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Ten students were named recipients of the Fall 2019 Phi Beta Kappa Book (PBK) Award, sponsored by the Provost's office and the Hofstra University Bookstore. Every fall, Hofstra's Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, one of only 286 in the nation, honors a small number of promising sophomores, juniors, and seniors who have attained a 4.0 GPA while taking a broad and rigorous coursework in the liberal arts and sciences.

Seniors from 24 departments and several interdisciplinary programs were recognized for outstanding achievement at the second annual Academic Excellence Awards presented by Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (HCLAS) on October 15. Nominated by their chairpersons and professors, the student honorees received a certificate and a $100 gift.

Nidhi Gandhi, a tutor at the Hofstra Writing Center, was part of a small group of students from around the world to attend and present research at the Naylor Workshop for Undergraduate Research in Writing Studies. Gandhi, a junior from Floral Park, NY, has been researching student and faculty attitudes toward academic writing.

Hofstra University's student-run station, WRHU 88.7 FM Radio Hofstra University, has won the National Association of Broadcasters' prestigious Marconi Award as the College Radio Station of the Year for 2019. It is the station's third Marconi honor since 2014. More than 250 student staffers work at WRHU, which has studios in the Lawrence Herbert School of Communication. Several student staffers were present at the awards ceremony in Dallas, Texas on Thursday, September 26 to accept the Marconi Award.

Bianca Nicole Saraniero '19 is the recipient of the 2019 Albert I. DaSilva Memorial Endowed Scholarship for maintaining a perfect grade point average of 4.0 throughout her studies at Hofstra. Earlier this year, Saraniero, who majored in biology, was honored as Outstanding Senior Scholar at Hofstra University's Celebration of Scholarly Excellence during commencement weekend. She is currently a graduate student at Hofstra, pursuing an MS Ed in Biology Education. She plans to be a New York state secondary education biology and chemistry teacher.

Three students have been awarded the Dr. Bruce and Doris Lister Endowed Fellowship in Chemistry Research to spend the summer conducting research under the mentorship of a Hofstra professor.

Hofstra University's Honors College aims to enrich the college experience of its students and looks forward to the many ways they will contribute as HU World Changers. Welcome to the HUHC community!

Hofstra University is excited to welcome the newest members of the Pride. We look forward to seeing how they will make a positive impact in their communities as HU World Changers!

Hofstra University's Department of Drama and Dance presents its major musical production of the 2019-20 academic year, Legally Blonde - The Musical, at the Toni and Martin Sosnoff Theater at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse. The blockbuster 2001 movie Legally Blonde, starring Reese Witherspoon, inspired the 2007 award-nominated Broadway musical. Featuring music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin and book by Heather Hach, this production of Legally Blonde is directed by Adjunct Associate Professor of Drama Jennifer Hart.

About 1,900 Hofstra University students earned their undergraduate, graduate, or law degrees during commencement ceremonies on May 19-20, 2019 at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex. Watch videos or check out photos from the various ceremonies at hofstra.edu/commencement.

Hofstra University and the Department of Athletics are excited to announce the creation of the Hofstra Athletic Director Scholars Academic Honor Roll, recognizing the incredible work of Pride student-athletes in the classroom. This list acknowledges the outstanding achievement of Hofstra undergraduate student-athletes who have successfully completed at least 12 credits with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.3 for the spring 2019 semester.

Hofstra University congratulates the students named to the Spring 2019 Dean's List for their outstanding academic achievement. Students must earn a grade point average of at least 3.5 during the semester to make the Dean's List.

Hofstra University inducted 43 students into its chapter of Phi Beta Kappa this spring. Phi Beta Kappa is considered an emblem of high achievement and strong potential. The society celebrates and advocates excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. Its campus chapters invite for induction the most outstanding arts and sciences students at America's leading colleges and universities.

Hofstra University is proud to announce the Spring 2019 Provost's List, which recognizes students who have earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

Three student entrepreneurs won top honors in the 2019 Hofstra-Digital Remedy Venture Challenge. The winning start-ups include a company that makes high-performance track spikes for female sprinters, the inventor of an organic eyebrow gel and a low-cost, accessible mobile platform to fight addiction. The contest, in its seventh year, awarded total prizes valued at $75,000 to help student entrepreneurs bankroll their start-ups. The Venture Challenge is sponsored by Digital Remedy, a digital marketing company, and run by Hofstra's Center for Entrepreneurship.

Four students have won national Gracie Awards for excellence in news programming for their work on campus radio station WRHU 88.7 FM, part of the Lawrence Herbert School of Communication. The prestigious honor, given annually by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation, recognizes work by, for, or about women in television, radio, and online media on the national, local, and student level.

Bianca Nicole Saraniero, Class of 2019, was honored as Outstanding Senior Scholar at Hofstra University's Celebration of Scholarly Excellence on Friday, May 17. Bianca is a biology major who maintained a perfect grade point average of 4.0. throughout her studies at Hofstra.

Computer science major Kelly Rose '20 took second place in the Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Student Poster competition at the 2019 WiCyS Conference in Pittsburgh.

Eleven students were named recipients of the 2019 Phi Beta Kappa Book (PBK) Awards, sponsored by the Provost's office and the Hofstra University Bookstore. Every fall, Hofstra's Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, one of only 286 in the nation, honors a small number of promising sophomores, juniors, and seniors who have attained a 4.0 GPA while taking a broad and rigorous coursework in the liberal arts and sciences.

Fourteen computer science students from Hofstra University received travel scholarships from Facebook to attend the Enigma '19 conference in California and participate in a one-day cybersecurity workshop at Facebook headquarters.

About 600 students earned their undergraduate, graduate, or law degrees at Hofstra University's midyear commencement ceremony on December 19, 2018 at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex. Watch videos or check out photos from the ceremony at hofstra.edu/commencement.

Hofstra University congratulates the students named to the Fall 2018 Dean's List for their outstanding academic achievement. Students must earn a grade point average of at least 3.5 during the semester to make the Dean's List.

Hofstra University is proud to announce the Fall 2018 Provost's List, which recognizes students who have earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

Five students, representing the arts, social sciences and the natural sciences, are the inaugural recipients of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Transformative Learning Grant. The financial support that these students receive will subsidize the expense of research projects, commuting to New York City for internships and community service experiences, and the cost of study abroad programs.

Rishab Bhatnagar, a senior majoring in Japanese and pre-health studies, was one of nine students from around the country to advance to the finals of the recent J.LIVE Talk competition at George Washington University in Washington, DC. J.LIVE - Japanese Learning Inspired Vision and Engagement - is a national college-level language speech competition that emphasizes a comprehensive range of communication skills. Bhatnagar gave a presentation similar to a TED talk on cultural appropriation as it pertains to kimonos, and under what circumstances it is appropriate public attire for people outside of Japanese society.

Gurkamal Dadra '21, an anthropology major from Bellmore, NY, is one of 844 American undergraduate students from 335 colleges and universities across the United States selected to receive the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study or intern abroad during the spring of 2019. The Congressionally-funded scholarship will allow Dadra to study in Kyrgyzstan through a University of Montana program during the summer of 2019.

Seniors from 23 departments and a variety of interdisciplinary programs were recognized for outstanding achievement Academic Excellence Awards presented by Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (HCLAS. Nominated by their chairpersons and professors, 35 of the 42 student honorees were present to receive their award, which included a certificate and a $100 gift. After the ceremony in the Student Center Theater, the celebration moved to the Multipurpose Room.

Two Hofstra University computer science students were on a team that took first place in the JPMorgan Chase Code for Good competition hosted in Tampa, Florida this month. The competition is an opportunity for students to work in teams alongside JP Morgan's coders to solve a technical challenge faced by one of two non-profit clients at the event.

The Advanced Summer Program in Research (ASPiRe) at Hofstra University offers undergraduate engineering and computer science students the opportunity to work for ten weeks over the summer with faculty mentors on research related to their major.

Hofstra University's Honors College aims to enrich the college experience of its students and looks forward to the many ways they will contribute as HU World Changers. Welcome to the HUHC community!