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    Three faculty honored with excellence awards
    May 17, 2026 | Three St. Bonaventure University faculty members have been recognized with 2026 Awards of Excellence, honoring outstanding achievement in teaching, scholarship and service.

    Four staff, three faculty honored at ’s 2026 Excellence Awards
    May 12, 2026 | St. Bonaventure University honored the dedication, innovation and service of its employees during the 7th annual Presidential Staff Excellence Awards ceremony May 7.

    joins calls for peace expressed by Pope and Franciscans
    Apr 17, 2026 | St. Bonaventure University joins the global Franciscan community in expressing deep gratitude for the recent call to peace issued by Pope Leo XIV, echoing a message that resonates profoundly with the university’s Catholic and Franciscan mission.

    Fr. David Couturier publishes new book on Franciscan ethics
    Mar 18, 2026 | Fr. David Couturier, O.F.M. Cap., associate professor of Theology and Franciscan Studies, has published a new book that synthesizes a moral vision from Judeo-Christian history and the lived experience of the early Franciscans.

    Stanley publishes final novel in historical trilogy
    Mar 18, 2026 | Dr. Christopher Stanley, professor emeritus of Theology and Franciscan Studies, has published the final novel in a historical fiction trilogy that has earned praise from historians and ordinary readers alike.

    Ott explores ethics of dissent at political theology event
    Nov 19, 2025 | Taylor Ott, assistant professor of Theology and Franciscan Studies, presented a paper titled “Contested Encyclicals, Anti-Desegregationist Parishioners, and an Ethics of Dissent” at the Political Theology Network Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, Oct. 23-26.

    Couturier elected vice chairman of the board at Viterbo University
    Oct 16, 2025 | Fr. David Couturier, O.F.M. Cap., director of the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University, has been elected vice chairman of the Board of Trustees at Viterbo University and will serve on the university’s executive committee.

    Belfield contributes to ‘New Cambridge Companion on Christology’
    Oct 08, 2025 | “The Cambridge Companion to Christology,” including a chapter written by Dr. Andrew Gertner Belfield, assistant professor of Theology & Franciscan Studies, was published in September.

    Couturier presents research in Assisi, publishes new book
    Aug 21, 2025 | Fr. David Couturier, O.F.M. Cap., associate professor and director of the Franciscan Institute, delivered three academic papers at the General Assembly of the International Franciscan Conference of Congregations of the Third Order Regular in Assisi, Italy, in May.

    announces Carney Endowed Chair
    May 22, 2025 | Honoring her life’s work as a beloved teacher, renowned scholar and transformative college president, St. Bonaventure University has established the Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., S.T.D., ’86, Endowed Chair in Theology and Franciscan Studies, marking only the second endowed chair in the university’s 167-year history.

    ’s Fisher to be honored with Franciscan Mission Service award
    Mar 31, 2025 | Claire Fisher, a St. Bonaventure University senior majoring in Communication, Social Justice and Advocacy, will receive the San Damiano Servant Leadership Award from the Franciscan Mission Service (FMS).

    Article by 's Belfield results from Franciscan Institute research
    Mar 14, 2025 | An article by Dr. Andrew Gertner Belfield, assistant professor of Theology and Franciscan Studies, was published in volume 82 of Franciscan Studies, a peer-reviewed journal of the Franciscan Institute at .

    's Couturier receives certificate of achievement from Harvard
    Feb 13, 2025 | Fr. David B. Couturier, O.F.M., Cap., associate professor of Theology and Franciscan Studies and director of the Franciscan Institute, received a certificate of achievement from Harvard University's School of Graduate Education in Educational Justice.

    's Couturier presents paper to regional association of churches
    Feb 13, 2025 | Fr. David B. Couturier, O.F.M. Cap., associate professor of Theology and Franciscan Studies and director of the Franciscan Institute, presented a paper to the Greater Olean Association of Churches on Feb. 2.

    Franciscan Institute scholars publish interdisciplinary volume on trust
    Jan 10, 2025 | Three scholars from the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University have joined in the publication of a new international volume titled “Trust: Franciscan Connections in Theology, Spirituality, Economics and Beyond.”

    Bychkov publishes article on medieval Franciscan debate
    Sep 19, 2024 | Dr. Oleg Bychkov, professor of Theology and Franciscan Studies, published an article titled “The Late Medieval Debate about the Nature of Phenomenal Reality in Franciscan Theology and Islamic Thought and its Greek Sources” in the special edition of the journal Revista Española de Filosofía Medieval (The Spanish Journal of Medieval Philosophy), 31, no. 1 (2024): 167-99, dedicated to the topic “The Powers of the Soul in Medieval Franciscan Thought.”

    Faculty members attend three-day sustainability workshop
    Sep 10, 2024 | Five faculty members attended the Valley & Ridge Faculty Workshop for Sustainability held at Dickinson College in May.

    ’s Bychkov awarded $146,000 grant to edit and translate Duns Scotus’s book
    Sep 05, 2024 | Dr. Oleg Bychkov, professor of Theology and Franciscan Studies at St. Bonaventure University, has been awarded a $146,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to edit and translate an important work of Franciscan scholar John Duns Scotus.

    Scholars from St. Bonaventure’s Franciscan Institute publish volume on moral conversion
    May 23, 2024 | Four scholars from the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University have joined in the publication of a new international volume edited by Krijn Pansters and Anton ten Klooster titled “Moral Conversion in Scripture, Self, and Society.”

    ’s Franciscan Institute appoints Research Fellow for Poor Clare studies
    Apr 23, 2024 | The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University has announced the appointment of Michael Shane Harless as its 2024-2025 Research Fellow

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