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2 weeks ago | 
suffolk.edu | Andrea Grant |Michael Clarke
It’s a month of celebrations for newly-minted Suffolk University interior architecture master’s alumnus Adeleke Eyeowa. The week before Commencement, Eyeowa was honored as Student of the Year at the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) New England Chapter’s annual Building Leaders Breakfast.
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3 weeks ago | 
suffolk.edu | Andrea Grant |Michael Clarke
On the morning of June 3, 2024, then-rising Suffolk senior Kayci Resende-Abbott stood beside her brand-new colleagues in the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA2S+ Advancement and watched in awe as the city’s Pride flag was raised at City Hall. “They just took me in” from that first day, Resende-Abbott says of the city employees who welcomed her with open arms as she spent the summer internship connecting with residents at community events and promoting the new office on social media.
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1 month ago | 
suffolk.edu | Andrea Grant |Michael Clarke
Class of 2025 honors broadcast journalism major Areta Odiah—who will soon go from delivering the student address at Suffolk’s College of Arts & Sciences Commencement ceremony to 4 a.m. wake-ups in her new job as a multimedia reporter for a western Massachusetts news station—has a tip for the next crop of Suffolk students:Get yourself into rooms with people you want to know and strike up a conversation. “Obviously think, but don’t overthink it,” she advises.
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1 month ago | 
suffolk.edu | Andrea Grant |Michael Clarke
To meet the strong demand for employees in the legal, healthcare, and business fields with advanced language skills, this fall Suffolk’s College of Arts & Sciences will launch a new minor called Spanish for the Professions. Professor Iani Moreno, director of Suffolk’s Spanish program, explains how this program will set Suffolk students up for success. Spanish is the second-most common native language in the world.
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Feb 21, 2025 | 
suffolk.edu | Andrea Grant |Michael Clarke
Music historian whose work inspired Oscar-nominated Bob Dylan biopic gets candid with students
When the notoriously private Bob Dylan recommends a book about himself, you should probably read it. In a December 2024 social media post before the release of biopic A Complete Unknown, the iconic musician wrote: “The film’s taken from Elijah Wald’s Dylan Goes Electric—a book that came out in 2015.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
suffolk.edu | Andrea Grant
Conflict-resolution experts discuss honoring dignity over division in Ford Hall Forum talk
Against the backdrop of an approaching and contentious presidential election, a panel discussion—“We Can Get Through This: Navigating a Divided Country in a Time of Great Uncertainty”—moderated by Tim Phillips, BS ’83, HDHL ’18, brought forward insights on addressing division while staying true to democratic values.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
suffolk.edu | Andrea Grant |Michael Clarke
Sandra Correa-Garhwal, Suffolk University’s newest assistant professor of biology, knows that her scientific passion—spiders—might make some people shiver. But for evolutionary biologist Correa-Garhwal, these eight-legged creatures are a window into some of nature’s most fascinating engineering feats. Her research dives deep into the genetics of spider silk, studying its remarkable strength, its adhesive properties, and the specialized hunting skills of net-casting spiders.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
suffolk.edu | Andrea Grant |Madison Hardy
“It is so important to be able to touch objects that hold history and tell a story,” says Abrams, whose research regularly takes her deep into literary and material archives. So she set to work raising money—primarily thanks to generous donations from Boston-area funeral homes—and sent two students to work with the Bialystok Cemetery Restoration Project in 2023. This year, donations and Suffolk student travel funds allowed three students to participate in a summer internship with the group.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
suffolk.edu | Andrea Grant |Michael Clarke
Eleven new full-time faculty join the College this fall
This fall, the College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) is excited to welcome 11 new faculty members:
New Faculty Visiting Assistant Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice Professor Donna Cole is deeply committed to restorative justice and believes that the mental and emotional well-being of students is an important aspect of their education.
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May 28, 2024 | 
suffolk.edu | Andrea Grant |Michael Clarke
The Center for Teaching and Scholarly Excellence honored Assistant Professor of Psychology Mary Beth Medvide with the 2024 Innovative Teaching Award for her work engaging graduate students in action research into diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) best practices during its annual Symposium on Innovation in Teaching & Learning this May.
