).
- Scranton is one of only 100 colleges and universities in the nation to be named to Templeton Foundation’s Honor Roll of Character-Building Colleges.
- For five consecutive years, Scranton has ranked among the nation’s elite universities included in Forbes magazine’s online listing of “America’s Best Colleges.” The magazine ranked Scranton No. 293 among the 650 universities in the nation selected. The University is among 25 Jesuit institutions and 43 colleges in Pennsylvania to make the national ranking.
Press Releases
May 2013
- University Plans Commencement Events
- Students Inducted into National Honor Societies at Scranton
- Nearly $1 Million Nursing Department Grants Benefit Students and Region’s Rural Health Care
- Community Leader to Serve as Graduate Commencement Speaker
- Sebastianelli Named Scranton’s CASE Professor of the Year
- Scranton’s Chapter of Alpha Sigma Nu Inducts Honorary Members
- Students Inducted into National Jesuit Honor Society
- Scranton ‘Office’ Wrap Party Brings Cast, Producers and Fans to City
- University Announces New $47.5 Million Rehabilitation Center
- Officials from Government, Business and Higher Education Announce New Collaborative Small Business Internship Initiative
- Catholic Universities Partner in Nursing Agreement
April
- University Program Celebrates Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month
- Pursuit of Happiness Explored by Economist
- Performance Music at The University of Scranton Celebrates 30th Annual World Premiere Composition Series Concert
- University Announces May Calendar of Events
- The Third Annual University of Scranton/TCMC NEPA Conference on Aging Announces Award Winners: Ann and Leo Moskovitz, and Brian Duke
- Undergraduate Commencement Speaker Proponent of Science and Sustainability
- Weinberg Memorial Library Book Sale: Good for the Wallet and the Earth
- The University of Scranton to Present Annual Arrupe Award on April 25
- Schemel Forum Hosts Two Collaborative Programs This Spring
- University of Scranton Earth Week Events Begin Thursday
- Guest Soloist Erica von Kleist to Perform with University’s Jazz Band
- “Christ the Teacher,” an ever-changing part of the University
- Linda Fried to Visit Scranton as Keynote speaker at The University of Scranton/TCMC 2013 Northeastern Pennsylvania Conference on Aging
- Outstanding Scranton Student Named Among Elite National Truman Scholars
- Symposium Promotes Closer Relationships in Healthcare Community
- Cast and Writers of ‘The Office’ to Return to Scranton
- International Efforts to Combat Firearms Trafficking Discussed at April 8 Lecture
