In May 2022, the Board of Regents of the New York State Department of Education approved Medaille College's request to be designated a university.

This training center for nuns and other vowed women who wanted to serve the church in education, laid the first foundations for what would later eventually become Medaille College.

They all had allegedly passed around confidential meeting minutes from the tenure and promotion committee and were forbidden to enter campus.

"[9] In May 2021, Medaille was sanctioned by the American Association of University Professors for eliminating shared governance with the faculty during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

[10] In 2022, Medaille and nearby Trocaire College signed a memorandum of understanding that set "in motion a cooperative agreement that would fulfill the missions of both institutions into the future.

Medaille was a charter member of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, as an NCAA Division III school.