Valentine's Day is coming and St. Francis College Psychology Professor Marisa Cohen wants to make sure you're ready with the publication of her new book, From First Kiss To Forever: A Scientific Approach to Love (Open Books).

Valedictorian Christine Muraco '17, Commencement Speaker Evelyn Wolfe, Interim President Timothy Houlihan and the Winter Commencement Class of 2017 made for an amazing day January 9, 2017 as they rang in the new year with almost 100 new graduates of St. Francis College.

The new year will bring hundreds of parents, families, and friends to St. Charles Borromeo Church in Brooklyn Heights to celebrate the Class of 2017 at St. Francis College's Winter Commencement on Monday, January 19 beginning with a Baccalaureate Mass at 2:00pm and Commencement at 3:00pm.

The St. Francis College Board of Trustees has named Timothy J. Houlihan Interim President of St. Francis College. Dr. Houlihan currently serves as Provost of St. Francis. He replaces Brendan J. Dugan '68 who passed away on December 18, 2016.

It is with great sorrow that St. Francis College announces the passing of President Brendan J. Dugan, a graduate of the College class of 1968 on December 18, 2016. He was 69.

Over the past several years, the concept of "rape culture" has become a common framework for understanding a range of behaviors, including street harassment, online gendered harassment, sexual assault, and rape, says St. Francis College Sociology and Criminal Justice Professor Nickie D. Phillips in her new book, Beyond Blurred Lines: Rape Culture in Popular Media (Rowman & Littlefield).

Providing a vital platform and a medium for social expression for professional and student female filmmakers, St. Francis College has opened submissions for the 2nd Annual Women's Film Festival which will be held March 28 and 29, 2017 in St. Francis College's Founders Ha

More than 100 people enjoyed Chinese music and calligraphy, Dim Sum, and artwork at the opening reception for A Celebration of Chinese American Art & Photography in NYC, a month long exhibition featuring photographs by Psychology Professor Uwe Gielen and art work by Linda Moses at St. Francis College on December 2.

The St. Francis College Center for Entrepreneurship welcomed Tanya Van Court, Founder and CEO of iSow (www.isow.com), on December 1, 2017 to talk to students about elevator pitches.

Twice as many Terriers donated four times more money for Terrier Tuesday this year than last, raising more than $115,000 on a day when St. Francis College asks the community to give back.