STEUBENVILLE, OHIO—Responding to continued moral crises in contemporary culture, the Veritas Center for Ethics in Public Life has launched an undergraduate research fellowship for exceptional Franciscan University of Steubenville students who wish to bring faithful Catholic scholarly reflection to bear on the most pressing moral and ethical questions of the day.

Franciscan University of Steubenville graduate Brian Robau will be honored with an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Student Academy Award for his 2018 short film, Esta Es Tu Cuba.

STEUBENVILLE, OHIO—Franciscan University tied for 11th out of 165 Midwest universities in the 2019 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Rankings. It was Franciscan’s highest ranking since its first appearance in the elite top tier division in 1998. Last year, Franciscan was ranked 19th.

STEUBENVILLE, OH—Seven outstanding Franciscan University of Steubenville alumni will be honored at the annual Alumni Awards Banquet on Friday, October 5, in the Tony and Nina Gentile Gallery, J.C. Williams Center.

In an era when many private and public universities are experiencing declines in enrollment due to demographic shifts and other factors, Franciscan University of Steubenville will welcome its largest-ever incoming class with 680 new students attending orientation for the fall 2018 semester. That total represents a five percent increase from last year and includes the largest number of new male students in the University’s history.

STEUBENVILLE, OHIO—Franciscan University of Steubenville announced today the appointment of Heather Ulrey as vice president of Strategic Alliances.

St. Thomas More is often heralded as a champion of religious freedom, but supporting that effort was his unshakable faith and evangelical joy in the truth about marriage. 

Father Paul Scalia, speaking at the Defending the Faith Conference held at Franciscan University of Steubenville, July 27-29, expanded on a quote by G. K. Chesterton about Thomas More: “He is a champion of liberty in his public life and his still more public death.”