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Embark on a melodic journey to happily ever after

Enter the enchanted world of The Fairytale Gala, a free community concert devoted to the magical movie music of charming princes and princesses, on Saturday, April 13 in the Glazer Music Performance Center's Beston Hall on the Nazareth University campu...

Mar 27, 2024, 1:20pm EDT

Nazareth University's 2024 Commencement speaker is photographer Manuel Rivera-Ortiz

Manuel Rivera-Ortiz '95, a renowned photographer best known within the world of documentary photography for his passionate depictions of real life, is Nazareth University's Commencement speaker on May 17 and 18, 2024. Nazareth will ceremoniously grant ...

Mar 21, 2024, 11:00am EDT

Nazareth hosts more than 600 high school students for 13th annual Global Citizenship Conference on March 20

Nazareth University welcomes more than 600 high school students from 30 high schools in Monroe and surrounding counties for the 13th annual Global Citizenship Conference: Let's be Changemakers. Sponsored by Nazareth's Hickey Center for Interfaith Stud...

Mar 18, 2024, 11:00am EDT

Nazareth University's 2024 Commencement speaker is photographer Manuel Rivera-Ortiz

Mar 18, 2024, 8:00am EDT

Nazareth University brings top technology minds together at AI Summit, April 3

WHAT: Nazareth University's centennial celebration continues with a full-day summit bringing some of technology's top minds together as it hosts Responsible AI: What's Next in AI Leadership and Innovation on April 3, at Nazareth. Through presentations ...

Mar 15, 2024, 1:40pm EDT

Annual Women in Music Festival returns to Nazareth University

To celebrate the artistry of women composers, the Nazareth University School of Music is hosting the third annual Women in Music Festival, March 7-10, at Nazareth and Buffalo State University, featuring Composer-in Residence Lori Laitman, the Greater R...

Feb 22, 2024, 3:40pm EST

Three Rochester Universities team up for the 2024 Rochester King for A Day - MLK Day of Service, Jan. 27

Rochester colleges and universities are coming together with local organizations to honor the life and work of the Reverend, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and contributors to the civil rights movement through a day of action and advocacy. The 2024 Rochest...

Jan 25, 2024, 4:09pm EST

Cinematic pop string quartet ATLYS to perform at Nazareth University

Nazareth University's College of Visual, Performing Arts & Design's 2023/2024 Changemakers Series presents "An Evening with ATLYS," a classically trained, all-female string quartet that pushes the boundaries of their genre to create an infinite world o...

Jan 4, 2024, 10:56am EST

Nazareth University is awarded a $3.1M grant from New York State's HECap grant program for residence hall renovation

Two of Nazareth University's first-year residence halls are undergoing renovation to elevate student inclusion and accessibility thanks to a grant of $3.1 million from New York State's Higher Education Capital Matching Grant program, or HECap. The HECa...

Dec 11, 2023, 3:00pm EST

Nazareth names Rochester business Wellington Steele & Associates and founder Ed Leva as the University's Centennial presenting sponsor

Nazareth University is proud to name Wellington Steele & Associates and the Leva Family as its Centennial presenting sponsor thanks to a generous gift of $100,000 to support Nazareth's two-year Centennial celebration - A Century of Uniting Education an...

Dec 1, 2023, 2:44pm EST

About Nazareth University

Nazareth University is an inclusive community of inspired learners, educators, and changemakers who for nearly 100 years have been driven by a bold commitment to action, empathy, equity, and leading innovation for the common good. Impact experiences are at the heart of a Nazareth education, preparing each student to discover within themselves the potential to cultivate positive change in their life's work, in any career field, and in a world that is constantly evolving and infinitely interconnected.

Our broad academic offerings present a range of study options typical of big universities, yet achieved in our supportive campus culture. Nearly 2,100 undergrad and 600 graduate students enroll in degree and certificate programs and engage in collaborative, transformative learning experiences, preparing them for the professions and society of today and tomorrow. In a learning community that purposefully integrates liberal arts and professional programs, Nazareth University graduates launch lifetimes of changemaking leadership in communities and workplaces near and far.