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#OTD in 1582, in Rome, Cardinal Boncompagni laid the foundation stone of the new building that would become the Roman College. The school was established by St. Ignatius in 1551, just 11 years after the Society of Jesus was founded.

A hard fought game by both teams with @scrantonladyroyals coming out on top!

University To Host Greater Scranton MLK Commission Annual Dinner Jan. 18: news.scranton.edu/articles/2026/… #universityofscranton

No. 2 Scranton Women's Basketball Uses Late Run to Top Elizabethtown, 59-50 athletics.scranton.edu/news/2026/1/7/…

Join us in welcoming our newest assistant coach, Rocco DiPietro! 🔥

🏆 Ranked No. 1 worldwide for accounting research. @UofScranton’s Ph.D. in Accounting Program earned top honors in the BYU Accounting Research Ranking. 🔗bit.ly/4oTHUOz 🎓bit.ly/4s5PIQg #universityofscranton #scrantonacademics #uncommonlyus

God Bless Us, Everyone: “A Christmas Carol” in the age of Zoom. On a recent Saturday, Steve Givens spent nearly three hours online with about a dozen lovely people from all over North America participating in a communal reading of Dickens’ novella. jesuitmedialab.org/god-bless-us-e…

Get your tickets now for @ScrantonWBB’s game against Susquehanna on January 11 at the Palestra! 🎟️🏀 pennathletics.evenue.net/promotions/SCR…

As 2025 comes to a close, we look back on a year of sorrow and joy - from mourning Pope Francis to celebrating Pope Leo XIV, advancing province solar projects, journeying to Rome with donors, and welcoming new Jesuit priests and novices. jesuitseast.org/press-release/…

#LandmarkFH NEWS Congrats to @RoyalAthletics @UofSFieldHockey senior Annie Shaw on being named to the 2025 @NFHCA All-America Third Team! 📰 tinyurl.com/55xrjr8f #MakeYourMark

Thanks to the Scranton Brass Orchestra and their audience the 24th Annual Empty Stocking Fund Benefit concert was successful - the worry that the weather and prices would leave us bereft of toys for kids from families in need this Christmas was obviously unwarranted! 💕

ON THIS DAY: Seventy years ago, Rosa Parks, a Black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus. In 1995, she spoke to @DebRobertsABC and reflected on not giving up her bus seat: abcnews.link/eO9dosl

The night skies have some special gifts for you this December: - The peak of the Geminid meteor shower - The closest approach of 3I/ATLAS to Earth (at about 170 million miles) - A Jupiter-Moon conjunction Get more details on this month’s celestial sights: go.nasa.gov/4iPXutr

#OTD in 1642, the birth of Br. Andrea Pozzo, SJ, an Italian #Jesuit, Baroque painter and architect. His masterpiece is the nave ceiling of the Church of St. Ignatius in Rome.

Have you signed up yet to send your name around the Moon? When Artemis II lifts off next year, more than 900,000 names will be aboard—and yours (or your friend's, or your pet's...) could be one of them. Register today: go.nasa.gov/artemisnames

On the first day of our #Advent series, Steve Givens reflects on the song "Miriam." jesuits.org/stories/advent…

December is here, #Advent has begun, and we have your countdown for some important days this month! 📅 And don't forget to sign up for our daily Advent email reflections on some of our favorite Christmas carols: ➡️ mailchi.mp/jesuits/advent…

No. 2 Scranton Women's Basketball Extends Unbeaten Start with 76–32 Win Over Stevens athletics.scranton.edu/news/2025/12/1…

Performance Music at The University of Scranton’s 58th Annual Noel Night: Sat., Dec. 6, 2025, 8:00 p.m., Houlihan-McLean Center (doors open 7:00, prelude 7:05.) FREE. 1st come, 1st seated. Works by Bach/Gounod, Goemanne, Paulus, Saint Saëns, Sirett, & more.

Lady Royals recorded one of the greatest wins in the history of the @RoyalAthletics women’s basketball program. Center Elizabeth Bennett ’27, reflects on playing against a Division I ACC opponent — and the remarkable feat of beating that team. ➡️ bit.ly/3JGyqYI