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{{Short description|Private university in Boston, Massachusetts, US}}
{{For|the university in England|University of Suffolk}}
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 | name                   = Suffolk University
 | former_names           = Archer's Evening Law School (1906–1907)<br />Suffolk School of Law (1907–1937)<br />Suffolk College of Arts and Sciences (1934–1937)<br />College of Business Administration (1937)
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 | motto                  = ''Honestas et Diligentia''
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 | type                   = [[Private university]]
 | established            = {{Start date and age| 1906 |p=y}}
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 | founder                = Gleason L. Archer <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.suffolk.edu/explore/150.php|title=Suffolk History|website=Suffolk University Boston|access-date=May 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525204843/http://www2.suffolk.edu/explore/150.php|archive-date=May 25, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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 | accreditation          = [[New England Association of Schools and Colleges|NEASC]]
 | endowment              = $246.2 million (2020)<ref>As of June 30, 2020. {{cite report |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and [[TIAA]] |date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=February 20, 2021}}</ref>
 | budget                 = $300 million (FY 2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.suffolk.edu/explore/17294.php|title=Budget & Financial Planning|website=Suffolk University Boston|access-date=May 25, 2018}}</ref>
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 | president              = [[Marisa Kelly]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.suffolk.edu/explore/148.php|title=President|website=Suffolk University Boston|access-date=May 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525204857/http://www2.suffolk.edu/explore/148.php|archive-date=May 25, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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 | students               = 6,734 (fall 2022)<ref>{{cite web | title = College Navigator – Suffolk University | language = en | access-date = July 22, 2024 | publisher = [[National Center for Education Statistics]] | url = https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=MA&id=168005}}</ref>
 | undergrad              = 5,290
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 | colors                 = [[Blue (color)|Navy Blue]] and [[Gold (color)|Gold]]<ref name="Brand">{{Cite web|url=http://www.suffolk.edu/documents/OMC/visualguidelines_021315.pdf|title=Section 1: Visual Identity Guidelines|website=Suffolk University Boston|access-date=May 25, 2018}}</ref> <br/> {{color box|#142f53}} {{color box|#c6a141}}
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 | sporting_affiliations  = [[NCAA Division III]] <br/> [[Commonwealth Coast Conference]] <br/> [[Eastern College Athletic Conference]]
 | mascot                 = Hiram (Rammy) the Ram<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://moakleyarchive.omeka.net/items/show/3962|title=Suffolk University's mascot, Hiram the Ram, is unveiled at Class Day, 1950|website=Suffolk University Boston|access-date=August 10, 2020}}</ref>
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'''Suffolk University''' is a [[private university|private]] [[research university]] in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], United States. With 7,560 students on all campuses, it is the [[List of colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston|tenth-largest university]] in metropolitan Boston. It was founded as a law school in 1906 and named after its location in [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts]].<ref name="Suffolk University At a Glance"/> The university is also host to its namesake public opinion poll, the [[Suffolk University Political Research Center]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Suffolk University Political Research Center (SUPRC) – Suffolk University |url=https://www.suffolk.edu/academics/research-at-suffolk/political-research-center/ |access-date=March 28, 2022 |website=suffolk.edu |language=en}}</ref>

The university, located at the downtown edge of the historic [[Beacon Hill, Boston|Beacon Hill]] neighborhood, comprises the [[Suffolk College of Arts and Sciences]], [[Sawyer Business School]], and [[Suffolk University Law School]]. The university's sports teams, the Suffolk Rams, compete in 19 varsity sports in [[NCAA Division III]] as members of the [[Commonwealth Coast Conference]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Suffolk University Athletics|url=https://www.gosuffolkrams.com/insideathletics/about_us|website=Go Suffolk Rams}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Gleason Archer founder of Suffolk University.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Suffolk University founder [[Gleason Archer Sr.]], {{Circa|1915}}]]

Suffolk University was initially founded as a law school in 1906 by Boston lawyer [[Gleason Archer Sr.]], who named it "Archer's Evening Law School", intending it for law students who worked during the day. The school was renamed "Suffolk School of Law" in 1907, after Archer moved it from his [[Roxbury, Massachusetts]] home into his law offices in downtown [[Boston]].

A year later the first of Archer's students had passed the bar, leading to a boost in registration.<ref name="aboutlaw"/> The school's original goal was to "serve ambitious young men who are obliged to work for a living while studying law."<ref name="aboutlaw">[http://www.suffolk.edu/about/133.html About Suffolk Law School]
 March 3, 2009.</ref>

[[Image:Calvin Coolidge at Suffolk Law School.jpg|thumb|[[Calvin Coolidge]], then [[Governor of Massachusetts]] and eventual 30th President of the United States, laying cornerstone for the law building, in 1920]]
By 1930, Archer developed Suffolk into one of the largest law schools in the country, and decided to create "a great evening university" that working people could afford.<ref name="aboutlaw"/>

The school became a university in the 1930s when the "Suffolk College of Arts and Sciences" was founded in 1934 and the Sawyer Business School—then known as the "College of Business Administration"—in 1937. That same year, the three academic units were incorporated as Suffolk University.<ref name="aboutlaw"/>

During the 1990s Suffolk constructed its first residence halls, began satellite programs with other colleges in Massachusetts, and opened its international campuses.<ref name="aboutlaw"/> From 1990 to 2005, its endowment increased over 400%, to approximately $72 million, and enrollment climbed.<ref>[http://www.suffolk.edu/giving/15014.html Suffolk Endowment information] (accessed March 5, 2009)</ref>

===Presidents===
*[[Gleason Archer Sr.]] (1906–1948)
*[[Walter Burse]] (1948–1954)
*[[Robert Munce]] (1954–1960)
*[[Dennis C. Haley]] (1960–1965)
*[[John E. Fenton]] (1965–1970)
*[[Thomas Fulham]] (1970–1980)
*[[Daniel Perlman]] (1980–1989)
*[[David Sargent]] (1989–2010)
*[[Barry Brown (attorney)|Barry Brown]] (2010–2012) (interim)
*[[James McCarthy (sociologist)|James McCarthy]] (2012–2014)
*Norman R. Smith (2014–2015) (interim)
*[[Margaret McKenna (academic)|Margaret McKenna]] (2015–2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suffolk.edu/explore/148.php|title=President Margaret McKenna|author=Suffolk University|access-date=March 1, 2016}}</ref>
*[[Marisa Kelly]] (2016–present)

==Campus==
[[File:Sargent Hall Suffolk University.jpg|thumb|[[David Sargent|Sargent Hall]]]]
[[Image:Suffolk Law Library.JPG|thumb|A [[Suffolk University Law School|Suffolk University Law]] Library reading room]]
The main campus in downtown Boston is situated on well-known Beacon Hill, adjacent to the [[Massachusetts State House]] and the [[Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court]]. Up until 1995, Suffolk was a commuter-only school. Today, there are five coed residence halls, housing over 65% of freshman, and a total of 24% of the entire undergraduate population:
*Smith Hall
*Nathan R. Miller Hall
*10 West
*[[Modern Theatre (Boston)|Modern Theatre]]
*One Court Street<ref>{{cite web |title=Residence Halls |url=https://www.suffolk.edu/student-life/housing-dining/on-campus-housing/residence-halls/one-court-street |publisher=Suffolk University |access-date=July 3, 2024}}</ref>

The residence hall at 150 Tremont Street, renamed Smith Hall in 2018, was the first built by the university and currently houses students in singles, doubles, quads, and suites, with communal bathrooms.

Nathan R. Miller Residence Hall (located at 10 Somerset St.) was opened in 2005 and houses 15 floors of freshman, and 2 floors of sophomores in singles, doubles and quads, with bathrooms shared between every two rooms or one bathroom per quad.

The 10 West Residence Hall, opened in 2008, has housing for freshman and sophomores in singles and doubles. Suites accommodate 3–5 students and a variety of apartment-style suites (that include full kitchens) house 2 to 8 students.

Both Miller Hall and 150 Tremont have cafeterias. Students living at 10 West/Modern Theater can eat at 150 Tremont. Suffolk University occasionally leases additional properties (such as the Hyatt & Holiday Inn Beacon Hill). If leased, those locations house freshman students.

The Modern Theatre Residence Hall opened in the fall of 2010 and is considered an extension to the 10 West Resident Hall. The two residence halls share one entrance at 10 West Street. The Modern Theater Residence Hall is built over the restored [[Modern Theatre (Boston)]].

In the fall of 2020, the university added a new residence hall, the [[Ames Building]] at One Court Street, which it purchased in the fall of 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2019/08/19/ames/WvS9eNblfZOPkBYsQB22QO/story.html|title=Suffolk University aims to turn boutique downtown hotel into a dorm|date=August 19, 2019|website=Boston Globe}}</ref>

On June 26, 2024, Suffolk University announced plans for a sixth residence hall after the purchase of a new property. President Marisa Kelly said that 101 Tremont Street across from Granary Burial Ground will be converted to an 11-story residence hall following their pending permit and review process of the city of Boston.<ref>{{cite web |title=Suffolk announces purchase of sixth residence hall |url=https://thesuffolkjournal.com/44593/news/suffolk-announces-purchase-of-sixth-residence-hall/ |website=The Suffolk Journal |publisher=Suffolk University |access-date=July 1, 2024}}</ref>

==Academics==
Suffolk employs over 900 full-time and adjunct faculty members, who instruct approximately 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students on its Boston Campus.<ref>''The Best 357 Colleges: 2005 Edition'', Robert Franek, Princeton Review Publishing Staff, Princeton Review (Firm), Princeton Review, Princeton Review Firm Edition: illustrated, Published by The Princeton Review, 2004 {{ISBN|978-0-375-76405-9}}</ref>

The Sawyer Business School (previously the Sawyer School of Management) focuses on global business education.<ref>''MBA Programs 2004,'' Petersons, Peterson's, Edition: 9, Published by Peterson's, 2003, {{ISBN|0-7689-1160-5}}, {{ISBN|978-0-7689-1160-2}}</ref> It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees. Joint degrees are also offered. About 3,000 students are currently enrolled in all programs. The Saturday-only Executive MBA Program incorporates four off-site one-week seminars and week-long global trips to [[Madrid]] and China. The Global MBA is a specialized MBA in international business with an intensive concentration in either finance or marketing. The full-time program includes a 3-month internship outside the student's home country. Summer 2010 Global MBA internships are in 10 countries. Part-time Global MBAs complete either a global experiential research project at their place of business or a 3-month consulting project that includes an intensive 2 week residency outside the US.<ref>Suffolk University (2006). Sawyer School of Management. Retrieved April 2, 2006, from:http://www.business.suffolk.edu/~business/{{Dead link|date=February 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The Suffolk College of Arts and Sciences has seventeen academic departments which offer more than seventy [[undergraduate]] and [[Graduate school|graduate]] programs. Among the departments is the New England School of Art and Design (NESAD)<ref name="academics">Suffolk University(2006). Schools, Colleges and Campuses. Retrieved April 2, 2006, from:http://www.suffolk.edu/schools.html/~Academics</ref><ref>Suffolk University(2006). College of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 2, 2006, from:http://www.cas.suffolk.edu/~Arts/{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Suffolk University Law School, founded in 1906, offers a standard [[Juris Doctor]] program and advanced [[L.L.M.]] program. 43% of applicants were admitted to the J.D. program in 2005.<ref>Suffolk University(2006). Suffolk Law School. Retrieved April 2, 2006  from:{{cite web |url=http://www.law.suffolk.edu/~Lawyers/ |title=Suffolk University Law School 404 : Looking for something? |access-date=April 2, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225050406/http://www.law.suffolk.edu/~Lawyers/ |archive-date=December 25, 2007  }}</ref>

The university is also home to various [[research centers]] and institutes, including the Centers for Crime & Justice Policy Research, Restorative Justice, and Women's Health and Human Right, the Moakley Archives, the Poetry Center, Political Research Centers, and the Sagan Energy Research Laboratory.<ref>[http://www.suffolk.edu/college/16660.html Suffolk University Information] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801173851/http://www.suffolk.edu/college/16660.html |date=August 1, 2008 }}</ref> The [[Suffolk University Political Research Center]] (SUPRC) conducts various scientific polls of national and regional political issues.<ref>[http://www.suffolk.edu/research/32761.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008034345/http://www.suffolk.edu/research/32761.html|date=October 8, 2010}}</ref>

The university also has an undergraduate honors program<ref>{{Cite web|title=Honors Program - Suffolk University|url=https://www.suffolk.edu/undergraduate-admission/information-for/freshman/honors-program|access-date=July 23, 2020|website=www.suffolk.edu}}</ref> in the College of Arts & Sciences and Sawyer Business School. Freshman and transfer students are considered for the Honors program upon applying to Suffolk. Students in their second year are considered candidates for the program by remaining one year at the institution with a 3.5 GPA.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Undergraduate Academic Honors Policies - Suffolk University|url=https://www.suffolk.edu/academics/academic-catalogs/undergraduate-academic-policies/academic-honors|access-date=July 23, 2020|website=www.suffolk.edu}}</ref>

==Reputation and rankings==
In 2018, ''[[U.S. News]]'' ranked Suffolk #177 (tie) in National Universities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/suffolk-university-2218 |title=Suffolk University &#124; Best College &#124; US News |publisher=Colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com |access-date=September 15, 2016}}</ref>

==Athletics==
[[File:Suffolk rams wordmark.png|thumb|170px|Suffolk Rams wordmark]]
Suffolk University teams, nicknamed the ''Rams'', participate as a member of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]'s [[NCAA Division III|Division III]]. The Rams are a member of the [[Conference of New England]] and the [[Eastern College Athletic Conference]] (ECAC). They were a member of the [[Great Northeast Athletic Conference]] (GNAC) from 1995 to 2020.

Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field, golf, ice hockey, soccer and tennis; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field, ice hockey, soccer, softball, golf, tennis and volleyball.<ref>[http://www.thegnac.com/schools/suffolk/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013080408/http://www.thegnac.com/schools/suffolk/|date=October 13, 2007}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite web|title=About Athletics|url=http://www.gosuffolkrams.com/insideathletics/about_us|access-date=September 18, 2022|publisher=Suffolk Rams}}</ref>

== Student newspaper ==
'''''The Suffolk Journal''''' is the weekly [[student newspaper]] of Suffolk University. It has operated continuously since 1936. ''The Journal'' prints a 16-page weekly newspaper, distributed across campus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://thesuffolkjournal.com/about/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=The Suffolk Journal}}</ref>

==Notable persons==<!--- needs to be paragraph format per WP:UNIGUIDE --->
{{Main|List of Suffolk University people}}

===Notable alumni===
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* [[Paul Benedict]], Broadway actor (''Hughie'', ''The Music Man''), director, television and actor (Bentley on ''The Jeffersons'', ''The Goodbye Girl'', Sesame Street, ''This is Spinal Tap'', ''Waiting for Guffman'', ''A Mighty Wind'')<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 5, 2008 |title=Paul Benedict dies at 70; actor from 'The Jeffersons' and 'Sesame Street' |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-benedict5-2008dec05-story.html |access-date=July 16, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Eliza Dushku]], actor (''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''Bull''), activist<ref>{{Cite web |last=Juul |first=Matt |date=2016-01-11 |title=The Reinvention of Eliza Dushku |url=https://www.bostonmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/2016/01/11/the-reinvention-of-eliza-dushku/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=Boston Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[John Hynes (politician)|John Hynes]], class of 1924, 49th [[mayor of Boston]]
*[[Thomas J. Lane]], class of 1925, [[U.S. representative]] from Massachusetts (1941–1963)
*[[James A. Burke (Massachusetts politician)|James A. Burke]], [[U.S. representative]] from Massachusetts (1959–1979)
*[[Gleason Archer]] Jr., class of 1939, theologian, author
*[[William L. Uanna]], class of 1942, [[officer]] at the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] from 1949 to 1951, [[Counter Intelligence Corps]] (CIC) as Director of Operations of the [[Corps area|I Service Command]], security expert on the [[Manhattan Project]]
*[[Martin F. Loughlin]], class of 1951, [[U.S. District Court]] of New Hampshire, judge (1979–1995)
* [[Thomas Michael McGovern]], college president<ref name="HP">{{cite news |last1=Alcorn |first1=Stacey |title=How to Be the Change - An Interview with Dr. Thomas McGovern |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacey-alcorn/how-to-be-the-change--an_b_9813374.html |access-date=March 23, 2019 |work=Huffington Post |date=April 30, 2016}}</ref>
*[[David Sargent]], class of 1954, president of Suffolk University (1989–2010)
*[[Joe Moakley]], class of 1956, [[U.S. representative]] from Massachusetts 1973–2001, chairman of the [[U.S. House Committee on Rules]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moakley Papers - Suffolk University |url=https://www.suffolk.edu/academics/libraries/moakley-archive-and-institute/collections/moakley-papers |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=www.suffolk.edu |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Judge Frank Caprio]], class of 1965, television judge ''Caught in Providence'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]; Chief Judge Providence, R.I. Municipal Court<ref>{{Cite web |title=Suffolk Graduate's TV Show Watched by Millions |url=https://boston.suffolk.edu/lawmagazine/suffolk-graduate-s-tv-show-watched-by-millions.php |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=boston.suffolk.edu}}</ref>
*[[Gunnar S. Overstrom Jr.]], class of 1968, vice-chair of [[Fleet Boston]] and president and chief operating officer of the Shawmut National Corporation.
*[[James Sokolove]], class of 1969, television personal injury attorney<ref>{{Cite web |title= James Sokolove - a Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (MA) Medical Malpractice Lawyer|url=https://lawyers.findlaw.com/massachusetts/chestnut-hill/james-sokolove-MjkxMTg5OV8x/}}</ref>
*[[Robert L. Caret]], class of 1969, Chancellor of [[University System of Maryland]]
*[[Richard J. Leon]], class of 1974, [[U.S. District Court]] of the [[District of Columbia]], judge (2002–present)
*[[Paul Reiber]], class of 1974, Chief Justice of the [[Vermont Supreme Court]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honorable Paul L. Reiber {{!}} Vermont Judiciary |url=https://www.vermontjudiciary.org/people/honorable-paul-l-reiber |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=www.vermontjudiciary.org}}</ref>
*[[James Bamford]], class of 1975, journalist, author
*[[Francis Flaherty (jurist)|Francis Flaherty]], class of 1975, Justice of [[Rhode Island Supreme Court]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Inc |first=Justia |date=2003 |title=Francis X. Flaherty |url=https://professionals.justia.com/profile/francis-x-flaherty-975870 |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=professionals.justia.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[William F. Galvin]], class of 1975, Secretary of State of Massachusetts
*[[Dan Harrington]], poker player, winner of [[1995 World Series of Poker]], member of [[Poker Hall of Fame]]
*[[Robert DeLeo (politician)|Robert A. DeLeo]], class of 1976, member of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 1991&nbsp;– present) 85th [[Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives]]
*[[Jerald G. Fishman]], class of 1976, president & CEO, [[Analog Devices]]
*[[John F. Tierney]], class of 1976, [[U.S. Representative]] from Massachusetts 1997–2015, former chairman of the [[United States House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security|Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs]]
*[[Paul Suttell]], class of 1976, Justice of [[Rhode Island Supreme Court]]
*[[John Loftus (military author)|John Loftus]], class of 1977, author, television commentator
*[[Maureen Goldberg]], class of 1978, Justice of [[Rhode Island Supreme Court]]
*[[Ronald Machtley]], class of 1978, president of [[Bryant University]], [[U.S. Representative]] from Rhode Island (1989–1995)
*[[Mike Festa|Michael E. Festa]], class of 1979, member of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 1998–present)
*[[Nina Mitchell Wells]], Secretary of State of [[New Jersey]], 2006–present
*[[Marty Meehan|Martin Meehan]], class of 1981, [[U.S. representative]] from Massachusetts 1993–2007, former chairman [[United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations]], current president of the [[University of Massachusetts]]
*[[Joan Vennochi]], class of 1984, [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner, investigative journalist, ''[[The Boston Globe]]''
*[[Cheryl Jacques]], class of 1987, legislator, president of the [[Human Rights Campaign]]
*[[Edward M. Augustus Jr.]], class of 1987, city manage for [[Worcester, Massachusetts]]
*[[Patrick C. Lynch]], class of 1992, Attorney General of Rhode Island
*[[Gary Christenson (mayor)|Gary Christenson]], class of 1990, 1992, and 2003 (triple alumnus), [[mayor]] of [[Malden, Massachusetts]]
*[[Allan Fung]], Class of 1995, Mayor of [[Cranston, Rhode Island|Cranston]], Rhode Island
*[[George Sifakis]], Class of 2000, Director of the White House [[Office of Public Liaison]]
*[[Jenna Mourey]] (Jenna Marbles), class of 2008, YouTube personality
*[[Michelle Leonardo]], class of 2013, [[Miss New Jersey USA]] 2012, [[Miss New Jersey Teen USA]] 2008 and Top 10 at [[Miss USA 2012]]
*[[Nick Cafardo]], ''Boston Globe'' sports reporter and columnist, 2017 Massachusetts Sports Writer of the Year and 2017 recipient of the Boston Baseball Writers' Association of America's Dave O'Hara award.
*[[Hridayendra Shah]], former Crown Prince of Nepal and current master's student

===Notable faculty and trustees===
* [[Patricia Brown (baseball)|Patricia Brown]], emeritus law librarian and professor
* [[Joseph Glannon]], professor, well-known writer of Torts and Civil Procedure texts
* [[Joseph P. Hoar]], trustee, Commander in Chief of [[United States Central Command|U.S. Central Command]]
* [[Tom and Ray Magliozzi|Tom "Clack" Magliozzi]], professor of business and co-host of ''[[Car Talk]]''
* [[Gerald Peary]], professor of communications, noted film critic, reviewer, and columnist
* [[Susan Starr Sered]], senior research associate at Suffolk University's Center for Women's Health and Human Rights, author of books on women's health
*[[Ronald Suleski]]

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