The new St. Francis College Center for Entrepreneurship was featured on the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership website this week in a story that points to the vibrant culture of self-starters and eager entrepreneurs in the borough.

History Professor Sara Haviland spoke about the role of race and politics in the unearthing of an African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan in the 1990's during her lecture for the Fifth American Studies Colloquium held on November 4 at St. Francis College.

The St. Francis College Nursing Program, which now offers a new four-year BSN program, was featured this week in an article for nurse.com. The article, which features Chair of the Department Susan Saladino, RN, Ph.D. and Adjunct Lecturer Michael Valenti, RN, MS, focuses on the importances of mentoring in nursing education.

St. Francis College hosted the Northeast Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature November 8 and 9 which featured the lecture, 'The Most Foul Buffoon': Some Early English Responses to Luther," delivered by Dr. Patrick Hornbeck.

St. Francis College welcomed Grace Schulman on Wednesday October 30 as part of the Women's Poetry Initiative's Fall Reading Series. She read read from her latest collection, Without a Claim.

Mayor-Elect Bill de Blasio, City Comptroller-Elect Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President-Elect Eric Adams, and City Councilwoman-Elect Laurie Cumbo with its 2013 Speaking Truth To Power Award on October 30 in the College's Founders Hall. Chirlane McCray acceptrf the award on behalf of her husband, Mr. de Blasio Serving as Masters of Ceremonies were clinical psychologist Dr. Jeff Gardere, entertainment visionary Ralph McDaniels and attorney Jacqueline McMickens.

Editor of the Arthur Miller Journal, Stephen Marino, interviews noted playwright and screenwriter David Hwang (M. Butterfly, Chinglish) for an extended interview published in the Fall 2013 issue of the Arthur Miller Journal.

St. Francis is proud to now offer a new four year BSN program for undergraduates, which is fully accredited by CCNE, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, and is now looking for candidates who meet the undergraduate requirements.

St. Francis College Sociology and Criminal Justice Professor Emily Horowitz wrote a piece for The Huffington Post entitled, "Manufacturing Fear: Halloween Laws for Sex Offenders." In the article she writes about new laws and proposals that are aimed at reducing a threat to children that she says does not exist.

Sharing stories on colorblind casting and choosing a profession where the vast majority is routinely unemployed and rarely very successful, Mellini Kantayya, kept a stiff upper lip and a smile as she read from her new book, Actor. Writer. Whatever. (essays on my rise to the top of the bottom of the entertainment industry) at St. Francis College on October 22.